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title: INFRASTRUCTURE
date: 2023-09-12T12:28:21Z
modified: 2023-11-28T11:23:26Z
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  - Tokyo
timestamp: 2023-11-28T11:23:26Z
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  - Tokyo
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![](https://worldcitiescultureforum.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/TOKYO-18.jpg)

- [The Yayoi Kusama Museum](https://yayoikusamamuseum.jp/en/about/museum/), dedicated to the work of artist Yayoi Kusama, opened in Shinjuku in 2017, exhibiting artworks from throughout her career and giving her art a permanent home in Tokyo.

- A large-scale urban redevelopment project in Ginza, Ginza Six, featuring shops, a Noh Theatre, and art galleries, opened in 2017. It also features a coffee shop containing auction catalogues and art magazines which is open until late at night, making it a popular after-hours venue for art enthusiasts.

- [The National Film Archive of Japan](https://www.nfaj.go.jp/english/) opened in April 2018. Formerly a branch of the National Museum of Modern Art, the now independent Archive is Japan’s only organisation wholly dedicated to film preservation and research.

- A new contemporary art prize for mid-career artists was established in Tokyo in 2018.

- In June 2018, the [MORI Building Digital Art Museum](https://www.mori.art.museum/en/) opened. The museum features immersive environments created by the art collective teamLab using video projectors and computers, centering around the theme of a borderless world.

- Hareza, a commercial redevelopment of an area in Ikebukuro, opened in 2020, and included eight new theatres.

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