Date: September 15-17, 2023

Location: LOODS6, Bagagehal, KNSM-Laan 289, 1019 LB, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

TICKETS: from 10 Euro

VISITORS: 2000

PARTICIPATED EXHIBITORS: 23

EXHIBITORS
acoya | AISHITERU | ALIMANO | COQ KANAKO KAJIHARA | Harada Shokodo | Japanesque Medell | KADO PRESS / TANGETSU | KYO-TO-TO | KYOTO KARASUMA | LOCAL CRAFT JAPAN | Maeda Woodworks | MORITA | MUJUN | NISHIGUCHI KUTSUSHITA | OKURU | Onland | POLS | SHAO XUAN + Nakashoshiko | SUKIMONO | Toki Yuite | TOKU / Everyplan | Transcape SUPPLY | WATABUN

LECTURES:

1. Powerful Washi - Presentation of MONO MAKERS PROGRAM
   Yohei Oue (Oue co.) | Mae Engelgeer (Textile designer)

2. Tradition for contemporary life
   Ryoichi Satake (Time & Style Amsterdam manager)

3. Craft and the Future: Redefining Tradition

   Vincent Schipper (Studio The Future) 

4. Japan Craft meets Dutch Design
   Carole Baijings (Designer) | Akihiko Maeda (Danjiri craftsman) l Yumiko Hoya (NN Life Insurance Company, Ltd.)

5. What Lies Beneath MONO
   Masaru Ito (CEO, SHIBAURA HOUSE) | Hiroaki Koizumi (REAL KOBE ESTATE)

6. Growing Community - The Future Envisioned by SUKIMONO
   Shigechika Hirashita (Owner, Sukimono Co., Ltd.)

7. LIVE DESIGN School - New Platform for Community-building
   Yasuhiro Horiuchi (Representative Director, Trunk Design) l Shinya Kobayashi (Director, MUJUN)

8. New residency program “AKIYA AIR” powered by MUJUN & MONO JAPAN

   Shinya Kobayashi (Director, MUJUN) l Emiko Chujo (Event director of MONO JAPAN & Stichting MONO JAPAN)

WORKSHOPS:

• Chashaku workshop by Hans Pillen

• Japanese tea ceremony - Oubakubaisa-Ryu by Haruka Matsuo

• Ikebana Workshop by Noriko Suzuki

• Let’s play Japanese chess with Shogito! by Shogito - ilexberry

• Rice Koji Miso Making workshop by Marika Groen Kawaguchi

• Shogi / Traditional Japanese Chess Workshop by SHOGITO

• Stamp-Making Workshop by Harada Shokodo

• TOGIYA - Knife Sharpening Workshop by MUJUN

DEMONSTRATIONS:

• Japanese Tea Ceremony by Urasenke Netherlands

• Treating Scars as “Scenery” - The Beauty of Kintsugi by Pita Vandevelde (Kintsugi Academy) & Yoko Silk

FILM SCREENING:

• Connecting Ceramics by Jerry de Mars (Director), Saga Prefectural Government Japan and Creative Residency Arita (CRA)