Seven galleries and eight booksellers will gather at Hibiya OKUROJI, an elevated passageway hidden in the back of Hibiya, to launch an art fair specializing in the media of photography. 

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Despite Japan's world-class printing technology, world-leading camera manufacturers, in-depth history of photo book publishing, and many outstanding photographers who have left their mark on the history of photography, valuable photographic prints continue to flow out of Japan to Europe and the United States due to the lack of a photography market. To foster a photography market in Japan in the future, commercial galleries specializing in photography and publishers/booksellers renowned for photography books will gather under the elevated railway tracks to create a place where visitors can encounter their “first photographs” as a purchase target.

Named after its location in the heart of Tokyo's Hibiya/Ginza district, Hibiya OKUROJI is a 300-meter-long facility that runs under the elevated railroad bridges of JR East (Yamanote, Keihin-Tohoku, and Tokaido lines) and JR Tokai (Shinkansen). The iconic brick arches, built in 1910 (Meiji 43) under the guidance of German engineers and modeled after the viaducts in Berlin, are still in use and support the daily operation of the railroads.

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The Hibiya OKUROJI PHOTO FAIR will be held at Hibiya OKUROJI, where quality tenants with individuality quietly gather under the viaduct, and visitors can find photographic prints waiting to be found. Admission is free, and gallery tours, where visitors can listen to explanations in the gallery owner's own words, will be held twice daily during the exhibition period. This fair will take place in conjunction with the T3 PHOTO FESTIVAL TOKYO, which is being held around Tokyo Station at the same time.

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As the official copy of Hibiya OKUROJI says, this is a new photo fair where you can experience “the excitement that makes connoisseurs want to search for something, at a place with a sense of a secret hiding place with a deep commitment and 100 years of history.”