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Roots in the Edo Period! Visiting BANDAI SPIRITS and Tamiya, I experienced Shizuoka City, the “City of Manufacturing!

Posted on 2024-12-062025-01-07 by Editor in Chief

Special visit to the world-class plastic model production center, Bandai Hobby Center There are two main categories of plastic models, “scale models” and “character models. (*The Bandai Hobby Center does not currently offer factory tours.) By the way, do you know why Shizuoka City has a thriving plastic model industry? According to the movie shown at BANDAI SPIRITS, at the end of the Edo period, when the shogunate rebuilt a shrine associated with the Tokugawa family (probably Shizuoka Sengen Shrine) over a period of more than 60 years, craftsmen with advanced woodworking skills were gathered from all over Japan. It is said that these skills became established as traditional crafts, giving birth to the work of wood molds and models, which became the foundation of Shizuoka City’s plastic model industry. It is surprising that the history goes back to the Edo period, isn’t it? What interested me in what I heard was BANDAI SPIRITS’ educational initiative “Gunpla Academia”. Since its launch in 2021, about 670,000 children have participated in the “Gunpla Academia” plastic model classes. In January 2025, construction of a new three-story factory is scheduled to be completed next to the current Bandai Hobby Center, and it has been announced that the new factory will begin operation around summer. A new tour course will be set up in the new plant. Let’s look forward to it! © Sotsu, Sunrise

I had always wanted to visit the Keisuke Serizawa Museum of Art. This museum houses the works of Keisuke Serizawa, a dye craftsman born in the Meiji period (1868-1912), and his collection of crafts from Japan and around the world. Even if you are not familiar with Keisuke Serizawa’s name, you may have seen one of his representative works, the “stencil-dyed calendar,” at least once. Keisuke Serizawa’s works are full of pop, bright, and elegant patterns that depict various motifs such as letters, plants, and landscapes. The museum holds exhibitions four times a year, focusing on different themes. The contents of the exhibitions are said to change drastically, and some of my friends are big fans of Keisuke Serizawa, who always visit the museum for each of the four special exhibitions. The next exhibition is “Keisuke Serizawa’s Collection in Japan,” which opens on January 4.

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