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Pearl Bookshop & Gallery

On exhibition days, see artists’ works beside the paper and binding choices of a small art publisher, and discover how art takes printed form.

Current statusA publisher’s gallery and bookshop open only during exhibition periods.Notice ↗

Visit fitFor exploring the connection between art and publishing. Make it a separate destination only after confirming the current exhibition and viewing hours.

Philippe Weisbecker's 64-page HAND TOOLS draws Kyoto craftspeople's tools in old notebooks; the publisher's price is ¥2,750. Yuichi Yokoyama's ¥5,500 Neutre uses four neon inks and codex binding. The two online books total ¥8,250.

Good to know

Compare HAND TOOLS' taped binding with Neutre's opening codex construction. Online publications and the current gallery programme are separate.

Pearl Bookshop & Gallery actual source scene
Pearl Bookshop & Gallery
Image infotimeout.jp · resized and cropped

A publisher’s books beside their originals

Pearl is the Nishihara bookshop/gallery of small art publisher 888books, which has linked exhibitions to publications by Philippe Weisbecker and Yuichi Yokoyama. A first book is Weisbecker's HAND TOOLS: drawings made in old notebooks after interviewing craftspeople during four months in Kyoto in 2002. The expanded edition has 64 colour pages, a long 370 × 146mm format, saddle stitching and tape along the spine; the publisher's online price is ¥2,750.

Yokoyama's Neutre gathers colour paintings, drawings and collages from 1992 through the 2010s. Its French/English, 96-page edition uses neon four-colour printing, codex binding and a double-sided jacket, 240 × 170mm; signed copies are listed at ¥5,500. Together the online item total is ¥8,250 before shipping, without establishing gallery stock. Tools on a narrow page or a manga artist's painting/collage practice give different reasons to choose.

WHERE · On foot from here

How far from the station, and which side

South-east of Hatagaya Station, about 350 m in a straight line from the station point. The position is the official address point and may differ from the entrance. The shaded areas are about 5 and 10 minutes on foot from here.

Pearl Bookshop & Galleryパールブックショップ＆ギャラリーHatagaya幡ヶ谷駅Yoyogi-Uehara代々木上原駅~5 min~10 min250 mNPearl Bookshop & Galleryパールブックショップ＆ギャラリーHatagaya幡ヶ谷駅~5 min~10 min250 mN
This place · official address point (≈25 m)About 5 · 10 min on foot from here (computed, approximate)

Walking bands are computed by FOW on the OpenStreetMap surface street network at 80 m/min and drawn as a smoothed approximate area around the streets reached. They ignore exit positions, station interiors, underground passages, signals, slopes and routes inside buildings — not directions; follow on-site signs.

Map data: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) · Walking bands: computed by FOW · Station and gate notes: official guidance (2026-10-16)

A picture book read from two directions

Aamu and Ilta by Toshiyuki Fukuda and Finland's Anne Vasko is a 54-page colour picture book read from opposite ends, ¥2,750. A young girl receives things and grows on her journey towards a tree; an old bear gives possessions away, becoming lighter. Their journeys meet at the centre. The publisher describes Vasko’s partial collage and Fukuda’s colour adjustments from original to print, offering another way to compare artwork and its printed form.

Pearl opens only during exhibitions. It is Pearl Mansion 102, 2-26-5 Nishihara, behind the PADDLERS COFFEE terrace; publisher directions give five minutes from Hatagaya or ten from Yoyogi-Uehara. Use the official exhibition dates and visitor information before planning the visit; café opening is separate from gallery access.

Before you go

Hours and fees
Pearl Mansion 102, 2-26-5 Nishihara, behind the Paddlers Coffee terrace. Open only during exhibitions; check official Instagram for public dates, hours and admission before visiting.
Good to know
Open only during exhibitions. Paddlers Coffee’s opening is separate from gallery access.
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Sources · image info
  1. パールブックショップ＆ギャラリーTime Out Tokyo · as of 2026-10-06
  2. 編集部ピックアップ！今週末に行きたい展覧会9月12日–13日玄光社 / illustration · as of 2026-10-06
  3. https://www.instagram.com/thikity_friends/p/DdQPiOWGRY3/www.instagram.com · as of 2026-10-06
  4. 888books and Pearl888books.shop · as of 2026-10-19
  5. Pearl gallery entrance and access888books.shop · as of 2026-10-19
  6. 『M!DOR!作品集the residents』刊行記念展覧会のお知らせKokusho Kankokai · as of 2026-10-06
  7. Pearl Bookshop & Gallery |TokyoArtBeatTokyo Art Beat · as of 2026-10-06
  8. 888ブックス |Yahoo!MapLY Corporation · as of 2026-10-06
  9. Philippe Weisbecker: HAND TOOLS888books.shop · as of 2026-10-19
  10. Yuichi Yokoyama: Neutre888books.shop · as of 2026-10-19
  11. Aamu and Ilta picture book888books.shop · as of 2026-10-19
  12. Aamu and Ilta original-art tourwww.instagram.com · as of 2026-10-19
  • Pearl Bookshop & Gallery — timeout.jp · resized and cropped