Let this dynamic group add some rhythmic magic to your summer days. All walks of life, regardless of age, experience, or language barriers are invited to share one simple goal: having a blast! Beginners are absolutely welcome, and you don’t even need to bring an instrument.
Sapporo Drum Circle workshops offer a unique opportunity to connect with fellow drummers, forging new friendships and fostering a sense of community. Gathering in a vibrant circle, the universal language of music overcomes boundaries. Whether you’re a seasoned drummer or a curious newcomer, these inclusive and engaging sessions are guaranteed to leave you with a smile on your face and a newfound appreciation for the magic of rhythm.
As you see in the photo, “Kendama Ken-chan” often sports a kendama around his neck. As both a kendama master and an educator, he established a kendama club in his home town of Atsuma, and is working to form a new community from infants to the elderly with the generation-spanning policy of “no crying, be kind to others, and no farting”.
He has participated several times in the “Kendama Guinness Record Challenge”, which has become a tradition at the Kohaku Uta Gassen every year, and gives lectures and workshops on kendama about 70 times a year.
He is Chief of the Social Education Group, Lifelong Learning Division, at the Atsuma Board of Education, wher he mainly functions as a coordinator to connect the community and schools. He spent a year-long working holiday in Australia learning about pesticide-free agriculture, natural farming, and permaculture, returning to Japan to work in non-profit organisations providing nature experiences.
In 1970s Japan, skyscrapers started emerging in Shinjuku and working in glass caught the interest of a modernising nation. Hakaru Mizuguchi was one of the artists selected in 1981 for one of Japan’s first glasswork exhibitions, called “Contemporary Glass – Australia, Canada, U.S.A. & Japan”. In 1983, he went on to found “The Glass Studio in Hakodate”, which has become an integral part of the tourist experience among the red-brick warehouses by the bay in Motomachi. He specialises in free-blown glassworks that express a personal warmth not achievable with machines. His decorations of the WMDF Tree have become a regular WMDF feature since 005. More worlds that meet.
