"Jodosan Daijuji Temple Projection Mapping" produced by HITOHATA,INC. was held at Daijuji Temple (Okazaki City, Aichi Prefecture) from December 24th (Friday) to 26th (Sunday), 2021.

Gorgeous projection mapping images such as Okazaki City's proud cultural assets and Mikawa fireworks were projected on buildings such as the main hall and Sanmon of Daijuji, a temple related to Ieyasu Tokugawa.

At the same time, we held "Jodosan Daijuji Temple Digital Art Night Visit" in the building of Daijuji Temple.

The first large-scale projection mapping in history, set in a temple with a history of more than 500 years as the Tokugawa Shogunate Bodhisattva, created a fantastic world by fusing history, tradition, cultural assets and cutting-edge digital technology.

Outline of the event

[Name] Jodosan Daijuji Temple Projection Mapping

[Dates] December 24th (Friday) to 26th (Sunday), 2021 18:00-21: 00

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

[Venue] Daijuji Temple (5-1 Hiromoto, Kamoda-cho, Okazaki City, Aichi Prefecture)

[Admission fee] Free admission, no prior application required

[Details] Gorgeous projection mapping images such as Okazaki City's proud cultural assets and Mikawa fireworks were projected onto buildings such as the main hall and Sanmon of Daijuji, a temple related to Ieyasu Tokugawa.

[Organizer] Okazaki City / Okazaki City Night Time Economy Promotion Council

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

About Daijuji

When Tokugawa Ieyasu, who was defeated in the Battle of Okehazama, escaped and tried to harm himself, he was told by the chief priest to "aim for the world of Taihei" and was discouraged. It is a temple that played a major historical role.

The straight line of about 3km connecting Okazaki Castle and Daijuji Temple starting from the Sanmon and Somon gates built by the 3rd Shogun Iemitsu is called "Vista Line" and has been protected for about 370 years as a historical view.

At the Bodaiji Temple of the Matsudaira family and the Tokugawa shogunate, the honorary foolish superior was opened by the 4th generation Chichu in 1475.

The tomb of the 8th generation of Matsudaira, the painting of Reizei Tamechika, an important cultural property of the country, the mortuary tablets of successive generals, and the wooden statue of Ieyasu at the age of 73 are enshrined.

In addition, the Tahoto, an important cultural property of Japan, was erected by Ieyasu's grandfather, Kiyoyasu Matsudaira, in 1535.

This double tower, with one layer square and two layers circular, shows the beautiful style of the late Muromachi period with sculptural patterns such as frogs and fist noses.

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.