Great East Asia
Co-prosperity Restaurant in
Japan

28-30 April 2006 in Tokyo
4 May 2006 in Toyama

[NEWS]Small East Asia Co-prosperity Restaurant 08 will be held again in April and May, 2008


in front of ARAI's mother house in Toyama

participants
Mideo M. Cruz (Philippines), San Mu (Hong Kong), Mongkol Plienbangchang (Thailand),
WANG Chuyu (P.R.China), Arahmaiani (Indonesia),
Ito Tari (Japan), NAKAJIMA Mimi + TANAKA Youhei (Japan), TAKEDA Ken-ichi + ARAI Shin-ichi (Japan),

Curator:@ARAI Shin-ichi
Producer: TAGAMI Machiko (out-lounge)

Fund:@Kazuko-Hisao Foundation

Thanks to
IWASAKI Shuu-ichi, HIGUCHI Issei, KAKUTA Takatoshi, YOSHIDA Makoto, MORITA san, Budoya bar@Kanda, KINOUCHI Makoto, Help Foundation TOYAMA

About Great East Asia Co-prosperity Restaurant

In and also before World War 2, our Japanese government invaded East Asia countries saying to make Great East Asia Co-prosperity Sphere. So Great East Asia Co-prosperity Sphere sounds very bad in East Asia, especially for our Japanese.
But a word "Co-prosperity" itself is a very good idea.
So we change "Sphere" to "Restaurant" to make new relationship among East Asia people heartwarmly.
Another hand, in Japanese pronunciation, "Sphere" and "Restaurant" are same pronunciation "KEN."
We pronounce Great East Asia Co-prosperity Restaurant as "Dai toua kyouei ken"
We all know in good restaurants we eat, drink , talk, sing and deeply touch together relaxly.
So we now start to make our Great East Asia Co-prosperity Restaurant.

ARAI Shin-ichi and TAGAMI Machiko


28 April 2006 at out-lounge, Tokyo

Ito Tari
(Japan)


San Mu
(Hong Kong)
"Memory for Fengjie town"


29 April 2006 at out-lounge, Tokyo (National holiday related deadly Emperor HIROHITO birthday)

WANG Chuyu
(P.R.China)
"Nagasaki, Nanjing and Hiroshima "

NAKAJIMA Mimi + RINZO(TANAKA Yohei)
(Japan)
"Borrowed Landscape"

Mongkol Plienbangchang
(Thailand)
"Crashing Horison"


30 April 2006 at out-lounge, Tokyo

Mideo M. Cruz
(Philippines)
"The Hoax Cruzader Series"

TAKEDA Ken-ichi + ARAI Shin-ichi (Japan)
"Tourist #8 International"

Arahmaiani (Indonesia)
"Breaking Words"


4 May 2006 at Toyama citizen plaza, Toyama (4 May 1919, there were first big anti-Japan demonstrations in China)

San Mu
(Hong Kong)
"Memory for Fengjie town"


Arahmaiani (Indonesia) + ARAI Fudeko (Japan)
"Breaking Words"

Mongkol Plienbangchang (Thailand)
"Crashing Horison"

WANG Chuyu (P.R.China)

Mideo M. Cruz (Philippines)
"The Hoax Cruzader Series"


=>Back to ARAIart web
=>Great East Asia Co-prosperity Restaurant web in Japanese

ARAI Shin-ichi (web master/shinichiarai@hotmail.com)



(from 11 May 2006)