Prince Takamado Gallery
Located in the Embassy of Canada to Japan B2 basement, the Prince Takamado Gallery presents exhibitions of Canadian paintings, sculptures, photography, textiles, designs and other artwork. It was given its current name in April 2003 as one of several Canadian initiatives to commemorate Prince Takamado’s contribution to Canada-Japan relations.
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Embassy of Canada to Japan, in Tokyo
Public Affairs Section
7-3-38 Akasaka, Minato-ku
Tokyo 107-8503, Japan
Telephone: 03-5412-6200
Email: TOKYO.CC@international.gc.ca
Closed on weekends and Embassy office closures.
Current exhibition
Digital Worlds: The Generative Art of EEPMON
January 22 to May 12, 2026
The Delightful Tea Party Bots Revised, 2022Enter the digital worlds of Canadian artist EEPMON
EEPMON makes generative artworks—pieces produced through computer programs that introduce chance, iteration, and interactivity. By transforming digital information into visual forms, he reveals how computer code can act as a creative collaborator, generating works that are precise and unpredictable, logical and poetic.
EEPMON's heritage is Chinese. He draws inspiration from both Eastern and Western visual cultures, including influences from around the world in his works. His long-running City Lights series—sparked by his first visit to Shibuya and Shinjuku districts in Tokyo, Japan—captures the lights and energy within those urban spaces. In contrast, his Chaos Blooms series features organic, fluid forms. These two bodies of work show how the artist has evolved over two decades.
EEPMON’s works range from digital projections and screen-based work to large-scale murals and NFTs. Within these spaces, visitors will encounter many of the fictional characters he has created to inhabit his digital worlds—figures that blur the line between technology and imagination.
EEPMON’s work is rooted in values of innovation, sustainability, and cross-cultural dialogue. His work bridges Canada, Japan and the wider world. Collaborations with international brands such as Canada Goose and Alpha Industries, reveal how design, data and storytelling intersect, moving across cultures and disciplines.
In Digital Worlds, human imagination and digital intelligence merge, creating art that is fluid, borderless and endlessly changing.
Curator: Rebecca Basciano, Chief Curator, Ottawa Art Gallery
Curatorial Coordination: Erin Bruce, Curatorial Coordinator, Ottawa Art Gallery
Editing: Matt Harrison
Translations, Installation and Production: Embassy of Canada to Japan
Presented in partnership between the Ottawa Art Gallery (OAG) and the Prince Takamado Gallery of the Embassy of Canada to Japan, this exhibition underscores Canada’s commitment to technological innovation, environmental awareness and intercultural exchange.
Dates
January 22 to May 12, 2026
- Monday to Friday – 10 am to 17:30 pm (Last entry 17:00)
Closed on weekends and Embassy office closures.
Details
Place
Embassy of Canada Prince Takamado Gallery (7-3-38 Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo)
Admission
Free
Please note
- Visitor access to the Embassy of Canada requires government-issued photo identification.
- Security procedures are in place for all guests and their personal effects.
- For guests requiring special assistance, please let us know in advance.
- We regret that parking on the Embassy grounds is not available.
Next exhibition
Kim Waldron. No Hero
May 20-September 23, 2026
Flower Compost, Mikiko Kamada, 2022The Embassy of Canada to Japan is pleased to present Kim Waldron. No Hero, a new exhibition by Canadian artist Kim Waldron. Her work explores how local initiatives, driven by individuals and communities, fit within broader dynamics of environmental transformation. No Hero brings together concrete and cumulative actions observed in different cultural and geographical contexts: in Japan, Australia and Québec.
The first phase of the project was carried out in 2022 during a residency at Tokyo Arts and Space (TOKAS). This experience allowed Waldron to grasp the extent to which forms of climate engagement are shaped by cultural frameworks. This realisation became the starting point for a project intended to unfold elsewhere, in a comparative and relational dynamic.
In the summer of 2024, the artist continued No Hero during a residency at Bilpin International Ground for Creative Initiatives (BigCi) in the Blue Mountains of Australia. There, she documented initiatives related to forest conservation in a region marked by the legacy of mining and wildfires.
In Québec, Waldron travelled to Témiscaming in 2023 to photograph the work of the Bois de Drave company, and to Rouyn-Noranda in 2025 to document the actions of Collectif Territoire. Both organisations are engaged in reflecting on the environmental impacts of industrial history.
For more than twenty years, Kim Waldron has depicted herself in her works, not through a conventional logic of self-portraiture, but through mechanisms that place her at the heart of real social situations. No Hero extends this approach by mobilizing self-representation not as an individual assertion, but as a means of revealing the collective work carried out by a multitude of actors. The images highlight the shared effort required to fight climate change, while questioning the persistent, often unconscious belief in the advent of a heroic savior. Here, no image or figure promises a single, definitive solution. Instead, the works invite viewers to recognize the strength of coordinated, fragmentary and interdependent actions over time.
Curators
Louise Déry, Michèle Magema and Anne-Marie Ninacs
Kim Waldron
Kim Waldron is a Montreal-based visual artist. Her art practice frequently uses self-portraiture as a means of engaging with various contemporary social situations. She has an MFA from Concordia University and a BFA from NSCAD University. Active in the local, national, and international scenes, she most recently has exhibited work at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, CIRCA art actuel (Montreal), Jimei X Arles International Photography Festival (Xiamen), Mains d’Œuvres (Paris), Ortega y Gasset Projects (NYC) and Dunlop Art Gallery (Regina). She currently lives in Montreal, Quebec.
Dates
May 20 to September 23, 2026
- Monday to Friday – 10 am to 17:30 pm (Last entry 17:00)
Closed on weekends and Embassy office closures.
Details
Place
Embassy of Canada Prince Takamado Gallery (7-3-38 Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo)
Admission
Free
Please note
- Visitor access to the Embassy of Canada requires government-issued photo identification.
- Security procedures are in place for all guests and their personal effects.
- For guests requiring special assistance, please let us know in advance.
- We regret that parking on the Embassy grounds is not available.
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