"Okazaki Castle Otemon Gate Projection Mapping" produced by HITOHATA,INC. will be held at Okazaki Castle Otemon Gate (Okazaki City, Aichi Prefecture) from November 12th (Friday) to 14th (Sunday), 2021.

This event is held at the front entrance of Okazaki Castle, the birthplace of Ieyasu Tokugawa, at the main gate with a width of 16.4 meters and a height of 11 meters. We projected projection mapping images such as content with the motif of Mikawa Fireworks, a traditional industry related to Ieyasu, and contemporary digital art content.

At the same time, "Sakuranoshirobashi x FORUM 8 Central Rally 2021 Projection Mapping" was held at the same time in the neighboring Sakuranoshirobashi.

Outline of the event

[Name] Okazaki Castle Otemon Gate Projection Mapping

[Dates] November 12, 2021 (Friday) -November 14, 2021 (Sunday) 18:00-21:00

* Approximately 8 minutes of content was continuously projected with an intermission of approximately 5 minutes in between.

[Venue] Otemon Gate (in Okazaki Park, 561-1 Koseicho, Okazaki City, Aichi Prefecture)

[Admission fee] Free admission, no prior application required

[Details] At the front entrance of Okazaki Castle, the birthplace of Ieyasu Tokugawa, at the main gate with a width of 16.4 meters and a height of 11 meters, an important cultural property, Daijuji Daihojo Barrier Painting of Reizei Tamechika and other cultural properties that Okazaki City is proud of and Ieyasu Tokugawa. We projected projection mapping images such as content with the motif of Mikawa Fireworks, a traditional industry related to it, and contemporary digital art content.

[Organizer] Okazaki City / Okazaki City Nighttime Economy Promotion Council

[Sponsor] Chubu Electric Power Grid, Chubu Electric Power Miraiz, Toho Gas, NTT West, NEC, OpenStreet

[Planning and production] HITOHATA,INC. / HITOHATASHA association

About Okazaki Park

Okazaki Park is a historical park centered around Okazaki Castle, where Ieyasu Tokugawa was born.

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Public transportation: 15 minutes on foot from Meitetsu "Higashi-Okazaki Station"

15 minutes walk from Aichikanjo Railway "Nakaokazaki Station"

From Meitetsu Higashi-Okazaki Station, take the bus bound for Daijuuji → get off at Koseicho → 5 minutes on foot

From JR Okazaki Station, take the bus bound for Koseicho → get off at Koseicho → 5 minutes on foot

Car: 3km from the Tomei Expressway "Okazaki I.C." toward Nagoya (along National Highway No. 1)

Parking lot: 7: 00-22: 00 ... 100 yen / 30 minutes 22: 00-next day 7: 00 ... 50 yen / 30 minutes

* You can use it for 24 hours with an upper limit of 1,500 yen.

Phone number: 0564-22-2122 (Okazaki Public Service)

About Okazaki Castle Otemon Gate

Otemon Gate was rebuilt in 1993 as a building suitable for the front entrance of Okazaki Park. (Height 11m, Width 16.4m, Depth 6.3m)

Locally produced granite is used for the stone walls, and Edo-style roof tiles are laid on the roof of the Irimaya style.

The original Okazaki Castle Otemon Gate was located to the south of the current Joruri-ji Temple (about 200m northeast).

According to the records of the Edo period, Otemon Gate was "10 girders, 2 girders and 4 shakus".

About the work theme "Regenerate Japan"

The theme of digital content produced by the digital artist group HITOHATA,INC. is "Regenerate Japan".

The new coronavirus has lost the opportunity to share and inherit the wonderful cultural arts and traditions that Japan has grown and refined over the years, and is on the verge of decline.

HITOHATA,INC. creates content with local cultural arts and traditions as a motif, and digital entertainment that is inspired by it and boldly sublimated with new interpretations and aesthetics, creating vitality in Japan and becoming a cultural arts nation and aim to revitalize Japan.