Works Past Works
WINTER 2021
Stand still.
Meditate.
Listen carefully.
I have come to think
that it is precious
to imagine
the invisible.
Someday
please share the Awai that you have felt
on this trip.
I appreciate your participance.
Have a nice trip.
The 19th generation chief of Narayama Village
Yoshihiro Yabe
2021 Winter
Edition Credits
Monitor : December 24-26, 2021
Winter Session : January 21-23, 2022
WINTER 2021
Performance
< Tabibito > You, Ayane Takizawa, Kai Watanabe & Yumi Mabuchi
< Guide > Toshihiro Yabe, Yoshihiro Yabe, Yukihiro Nagahashi
< Papermaker > Tetsuya Takizawa, Kanna Oyama
< Contractor > Kaori Yamaguchi
< Shop staff > Tomoki Torobu
< Art performance > Tomoo Nagai, Yuriko Shimamura
< Chef > Chihiro Sato / rucoto, Yoko Abe, Sae Nishimichi
< Performer > Nao Nakazawa
< Shirota Yabe > Yabe Yuichi
< Radio > What Nao
<Voice Appearance> Kai Watanabe, Himari Yabe, Nishiaizu Storyteller’s Association
Team Awai
Yoshihiro Yabe / Yuki Nomiya / Nao Nakazawa / Chihiro Sato / Tetsuya Takizawa /
Itsuki Yawata / Yukihiro Nagahashi / Toshihiro Yabe / Shirota Yabe
< Supervising Director > Yoshihiro Yabe
< Direction, Poetry, Composition > Yuki Nomiya
< First proposal > Kaori Yamaguchi
< Thoughts > Shirota Yabe
Production
< Poetry > Yuki Nomiya
< Title calligraphy > Keiko Hiraishi
< Culinary Development > Chihiro Sato / rucoto
< Video and Photography > Nao Nakazawa, Gaspard Cuentz, Naoyuki Yamadaya
< Japanese paper production > Tetsuya Takizawa, Kanna Oyama
< Web Design > Itsuki Yawata
< Composition cooperation > Ayane Takizawa, Yumi Mabuchi, Kai Watanabe
< Tea > Shizuka Seino / Kurashi to Te
< Beverage Naming > Shizuka Seino
< Words in the Forest Walk > Poem by Yuki Nomiya Design by Emiyu Koshiba
< Cards of the memory of Narayama > Yoshihiro Yabe
< Book cover design > Rena Ikeda
< Artwork, interior decorations, costumes > Nishiaizu Shop
< Booklet “Tsugu” Design > Yoshihiro Yabe
< Administration > Masato Suto, Yoshihiro Yabe, Kaori Yamaguchi
< Accomodations > NIPPONIA Narayama Village
< Planning and production > General Incorporated Association BOOT /
Yoshihiro Yabe, Masato Suto, Kaori Yamaguchi
Cooperation
Yabe Family / Sixspace / Tomoki Torobu / Nishiaizu International Art Village / Ashita no Architects / Yamami Bag Factory / KIOKA / Shizuka Seino / Jun Ikeda / Mitsuko Suzuki / Masato Araumi / Agency for Cultural Affairs /Yoshiharu Tsukuda / Aizu Bus, Inc. / Thank you to all the participants
Travel Sponsorship
Works
Art Performance
“Dougu no Toshitori”
< Production and Performances > Angler Never Knows a Bird
< Percussionist > Tomoo Nagai
< Painter > Yuriko Shimamura
< Production > Fumiko Toda
“Gathering of Awai-Mono”
< Written, Direction and Performance > Ayane Takizawa, Yuki Nomiya, Yumi Mabuchi, Kai Watanabe
< Production assistants > Tomoki Torobu
Stage Design
“Five-dimensional stage”
< Design and production > Yoshihiro Yabe
< Production > Kaori Yamaguchi
< Assistants > Tomoki Torobu
The Miniature Garden of Narayama
< Design & Production > Yoshihiro Yabe, Yukihiro Nagahashi
< Draft > Kaori Yamaguchi
< Menu Development > rucoto / Chihiro Sato
Composition of poetry
“Letters from the Sensei (Invitation)”, “Narayama Fudotan Introduction”, etc.
Yuki Nomiya
Video Production
“Awai Box #Zero”, “Untitled 1-3”, etc.
Nao Nakazawa
Izugahara Japanese paper works
“The Universe of Kami-no-naka” (KAYA),
“Sea of Clouds on a Moonlit Night” (HIJIRI) “Sea of Clouds” (MITSUKINO)
Tetsuya Takizawa
“Hi wo okoshite” (KAYA), “Kotogoto” (HIJIRI), “Tane wo maku” (MITSUKINO)
Kanna Oyama
We appreciate your participation for the long journey,
I would like to see you again next time
as a long-lost friend and talk about Narayama.
