TOKYO, JAPAN — EST. 2026
UNDER
THE
SURFACE®
UNDER THE SURFACE is an art project that begins with photography and extends into fashion, art and music.
It began at an abandoned roadside restaurant. Photographs of the time and memories left behind were reimagined as a fictional music release, “ABANDONED DRIVE-IN.” That experiment set the project in motion.
Photographs take shape as T-shirts and record art, while exhibitions and music events bring people and cultures together. Crossing genres, a single photograph opens up new forms of expression.
There is more to the story than what appears on the surface.
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FOR THE MOMENTS
THAT STAY.
Living on in everyday life.
EMERGENCE
Five collaborators from different cultures. New forms born from photography.
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MEEABANDONED DRIVE-IN
An abandoned roadside restaurant. The time and memories left behind are captured in photographs and reimagined as a fictional music release. The first impulse behind UNDER THE SURFACE.
002
YURI NAKAGAWABLACK LIZARD
A scene with Yuri Nakagawa at Kurotokage in Shibuya. Photographs capture the atmosphere of the space and her unmistakable presence.
003
NORIE MINESHINJUKU
Norie Mine in the streets of Shinjuku. An individual presence emerges within the cityscape, turning an everyday setting into a scene that stays with you.
004
SAKURAWHITE SPACE
SAKURA in a white space. Expression and movement emerge from the emptiness, preserving a beauty that belongs to that moment alone.
005
JAPANESE SUPER RATORIGIN
Japanese Super Rat on the rooftop of an abandoned building. Photographs born where street sensibility meets a place suspended in time.
INITIAL
IMPULSE.
An initial impulse takes shape. Then gives rise to the next.
“I want to photograph.” “I want to be photographed.” “I want to make something.” “I want to share it.” Photography begins with simple, honest impulses like these.
Photographs born from encounters with people and places can live beyond the moment. They become artworks and objects, finding their way into someone else’s hands.
I want the proceeds from these works to give back to the people photographed and the collaborators who helped create them, and to support the creation of new work.
When an impulse takes shape and reaches someone, it can spark new encounters and expressions. Through UNDER THE SURFACE, I hope to build that ongoing cycle of creation.
From an initial impulse to a new creation.
And from that creation, the next impulse.
MA
GATHERING
People, places and expression meet.
The next scene moves to Kanamachi.
- PLACE
- KiN, Kanamachi
- OPEN
- 15:00–22:00 / 2026
- ADDRESS
- Shoji Building 1F & 2F, 6-12-6 Kanamachi,
Katsushika-ku, Tokyo
5-minute walk from Kanamachi Station - ENTRANCE
- ¥2,000 / free-flow drinks included
Outside drinks welcome
A market bringing together artists, exhibitions, DJs and live performances in a vintage building with a courtyard.
Joji Shimamoto + YOU THE ROCK★ exhibition in Room A.
TAKE A SCENE
WITH YOU.
T-SHIRT / ART PRINT / RECORD ART
SHOP THE COLLECTIONWORLDWIDE SHIPPING AVAILABLEJOJI SHIMAMOTO
Photographer / Creative Director / Experience Creator
From photography into fashion, art and culture. Creating artworks and experiences from Tokyo.
@JOJISHIMAMOTO