Theme: Present to the Future
Guest: Hirofumi Gomi
President & CEO, Office Burn Co., Ltd. / Haunted House Producer

The guest for the 46th Oyako Day Online Talk Live is Hirofumi Gomi, who has created more than 100 haunted houses over the past 30 years, beginning with Maro Akaji’s Panorama Mystery House at Korakuen Yuenchi (now Tokyo Dome City Attractions) in 1992.

Through the experience of fear, Gomi has mastered the art of stirring human emotions and transforming them into excitement and fun. Bruce first met him while working on the promotional poster for a haunted house attraction at Korakuen.

What lies behind fear? This promises to be a conversation that is a little mysterious—and highly stimulating.

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May 5 (Children’s Day)

Oyako Photo Session (Studio AO)

Applications are accepted by email.
Please include the following subject line:

E-mail: yoshiko@intheozone.net
Subject: Hayama Art Festival Event — Children’s Day Oyako Photo Session

Date: May 5 (Children’s Day)
Time: 9:00 a.m. – approximately 12:00 p.m.

Details and participation information will be sent directly by email to those who apply.

Official Website

https://www.hayama-artfes.org

Inquiries

yoshiko@intheozone.net

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A special talk event accompanying the two-person exhibition by photographer Bruce Osborn and painter Masaru Fukuda, whom Bruce first met in the early 1980s.

Official Website

https://www.hayama-artfes.org

Inquiries

yoshiko@intheozone.net

Venue

Lanai

Masaru & Bruce Two-Person Exhibition

Bruce first encountered Masaru Fukuda when Fukuda was still active as an art director.
Now, nearly fifty years later, that long-standing connection has taken shape as this joint exhibition.

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As part of the Zushi Biennale, the Numama Alley Exhibition concluded successfully on October 26.

Bruce Osborn also participated, presenting an exhibition titled “Nature Calls in Numama – Turning a Vacant House into a Surprise Box.”

The venue featured artworks created from driftwood and other found objects collected along the seaside, as well as a participatory lightbox installation.

During the exhibition period, many children from local art classes and nearby residents stopped by to enjoy the works.

Visitors also had fun creating their own layouts using the driftwood provided and capturing their arrangements on their mobile phones, filling the space with lively, creative energy.

Next year marks the Zushi Triennale, held once every three years — a larger, evolved version of the festival.

We’re already looking forward to seeing how the exhibition will continue to grow and inspire.

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Once again this year, we received a wonderful variety of heartfelt submissions—photographs capturing your unique “Oyako” (parent-child) moments, and essays filled with your precious family stories. We sincerely thank everyone who participated.

Although the judging process took longer than expected, after careful and fair deliberation, we are pleased to announce the 2025 contest winners and their works. Prizes will be sent individually to each recipient.

One of the most striking aspects of this year’s entries was the rich diversity of time shared between parents and children. Many photographs captured not only daily scenes, but also special places visited together and the joy found in those shared moments.

In the essay category, we were particularly moved by the heartfelt reflections from older male participants expressing their feelings toward their parents—works that resonated deeply with the social mood of our times.

We were also delighted to receive many thoughtful and moving essays from junior and senior high school students, showing how meaningfully the theme of “parent and child” is being embraced by younger generations.

Selecting the final winners this year proved to be an especially challenging task.

The theme of “Oyako” is endlessly profound and cannot be fully expressed in words.

As we announce these remarkable stories today, all of us on the judging panel feel a deep sense of gratitude and joy.

We hope that this contest will continue to serve as a driving force for nurturing and sharing the spirit of Oyako no Hi(“Oyako Day”) together with all of you.

Yoshiko Inoue

Representative, Oyako Day Promotion Committee

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