Obihiro Contemporary Art 2011 -100 Days at Shinshokaku-is held from May 28, 2011. Shinshokaku is a traditional Japanese-style house located in Manabe Garden, the largest in the nation. Built in the city center to comm...
The Japan Media Arts Festival traveled to Sapporo (hereinafter called the Sapporo Exhibition) for the first time to hold the largest media art exhibition. The Sapporo exhibition was held at Sapporo Art Park Center fro...
On June 25th it was a hot, sunny day in Otaru a well-known tourist spot in Hokkaido. It was also the day a music and poetry event called Otaru Collage was held in Otaru Soko No.1, along the Otaru Canal, a must-visit s...
Works by printmaking artist Arinori Ichihara, who is reaching 100 years old this year, features otherwordly landscapes. Born in 1910 and living in Otaru Hokkaido, Arinori Ichihara's solo exhibition "Arinori Ichihara's...
Feel the power and strength of artists from the North. Organized by Hokkaido-based artists, the 'Hokkaido Three-Dimensional Art Exhibition' is a collaborative effort by three of Sapporo's museums and specially ...
Walking down stairs to the gallery CAI02, you will hear the sound of harmonious birds singing coming from inside the gallery. And you will be welcomed into the ambient space created by Junichi Oguro for his solo art e...
An outdoor festival for music and art, Magical Camp 2009. Photo: Naoko Hirose Magical Camp 2009 was held in Sapporo on August 29 and 30. The site was a ski run located in Sapporo Teine High-Land. The autumn s...
It is the middle of Feburary 2009, and we are at midwinter here in Sapporo. The roads are walls of piled snow and sidewalks make every look like poor skaters. To me, it is quite impressive and fantastic scenery - snow...
Kiyoshi Awazu's one-man exhibition "Thinking eye, picturizing image" is held at Sapporo Miyanomori Art Museum from Sep 5th to Nov 3rd. In general, Awazu Kiyoshi is known as a graphic designer. But, his diverse portfo...
An open-air rock festival in Hokkaido "Rising Sun Rock Festival (RSR)" a.k.a "Ezorock" passed a significant milestone, its 10th anniversary. This is the biggest rock festival in Hokkaido. Last year they had more tha...
Come rain, come shine! Magical party at the mountain. Mt. Teine is located in the 15 kilometers northwest of Sapporo's downtown. This year again, music lovers around Sapporo and beyond gathered to Magical Camp 2008...
Traveling Through Humanity via Portraiture. Face, something that you see more of in others more than your own. Something that most people are interested in. Faces can't express everything about its owner, but somet...
