Reiwa 3rd year OTA Art Meeting

“Recommendation for Art Activities @ Ota Ward <<Shopping Street x Art Edition>>”

• Date: Thursday, March 2022, 3
• Venue: Online

We invite guests such as the owners of art spots in the shopping district and the organizers of art events to talk about the ideal way of art and activities that are closely related to the community.Ota Ward has 140 shopping streets and is the number one shopping street in Tokyo.We will discuss together the essential issue of what art-based community development is, with examples of incorporating art into a shopping district that is familiar to people in their daily lives.

Guest

Gento Kono, Secretary General, Ota Ward Shopping District Association

In 2011, he joined the Ota Ward Shopping District Association by mid-career recruitment from the consulting industry.Promote reform of shopping street support by reviewing the system of the federation secretariat and proposing various measures to Ota Ward.In recent years, we have expanded our activities to various fields such as tourism, welfare, and health, as well as commerce, and we also support the coordination of public-private partnerships.

Hasugetsu Wajima Co., Ltd. Motofumi

Founded and operated "Kominka Cafe Rengetsu", a cafe and rental space renovated from an 89-year-old folk house in Ikegami, Ota-ku, Tokyo.The business of the long-established Kamameshi restaurant "Nire no Ki" in the same area was succeeded.

Anzu Bunko Atsushi Kagaya

Born in Urayasu City, Chiba Prefecture in 1993. In September 2019, a second-hand bookstore "Anzu Bunko" was opened between Sanno Omori and Magome.In addition to novels and poetry, the store has old books such as essays, philosophies, picture books, food, and books on living things, while also offering a few new books.There are also books related to Magome Writers' Village for browsing in one corner of the store.At the back of the store, there is also a counter where you can drink coffee and Western liquor.