Measuring an astounding thirty meters wide, 'Myth of Tomorrow' serves as Japan's own Guernica, depicting a blazing skeleton engulfed in the fiery aftermath of an atomic blast. Painted in Mexico City between 1967 and 1969, the masterpiece went missing for decades before being rediscovered, meticulously restored, and permanently installed in Tokyo in 2008. Today, it stands freely accessible in the busy pedestrian walkway connecting Shibuya Station to the Mark City complex. Pausing beneath its fierce brushstrokes offers a profound moment of reflection amid the kinetic rush of the city.
- Art Installations
- Memorials
- Murals
- Public Art
- Shibuya Station
- Taro Okamoto
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