in Kamiyama

Everyone is rushing around making final preparations for the exhibition which starts this Sunday. I don’t want to spoil the surprise, so any photos of actual exhibits will have to wait until afterwards, but I do want to show everyone a slice of the action behind the scenes. 

I managed to visit the sites of Rika’s and Karin’s venues but unfortunately Andrea’s setup was scheduled for the next day so I don’t have any pictures of hers.

These packages of origami paper each hold about ten sheets, including a gold sheet and a silver sheet. The catch copy says “Sanitary and colorfast.” I love the retro illustration. It reminds me of old apple crates. There are instructions on the back of each package showing how to make a crane and an old fashioned samurai helmet.

Meanwhile, over at Hachiman Jinja, the beautiful, weathered wood shrine with a stone foundation that can be seen from the onsen parking lot, Hisa Miyagi from Rakuon Rakujitsu came to set up the lights for Karin’s installation.

As you can see from the above picture, there was a lot of shrine paraphernalia that had to be cleared away. We put most of it in another building nearby, but we put the boards that are used to shutter the windows in the crawlspace under the shrine.

The final exhibition starts this Sunday (Nov. 2) and goes until Sunday November 9. There will be a guided tour on the 2nd with everyone meeting at Michi no Eki (map) at 10am. There will be maps available at Michi no Eki, Kamiyama Onsen, and the Kaizen Center for people who want to do a self-guided tour during the week. While there is bus service available from Tokushima Station to Kamiyama, the exhibit locations are very spread out, so visitors are advised to come by car if they want to do a self-guided tour.