Niki Takahashi “Five Charms for Shinjuku”

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ドミニク・チェン Dominique Chen

Date

2026/01/07

An exhibition will be held at Shinjuku Ophthalmology Gallery featuring the work by Niki Takahashi, a graduate of the FMR Seminar, which received the runner-up prize at the WIRED CREATIVE HACK AWARD 2025.

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Using five “charms” constructed from more than twenty years of personal history and the history of Shinjuku—drawing on cultural anthropology and related fields—I rewrite the relationship between the ever-changing city of Shinjuku and my own ever-changing self.

Exhibition title: “Five Charms for Shinjuku”
Venue: Shinjuku Ophthalmology Gallery, 5-18-11 Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo

Map: https://maps.app.goo.gl/adxvZf7Um27JziSo6

(12-minute walk from the JR Shinjuku Station East Exit / 6 minutes from Higashi-Shinjuku Station / 7 minutes from Shinjuku-sanchome Station)

Dates: Friday, February 6 – Wednesday, February 18, 2026 (Closed on Thursdays)
Hours: 12:00–20:00 (Wednesdays until 17:00)

Five Charms for Shinjuku: https://www.gankagarou.com/show-item/202602takahashiniki/

新宿のための5つのおまじない

〔展示〕 2026年2月6日（金）～18日（水） 12:00～20:00（水曜日～17:00） ※木曜日休廊「新宿のための5つのおまじない」 Niki Takahashi 入場料無料スペースM 〔概要〕変わり続ける街＝新宿と変わり続ける私の関係を、文化人類学等を参照し二十数年の個人史と新宿の歴史から構築した５つのおまじないで書き換える。 WIRED CREATIVE HACK AWARD 2025 準グランプリ作品

www.gankagarou.com