Facts
- Release
- game · 2026-09-22 and 2026-09-23 · Tokyo · 2026-09-07
- Release
- game · 2026-09-22 to 2026-09-23 · Japan · 2026-08-06
- Announced
- full program with Rez, indie showcase, game music performances, hardware exhibitions, and live drawing · 2026-09-07
- Announced
- two-day game culture festival on September 22-23 at Tokyo Nichi-Futsu Gakuen · 2026-09-04
- Announced
- two-day game culture festival (The Tenth Mosaic Game Culture Festival) · 2026-08-06
- Noted
- General admission costs 2,000 yen per day, granting access to exhibitions, music, the indie showcase, and live drawing. · 2026-09-07
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2d ago
The Institut francais du Japon - Tokyo will host The Tenth Mosaic, a two-day game culture festival, on September 22 and 23, 2026. The event goes beyond previously announced talk sessions by Yoko Taro, Ueda Fumito, and Mizuguchi Tetsuya, adding game music performances, hardware exhibitions, a curated indie game showcase, and live drawing. A Rez 25th anniversary session will feature Mizuguchi, director Jun Kobayashi, music producer Ken Ishii, and music coordinator Masakazu Hiroishi. Former Sony Interactive Entertainment executive Shuhei Yoshida curates the Indie Legacy Showcase, presenting more than 15 Japanese indie titles including Cave Story, La-Mulana, and Exit 8. The Dream Machines exhibition will display rare hardware such as the Panasonic M2 and the Sega-IBM co-developed Teradrive. Music acts include Saori Kobayashi performing Panzer Dragoon pieces, Yuzo Koshiro, and an Enemy Zero acoustic live. General admission costs 2,000 yen per day, granting access to exhibitions, music, the indie showcase, and live drawing. Creator talks require separate 3,000 yen tickets.
5d ago
Archipel will hold The Tenth Mosaic, a two-day game culture festival, on September 22-23 at Tokyo Nichi-Futsu Gakuen. The lineup includes talks with Kazutaka Kodaka and Masafumi Takada, a Rez 25th anniversary session with Tetsuya Mizuguchi and Ken Ishii, a horror panel with Keiichiro Toyama and Frederic Raynal, and a Persona 30th anniversary talk. Shuhei Yoshida curates an indie legacy showcase with 15-plus titles, and music sets include Yuzo Koshiro and Saori Kobayashi. Several talk sessions have already sold out.
Aug 6
The Tenth Mosaic, a two-day festival celebrating games as the "tenth art," will be held on September 22 and 23, 2026, at the Institut français du Japon in Shinjuku, Tokyo. The event is planned and curated by Archipel and will feature stage talks, special exhibitions, music live performances, and live drawing sessions. A panel discussion on September 23 will commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Persona series, bringing together director Katsura Hashino, art director Shigenori Soejima, and composer Shoji Meguro, the trio behind Persona 3 through Persona 5. Other scheduled talks include a conversation between Fumito Ueda and Eric Chahi, a roundtable on horror game origins with Frédérick Raynal, Keiichiro Toyama, Makoto Shibata, and Hifumi Kono, and a lecture by Tetsuya Mizuguchi marking the 25th anniversary of Rez. Shuhei Yoshida will curate the Indie Legacy Showcase, and illustrator Katsuya Terada will create an original piece live over both days. Festival admission tickets cost 2,000 yen, while talk session tickets cost 3,000 yen.