3D works under the open sky
Hikari Square
The big open plaza at the heart of the city. Large 3D pieces on plinths, a twelve-metre centrepiece, and everyone passing through.
Shows: 3D model
The idea
A festival you walk through, not scroll past.
The best nights in a city are the unplanned ones. The streets stay lit, you take a turn you wouldn’t normally take, and you stumble from a giant sculpture to a projection on a wall to music coming out of a doorway. What stays with you is what you didn’t plan to see.
Online work almost never gets that. It gets a grid of thumbnails and a feed that moves on in two seconds. Tokyo After Dark puts online work back in a place: a night city where your piece hangs on a wall, glows over an alley, stands in a square or plays from a doorway, and people find it by walking.
There is no route and no ranking. The map shows only the streets. Visitors open your work, read your story in your words, and go straight to your artist profile, linked to your CollaboTokyo account, so a chance encounter can turn into a follow, a commission or a collaboration.
What you can show
Images, video, 3D, music, websites.
Image
Hung on glowing hoardings, pasted up as posters, printed on lanterns and banners over the street, or blown up on the promenade walls.
JPG, PNG or WebP — illustration, photo, poster, design
Video
Looping on screens in Kinetic Passage, projected on the ground, or playing on the giant walls of Tower Promenade.
MP4 or WebM, a short loop works best
3D model
Your GLB on a lit plinth in Hikari Square or Polygon Garden. Visitors can open it and turn it around.
GLB (binary glTF), under 12 MB
Music / sound
Plays from where it stands in Oto Yokocho. It gets louder as people walk up and pans as they pass.
MP3, M4A, OGG or WAV — plays as you walk past
Website
A glowing browser window in Pixel Yokocho, hung like a shop sign. One click and visitors are on your site.
A link, plus a screenshot to hang in the alley
The spaces
Eight places to be found in.
Each part of the city is shaped for a kind of work. We place yours where it fits, and the back streets get a bit of everything.
Photography and film on giant walls
Tower Promenade
A wide tree-lined boulevard pointing straight at Tokyo Tower, lined with tall glowing walls for photography and video.
Shows: Image · Video
Web and UI design alley
Pixel Yokocho
A narrow alley of glowing browser windows hung like shop signs. Websites, apps and interfaces you can click through to.
Shows: Website · Image · Video
Illustration on every wall
Ink Lane
Paste-ups, banners hung across the street and paper lanterns. The lane winds out to a quiet paper garden.
Shows: Image
Motion and moving light
Kinetic Passage
Screens on the walls, loops projected on the ground and LED strips overhead. Animation and motion design.
Shows: Video
Music and sound you hear as you walk
Oto Yokocho
Tiny bars and speaker stacks. Each piece plays from where it stands, so the music changes as you walk past.
Shows: Music / sound
Graphic design and type
Poster Street
Layered poster walls and big neon type. Graphic design, typography, identity and print.
Shows: Image
Sculptures in a hidden courtyard
Polygon Garden
A green courtyard through an oversized gate. More 3D work, scattered among the trees.
Shows: 3D model
How it works
- 01
Your email or account
Send work with just your email, or from your CollaboTokyo account. Your works and artist page belong to it, and we email you at every step.
- 02
Submit
Upload the work, write a line and its story, and tell visitors who you are. Send as many works as you like.
- 03
Pick your spot
Once your work is approved, walk into the city before it opens and put it on any open spot: a wall in Ink Lane, a plinth in the square, a screen on the promenade. Move it any time, or let us place it.
- 04
People find it
From Nov 11, visitors wander in, find your work, open your story and visit your profile.
Submit
Put your work in the city.
Make it count
Your piece is a door. Put the rest of your work behind it.
Everyone who opens your piece in the city sees your artist page: your profile, your portfolio and the other work you attach to the piece. Artists with a full profile get the follows, messages and collaboration offers.
- CollaboTokyo profile
- Portfolio filled
- Other work attached to this pieceAttach work
Visit
Reserve your free ticket.
The city opens to everyone from November 11 to 25. Reserve a ticket and we’ll send it to you with a calendar invite, and remind you on opening night.
Questions
Who can submit?+
Anyone who makes things online: designers, illustrators, 3D artists, animators, photographers, filmmakers, musicians, developers. Students and studios too.
What files can I upload?+
Images (JPG, PNG, WebP), video (MP4, WebM), 3D models (GLB), audio (MP3, M4A, OGG, WAV) and websites (a link plus a screenshot). Files up to 12 MB; images are resized for you. You can also link to a file hosted elsewhere over https.
Do I need to be in Tokyo?+
No. The festival is online and the city is virtual. Anyone, anywhere, can walk it in a browser on a laptop or phone.
What happens to my profile?+
Your festival artist page shows your bio, links and every work you have in the city. If you have a CollaboTokyo creator profile it links straight to it, so people can message you and propose collaborations.
Can I choose where my work goes?+
Yes. When your work is approved, your account can walk into the city before it opens: click any glowing empty panel to put your piece there, or pick from the map on this page. Change your mind later, or let us place it in the part of town that suits your kind of work.
When can people visit?+
The city opens to everyone from November 11 to 25, 2026 (Tokyo time). Add it to your calendar and we’ll see you there.
Can I change my piece after sending it?+
Yes, from “Your pieces” on this page. While it’s in review, changes apply straight away. Once it’s in the city, changes are reviewed first and the city keeps showing the current version until they’re approved. You can also preview any version in the city before it goes live.
Can I take my work down?+
Yes. Withdraw a submission from this page while it’s in review, or ask us and we’ll remove it from the city.