Visit — 訪問
The studio keeps
slow hours.
Write first. Wait a little. Then come up the lane past the indigo curtain — the doorway with no sign.
Where
Studio Murakami
2-14 Shirakawa-suji
Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto 605-0035
Japan
Three minutes north of the canal bridge. If you reach the shrine gate, you have walked one doorway too far.
When
- Tue – Fri
- 10:00 – 17:00
- Sat
- 10:00 – 14:00 · by letter
- Sun & Mon
- closed — the studio rests
In Gion Matsuri week each July, hours dissolve entirely. The whole street forgives this.
道The way, from memory
Begin with a letter
The studio takes twelve projects a year and is currently reading inquiries for spring 2027. Every letter is read on Friday morning, with tea; replies come within seven days.
Say less than you think you should. What the project leaves out tells the studio the most.