Category: <span>Art & Design</span>

Island life

Making, learning and local materials.

A craft workshop offers a way to understand an island through its materials and the people who work with them. This story returns to a DiscoverYaima visit to Yachimunkan near Shiraho.

ART island Ishigaki

ART IN ISHIGAKI ISLAND You might not think of a vibrant art scene in tropical paradise Ishigaki in the first place. I can acknowledge that. When I arrived here in ishigaki four years ago, my plan was to relax from the impressions of my three months trip through Japan. So thinking of a tropical hideaway […]

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Culture & community

Akiko Ishigaki: a film from Iriomote.

A documentary about textile maker Akiko Ishigaki on Iriomote, with drone footage contributed by our team.