I performed a flower arrangement performance at the Mountain Day TOKYO 2024 Welcome Festival, held at Tokyo Tama Mirai Messe on Saturday, August 10th and Sunday, August 11th.
This event celebrates Mountain Day and reflects on the richness, nature and blessings of the mountains, and is held in a different prefecture every year. This year, Tokyo was in charge of hosting the event. As a Tokyo-sponsored event, it was a very lively event.
Comedy acts Nishikigoi and Miyazon also took part on stage over the two days. Performances unfolded one after the other.
I performed twice over the two days.
I uploaded videos to YouTube so you can get a feel for the atmosphere.
This time, I wasn’t just arranging the works; the audience also helped arrange the flowers.
It was a huge flower arrangement that everyone worked on together to complete.
Let’s start from nothing!
I’m arranging some Enkianthus campanulatus.
This is Fatsia!
Because it’s “Mountain Day,” I arranged the large greenery in the background with the image of mountains in mind.
In my hand she is holding a bleached weeping mulberry. I imagined a river flowing through the mountains.
Add refreshing silver leaf to the greenery.
Everyone arranged flowers.
Finally, I arranged the autumn hydrangeas and it was complete!
Thank you so much to everyone who came!
See you again somewhere!
