Traffic Culture Exhibition2021
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Traffic Culture Exhibition 2021 Archives
Photography SectionNew Japan Tourism Photopgrahy
The Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Award
“My Favourite Home Town” MASUDA SyunjiComment by SHIMIZU Tetsuro : This photograph captures the healthy exuberance of the rice farmer’s family holding a few stalks of ripe golden rice. Their big smiles are infectious to me. The photographer must have a narrative skill and established a rapport with the young family in how they express their joy. I think the charm of the land can be conveyed through the people who live there. This may be the origin of tourism.
The Minister of the Environment Award
“Izunuma Lake Dyed in Red” ENDO YoshioComment by SHIMIZU Tetsuro : Izunuma and Uchinuma Lakes in Miyagi Prefecture are the second Ramsar-designated sanctuary wetland in Japan. This photograph captures a scene in the middle of winter when in the early morning tens of thousands of white-fronted geese took off all at once. No matter how many times I look at the sight, I am never tired of. Catching the exact moment when all these huge flocks of birds took off heading towards the viewer under this glow of the sunrise in the sky with these forms of clouds is rare. The photographer captured this rare chance and created this masterpiece
The Kyushu Railway Company President Award
“Flower Tunnel” KASHIMA KazuoComment by SHIMIZU Tetsuro : The photograph captures the scenery of Bungo-Nakagawa Station in spring surrounded by a variety of flowers and blossoms all blooming in profusion as the limited express “Yufuin no Mori” is just arriving. What an ideal way of co-starring with each other! The train is just one of the features of this photo, but due to the vertical composition, the photographer was so successful in showing the presence of the train stronger than blossoms. Inclusion of the station and a man is adding lingering effects to this picture.
The Japan Travel and Tourism Association Chairman Award
“Sunrise” Dan SCHOLLComment by SHIMIZU Tetsuro : It must have been a very cold morning. When the cold air hit the warmer water of the lake, a mist develops. The photograph is shot against the early morning sunlight that accentuates the mist and the shimmering light. The silhouette of the boat and the angler contrast with this hazy background, giving depth and scale to this superb view.
First PlaceSHIRAYAMA Kenetsu
First PlaceHIRANO Toshiyuki
Second PlaceIMAI Tomomi
Second PlaceIGUCHI Koshi
Second PlaceONOGI Fumikazu
Third PlaceTSUSHIMA Yukio
Third PlaceHASEGAWA Yuji
Third PlaceAKISAWA Makiko
Third PlaceYOSHIDA Masahiro
U-22 AwardUCHIDA Naruhiro
WinnerYAMADA Toru
WinnerKUDO Mitsuyoshi
WinnerMICHINOBU Takeo
WinnerUSUI Yutaka
WinnerHISATOMI Yuito
WinnerTAMURA Yuya
WinnerDAN Yoshio
WinnerISHII Yoshiaki
WinnerKAWAMOTO Izumi
WinnerAKISHINO Shigehito
WinnerKONO Kiyoshi
WinnerTACHIKAWA Akira
WinnerSOMA Tatsuya
WinnerMATSUBARA Tomomi
WinnerHAYASHI Hiroshi
WinnerSUZUKI Yoshiaki
WinnerMIKI Masaya
WinnerMIZUTAMARI Keiko
WinnerMORIKAWA Katsumi
WinnerTANIGUCHI Akito
Haiku Section
| Japan Traffic Culture Association Chairman Award | [this quiet world towards the train tracks July 2nd ] |
TOKUNAGA Koyuki |
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| Comment by HASEGAWA Kai : What would the world look like to someone who is blind or deaf? A small journey out of the house to the train tracks. The world lies in silence. The author is a seventeen-year-old student at a school for the deaf. There are a hundred different worlds for a hundred different people. | ||
| First Place | [the train now has crossed the great river soaked in sunset] |
BABA Hiromi |
| Comment by HASEGAWA Kai : A great river colored with the sunset. The phrase “soaked in sunset ” gives life to the haiku. The author is facing the sublimity of this world. | ||
| Second Place | [the station where the youth gets off summer vacation] |
TAKEDA Daiki |
| Third Place | [moving away from the platform you in a white shirt] |
HATTORI Yayoi |
| [glorious autumn day sleeping lightly on the train] |
TAKEZAWA Satoshi | |
| [leaving the station I slip into a strange summer] |
HASEBE Toshio | |
| Winner | [from the train window that summer Mt. Yōtei] |
WATANABE Fujio |
| [this scenery too will someday be a memory summer’s train window] |
ONOZAWA Taketsugu | |
| [the train on the way to Kishū flowers here and there] |
HORIKAWA Atsushi（WAKAURA Ryo） | |
| [unchanged since the time of National Railways the flower station] |
SAITO Hiromi | |
| [I cherish the flowers seen from the train my seventieth year’s journey] |
TAMURA Yasuhiko | |
| [waking up at a station somewhere summer moon] |
MITAMA Ichiro | |
| [changing seasons— a ticket to the next is a swallowtail] |
KONO Yamato | |
| [boys should travel alone summer vacation] |
SAKAMOTO Kyoko | |
| [summer goes with the departure bell goodbye] |
KIMURA Koji | |
| [the Shinkansen becomes a mane summer wind] |
YAMADA Tomoaki | |
SAKURYOKAI
List of the artists who participated at SAKURYOKAI 2021
Japanese Painting
- ISHIODORI Tatsuya
- UTOO Sei
- OYA Nori
- OSHIMOTO Kazutoshi
- KAWASAKI Asako
- KAWASAKI Suzuhiko
- NAKAJIMA Chinami
- NOJI Mikiko
- HIRAMATSU Reiji
- MATSUZAKI Ryota
- MIYASAKO Masaaki
- WATANABE Nobuyoshi
Western Painting
- OTSU Eibin
- OKUTANI Hiroshi
- KINUTANI Koji
- SANO Nui
- NAKAYAMA Tadahiko
- NOMIYAMA Gyoji
- Brian WILLIAMS
- YAMAMOTO Tei
- YOSHITAKE Kenji
Drawing
- AOKI Noe
Calligraphy
- ISHIGE Keido
- TAKAKI Seiu
(Titles are omitted. By section, Japanese syllabary order. As of October 2021)
In 2021, 24 leading Japanese artists of painting and calligraphy belong to SAKURYOKAI, a group formed by our association, displayed their works at the venue. 12 artists exhibited their work in Japanese painting, including Mr. KAWASAKI Suzuhiko, 9 artists in Western painting, including Mr. NOMIYAMA Gyoji, and Mr. ISHIGE Keido and Mr. TAKAKI Seiu both in calligraphy, and Ms. AOKI Noe in drawing.
Promotion of Public Art Special Exhibition
This section presented our initiatives to create a richer environment by installing artworks in public places such as railways stations and airports. In 2021, a stained glass work “View of Flourishing South End Nihonbashi”, based on an original drawing by painter, YAMAGUCHI Akira be installed at Nihonbashi Station on the Tokyo Metro Ginza Line, and “ELEMENTS OF FUTURE” at the Tokyo Institute of Technology, a ceramic relief work based on an original drawing by manga artist OTOMO Katsuhiro. These were presented on panels. In addition, this year’s event featured a video and illustration map of public artworks installed in the Ueno area, as well as an exhibition of the “1% for Art” legalization efforts promoted by the Association and examples of “1% for Art” in Taiwan.
Public Art Exhibition by invited artists
“WORLD” XU Ning
“WORLD” Ceramic relief works by XU Ning
XU Ning, the 38th International TAKIFUJI Art Award winner. As an invited artist for the Traffic Culture Exhibition 2021, she challenged her first work using ceramic plates.
XU Ning Biography
Born in Beijing in 1979. After graduating from the Capital Normal University in Beijing (specializing in oil painting), she moved to Japan with her family in 2006, and completed her master’s degree in painting at Tama Art University in 2020. In her fourth year at Tama Art University she received the 38th International TAKIFUJI Art Award for Excellence. She was selected for the Shell Art Prize 2019, the Grand prix at the Art Award Tokyo Marunouchi 2020, and the 24th Taro Okamoto Award for Contemporary Art (2021). She currently lives and works in Kanagawa Prefecture.
Scenes
![Invited Artist Public Art Exhibition [WORLD]](/en/wp-content/themes/jptca/images/exhibition2021/2021_exhibition_kaijo06l.jpg)
Event Information
| Organized by | Public Interest Incorporated Foundation, Japan Traffic Culture Association Railway Day Executive Committee |
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| Venue/Date | Venue: JR Ueno station Central Exit, Grand Concourse, Special Exhibition Site Date: October 27 (Wed.) – November 1 (Mon.), 2021 |
| Juries – Photography Section | SHIMIZU Tetsuro (Photographer / Member of Japan Professional Photographers Society) / Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, Japan Tourism Agency, Regional Development Department, Director General / Ministry of Environment, Director of Global Environment Bureau / East Japan Railway Company, Senior Executive Officer/ Japan Travel and Tourism Association, President & CEO / Kotsu Newspapers, Managing Editor |
| Jury – Haiku Section | HASEGAWA Kai (Haiku Poet) |
| Supported by | Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism / Ministry of the Environment / Japan Railway Construction, Transport and Technology Agency / The Association of Japanese Private Railways / Hokkaido Railway Company / East Japan Railway Company / Central Japan Railway Company / West Japan Railway Company / Shikoku Railway Company / Kyushu Railway Company / Japan Freight Railway Company / Railway Information Systems Co.,Ltd. / Railway Technical Research Institute / Japan Travel and Tourism Association / National Governors’ Association / Japan Association of City Mayors / National Association of Towns & Villages |
| Poster |
 Poster of calling for entries for publicly sponsored exhibition（PDF:776KB） 
 Poster of calling for entries for New Japan Tourism Photography（PDF:826KB）
 Poster of the Traffic Culture Exhibition 2021（PDF:760KB） |
