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Events
Guide Tour
Kitasemba Tour: Exploring Modern Architecture of the Great Osaka Era
2025/06/21
yodoyabashi, honmachi
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- Participation Fee:
¥4,000（includes admission to Mengyokaikan）
How to Apply:
Advance application required
(selection by lottery)
Application Period:
May 7(Wed)-May 28(Wed)
(until 23:59 on May)
Capacity:
20 participants per tour
Guide Tour
【Osaka Art & Design × WALL SHARE】 Wall Art Tour: Exploring MURAL TOWN KONOHANA
Konohanaku
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- Date & Time:
①June 15(Sun)10:00-12:00
②June 21(Sat)10:00-12:00
Participation Fee:
Free
How to Apply:
Advance application required
(selection by lottery)
Application Period:
May 7(Wed)-May 28(Wed)
(until 23:59 on May)
Capacity:
20 participants per tour
Guide Tour
Minami Tour: Exploring Osakaʼs Iconic Department Stores and the Legacy of Two Master Architects
2025/06/21
shinsaibashi, namba
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- Participation Fee:
¥3,000
How to Apply:
Advance application required
(selection by lottery)
Application Period:
May 7(Wed)-May 28(Wed)
(until 23:59 on May)
Capacity:
20 participants per tour
Wotkshop
“An ear for your dreams”
Yuki Tawada / Fuku Fukumoto / Kohei Nawa / Kengo Kito
2025/05/28 13:30-14:00
Event Hall, 7F, Takashimaya Osaka Store
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- Creating a ceramic ear while remembering an “embarrassing dream” from one night, and then, telling that dream to that ear... This is a workshop to be held by four artists representing CAPS2025.
Viewers are invited to join the artists in reminiscing over their own dreams and emotions and to experience the sensation of quietly and deeply weaving themselves into the dreams of others.
Talk Show
"Super Hand" Exhibition and Talk Show
Designer Kensaku Oshiro talks about his "Origins, Drawing, and Creating"
2025/05/28 16:00~
Hankyu Department Store Umeda Main Store 9F SHUKUSAI Plaza bottom of the stairs
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- Speakers: Kensaku Oshiro + Masato Tanaka + Umi Chae + Shiho Fukuhara
The opening talk will be given by Kensaku Oshiro, who has just unveiled his latest work at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan, exhibition producer Masato Tanaka, Umi Chae of the art collective HUMAN AWESOME ERROR, and Shiho Fukuhara.
* Approx. 30 minutes
Live show & Talk event
Live show and talk event with Shotaro Sanada (limited to the first 12 people per session)
Live show 5/28 Wed. 14:00~ , 5/31 Sat. 14:00~ / Talk event 6/1 Sun. 14:00~
Hankyu Department Store Umeda Main Store 9F,SHUKUSAI Plaza / 1F,Coto Coto Stage 11
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- A large-scale solo exhibition by a young artist who is attracting attention for his large-scale abstract paintings with the theme of "new landscapes." Please enjoy his live events as well.
- Live painting event
Wed., May 28th from 2:00 pm (approx. 60 minutes)
Hankyu Department Store Umeda Main Store 9F,SHUKUSAI Plaza
Sat., May 31st from 2:00 pm (approx. 30 minutes)
Hankyu Department Store Umeda Main Store 1F Coto Coto Stage 11,
- Talk show event
Shotaro Sanada + Bijutsukaisetsu Suruzo/Hirofumi Suzuki
June 1st from 2:00 pm (approx. 40 minutes)
Hankyu Department Store Umeda Main Store 9F,SHUKUSAI Plaza
Talk Show
"Super Hand" Exhibition and Talk Show
Designer Kensaku Oshiro's work showcases “the embodiment of the fusion of imagination and masterful techniques”
2025/05/29 16:00~
Hankyu Department Store Umeda Main Store 9F SHUKUSAI Plaza bottom of the stairs
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- Speakers: Kensaku Oshiro + Masato Tanaka + Akira Wakita
An art discussion by Kensaku Oshiro, Masato Tanaka, and contemporary artist Akira Wakita.
* Approx. 30 minutes
Talk Show
Talk show with ANREALAGE designer Kunihiko Morinaga
2025/05/31 13:00~
Hankyu Department Store Umeda Main Store 9F SHUKUSAI Plaza bottom of the stairs
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- Talk on the key points of Autumn/Winter 2025 fashion and the Paris Collection.
* Approx. 60 minutes
Workshop
Back ⇄ Front and Collage/Yukari Araki (capacity: up to 12 people, priority given to reservations)
2025/05/31 13:00-16:00 (* Last registration at 4:00 pm)
Takashimaya Osaka Store 6F GALLERY NEXT
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- Choose your favorite color, cut out lots of pictures of that color from magazines, and paste them together on a clear writing board (shitajiki). A workshop to create collage pieces that are enjoyable from both sides.
Capacity: 12 people (priority given to reservations)
Fee: 1,000 yen
Reservations and inquiries: Art Gallery, 6F, Takashimaya Osaka Store
Each day, 10:00 am–8:00 pm
TEL: 06-6631-6382 (direct)
*Children of elementary school age or younger must be accompanied by a parent or guardian to participate in the workshop.
Workshop
Art Commentary Cruise by Bijutsukaisetsu Suruzo(Limited to the first 15 people per session)
5/31 Sat. 11:00~ , 16:00~ / 6/1 Sun. 11:00~ , 16:00~
Venue: Hankyu Department Store Umeda Main Store * Registration: SHUKUSAI Plaza, 9F
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- A former art teacher and popular art commentator on TV and social media, Bijutsukaisetsu Suruzo/Hirofumi Suzuki, will speak about how to appreciate art and the highlights of the art pieces at the Hankyu Department Store Umeda Main Store.
This is a store “cruise” for art beginners that will turn “casual viewing” into “appreciation with understanding.”
* Duration is approx. 60 minutes, limited to the first 15 people per session
Workshop
Make your own original, one-of-a-kind daruma doll!
TOKYO LOLLIPOP Daruma Workshop (Up to 12 people per session)
6/1 Sat. 11:00~ , 12:00~ , 14:00~ , 15:00~ , 16:00~
Hankyu Department Store Umeda Main Store 9F SHUKUSAI Plaza bottom of the stairs
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- Realized through a partnership with a production factory in Toyooka-machi, Takasaki City, Gunma Prefecture, which accounts for 80% of Japan's domestic production of papier-mâché daruma dolls.
Let's create a one-of-a-kind daruma doll together with the TOKYO LOLLIPOP team!
* Duration is approx. 30 minutes, limited to the first 12 people per session
Talk Show
Philosophy of Adam Nathaniel Furman, a Public Art Wizard
(first 100 applicants to be admitted)
2025/06/04 15:00-16:00
Grand Front Osaka Umekita SHIP Hall
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- A talk event related to Osaka Art & Design 2025 will take place!
A collection of vividly colored unique columns will suddenly appear in Umekita Square in Osaka.
This is a work of public art titled A Forest of Delight by Adam Nathaniel Furman, a British artist working worldwide. In this event, he will talk about how he developed his idea for this work and how he achieved liberation of the senses in an urban space.
Don’t miss this valuable opportunity to hear from the artist!
* Admission: Free; applications required (first 100 applicants to be admitted)
Speakers: Adam Nathaniel Furman (artist and designer) and Takuya Nomura (general producer of Knowledge Capital at Grand Front Osaka)
Supported by the British Council
ワークショップ
Let's draw a Picasso-style self-portrait to create art! (Limited to the first 12 people)
6/8 Sun. 11:00~ , 14:30~
Hankyu Department Store Umeda Main Store 9F SHUKUSAI Plaza bottom of the stairs
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- Be Picasso for a day and draw a portrait of yourself, your family, or a loved one in the Picasso style. Our experienced instructors will walk the participants through the process in detail so that anyone can create a wonderful piece of art. Art supplies and aprons are provided, so just bring yourself.
*Duration is approx. 60 minutes, limited to the first 12 people per session
Talkshow
Yuko Nagayama Talk Show “What is the play space that attracts everyone? (First 40 people)
2025/06/18 17:00-18:00
GRAND GREEN OSAKA PRAT UMEKITA
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- Osaka Art & Design 2025 Talk Event!
Architect Yuko Nagayama, who created the installation “Sea Hammock” and guests JAKUETS, which considers the future through play design, and Yuma Harada, who connects people and regions through design, will discuss the possibilities of “play,” “nature,” and “design” in the future of cities. Please join us!
Admission free, reservation required (40 people/first-come-first-served)
Speakers: Yuko Nagayama (Architect), Yuma Harada (Designer/Communication Director), Makoto Tokumoto (Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer, JAKUETS Co.)
Workshop
DOLK Japan Visit C ommemorative Exhibition
6/20 Fri. - 6/25 Wed.
PARCO GALLERY、14th FLOOR、Shinsaibashi PARCO
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- DOLK,a leading figure in the Norwegian art scene and active both at home and abroad,will be visiting.
■Visit date and time
June 20th（Fri）・21st（Sat）・22 nd（Sun）（10：00－12：00，14：00ｰ17：00】
June 25th（Wed）【10：00ｰ12：00、14：00ｰ16：00】
*Customers who purchase a work will receive a gift of colored paper with stencils made on it.