Tokyo Christmas Market 2026 unveils its key visual by Kayo Horaguchi!
Tokyo Christmas Market unveils the key visual for Tokyo Christmas Market 2026, created by graphic artist Kayo Horaguchi.
This year's key visual takes as its themes the "Waterfront" of the Shin-Toyosu venue and the "Forest" of the Shiba Park venue, depicting a fantastical world that combines Horaguchi's signature vivid colors with animals and plants.
The left side of a single artwork serves as the Shin-Toyosu visual and the right side as the Shiba Park visual. Place the two side by side, and they join into one Christmas artwork.
A Christmas world overflowing with color and little stories, painted by Kayo Horaguchi
Amid vivid colors, animals, plants and Christmas motifs overlap to create a dreamlike landscape. This year's key visual is filled with Horaguchi's own fantastical, playful world, where familiar things come together through free-spirited imagination.
The expressions of animals dressed in their best, sparkling little ornaments, fine details drawn inside the huts. Every time your eyes move, there's something new to discover, as if little stories were about to begin all over the picture. A rich variety of motifs set in a composition full of depth draws viewers deep into the picture.
Shin-Toyosu's "Waterfront," awash in blue, and Shiba Park's "Forest," wrapped in green. Place the two pictures, each with its own character, side by side, and the night sky and colors flow together to reveal one big Christmas world.
Find a favorite, and you'll want to tell someone about it. Look again, and you'll come across something new to enjoy. With one discovery after another, it's art that makes even the wait for Christmas fun.
About Kayo Horaguchi
Kayo Horaguchi
Graphic Artist
After working as an apparel designer, Horaguchi went independent as a freelance graphic artist.
Official Website & Social Media
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https://kayomaru.com/ - Instagram：
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@kayohoraguchi
A Message from Kayo Horaguchi
I've visited Tokyo Christmas Market myself before, and it's one of my favorite events. I'm truly delighted to have had the chance to create the key visual for an event like this.
This time, I drew lots of animals, plants and Christmas motifs around the themes of Shin-Toyosu's "Waterfront" and Shiba Park's "Forest." Of course I hope you'll enjoy each picture on its own, but I'd also be happy if you noticed how the two connect into one world when placed side by side.
As you look at these pictures, I hope you'll let your imagination run wild even before you visit, wondering, "Who should I go with?" and "What kind of Christmas should I have?" I put a lot of care into the small details, like the insides of the huts, so I hope you'll enjoy the wait for Christmas, too, as you look for your favorite animals and motifs in the pictures.
