It seems that this year everything is coming together for the Tokyo art world, literally.

Ever since Art Fair Tokyo moved from its regular autumn timing to spring, various other art events have bloomed around the same cherry-blossom-touched season — with rival art fair G-Tokyo and outdoor art celebration Roppongi Art Night being the most prominent. But through lack of coordination on the part of the organizers, these three events had never actually all fallen on the same weekend, meaning that their potential for a synergetic stimulation of the city's artistic sensibilities had never been explored. Thankfully, things have changed.

As the cherry blossoms spring to life this weekend, Tokyoites will not only have the choice of taking in the nation's largest commercial art extravaganza with Art Fair Tokyo at Tokyo International Forum in Yurakucho, but they can also head over to Roppongi to enjoy both G-Tokyo and, on Saturday night, Roppongi Art Night (see related coverage on pages 2 and 4). If this doesn't get Tokyo in the mood for art, what else could?