Event Creation
It is not only the products and spaces that the craftsmen build using salmon boxes. They also create lifestyles and relationships.
Holding exhibitions are good opportunities to invite people over, serve delicious cuisine, and have salmon-box-themed workshops, concerts, and talk events.
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ARAMAKI from Hokkaido
This exhibition was held in the ‘SFT (SOUVENIR FROM TOKYO) Gallery’ located on the basement floor of The National Art Center Tokyo.
The concept of the exhibition was ‘souvenir.’ The products of ARAMAKI were packed into small boxes and these boxes were packed into bigger boxes. A total of 100 boxes in various sizes were sent to Tokyo, the 33 largest being 19.5kg. The salmon boxes used as containers while transporting the products were also exhibited as a part of the display.
Small items such as Tenugui (thin hand towel), tissue cases, and work gloves were selected for sale. There was a demonstration of hand stamping using design brass plates which were specially lent from Yamaguchi Mokuzai.- Date
- February 3rd - March 22nd, 2021
- Venue
- SFT GALLERY (Minato, Tokyo)
- Hosts
- ARAMAKI, SOUVENIR FROM TOKYO
- Graphic Design
- Ohri Ogi
- Material Supply
- Yamaguchi Mokuzai Inc., Marukame Inc.
- Photography
- Akari Hasegawa
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ARAMAKI WORLD + Sake (Salmon) Summit
We applied for an exhibition planned by ‘Sapporo Cultural Arts Community Center SCARTS,’ which was held in a cultural facility, ‘Sapporo Community Plaza.’ Past exhibitions and Sake (Salmon) Summits were all held in smaller spaces with a cozy atmosphere, so this was the first opportunity to exhibit in a wide public space.
By installing Torii (Shinto shrine gate) and Shaden (worship hall), we decorated the space like a shrine, exhibited household items, and musical instruments, and held a stamping workshop. About 300 audience members attended the concert on the last day. Not only our workmates who have been supporting us but a wider variety of people, those who dropped by the library or theater in the facility or walked past by chance, gathered and shared the time.- Date
- December 2nd - 9th, 2019 (ARAMAKI WORLD), December 7th (Sake Summit)
- Hosts
- ARAMAKI, Sapporo Cultural Arts Community Center SCARTS (Sapporo Cultural Arts Foundation)
- Performance
- Concert by Kenji Furutate, Naokazu “Oshow” Asakura, Kenji Oyama, Talk Event by Tomohiko Murakami, Shinya Shikagawa (ARAMAKI), Shin Sasaki (3KG) , Akiko Shirasaki (FM E-niwa)
- Graphic Design
- design office cagicacco
- Material Supply
- Kushiro Suchiren Inc., Marua Abe Shoten Inc., Marukame Inc. , Kushiro Tohsui Reitoh Co.,Ltd.
- Photography
- Mihoko Tsujita
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ARAMAKI EXHIBITION
This exhibition was divided into three sections; history, products and stage. In the history section, the history and background of Aramaki Sake was traced, and the meaning of each logo on the salmon boxes was explained one by one. A movie of the rotary press in action revealed a close look at the production process, in addition to exhibiting the finished products. A façade was installed on the front of the building, which made some people to think that it was a fish market that sells Aramaki Sake.
During the exhibition period, they held a variety of events such as a talk session with Mr. Shin Sasaki who is a representative of the “3KG” design company, a workshop to make stamped bags and T-shirts using the plates, lessons with the Shakelele, and an acoustic show by Mr. Takashi Hamasaki. When Mr. Hamasaki comes to Hokkaido he always plays the Shakelele and when he travels all over Japan he can always be seen with the footrest ARAMAKI made as a surprise present for this event.
ARAMAKI began with a simple salmon box, but the movement has expanded, transcending the creation of products, and infusing the essentials of daily life.- Date
- April 28th – June 2nd, 2018
- Venue
- Niwa gallery (Sapporo City, Hokkaido)
- Hosts
- ARAMAKI, Niwa gallery
- Graphic Design
- 3KG
- Performance
- Concert by Kenji Furutate, Naokazu “Oshow” Asakura, Kenji Oyama (April 28th), Takashi Hamazaki (June 2nd) / Talk Event by Tomohiko Murakami, Shinya Shikagawa (ARAMAKI), Shin Sasaki (3KG)
- Special Thanks to
- Gotenzan Tea Lab., Kushiro Suchiren Inc.,
- Photography
- Mihoko Tsujita
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Sake (Salmon) Summit
In 2015, Murakami and Shikagawa headed to Kushiro with their prototypes – a bag and a ‘Shakelele.’ This was the first time they met Mr. Hatano, the company president of Yoshioka Seikan. He explained the situation the fish industry was facing while showing his factory. They were also introduced to the related businesses – a lumber mill and fishery. Mr. Hatano became one of ARAMAKI’s supporters.
“We want to share our experience in Kushiro,” thought the craftsmen, and began ‘Sake Summit.’ (‘Sake,’ also written as ‘shake,’ is salmon in Japanese.) In the first year, they invited Mr. Hatano and discussed the present situation and future prospects of salmon boxes. New products were shown on stage and live music was performed on Shakelele.
The event was held at Tomo no Ie 2 which is a renovated farmer’s house, located in the suburbs. The table was full of salmon cuisine: sushi, salmon soup, pizza, fritters, and salmon ramen noodles cooked by “Mensho Akamatsu” which is a famous ramen shop in Sapporo.
The whole event began with the craftsmen taking that first step out of their studios. Sake Summit is like a festival that embodies ARAMAKI’s spirit itself. Through creation, ARAMAKI aims to pass on what they saw and heard and continues to hold this event once a year.- Date
- November 26nd, 2016, Nobember 11th, 2017
- Venue
- Tomo no Ie 2 (Eniwa City, Hokkaido)
- Hosts
- ARAMAKI
- Performance
- Concert by Dynamaite Asano, Yuichiro Sasaki, Talk Even by Tomohiko Murakami, Shinya Shikagawa (ARAMAKI), Shin Sasaki (3KG), Akiko Shirasaki (FM E-niwa)
- Material Supply
- Kushiro Suchiren Inc., Tokachi Seikan Co., Ltd., Mensho Akamatsu, Chaco’s Bread, Seiji Shirasaki
- Photography
- Mihoko Tsujita
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[Other Exhibitions]
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ARAMAKI Tower
- Date
- April 29th - May 31st, 2021
- Venue
- Chi no Tou in Ebetsu Tsutaya Books (Ebetsu City, Hokkaido)
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SAPPORO CREATOR PROJECT
- Date
- August 11th - 30th, 2020
- Venue
- PARCO（Sappro City, Hokkaido)
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eastern vol.4 “Sake (Alcohol) and Sake (Salmon)”
- Date
- February 22nd and 23rd, 2020
- Venue
- guild Nemuro（Nemuro City, Hokkaido)
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An Installation for New Year’s
- Date
- December 26th, 2019 - January 12th, 2020
- Venue
- Center Hall in Hakodate Tsutaya Books（Hakodate City, Hokkaido)
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“The 8th City Night Concert - Salmon and Alcohol”
- Date
- July 19th, 2019
- Venue
- SCARTS COURT, Sapporo Cultural Arts Community Center (Sapporo City, Hokkaido)
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ARAMAKI EXHIBITION
- Date
- March 11th - April 9th, 2017
- Venue
- maruse (Meguro, Tokyo)
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