The Tenth Mosaic Festival Sets September Dates With Persona Trio and More
The event assembles several generations of Japanese and French game creators on one stage, with the Persona trio's reunion panel and the Ueda-Chahi conversation both framed by the sources as rare opportunities to hear directly about the craft behind landmark titles.
Key Facts
- The Tenth Mosaic festival will be held on September 22 and 23, 2026, at the Institut français du Japon in Shinjuku, Tokyo.
- A Persona 30th anniversary panel on September 23 will feature director Katsura Hashino, art director Shigenori Soejima, and composer Shoji Meguro.
- Festival admission tickets cost 2,000 yen, and talk session tickets cost 3,000 yen, with each talk session capped at 100 people.
- Tetsuya Mizuguchi will give a lecture marking the 25th anniversary of Rez's release.
- Shuhei Yoshida will curate the Indie Legacy Showcase, featuring more than 15 Japanese indie titles including Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin and The Exit 8.
Reporting from 4 sources: 4Gamer.net, Denfaminicogamer, GameBusiness.jp, Game Spark.
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.
- September 22 opens with Yoko Taro and Keisuke Okabe at 11:00, discussing how they build "ephemeral yet emotionally stirring worlds."
- The horror roundtable at 14:00 pairs Alone in the Dark creator Frédérick Raynal with the makers of Silent Hill, Fatal Frame, and Clock Tower to trace the genre's origins and evolution.
- Tetsuya Mizuguchi's 17:00 lecture covers Rez's design philosophy, development stories, and its influence on interactive media.
- September 23 starts at 10:30 with the Persona 30th anniversary panel, where Hashino, Soejima, and Meguro discuss the series' history and appeal.
- Eric Chahi and Fumito Ueda meet at 14:00, with Game Spark calling it a rare chance to hear about games expressed through "interaction," not story or visuals. Chahi's Another World launched in 1991.
- The final talk pairs Danganronpa and HUNDRED LINE creators Kazutaka Kodaka and Masafumi Takada on storytelling and music.
- Exhibitions include original art from Mathieu Bablet's Cairn, a hardware collection spanning microcomputers to handhelds, and a 30th anniversary display for Enemy Zero with design materials.
- Music sets cover Yuzo Koshiro's catalog, Panzer Dragoon tracks by Saori Kobayashi, KO-Ney, and homage performances to Enemy Zero and Rez.
- Shuhei Yoshida's Indie Legacy Showcase spans more than 15 titles, including La-Mulana, Cave Story, Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin, ENDER LILIES, The Exit 8, Öoo, and Darekare.
- Talk session tickets cap at 100 people per session, with autograph sessions planned after some talks. Ticket sales dates are not yet announced.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 4 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.
Sources
- 4Gamer.net ゲームカルチャーを体感できる「The Tenth Mosaic」9月22日，23日に開催。上田文人氏やヨコオタロウ氏ら著名なクリエイターが名を連ねる
- Denfaminicogamer 『ペルソナ』橋野氏、副島氏、目黒氏の座談会など豪華企画が目白押しのイベント「The Tenth Mosaic」9月22日・23日に開催
- GameBusiness.jp 『ICO』『ワンダと巨像』上田文人、『ペルソナ』橋野・副島・目黒ら豪華クリエイター集結！ゲームを“第十の芸術”と称える祭典「The Tenth Mosaic」9月22日・23日に開催
- Game Spark 『ICO』『ワンダと巨像』上田文人、『ペルソナ』橋野・副島・目黒ら豪華クリエイター集結！ゲームを“第十の芸術”と称える祭典「The Tenth Mosaic」9月22日・23日に開催