A project developed through the third-year Project Produce seminar in the Field of Art and Design for Spatial Experience at Joshibi University of Art and Design. Six students work with the NANTAN Tokyo organizing office to research the communities, culture and places of Ota City, exploring the possibilities for expression and programs that emerge from this research. Through fieldwork, they put new relationships between local communities and art into practice.

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December 4 (Fri), 5 (Sat) and 6 (Sun), 2026 / Free participation

A program introducing artists whose studios are less easily accessible, artists whose work deserves a wider audience, and those who continue their practices without being able to open their studios. Co-organized by NANTAN Tokyo OPEN STUDIO 2026 and Mina Arakaki.

Venue: Ota City Senzokuike Library
Address: 2-2-10 Minami-Senzoku, Ota City, Tokyo
Access: 3 minutes on foot from Senzokuike Station or Senzokuike bus stop
Held during the library’s opening hours.

Dates: December 4 (Fri), 5 (Sat) and 6 (Sun), 2026
Opening hours: 11:00–18:00
Venue: YOCHIYA Atelier
Admission: Free
Join Azumax, an art practitioner who shares the joy of experiencing art, for a conversation about the art history of the NANTAN area, centered on Ota City. The event will take place at the inviting atelier of the artist unit YOCHIYA.

The atelier of the artist unit YOCHIYA opened this year. With other artists and designers living nearby, the area offers an ideal setting for an art tour.

Profiles of the related talk participants

【azmax】
Guest for the related talk at YOCHIYA
An art practitioner who shares the appeal of art through museums, galleries, art fairs and other art settings. Joined NANTAN Tokyo in 2025 and led tours along the Tokyu Tamagawa and Ikegami lines in Ota City. Turning 60 in 2026, he undertook a "reversal of kanreki" at the Reversible Destiny Lofts Mitaka and describes himself as growing younger. On tours, he wears the embroidery work by Satoru Aoyama shown in his profile image on his chest as his trademark.

【Kouji Ohno】
Guest for the related talk at YOCHIYA
Central to Ohno's practice are reflections on existence and on life and death. He considers and analyzes how these concepts relate to the world. After graduating from art school, he continued researching the relationship between anatomy and art at a medical university. His ongoing inquiry into existence draws on quantum theory and relativity as well as ancient Eastern, Egyptian and Greek philosophy and other traditions of thought around the world.

Venue address: 10-1 Denenchofu-Honcho, Ota City, Tokyo 145-0072
Nearest stations: Numabe (Tamagawa Line), Ontakesan (Ikegami Line)

STUDIO Katakuriko in Sagamihara, Kanagawa, and Omori-Higashi SSS in Ota City, Tokyo, will bring their works to each other's studios for an exchange exhibition. By shifting the setting, the exhibition changes the environments and perspectives surrounding the works, creating new conversations between artists and visitors.

Venues and dates
STUDIO Katakuriko (SUPER OPEN STUDIO): November 15, 22 and 29 (Sundays)
Omori-Higashi SSS (NANTAN Tokyo): December 5 (Sat), 6 (Sun), 12 (Sat) and 13 (Sun)