Have you decided what you'll do over the New Year's holiday? This year's holiday will be a maximum of nine days in a row. Relaxing at home is nice, but you might want to go out somewhere!

For those of you who feel that way, we've compiled information on noteworthy exhibitions currently being held in and around Tokyo. Some of these will open from January 1, 2020. Why not spend your winter break experiencing art?

A Close-Up on minä perhonen and Akira Minagawa
Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo "minä perhonen / Akira Minagawa: Continued"

"minä perhonen / Akira Minagawa: Continued" is an exhibition focusing on fashion and textile brand minä perhonen and designer Akira Minagawa. The exhibition explores the ideas and activities of Minagawa and minä perhonen, whose designs are based on creating value for both creators and users. The exhibition is sure to offer new perspectives and insights into everyday life and the social structures that lie beyond. For more information, click here.

Considering the future of handcrafts and traditions through Mashiko ware
MUJI Ginza "Thinking: Towards a new tradition in Mashiko"

©ATELIER MUJI GINZA 2019

21_21 DESIGN SIGHT "Secret Exhibition" Reveals Rarely Seen Original Drawings by Designers

21_21 DESIGN SIGHT, located in Roppongi, Tokyo, This exhibition at SIGHT will showcase the numerous sketches, drawings, and models created by Kengo Kuma, Taku Satoh, and others during the design process. It is these "hidden parts" that hold the important essence of design. Seeing them up close will be an inspiring and thought-provoking experience, especially for a generation that is used to digitalized manufacturing. For more information, click here.

Recreating "Van Gogh's Left Ear" from DNA
"Future and Art" Exhibition of Art, Architecture, and Bioscience at Mori Art Museum

Photo by Shinichi Higuchi © FASHION HEADLINE
This is the third installment in a series of cross-genre thematic exhibitions organized by the Mori Art Museum, combining contemporary art with historical and scientific materials. Through cutting-edge technologies such as AI, biotechnology, and AR (augmented reality) and the art, design, and architecture that have been influenced by them, the exhibition will explore topics ranging from near-future cities and environmental issues to lifestyles, society, and the state of humanity. Works on display include a reproduction of Van Gogh's ear, which he cut off while he was alive, using cellular DNA donated by the descendants of his paternal and maternal lines. For more information, click here.

Noteworthy Korean Contemporary Artist
Omotesando JAILE "Choi Jeong-hwa Solo Exhibition"

Choi Jeong-hwa is an artist and designer whose work spans a variety of fields, including visual art and graphic design. In the past, she decorated Seoul's Olympic Stadium with garlands made from two million pieces of trash, transforming the building's surface into a sparkling jewel. Don't miss this solo exhibition by an iconic icon of contemporary Korean art in the 1990s and one of the most influential artists of the 2000s and beyond. For more information, please click here.

Odakyu Department Store Shinjuku Branch "Sylvanian Families Exhibition" Featuring Dioramas Recreating Sylvanian Village and Exclusive Merchandise

Artistic illuminations return this year at the Hakone Open-Air Museum "Night Museum"

Kyota Takahashi "Glow with Night Garden Project in Hakone" Gabriel Loard "Symphony Sculpture Bringing Happiness" / Photo: Mito Murakami
The "Hakone Night Museum," an illumination event by Kyota Takahashi that makes use of the outdoor exhibition space and outdoor sculptures, is now in its third year. Free rental lanterns change color in response to the colors of the illuminated sculptures and scenery, and the movements of participants holding lanterns themselves create a fantastical night view, creating a magical space. The area has also expanded, so even those who have already experienced it are sure to find something new. For more information, click here.