Music & Community Events
Beyond its gallery walls, CONNECTop!cs has gathered its community for outdoor picnics, live sets, and pop-up store days — part of the mix of art, music, and shopping that runs through the space at T-SITE GARDEN GALLERY, Daikanyama.
Green Park Picnic Smile Energy
GREEN PARK PICNIC SMILE ENERGY brought together food, friends, and outdoor atmosphere as a community gathering connected to CONNECTop!cs. Dates recorded for this event are May 24, 2015, and September 20, 2015.
GREEN PARK PICNIC SMILE ENERGY
May 24, 2015A daytime picnic-style community event held in connection with CONNECTop!cs, bringing people together outdoors.
GREEN PARK PICNIC SMILE ENERGY
September 20, 2015A further gathering under the same picnic event name, continuing the community-focused format.
nOOKSTORE Pop-up
October 10–12, 2015A three-day pop-up presence from nOOKSTORE, adding a shopping dimension to the space's event calendar.
Talk Show with Homma Ryoji
December 30, 2009, from 20:30An evening talk event featuring Homma Ryoji, one of the earlier gatherings recorded at CONNECTop!cs.
Live Sets & Gatherings
Alongside picnics and talks, the space has hosted live performances and DJ sets as part of its broader mix of art, music, and curated goods. These gatherings sit alongside the gallery's exhibition programme rather than apart from it.
For current exhibition details, see the Exhibitions page.
The gatherings at this Daikanyama creative space have always blurred the line between art and everyday life. Against the soft backdrop of the T-SITE GARDEN GALLERY, community picnics unfold on open lawns where friends share food and conversation beneath wide skies. Live musical sets drift through the air, mingling with the quiet rustle of leaves and the distant hum of the city. These are not formal events so much as natural extensions of the gallery's ethos—moments where creativity, fashion, and simple human connection meet without pretense. The atmosphere remains unhurried, generous, and open to anyone drawn by curiosity or a love of shared experience.
The seasonal pop-up market days held here bring together a carefully selected mix of independent makers, vintage finds, and emerging designers. Visitors wander between tables set against the greenery, discovering handcrafted goods and one-of-a-kind pieces that reflect the same thoughtful curation found inside the gallery walls. The pace is gentle, allowing for real conversations between creators and guests. These market days feel less like commercial transactions and more like extended studio visits, where each object carries a story and every encounter deepens the sense of belonging to a wider creative community that values quality, authenticity, and the beauty of the handmade.
Beyond the gallery itself, the surrounding neighborhood of Daikanyama offers a natural extension of this world—quiet streets lined with independent shops, cafes tucked into old houses, and hidden gardens waiting to be discovered. The community that has grown around this space reflects the character of the area itself: thoughtful, understated, and deeply connected to the rhythms of daily life. Whether attending an outdoor picnic, browsing a pop-up, or simply stopping by during a stroll through the district, visitors find themselves part of something larger—a gentle network of people who believe that art, music, and good company belong together, not in separate spheres, but woven into the fabric of ordinary afternoons.
