7 NOVEMBER 2021 Koichev Ivairo Marimba Concert will be held at CORE KITAMACHI, a shopping mall in Kita-ku, Kobe 神戸市北区のショッピングモール「コアキタマチ」にてコイチェフ・イヴァイロマリンバコンサート開催 マリンバは木琴の一種で、メキシコや中南米に始まり、音板の下に共鳴管を備えているのが特色。 Ivaylo Koychev Ivaylo Koychev was born in Plovdiv, Bulgaria in 2001. He started playing marimba instrument at the National School for Music and Dance when he is 6th years old in the class of Maestro Pencho Penchev. 2010 he ...

2021.11~ 神戸の家具ショールーム / カフェの六森にて中村功氏の和紙を展示いたします。 場所：神戸市東灘区向洋町中6丁目9 神戸ファッションマート1F 中村功徳島県拝宮町生まれ。幼少期より地域伝統の「拝宮（はいぎゅう）和紙」づくりを父や職人から教わる。拝宮和紙を作る職人の数が減り始めたため、中村は故郷での和紙づくりに人生を捧げることを選ぶ。 Isao Nakamura was born in Kaminaka-cho, Haigyu in Tokushima prefecture on the island of Shikoku, one of Japan’s four main islands. His father and other craftsmen in Haigyu taught Nakamura the traditional techniques of washi throughout his youth. As the number of craftsmen able to create Haigyu washi began to dwindle, Nakamura chose to dedicate his life ...

2021.10~ 大阪の木材を扱うショールームSTANDARD LABELで和紙作家・中村功氏の作品の展示販売を行います。 Works of washi artisan/artist Nakamura Isao will be exhibited at STANDARD LABEL SHOWROOM. 厳選した天然木材をシーンに合わせて提案するスタンダードレーベル。天然木材はグレード分けにより節・色柄の違い・割れ・欠けなどを含むが、 あえてそのような特徴を盛り込んだ商材も取り扱う。 自然の特徴を上手く利用し、木材の有効利用をすることで地球環境の保持にも努めている。 STANDARD LABEL is a natural wood brand. Their products might have differences in color patterns, cracks, chips, etc. They believe that the natural appearance of wood is one of the characteristics. Using those kind of wood lead to being eco-friendly. 中村功徳島県拝宮町生まれ。幼少期より地域伝統の「拝宮（はいぎゅう）和紙」づくりを父や職人から教わる。拝宮和紙を作る職人の数が減り始めたため、中村は故郷での和紙づくりに人生を捧げることを選ぶ。 ...

2021.7.10 – 7.25 六甲山サイレンスリゾート にて岩坂典子による展示　From Earth to Infinity Symphonyを開催いたします。 岩坂典子 Noriko Iwasaka 前衛書道化・生け花アーティスト。文字を超えた「非文字」という手法でアート書の制作を行う。 Noriko is an Avant-garde calligrapher and ikebana artist that also creates Avant-garde art works using traditional techniques. Those “non-character” calligraphies are beyond traditional methods....

Ivaylo Koychev  Ivaylo Koychev was born in Plovdiv, Bulgaria in 2001. He started playing marimba instrument  at the National School for Music and Dance when he is 6th years old in the class of Maestro Pencho Penchev. 2010 he moved to leave Japan. He graduated from the Hyogo Prefectural Nishinomiya High School – musical class  35th  class. Currently he is studying ...

“What’s matter about a small island called Yoron” Film Translation by Jackie and partners 映像「はじまりもおわりもない小さな島のこと」翻訳 第３回日本国際観光映像祭 撮影賞受賞 Japan World’s Film Festival, Best film cinematography...

Japanese Paper "Tradition and Future" - by Megumi Etoh and Isao Nakamura
和紙「伝統と未来」by 江藤恵・中村功
at Rokko-san Silence Resort in 2021
Opening 2021/4/15 ~ 4/25 ...

Hiroaki Sakagami is a legend in his own right. He was born of a prominent family in Kobe, Japan then spent many years of his youth in Paris and traveling around Europe. His originality and elegance manifests in every aspect of his life, and he is greatly loved and admired for it....

Born in France, graduated from Ecole Nationale des Beaux-Arts in Paris, Maryvonne had a two year stint on scholarship in Greece, but most of her life she has been living and working in Japan. She has won several cultural awards in Europe and has annual shows in Japan and France....