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Oyado MAS at Karimoku Commons Tokyo Turns a Gallery Into a Cypress Inn, Through Oct. 20

Karimoku's MAS furniture brand has turned the first-floor gallery at Karimoku Commons Tokyo into an imagined Japanese inn. Cypress furnishings sit alongside work by NEW LIGHT POTTERY, Nao Tesuki Washi and SEKISAKA. Admission is free, and it runs through October 20.

By NBT Editors · 2026-10-18

Oyado MAS at Karimoku Commons Tokyo Turns a Gallery Into a Cypress Inn, Through Oct. 20 — Image: @mas_karimoku

MAS, the furniture brand from Karimoku, has taken over the first-floor gallery at Karimoku Commons Tokyo in Nishiazabu for "Oyado MAS." The whole room is staged as an imagined Japanese inn, with furniture and craft shown as a single environment. The exhibition opened on September 19, 2026 and runs through October 20.

SF Basket 01 stacked baskets with wooden legs in front of a cypress shelf — Image: @mas_karimoku

Japanese cypress (hinoki) defines the space. According to the brand's Instagram, the appeal lies in its clear grain and the warmth of a natural material, and its look shifts with the way light falls on it. Photos from the show include a cypress box lamp glowing softly beside a tatami floor and above a shelf, where two small paper animal figures stand in its light.

Wagashi sweet and a glass of tea on a wooden tray at Oyado MAS — Image: @mas_karimoku

The show is built around a range of Japanese makers, with each piece kept distinct inside the larger scene. Sponsors are NEW LIGHT POTTERY, Nao Tesuki Washi, SEKISAKA, sheep_candle and _sinso__. Ikehiko, Shimajima and the Japanese Botanical Laboratory (kusaki.jp) took part in cooperation. Exhibition direction and graphics are by hikw__h, and spatial direction is by watarukumano. Karimoku is the organizer.

Cypress lamp glowing beside a tatami floor and bedding — Image: @mas_karimoku

Visitors' bags are held in the "SF Basket 01" by designer Shigeki Fujishiro. It is roomy enough for a large backpack and stacks when not in use, so it takes little floor space. Its wooden frame is woven with flat fabric straps, and it sits quietly within the room.

On two Fridays in the second half, Shimajima's sweets were paired with tea from the Japanese Botanical Laboratory, limited to 20 portions a day. The last of those, October 16, has passed.

The gallery is open 13:00 to 18:00, closed Sundays, and admission is free. The exhibition ends Tuesday, October 20, at 2 Chome-22-5 Nishiazabu, Minato City, Tokyo.

Where

Karimoku Commons Tokyo (first-floor gallery)2 Chome-22-5 Nishiazabu, Minato City, Tokyo 106-0031, JapanOpen in Google Maps

Hours

Sep 19 – Oct 20, 2026; 1–6 PM; closed Sundays

Price

Free