{"id":756868,"date":"2025-11-15T08:23:34","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T23:23:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/visitmatsumoto.com\/?p=756868"},"modified":"2025-11-16T16:45:00","modified_gmt":"2025-11-16T07:45:00","slug":"despierta-mi-amigo-art-gallery-at-shioribi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/en\/culture-art\/despierta-mi-amigo-art-gallery-at-shioribi\/","title":{"rendered":"Despierta Mi Amigo – Art Gallery at Shioribi"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

October was a really warm month this year. We are finally seeing the red leaves in town only now.
\nHowever this post is not about the red leaves. I want to talk about a gallery I visited recently!<\/p>\n

You are probably thinking that in Matsumoto there are a lot of art exhibitions. You are right, Matsumoto is known to be a city where artists gather!<\/p>\n

Today’s artist is J.
\nJ is originally from Tokyo, he arrived in Matsumoto 10 years ago.<\/p>\n

Currently he is an emerging visual artist and DJ in Matsumoto.
\nEver since he was a little child, drawing was the only way to keep him calm, and he never quit drawing, but he continued evolving and challenging himselves with new techniques.<\/p>\n

His first exhibition was at a shop called Navy. Back then he drew manga on paper.
\nFive years ago he took on canvas, and this is finally his first long exhibition running for almost a month here at Shioribi.<\/p>\n

His art is “your companion for waking up”, thus the name of the gallery “Despierta Mi Amigo”.<\/p>\n

His message: Do not pay too much attention to the gallery, just take the chance to make friends.<\/p>\n

The host of the gallery is Shioribi, a known and loved cafe in town, where you can enjoy coffee and sweets, and buy art books.<\/p>\n

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