{"id":734394,"date":"2025-07-24T11:42:27","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T02:42:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/visitmatsumoto.com\/?p=734394"},"modified":"2025-08-16T20:41:55","modified_gmt":"2025-08-16T11:41:55","slug":"mei-lans-chinese-couture-and-art-exhibition-in-matsumoto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/en\/culture-art\/mei-lans-chinese-couture-and-art-exhibition-in-matsumoto\/","title":{"rendered":"Mei Lan’s Chinese Couture and Art Exhibition in Matsumoto"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dear Matsumoto fans,
\nHow are you?<\/p>\n

It’s the end of July, an extremely hot summer.
\nPeople seem affected by the heat a lot this year.<\/p>\n

Not only that, we are experiencing a lot of storms and sudden rain even at the end of July.
\nEven so, the rain refreshes our evenings and gives us some relief from the heat.<\/p>\n

The past weekend was a three day holiday (Saturday, Sunday, Monday) in Japan. During this holiday, I had the pleasure of visiting Mei Lan’s art exhibition in collaboration with the gallery space of Shinano Gabou (a historical art shop in town).<\/p>\n

Mei Lan is a Chinese Couture curator, taylor and painter.
\nShe first moved to Suwa from China, and later on she established her activity in Matsumoto, where she runs a fashion atelier, and curates a selection of unique Chinese dresses.<\/p>\n

She works as a tailor on commission, as well, and on occasion she paints on some of the clothing items for her customers.<\/p>\n

In 2016, she started to paint some pictures about Chinese legends. She always loved painting and took on this journey as a self taught artist, finally beginning to display her art in galleries and in her atelier in recent years.<\/p>\n

Her goal is for people to know through her activity that China has a 5000 year long history of fashion.
\nThrough her art, she wishes to polish her spirit, as she reckons this is her goal in this life.<\/p>\n

You can find more of Mei Lan’s art on her Instagram: lannosyo<\/p>\n

I am looking forward to visiting her atelier and showing you more of her work in another article!<\/p>\n

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Shinano Gabou, Matsumoto Fukashi 3-7-8, frequently hosts exhibitions of local artists, I recommend paying a visit. If you are lucky you will be able to visit a local art gallery!<\/p>\n