2026
A Rotating Exhibition Platform
Seasonal Exhibitions, Tokyo
Curated exhibitions. Global alum in dialogue with regional practitioners. Installations, spatial storytelling, and public engagement. Cross-border collaboration in practice. A living archive in motion.
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A ROTATING EXHIBITION PLATFORM FOR GLOBAL AND REGIONAL DIALOGUE
Friends Of is curatorial, relational, and globally rooted.
A rotating exhibition platform bringing members of our international alum community into dialogue with artists, designers, architects, and makers from Japan and the broader region.
We believe exhibitions are not static displays. They are conversations made spatial. They are opportunities for exchange across geography, discipline, and generation.
Here, global practices are placed in thoughtful regional context. Regional voices are amplified within international networks. Dialogue unfolds not only through words, but through form, material, image, and environment.
Friends Of operates within the Tokyo Salone ecosystem as its exhibition arm.
Where Moments cultivates proximity and Speculative Futures tests consequence, Friends Of creates space for work to be experienced directly. It invites audiences to encounter practice at scale, in immersive and carefully designed environments.
Our focus is cultural reciprocity.
Each edition is intentionally composed, aligning global alum practitioners with regional collaborators. The result is not importation, but exchange. Not presentation, but participation.
WHO PARTICIPATES
Friends Of brings together:
Global alum from design, architecture, art, technology, film, and narrative culture Regional artists and emerging voices Cultural institutions and spatial designers Publishers, researchers, and interdisciplinary collaborators
Each exhibition is curated to bridge international practice and regional context with care and rigor.
Designed FOR DIALOGUE
Curated Installations
Exhibitions are spatially designed to encourage reflection and sustained conversation.
Cross-Border Collaboration
Global and regional practitioners co-create experiences grounded in mutual exchange.t
An Ecosystem, Not a One-Off Event
Tokyo Salone operates within a year-round platform including Moments (salons), Nourish (gastronomy), Friends Of (exhibitions), The Future Of (forecasting), and Speculative Futures (sci-fi prototyping).
An Intimate, Premium Environment
Held at the Tokyo American Club, Tokyo Salone offers a secure architecturally significant setting designed for focused exchange among senior cultural, creative, and industry leaders.
PART OF THE TOKYO SALONE CULTURAL INFRASTRUCTURE
Friends Of lives within the year-round Tokyo Salone cultural infrastructure.
Across the year and throughout the November gathering, the infrastructure connects conversations across disciplines:
Tokyo Salone — Flagship Conversations
Nightshift ShakedownSpeculative FuturesNourishFriends Of exhibitions
Future Of research publication
Moments salon gatherings
Thirdspace Thirdweeks with Soho House Tokyo
Together these programs form a living cultural system connecting Japan’s creative ecosystem with a global community of practitioners.
Partnering with tokyo salone
Tokyo Salone is designed as long-term cultural infrastructure rather than a single event, allowing partners to participate in an evolving platform that connects global creative communities with Japan’s cultural ecosystem.
Founding partner conversations for 2026 are now underway.
To explore partnership alignment, please click the inquiry link below.
Founding partner inquiry
tickets
FRIENDS OF
Friends Of exhibitions are open to the public.
Depending on the venue and installation, access may be:
public entry
timed-ticket admission
special guided programming
Further exhibition details will be announced in Spring 2026.
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SPECULATIVE FUTURES
NIGHTSHIFT SHAKEDOWN
FRIENDS OF
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THIRDSPACE THIRDWEEKS
MOMENTS
COLLECTIVE
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FRIENDS OF
2026
A Rotating Exhibition Platform
Seasonal Exhibitions, Tokyo
Curated exhibitions. Global alum in dialogue with regional practitioners. Installations, spatial storytelling, and public engagement. Cross-border collaboration in practice. A living archive in motion.
BECOME A partner
get tickets
A ROTATING EXHIBITION PLATFORM FOR GLOBAL AND REGIONAL DIALOGUE
Friends Of is curatorial, relational, and globally rooted.
A rotating exhibition platform bringing members of our international alum community into dialogue with artists, designers, architects, and makers from Japan and the broader region.
We believe exhibitions are not static displays. They are conversations made spatial. They are opportunities for exchange across geography, discipline, and generation.
Here, global practices are placed in thoughtful regional context. Regional voices are amplified within international networks. Dialogue unfolds not only through words, but through form, material, image, and environment.
Friends Of operates within the Tokyo Salone ecosystem as its exhibition arm.
Where Moments cultivates proximity and Speculative Futures tests consequence, Friends Of creates space for work to be experienced directly. It invites audiences to encounter practice at scale, in immersive and carefully designed environments.
Our focus is cultural reciprocity.
Each edition is intentionally composed, aligning global alum practitioners with regional collaborators. The result is not importation, but exchange. Not presentation, but participation.
WHO PARTICIPATES
Friends Of brings together:
Global alum from design, architecture, art, technology, film, and narrative culture Regional artists and emerging voices Cultural institutions and spatial designers Publishers, researchers, and interdisciplinary collaborators
Each exhibition is curated to bridge international practice and regional context with care and rigor.
Designed FOR DIALOGUE
Curated Installations
Exhibitions are spatially designed to encourage reflection and sustained conversation.
Cross-Border Collaboration
Global and regional practitioners co-create experiences grounded in mutual exchange.t
Public Engagement
Friends Of extends beyond closed rooms, inviting broader audiences into the ecosystem.
An Evolving Platform
Each exhibition builds upon the last, forming a living archive of creative exchange across time and place.
PART OF THE TOKYO SALONE CULTURAL INFRASTRUCTURE
Friends Of lives within the year-round Tokyo Salone cultural infrastructure.
Across the year and throughout the November gathering, the infrastructure connects conversations across disciplines:
Tokyo Salone — Flagship Conversations
Nightshift ShakedownSpeculative FuturesNourishFriends Of exhibitions
Future Of research publication
Moments salon gatherings
Thirdspace Thirdweeks with Soho House Tokyo
Together these programs form a living cultural system connecting Japan’s creative ecosystem with a global community of practitioners.
Partnering with tokyo salone
Tokyo Salone is designed as long-term cultural infrastructure rather than a single event, allowing partners to participate in an evolving platform that connects global creative communities with Japan’s cultural ecosystem.
Founding partner conversations for 2026 are now underway.
To explore partnership alignment, please click the inquiry link below.
Founding partner inquiry
tickets
FRIENDS OF
Friends Of exhibitions are open to the public.
Depending on the venue and installation, access may be:
public entry
timed-ticket admission
special guided programming
Further exhibition details will be announced in Spring 2026.
subscribe for updates
constellations
SPECULATIVE FUTURES
NIGHTSHIFT SHAKEDOWN
FRIENDS OF
FUTURE OF
THIRDSPACE THIRDWEEKS
MOMENTS
COLLECTIVE
yes,
Legal
Commercial Disclosure
Code of Conduct
privacy policy
Liability & Risk
Media Release
subscribe
© Semi Permanent / TOKYO SALONE
FRIENDS OF
2026
A Rotating Exhibition Platform
Seasonal Exhibitions, Tokyo
Curated exhibitions. Global alum in dialogue with regional practitioners. Installations, spatial storytelling, and public engagement. Cross-border collaboration in practice. A living archive in motion.
BECOME A partner
get tickets
A ROTATING EXHIBITION PLATFORM FOR GLOBAL AND REGIONAL DIALOGUE
Friends Of is curatorial, relational, and globally rooted.
A rotating exhibition platform bringing members of our international alum community into dialogue with artists, designers, architects, and makers from Japan and the broader region.
We believe exhibitions are not static displays. They are conversations made spatial. They are opportunities for exchange across geography, discipline, and generation.
Here, global practices are placed in thoughtful regional context. Regional voices are amplified within international networks. Dialogue unfolds not only through words, but through form, material, image, and environment.
Friends Of operates within the Tokyo Salone ecosystem as its exhibition arm.
Where Moments cultivates proximity and Speculative Futures tests consequence, Friends Of creates space for work to be experienced directly. It invites audiences to encounter practice at scale, in immersive and carefully designed environments.
Our focus is cultural reciprocity.
Each edition is intentionally composed, aligning global alum practitioners with regional collaborators. The result is not importation, but exchange. Not presentation, but participation.
WHO PARTICIPATES
Friends Of brings together:
Global alum from design, architecture, art, technology, film, and narrative culture Regional artists and emerging voices Cultural institutions and spatial designers Publishers, researchers, and interdisciplinary collaborators
Each exhibition is curated to bridge international practice and regional context with care and rigor.
Designed To Be
Different
Curated Installations
Exhibitions are spatially designed to encourage reflection and sustained conversation.
Cross-Border Collaboration
Global and regional practitioners co-create experiences grounded in mutual exchange.t
Public Engagement
Friends Of extends beyond closed rooms, inviting broader audiences into the ecosystem.
An Evolving Platform
Each exhibition builds upon the last, forming a living archive of creative exchange across time and place.
PART OF THE TOKYO SALONE CULTURAL INFRASTRUCTURE
Friends Of lives within the year-round Tokyo Salone cultural infrastructure.
Across the year and throughout the November gathering, the infrastructure connects conversations across disciplines:
Tokyo Salone — Flagship Conversations
Nightshift ShakedownSpeculative FuturesNourishFriends Of exhibitions
Future Of research publication
Moments salon gatherings
Thirdspace Thirdweeks with Soho House Tokyo
Together these programs form a living cultural system connecting Japan’s creative ecosystem with a global community of practitioners.
Partnering with tokyo salone
Tokyo Salone is designed as long-term cultural infrastructure rather than a single event, allowing partners to participate in an evolving platform that connects global creative communities with Japan’s cultural ecosystem.
Founding partner conversations for 2026 are now underway.
To explore partnership alignment, please click the inquiry link below.
Founding partner inquiry
tickets
FRIENDS OF
Friends Of exhibitions are open to the public.
Depending on the venue and installation, access may be:
public entry
timed-ticket admission
special guided programming
Further exhibition details will be announced in Spring 2026.
subscribe for updates
constellations
SPECULATIVE FUTURES
NIGHTSHIFT SHAKEDOWN
FRIENDS OF
FUTURE OF
THIRDSPACE THIRDWEEKS
MOMENTS
COLLECTIVE
yes,
Legal
Commercial Disclosure
Code of Conduct
privacy policy
Liability & Risk
Media Release
subscribe
© Semi Permanent / TOKYO SALONE
FRIENDS OF
2026
A Rotating Exhibition Platform
Seasonal Exhibitions, Tokyo
Curated exhibitions. Global alum in dialogue with regional practitioners. Installations, spatial storytelling, and public engagement. Cross-border collaboration in practice. A living archive in motion.
BECOME A partner
get tickets
A ROTATING EXHIBITION PLATFORM FOR GLOBAL AND REGIONAL DIALOGUE
Friends Of is curatorial, relational, and globally rooted.
A rotating exhibition platform bringing members of our international alum community into dialogue with artists, designers, architects, and makers from Japan and the broader region.
We believe exhibitions are not static displays. They are conversations made spatial. They are opportunities for exchange across geography, discipline, and generation.
Here, global practices are placed in thoughtful regional context. Regional voices are amplified within international networks. Dialogue unfolds not only through words, but through form, material, image, and environment.
Friends Of operates within the Tokyo Salone ecosystem as its exhibition arm.
Where Moments cultivates proximity and Speculative Futures tests consequence, Friends Of creates space for work to be experienced directly. It invites audiences to encounter practice at scale, in immersive and carefully designed environments.
Our focus is cultural reciprocity.
Each edition is intentionally composed, aligning global alum practitioners with regional collaborators. The result is not importation, but exchange. Not presentation, but participation.
WHO PARTICIPATES
Friends Of brings together:
Global alum from design, architecture, art, technology, film, and narrative culture Regional artists and emerging voices Cultural institutions and spatial designers Publishers, researchers, and interdisciplinary collaborators
Each exhibition is curated to bridge international practice and regional context with care and rigor.
Designed FOR DIALOGUE
Curated Installations
Exhibitions are spatially designed to encourage reflection and sustained conversation.
Cross-Border Collaboration
Global and regional practitioners co-create experiences grounded in mutual exchange.t
Public Engagement
Friends Of extends beyond closed rooms, inviting broader audiences into the ecosystem.
An Evolving Platform
Each exhibition builds upon the last, forming a living archive of creative exchange across time and place.
PART OF THE TOKYO SALONE CULTURAL INFRASTRUCTURE
Friends Of lives within the year-round Tokyo Salone cultural infrastructure.
Across the year and throughout the November gathering, the infrastructure connects conversations across disciplines:
Tokyo Salone — Flagship Conversations
Nightshift ShakedownSpeculative FuturesNourishFriends Of exhibitions
Future Of research publication
Moments salon gatherings
Thirdspace Thirdweeks with Soho House Tokyo
Together these programs form a living cultural system connecting Japan’s creative ecosystem with a global community of practitioners.
Partnering with tokyo salone
Tokyo Salone is designed as long-term cultural infrastructure rather than a single event, allowing partners to participate in an evolving platform that connects global creative communities with Japan’s cultural ecosystem.
Founding partner conversations for 2026 are now underway.
To explore partnership alignment, please click the inquiry link below.
Founding partner inquiry
tickets
FRIENDS OF
Friends Of exhibitions are open to the public.
Depending on the venue and installation, access may be:
public entry
timed-ticket admission
special guided programming
Further exhibition details will be announced in Spring 2026.
subscribe for updates
constellations
SPECULATIVE FUTURES
NIGHTSHIFT SHAKEDOWN
FRIENDS OF
FUTURE OF
THIRDSPACE THIRDWEEKS
MOMENTS
COLLECTIVE
yes,
Legal
Commercial Disclosure
Code of Conduct
privacy policy
Liability & Risk
Media Release
subscribe
© Semi Permanent / TOKYO SALONE