Opening Reception | Chiharu Shiota: Two Home Countries 

Japan Society invites you to the opening reception of our fall exhibition, Chiharu Shiota: Two Home Countries. Be among the first visitors to view internationally acclaimed artist Chiharu Shiota’s first solo museum exhibition in New York.

Curated by Dr. Michele Bambling, Japan Society Gallery Director, the exhibition features Diary (2025), a site-specific installation that commemorates the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II. This profound meditation on memory, national identity, and the human cost of war is placed in conversation with a provocative selection of Shiota’s other multimedia works.

The reception follows the world premiere of KINKAKUJI (The Temple of the Golden Pavilion)* at 7:00 PM, a theatrical production commissioned by Japan Society and featuring Shiota’s innovative stage design, presented to American audiences for the first time. 

*NOTE: KINKAKUJI tickets are not included with this invitation. Theater tickets must be purchased separately and are extremely limited. Tickets to the September 11 performance of KINKAKUJI include entry to the Gallery opening and reception following immediately after the performance. Please reserve at  Yukio Mishima’s KINKAKUJI.

RSVP by September 4
Capacity strictly limited. Tickets are not transferrable. 

7:00 PM KINKAKUJI (The Temple of the Golden Pavilion)
9:00 PM Opening Reception for Chiharu Shiota: Two Home Countries 

For assistance, please contact [email protected]. 

Chiharu Shiota: Two Home Countries will open to the public from September 12, 2025 – January 11, 2026.

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Chiharu Shiota, Inner Home, 2024
Photo Sunhi Mang
© ARS, New York, 2025 and the artist

Chiharu Shiota: Two Home Countries is supported by The Coby Foundation, Ltd. and the Goethe-lnstitut with support from the Foreign Office of the Federal Republic of Germany.

Air travel between Berlin and New York is generously provided by Delta Air Lines.

Japan Society’s 120th anniversary initiatives and related programs are generously supported by Champion Sponsor, MUFG Bank, Ltd.; Advocate Sponsor, Mizuho Americas; and Friend Sponsor, Mitsubishi Corporation (Americas).

Japan Society programs are supported by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.

Exhibitions and Arts & Culture Lecture Programs are made possible, in part, by Sompo Holdings, Inc.; public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council; the Lila Wallace-Reader’s Digest Endowment Fund; the Mary Griggs Burke Endowment Fund established by the Mary Livingston Griggs and Mary Griggs Burke Foundation; The Masako Mera and Koichi Mera, PhD Fund for Education and the Arts; Yasko Tashiro and Thierry Porté; Peggy and Dick Danziger; The Globus Family; Jun Makihara and Megumi Oka; Barbara Bertozzi Castelli; Members; Japan Society Gallery Council; and other Gallery supporters. Support for Arts & Culture Lecture Programs is provided, in part, by the Sandy Heck Lecture Fund.

Transportation assistance is provided by Japan Airlines, the official Japanese airline sponsor for Japan Society Gallery exhibitions.