Disseminating the latest creative culture born in Hokkaido. MUSEUM, which is our online magazine's new home of SHIFT and also the cultural complex to promote the current creative scene in Hokkaido, is opened in a r...

J-SEKKA

2010.12.25　 Text: Satsuki Myanishi

A key place where brings new life to Niseko as an integrated cultural diversity. Niseko, Hokkaido often finds itself referred to as the St. Mortiz of the East, yet the area holds its own as a world-famous ski resor...

SAPPORO WINTER SPORTS MUSEUM

2009.1.30　 Text: Mariko Takei

As Sapporo becomes more covered with snow, what could you enjoy on the bitter cold day would not only be snowball fighting and snowman making but also winter sports including skiing, snowboarding and skating. Located ...

CAI 02

2008.6.17　 Text: Yurie Hatano

Odori West 5 is the busiest center area of Sapporo. On the second basement of the most accessible building directly-connected to the Odori subway station exit 1, a new place of creative dispatch has appeared. It is "...

HUG FLOWER’S AKIRA NAKAMURA.

2008.1.10　 Text: Shinichi Ishikawa

I am a northerner but I have no head for snow. Still wish snow in Christmas season. It is a pleasant sight to see someone walking with a flower gift in powder snow. Let me introduce a flower shop recently opened ne...

SHIRETOKO 2006 FALL

2006.11.27　 Text: Junya Hirosawa

I left Utoro town in Shiretoko at 5 AM under the sky with twinkling stars. The Okhotsk Sea was in front of my eyes. I climbed nonstop from above sea level 0m to 738m of the Shiretoko Pass. Shiretoko became the third r...

TOMAMU ICE VILLAGE

2006.2.1　 Text: Yurie Hatano

Shimukappu Village is one of the coldest areas in Hokkaido, the northernmost island of Japan. There is a big resort called Alpha Resort in Tomamu, Shimukappu. It's not unusual this time of year for days to get severel...

ARTE PIAZZA BIBAI

2005.10.1　 Text: Tim Engel

Kan Yasuda was born in 1945 in the city of Bibai, on Japan's northern Island Hokkaido. He spend his high school and collage years in Hokkaido. During his boyhood he was an enthusiastic high school baseball player. Wit...

MOERENUMA PARK

2005.8.2　 Text: Shinichi Ishikawa

"Sapporo's awesome. There's Isamu Noguchis object at Odori Park, Moerenuma Park, and Sapporo Art Park. There are not many places like this, which has such large-scale art facilities close to the center of the city." ...

AFTERTALK

2005.5.4　 Text: Shinichi Ishikawa

Finally, Sapporo's snow has melted. It's enjoyable to go out without a coat. You can feel good with a light step. Now, if you have time after work and are trying to think of where to spend it at night I have a hot spo...

FURNITURE DESIGN AGRA

2001.3.8　 Text: Shinichi Ishikawa

'Furniture Design Agra' is organized by Nanae Hara, a furniture designer. She has participated in 'Happening', one of the largest interior events in Japan. Some of you reading this might know of her since she's been f...