TOKYO MODERNISM SHOW 2026

BUILDING / SWIMSUIT DEPARTMENT

BUILDING, which offers a curated selection of modern design furniture from the 1950s and 1960s from the U.S., Scandinavia, Europe, and Japan, will exhibit jointly with SWIMSUIT DEPARTMENT, which operates BATHHOUSE, a shop selling vintage goods sourced from around the world. The exhibit will mainly feature American vintage furniture and accessories designed by George Nelson, Charles and Ray Eames, Alexander Girard, and others.

BUILDING

ADDRESS：3-11-10, Shirokane, Minato-ku, Tokyo

TEL：03-6447-7748

WEB：BUILDING

Instagram：@building_shirokane

Swimsuit Department

ADDRESS：1F 5-8-4, Komazawa, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo

TEL：03-6804-6288

WEB：Swimsuit Department Shop Online

Instagram：@bathhouse_shop

Bureau YT

Bureau YT is a cultural bureau that brings together furniture, architecture, art, and design, curating and presenting outstanding cultural works from around the world through its own distinctive perspective.
Rather than being guided solely by trends, price, or rarity, they value context, philosophy, time, and continuity, selecting things that endure across generations and presenting them in ways that reveal new value.
Not simply selling objects, but connecting people with people and cultures with cultures, and cultivating beautiful moments and spaces. Bureau YT aims to bring cultures from around the world to Japan, while sharing Japan's aesthetic sensibilities with the world.

ADDRESS：1-28-5, Kinuta, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo

TEL：070-8934-6561

Instagram：@bureau_yt

Ph.D.

Ph.D. is a gallery and studio dealing in products and works from early Modernism and its surrounding periods, centered on Finland and designers like Alvar Aalto. Based in Nagano Prefecture, Ph.D. sources, restores, reupholsters, and sells vintage furniture while also introducing contemporary works, fostering cross-field exchanges. By treating the resulting selections and spatial compositions as case studies, Ph.D. explores the relationships between objects, daily living, and human sensibility.

ADDRESS：1F&B1, Midoricho, Tsuruga, Nagano City, Nagano

WEB：Ph.D.

Instagram：@ph.d.______ / @ph.d._stock_hue

SOMEWHERE TOKYO

Contemporary design gallery. Specializes in 1980s postmodern design, design from subsequent decades, and furniture and art by contemporary Japanese artists. A pioneer in the serious appraisal and presentation of postmodern design in Japan. Their vintage design selection focuses primarily on Italian and Japanese pieces. Recently, they have also been actively featuring Y2K designs.

ADDRESS：2-7-1, Ebisuminami, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo

TEL：03-6452-2224

WEB：SOMEWHERE TOKYO

Instagram：@somewheretokyo

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Tomohiro Kobayashi, ANTISTIC

Specializing in European vintage products with a focus on lighting and furniture, they deep-clean, disassemble, repair, and maintain each piece to fully understand its structure, materials, and fine details. This hands-on process directly informs our creation of custom furniture and store fixtures. Driven by a passion for industrial design since its founding, we have recently focused on German vintage pieces-curating products inspired by the Bauhaus movement where function and form harmoniously coexist, through our own unique lens.

ADDRESS：1-3-25 2F, Himonya, Meguro-Ku, Tokyo

TEL：03-6452-4568

WEB：ANTISTIC

Instagram：@antistic_meguro

Kazuhisa Komatsu, CASE GROUND

Inspired by the principle of "less but better," the concept shop reexamines the meaning (value) of objects while considering what furniture should be, offering products made with proven craftsmanship in clear, straightforward forms.
This exhibit will feature just part of the collection, focused mainly on graphic works and works that are not normally shown to the public.

ADDRESS：1-30-1, Nakanokani-cho, Hachioji-shi, Tokyo

TEL：042-266-2600

WEB：CASE GROUND

Instagram：@case_ground

Tatsuro Sato, DELFONICS

President and design director of stationery manufacturer DELFONICS. Though he devoted himself to music as a student, his fascination with antiques and small objects with graphic designs eventually led him to his current career. Operates DELFONICS and Smith, curated shops specializing in stationery and lifestyle goods. In addition to overseeing design direction for everything from products to store concepts, he also sources vintage items. In recent years, he has also worked on spatial design projects for external clients, including office lobbies and private residences.

Instagram：@tatsuro_sato

Yuta Ikawa, free design

free design will be exhibiting mid-century Swedish ceramic objects, primarily by Lisa Larson, which they encountered during its annual Nordic buying trips and has kept in its private collection. This selection features many one-of-a-kind unique pieces. free design is offering these special items with the hope that they will continue to build a wonderful history with their next owners. [Yuta Ikawa] Co-owner of four stores, including "free design" (Nordic lifestyle), "DEALERSHIP" (American vintage), and "cotogoto" (Japanese handicrafts). A buyer who acquires approximately 15,000 vintage items annually.

ADDRESS：2-18-2-2F, Kichijoji-honcho, Musashino-shi,Tokyo

TEL：0422-21-2070

WEB：free design

Instagram：@freedesign_jp / @yuta.ikawa

plastic imagine ,Tatsuki Ohya

plastic＊imagine is a design store that conveys the charm of iconic design furniture and the world of Space Age aesthetics through the exhibition, sale, and lease of vintage pieces from the 1960s and 1970s, as well as spatial design and styling. The store also functions as a contemporary design label, developing original apparel and 3D-printed lifestyle goods inspired by the graphics and designs characteristic of plastic expressions-redefining 'plastic' for the modern era. In October 2026, plastic＊imagine will open its new location in Bldg. No. 9 of the Semba Center Building in Osaka.

ADDRESS：Unit 118, 1F, Semba Center Building No. 9, 3-3-9, Semba Chuo, Chuo-ku, Osaka

Instagram：@plasticimagine_official / @t.ohy

Satoru Imai, Sirturday

Sirturday carries vintage clothing and accessories from across Europe, with a particular focus on Scandinavia.
They source pieces from a variety of places, choosing whatever suits their mood at the time.
Their selection includes pieces from Marimekko and Vuokko, of course, as well as Scandinavian workwear, military clothing, and more.
The shop seeks out both timeless staples and more unusual finds, with the aim of offering a selection that visitors will enjoy.

ADDRESS：3F 2-7-8, Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo

TEL：080-1274-6046

WEB：Sirturday

Instagram：@sirturday

HIDA

Founded in Hida Takayama in 1920, Hida Sangyo continues to create timeless furniture by combining the natural beauty of wood, master craftsmanship, and modern design sensibilities. At the core of their philosophy are two forms of longevity: enduring, timeless design and exceptional durability built to last. Crafted to grow alongside daily life and to be passed down through generations, Hida Sangyo remains dedicated to working with wood in Hida, carrying forward its long tradition of craftsmanship.

ADDRESS：3180, Urushigaitou Town, Takayama City, Gifu

TEL：0577-32-1001

WEB：HIDA

Instagram：@hidasangyo.official

Tendo Mokko

Founded in 1940 in Tendo, Yamagata, Tendo Mokko is a Japanese furniture manufacturer and a pioneer of molded plywood technology in Japan. Through collaborations with architects and designers such as Isamu Kenmochi, Sori Yanagi, and Kenzo Tange, the company has created numerous long-selling furniture designs for homes, offices, hotels, and public spaces.
Its Tokyo Showroom & Store is located in Hamamatsucho, within the Tokyo branch building designed by Junzo Sakakura in 1964. Visitors can explore and experience Tendo Mokko's furniture in this historic modernist building.

ADDRESS：1-9-2, Hamamatsucho, Minato-ku, Tokyo

TEL：03-3432-0401

WEB：TENDO

Instagram：@tendo_mokko

Vitra

Founded in 1950, Swiss furniture manufacturer Vitra develops products and concepts through collaborations with world-renowned designers and their own in-house expertise, helping improve the quality of homes, offices, and public spaces through the power of design. Vitra also has a strong cultural dimension that extends beyond its business activities, including the architecture of the Vitra Campus, as well as exhibitions, workshops, and publications at the Vitra Design Museum. They also work to reissue iconic designs by Jean Prouvé, Charles and Ray Eames, Verner Panton-who would have turned 100 this year-and others.

TEL：03-6868-8820 (Online Shop) / 03-6386-5030 (Customer Inquiries)

WEB：Vitra Online Shop

Instagram：@vitra_japan