One of Japan's largest art festivals opened its fifth edition this week. MEET YOUR ART FESTIVAL 2026 runs from October 9 to October 12 across the Tennozu canal area of Tokyo, centered on the Terada Warehouse complex, with more than 150 artists and groups taking part in exhibitions, two art fairs, a market, live performances and talk sessions. The centerpiece is the art exhibition "REFLUX: Signs Rising," staged on floors G1 through 5F of the Terada Warehouse and directed by Mirai Moriyama, the actor and artist who serves as MC of the MEET YOUR ART project. Curators Yoshidayama and Kentaro Watanabe built the show around the word reflux, in the sense of backflow or circulation. The premise asks what gets left behind by a society accelerating in a single direction, and invites artists to pull those overlooked things back into view. The opening day featured a live installation by producer Tetsuya Komuro together with contemporary artist Rintaro Fuse. On October 10, the program hands its live stage to Tribe, the sub-label founded by the late producer Nujabes, with a lineup including Knxwledge, DJ Shota and a Nujabes tribute set paired with visuals by artist Rei Nakanishi. A related installation by Nujabes Metaphorical Ensemble and Nakanishi, built around the seven-inch single "Flowers," runs inside the CO-CROSSOVER art fair area. The festival's two fairs, MEET YOUR ARTISTS and CO-CROSSOVER, anchor the commercial side of the four days. Committee chair Shinsuke Kato said the event's original goal of carrying art's value out into wider society now extends to seeding new cycles where culture and the economy feed each other. Last year's edition drew about 50,000 visitors, and organizers report that ticket sales ahead of opening are running at around 250 percent of the same point last year.