MUTEK Japan — festival guide

At a glance

Dates

15–17 Nov 2026 (3 days)

Location

Tokyo venue, Tokyo, Japan

Sound

Electronic · Experimental

Tickets

€17 – €163 · 6 tiers tracked

Venue type

Urban venue

Best nearby base

Tokyo · 0 km · about 0 min

On-site camping

Not listed

Line-up announced

5 artists so far

The story

MUTEK Japan is an annual festival focused on audiovisual performances and electronic music, taking place in Tokyo at MoN Takanawa: The Museum of Narratives. In its 11th year, the festival will occur from November 20th to 23rd, coinciding with the Japanese harvest festival Niiname-sai. The event will feature a combination of performances and conference programming, including talks and workshops.

MUTEK Japan is a 3-day electronic, experimental festival at Tokyo venue in Tokyo, Japan. The November 2026 edition runs 15–17 Nov 2026.

Announced so far: Max Cooper, Hania Rani, mouse on the keys, Patrick Wilson and Ryoichi Kurokawa. Expect stages split between Electronic and Experimental. The line-up is spread across the 3 festival days, so a full-weekend ticket is the only way to catch every name.

Everything happens at Tokyo venue, in Tokyo. Tokyo · 0 km · about 0 min is the organiser's practical nearby base for accommodation and transfers to the festival site.

MUTEK Japan keeps the same calendar slot each year: November 2026 for this edition, opening on a Sunday and closing on a Tuesday. It falls in autumn, after the summer circuit closes, when flights and rooms come back down in price. That slot matters for the budget — flights and rooms in Tokyo are priced for the festival weekend, not the week around it, so shifting your arrival by a day often saves more than any ticket tier does.

• 11th edition
• Dates: November 20-23, 2026
• Venue: MoN Takanawa: The Museum of Narratives
• Special audiovisual program on the final day
• Conference programming with talks and workshops

Venue, camping & access

Venue type

Urban venue

Best nearby base

Tokyo · 0 km · about 0 min

Camping

No on-site camping is listed by the organiser.

Getting to the gates

Public transport available to venue.

What the trip costs from Paris

Door to door from Paris, a trip to MUTEK Japan works out at roughly €1,770 per person on the cheapest combination we track — a higher-budget weekend, mostly because of the travel leg.

The ticket is only 1% of that: the rest is getting there and sleeping somewhere, which is exactly the part most ticket sites leave out.

Cheapest travel we price is air · 16h 59m each way, at €1,174 return.

Planning the trip, step by step

1. 1Book the ticket first: tiers at MUTEK Japan are sold in waves and the cheapest wave is gone long before the line-up is complete.
2. 2Then price the travel from Paris — Cinderella compares train, bus, car and flight for the same dates, and the cheapest option is not always the obvious one.
3. 3Reserve 4 nights rather than 3: the last night of a festival almost always ends after the last train home.
4. 4Follow MUTEK Japan on Cinderella to be emailed when a ticket price drops or a new tier opens.

Line-up, day by day

• Day 1 — Sunday 15 November

  Max Cooper, Patrick Wilson

• Day 2 — Monday 16 November

  Hania Rani, Ryoichi Kurokawa

• Day 3 — Tuesday 17 November

  mouse on the keys

Full line-up

Ordered as the poster reads it — headliners first, then most booked to least. Each name opens that artist's festival dates.

Past editions

Dates are the event's recurring calendar slot, so treat them as approximate — the organiser keeps the official archive.

• 2025

  15–17 Nov 2025 (approx.)

  Regulars: Max Cooper, Hania Rani, mouse on the keys

• 2024

  15–17 Nov 2024 (approx.)

  Regulars: Hania Rani, mouse on the keys, Patrick Wilson

• 2023

  15–17 Nov 2023 (approx.)

  Regulars: mouse on the keys, Patrick Wilson, Ryoichi Kurokawa

Travel tips from Paris

• The site itself is Tokyo venue, in Tokyo.
• Public transport available to venue.
• Book a bed in Tokyo early — rooms around a festival sell out before the last ticket tier does.

• air16h 59m · €1,174