Art museums are for exhibiting art, right, there is no exception. But when my family visited Fukuoka art museum back in 2015, I couldn't hold back myself but rush into kids zone before entering the exhibition when I saw this amazingly kawaii kids area which is full with craftworks, created into trees, animals, etc. (ok, despite my age, I had already asked permission before I got in). 美術館とは、美術を展示する館にほかになりません。ですが、例外があります。2015年に家族と一緒に旅行しながら、福岡美術館に行ったことがあります。あそこには展示を見に行くまでに、素晴らし

Last Friday I had a chance to set up a mini private art&craft workshop for 4.5 years old triplets "Mono Monet Mona". Their mom "Pear" ( a dedicated mom who shares the triplets stories on facebook page the lilmns ) hope that they could learn a little bit about colors and mixing, so we decided to teach them through Shibori Japanese tide-dyed technique. 最後の金曜日に4.5歳の三つ子のためにワークショップをする機会がありました。三つ子の名前はモノ、モネ、モナです。彼らのお母さんは自分の子どもたちに色と色の混ぜることについて少し勉強させたいと思っていて、私を誘いました。二人で子どもたちに絞り染めという技

My little friend "Neo" ( yes, the same name "Neo" as in the Matrix trilogy.) is a 9 years old boy and has been my friend since he was 7 months old. He has autism. Every autistic kids are usually gifted in one way or another, and this boy is very good in memorising vocabularies and foreign language; English, Japanese, Russian. Ironically, he doesn't like communicate. Everyday after school time, my family would take him to play at our workplace which is not far from his family