So-Ene Akari Park<sup>®</sup>2013
*Information at the time of adoption.
- Name of the organization or individual
- The Executive Committee of "Energy Creation Akari Park 2013"
- subsidy category
- Creation Grant
- Grant Type
- single year
FY25 Phase II Creation Grant [Single-year Grant Program]
Business Overview
Beautiful lights, taste of autumn, autumn festival with stage program. Produced by world-renowned lighting designer Mikiko Ishii, it combines Japan's new energy creation technology and design to create a variety of beautiful lights. With the refurbished Fountain Square in the center of Ueno Park as the venue, the Tokyo National Museum, the National Museum of Nature and Science, the National Museum of Western Art, the Ueno Zoo, and the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, as well as the four prefectures of Tohoku participating in an unprecedented outdoor festival of light, sound, and taste to support reconstruction efforts following the Great East Japan Earthquake, will be held. In the daytime, mainly children can learn about energy while playing by experiencing "creating energy" by human power and wind power generation using aero bikes and large round fans. In the evening, a new Tokyo festival will be held where the general public can enjoy the whole family with beautiful lights and various stage programs.
- Period of Activity / Project
- Thursday, October 31, 2013 to Monday, November 4
- Venues
- Ueno Onshi Park (Taito Ward, Tokyo)
Profile
[Mikiko Ishii]
Lighting designer who pioneered a wide range of light fields from urban lighting to architectural lighting and light performance. He is active not only in Japan but also overseas. Major works include Tokyo Tower, Rainbow Bridge, Tokyo Gate Bridge, Landscape Lighting in Hakodate and Kurashiki, Gassho Village in Shirakawago, Soene-Akari Park, Kabuki-za Theater Lighting. His overseas works include the 150 year Japan-France Friendship Commemorative Project in Paris La Seine, the Illumination of the Elisabeth Bridge in Budapest, and the 150 year Japan-Germany Friendship Commemorative Event in Berlin. Many awards in Japan and overseas. In 2000, he received the Medal with Purple Ribbon.