お知らせ art gallery

公開期間：2025.9.1〜12.31　 第６室
写真・文（YUKO）

2023年のYUKOさんが旅した仏アルザスのワイン街道。青空に広がる葡萄畑、中世にタイムトリップしたような街角。街道を歩きながら、とりわけYUKOさんを虜にした光景は、その美しい風景にワイン街道文化息づくお店看板たちでした。扉を開けると、ドイツとフランス国境にあるフランス・アルザスならでの可愛い看板たちの昔話や囁きが聞こえてきそうです。どうぞお楽しみください。

　前編は、主にレストラン＆食品の看板よりご紹介。アルザスでは、赤いくちばしのコウノトリは幸運を運ぶ鳥とのこと。看板にみるコウノトリもぜひご覧ください♬
※初回版2023年～2024年の再公開（前編と後編 調整版）

2025.3.19 by the end of April/ Room #1
Photos exhibition with caption in English by Tampopo A
(This group is currently composed of 5-6 members)
Hello, again.
This current exhibition site is for Tampopo A’s spring greetings to their
friends abroad who love four seasons beauties, especially spring flowers in Japan. Spring reminds them of the best memories in their travel in Japan. Tampopo A may make addition to the seasonal photos of 2025 during the exhibition period.

Click the above Takotsubo airplane to jump our gallery rooms.

closed as of December 31, 2023
Photos by Kanami

The exhibition site features Kanami’s photos (ipohne8) on the three mountains of Katsuura* through all seasons. She enjoys the various scenic beauties in Katsuura’s mountains, Tokushima in Japan.
*Three mountains of Katsuura: Mt. Takashiro-yama (1,628m), Mt. Kumoso-yama (1,496m), Mt. Takamaru (1,439m) .

Closed / Room #3
Photos(caption in Japanese) by Hisayo

This exhibition site features stones in archeological sites and ruins in and around Cusco from Hisayo’s travel diary during her Peru tour in February 2018. Visiting Machu Picchu was one of her long-time dreams from a child. Not only Machu Picchu but also the other Inca ruins such as Ollantaytambo (the ancient city fortress), the Pisac ruins, Maras Salt mines, and the Moray ruins were so beautiful and mysterious that she was deeply impressed.

2022.2.22- 6.30/ Room #2 *a web exhibition for a limited period of time.
Photos (caption in Japanese) by Hitomi

This exhibition features a Tokushima part of Shikoku Pilgrimage journey by Hitomi. She started to walk from the first temple, Ryouzenji (霊山寺), Naruto city, Tokushima. The seven days’ journey to the twenty-third temple, Yakuouji(薬王寺) in Spring of 2021 is an unforgettable memory for her, because she was so impressed by Tokushima region richly endowed with nature as well as native Tokushiman’s warm-heartedness. She felt and realized “Kobo Daishi (Kukai) walks with you” in this journey.

Click the above Takotsubo airplane to jump our gallery rooms.

2021.12.29-2023.10.31 * Room #5 *This web exhibition was for a limited period of time to　April 30, 2022 but in April 25, we decided to extend the exhibition until 2023.10.31 to hope for the peaceful world.

Photos (caption in Japanese) by TAKAHASHI Kaoru

Ms. TAKAHASHI Kaoru is a tourist guide in Saipan and specializes in commemorative tours for the bereaved families of Japanese soldiers. Saipan Island is currently known as a tropical resort；however, it has a different view before 1945, because this island once governed by Imperial Japan was a battle area during the second world war. Ms. Takahashi tells us, “Please do not forget Saipan’s tragic history.” With visiting scenic sights, she delivers a message on war and peace through this exhibition.

2021.12.4-22.3.31(Closed)/ Room #6
Photos(caption in Japanese) by Group TNG1989
Cerebrating 50 years old! – A Reunion in Kyoto by "TNG1989"

This exhibition site features the memories of a reunion trip in Kyoto by "TNG1989." "TNG1989" is a group of six members who graduated the same high school in 1989. Their memorial reunion pictures with Kyoto’s scenic beauties in Mt.Kurama, Kiyomizu-dera Temple, Kinkaku-ji Koetsu-ji Temple, and so on are full of joy.

*November 19-21, 2021 "With Corona Era" in Japan

Room #8 (Essays in Japanese)
KANI Hiroaki, a Japanese historian, has been fascinated by octopus. The essays in “Takopedia Nippon” are his original works on octopus and discusses Japanese society, culture, and history with octopuses. The “Takopedia (Tako = octopus in Japanese + [encycro] pedia) Nippon” is his word. The essays, first published by Keio Zasshi from 2010 to 2017, are the revised edition of 2021 currently exclusive for this website.

2021.9.21-11.30 (closed)/ Room #1,
Japanese-style painting by Ouhakka,

The exhibition features on Ouhakka’ artworks on autumn season from her artworks. Seasonal sight through walking is her favorite subject. She captures autumn’s scenic beauties in her daily life.

2021.9.1-11.30 (closed)/ Room #5
Japanese-style painting by MASAFUJI Toshiko,

The exhibition features Toshiko’s artworks on her heartwarming family time in autumn. She said, “I recently found that everyday life I love is full of the subject of my artworks.”