The desire to go on a journey. The yearning to travel to someplace elsewhere.
Over the past two and a half years in which restrictions had been placed on our freedom of movement, people throughout the world had abandoned all hopes for travel.
During this period, a significant number of us developed a growing fondness for travel, and have undoubtedly yearned for the opportunity to embark upon journeys.
What is the nature and definition of a journey?

This exhibition is an “anthology” that attempts to consider the outcome of such questions through taking clues from the journeys of others.
What serves as an introduction is a trip to Europe taken by Prince and Princess Asaka a century ago, which had a great influence on the architecture of the main building of the Teien Art Museum.
The travel scenery of the 1920s as they would have seen are introduced through arts and crafts, and various reference materials.
This is followed by a private collector’s quest to collect railway related materials, and works by contemporary artists that draw inspiration from the Former Residence of Prince Asaka, presented in the form of installations that make use of the building’s unique architectural space.
The stories and narratives hidden within each journey no longer belong to the traveler alone, but lie waiting for you who receive them to think about and richly experience in your imagination. The journeys of others harbor the potential to “someday become the journeys of our own.”

We hope that the journeys you encounter in the exhibition will serve as an opportunity to expand your imagination and be the first step toward opening up new journeys for you.