HAPPY SMILE ART in THE CELESTINE HOTELS & Mitsui Garden Hotels
HAPPY SMILE ART in THE CELESTINE HOTELS & Mitsui Garden Hotels

Early Exhibition:
November 1, 2025 - December 5, 2025

Late Exhibition:
December 6, 2025 - January 8, 2026

Mitsui Garden Hotel Kanazawa
1F Lobby

Mitsui Fudosan Hotel Management supports the "Happy Smile Art" activities promoted by the General Incorporated Association Group Happy Smile.
Artworks created by people with disabilities are exhibited in the hotel, while paintings are also available for sale.
All proceeds from the sale of the exhibited works will be donated to the General Incorporated Association Group Happy Smile and will be used to support future creative activities.
Please enjoy the space decorated with a variety of art.
Ms. kana

These works use the touch of tablets and crayons to express eye-catchingly vivid colors. She has a long record as an artist, receiving many prizes in local art exhibitions since primary school age.

Ms. Hikari Asano

The artist started painting about four years ago. She mainly paints with acrylic paints. She has been selected for the Comprehensive Art Exhibition for the Disabled (twice in FY2021 and FY2022) and has high expectations for the future.

Ms. Miyu

From childhood, she liked to play by hermself and began painting as an extension of that love. She currently uses colored pencils and markers to carefully draw repetitive motifs. The delicate touch and color expression are a must-see.

Mr. Takahashi Susumu

After receiving a prize in the Nitten art exhibition during the lower grades of elementary school, he began to work using acrylic gouache to paint abstract art, finger painting with opaque watercolors, tribal art using ink for certificates as well as digital data, and more. With his commitment to two-dimensionality without compromising dynamism, the worlds he paints are sure to stimulate the viewer’s imagination.

Ms. sakura

The inspiration for her work comes from the art of sarori weaving and Swedish embroidery, which is an art form that expresses the self without being bound by fixed patterns. Using leftover threads created during the production process, she immerses herself in creating works based on seasonal events. The creative combination of threads stirs the imagination of the viewer.

Mr. Yojiro Tanaka

The artist combines the pursuit of reality with a keen sense of observation. He is particular about capturing the reality itself in his works, making full use of a wide variety of painting materials. The artist's unique and delicate touch is what draws the viewer's attention.

Ms. Yuria

She has enjoyed drawing since childhood, expressing the creatures that appear in her mind. This piece featuring a cat captivates with its gentle lines and striking gaze.

Ms. Lala

A lover of birds and flowers, she layers color pens and crayons over color pencils to make deeply layered palettes. Previously nominated for the ARTPARA FUKAGAWA grand prize

Mr. Seina Soga

The artist began painting in the spring of 2016. At first, he worked on a number of landscapes that reflected his favorite railroads, but he eventually broadened his work in recent years to include animals and insects colored with colored pencils and water-based magic markers.

Mr. Kanta Wajima

Around the age of two, he began to express herself through pictures instead of words. Based on his knowledge of the things that interest her, he expresses them as detailed and delicate drawings. His subjects range from familiar things such as cartoons and characters to themes that have global relevance, and he paints every day, putting his own solid thoughts onto his brush.

Mr. Katsunori Minami

He has continued drawing since high school, depicting Buddhist deities and vehicles. This work, depicting Fugen Enmei Bosatsu through his unique perspective, is a piece that shines with individuality.

Mr. Akira Funahashi

Colorful wire was bent by hand to create items featuring motifs such as bamboo choppers and helicopters. The allure lies in the serendipitous beauty of forms that never repeat themselves.

Mr. Shigetoshi Takagi

He has been creating paper mache works every day since he was 10 years old. After much trial and error to achieve the colors he envisioned, he has created a work of art that attracts the viewer's eye. We hope you will enjoy the many works of art that have been created with great attention to detail.

Mr. Yhuga Ichimura

A fantasy world born from drawing freely as inspiration strikes. This work vividly portrays imaginary inhabitants with their full range of emotions.

Mr. Yhuji Furuchi

He has continued drawing since childhood, creating works based on subjects he loves. The appeal of this Shinkansen illustration lies in its meticulous use of perspective and humorous expression.

Ms. Kaede Wajima

Since childhood, she has loved fairy tales, princesses and fantasy. From origami to paper cut-outs and eventually to her own paintings. She expresses the world of her imagination in a variety of ways, including princess dresses and magic. Aside from creating paintings, she also devotes herself to creating stories and scenarios. Her future dream is to become a film director.

Ms. Nanan

Her signature works are continuous patterns (matrix series) with unique deformations created with unwavering lines. She uses a wide variety of painting materials with motifs of animals and insects. She has exhibited many works so far, including an Honorable Mention in the 2023 Toyohashi Brut Art Contest Para Art TOKYO.

Mr. Itsuki Yamamoto

Taking advantage of the omnipotent feeling he gets when facing a canvas, he uses watercolor paint, large brushes, and stamps employing packaging material, producing excellent expressions of power.

Mr. Rintaro

His subject is often cars, animals, and plants that catch his interest. At times he combines them in comical fashion, and at other times he draws them in a more grotesque style, as though gouging the insides, producing many-faceted works.

Mr. Youhei Hosokawa

He began drawing his favourite cartoons as a child and started painting in earnest, using photographs as his subject matter, when he was in high school. He once suspended his creative activities, but with the support of those around him, he picked up his brush again. His original paintings are large with bold deformations and trimming, and many of his dynamic works are on display in his home and gallery, Yohei Art.

Ms. Itsumi Konishi

A part of the art club since junior high school. Thanks to her grandparents’ flower shop influencing her, flowers make up the stars of her drawings. Her works are filled with a wish to "make smiles bloom on the faces of people who see my art."
Received the grand prize and head of education prize in the SDGs Hiougigai Para Art Contest in the past

Mr. Mitsu

With his creativity spurred on further each time he joins Chiba Prefecture’s yearly art exhibitions, he came to win multiple prizes. Markers and magic-brand paint markers make up his distinctive, delicate palette.
[Prizes received]
2022: Egao Hirogaru (Spreading Smiles) Ehime Disabled Artist Exhibition, honorable mention
2023: Hotto Heart Art Contest Bari-san Prize (second place)
Discovery Art Nomi Mayor Prize (first place)
ART TO YOU National Public Invitation Exhibit of Tohoku Artists with Disabilities, Corporate Award
2024: Big-i x Bunkamura Art Project 1st Round Prizewinner
Cover accepted for Mitsu Itsukushima Shrine’s shrine stamp book

Mr. KOICHI

Since he started painting, he has continued to draw his favourite cars, and his total number of works with car motifs exceeds 100.

Mr. Haruto Sasaki

He began crafting in first grade and has been building aircraft and robots ever since. It is a work with a comforting warmth that somehow brings a sense of relief.

Mr. Kouhei Mukaino

Since his childhood, he has been expressing his own experiences and inspired landscapes and architectural structures with his unique sensibility. He utilizes the characteristics of colored pencils on large sheets of drawing paper to create colorful, free, and humorous works of art. Also noteworthy are the lively expressions on the faces of the figures, which blend into the background.

Mr. Shotaro Yatomi

He has been drawing since childhood, expressing people and food with his own unique expressions and atmosphere. Though simple in expression with no background, it is a work with warmth.

Mr. Ryusei Nisida

His interests expanded from sharks to dinosaurs during elementary school, and he now primarily draws dinosaurs. This work is also a unique piece that depicts dozens of dinosaurs, each with distinct expressions.

Ms. Noriko Uyama

She has loved to draw since she was a child and spends a lot of time in the workshop. Her work this time was based on ukiyoe women, paying close attention to their expressions and the details of their kimonos.

Ms. Chie Kobayashi

She started painting around 2018 and creates motifs of famous places in the world with paints and crayons. We would like to draw your attention to the buildings, which are painted with great care and attention to detail.

Early Exhibition:
November 1, 2025 - December 5, 2025

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  • 1Fruits
    [ 325×425 mm ]
    Kana
    8,000 yen
  • 2setting sun
    [ 410×570 mm ]
    Hikari Asano
    20,000 yen
  • 3Fruits
    [ 225×315 mm ]
    Miyu
    5,000 yen
  • 4Spakes dance, and disperse
    [ 330×240 mm ]
    Susumu Takahashi
    8,000 yen
  • 5Pufferfish
    [ 285×395 mm ]
    sakura
    6,000 yen
  • 6Flamingo
    [ 395×285 mm ]
    sakura
    6,000 yen
  • 7mountain,towers and giant robot
    [ 560×770 mm ]
    Yojiro Tanaka
    20,000 yen
  • 8Gaze
    [ 408×297 mm ]
    Yuria
    8,000 yen
  • 9(Tribal art) Pegasus 2nd
    [ 440×320 mm ]
    Susumu Takahashi
    8,000 yen
  • 10tender flower
    [ 282×390 mm ]
    Lala
    7,000 yen
  • 11autumu view
    [ 285×395 mm ]
    Seina Soga
    6,000 yen
  • 12KANTA WORLD
    [ 800×1,200 mm ]
    Kanta Wajima
    article not for sale
  • 13Fugen enmei bosatsu
    [ 1,100×400 mm ]
    Katsunori Minami
    article not for sale
  • 14Takecopter
    [ H300×W300×D300 mm ]
    Akira Funahashi
    article not for sale
  • 15Room9
    [ H450×W450×D150 mm ]
    Shigetoshi Takagi
    article not for sale
  • 16full bloom
    [ 535×610 mm ]
    Yhuga Ichimura
    A3 30,000 yen
  • 17Hokuriku Shinkansen
    [ 530×680 mm ]
    Yhuji Furuchi
    A3 30,000 yen
  • 183Dchokichoki
    [ 700×700 mm ]
    Kaede Wajima
    article not for sale
  • 19Cows in a Flower Field
    [ 420×520 mm ]
    Nanan
    20,000 yen
  • 20Flowers and Bees
    [ 420×520 mm ]
    Nanan
    18,000 yen
  • 21Untitled
    [ 440×320 mm ]
    Itsuki Yamamoto
    10,000 yen
  • 22my night sight
    [ 425×325 mm ]
    Rintaro
    10,000 yen
  • 23Autumn taste
    [ 310×430 mm ]
    kana
    7,000 yen
  • 24A scene along the Danube River
    [ 990×1,600 mm ]
    Youhei Hosokawa
    A3 30,000 yen
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Late Exhibition:
December 6, 2025 - January 8, 2026

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  • 25my favorite zoo
    [ 408×566 mm ]
    kana
    12,000 yen
  • 26ICHIGO
    [ 415×575 mm ]
    kana
    14,000 yen
  • 27Giraffe Family
    [ 285×395 mm ]
    Seina Soga
    6,000 yen
  • 28turtle
    [ 285×395 mm ]
    Seina Soga
    6,000 yen
  • 29FACE 2
    [ 282×390 mm ]
    Rintaro
    9,000 yen
  • 30PANDA
    [ 297×408 mm ]
    Rintaro
    6,000 yen
  • 31EBI
    [ 330×454 mm ]
    kana
    10,000 yen
  • 32SUSHI
    [ 330×454 mm ]
    kana
    10,000 yen
  • 33Untitled
    [ 325×425 mm ]
    Itsumi Konishi
    10,000 yen
  • 34Castle
    [ 282×390 mm ]
    Mitsu
    8,000 yen
  • 35Buses also run together.
    [ 285×400 mm ]
    KOICHI
    6,000 yen
  • 36Large buses run here, too.
    [ 285×400 mm ]
    KOICHI
    6,000 yen
  • 373Dchokichoki
    [ 1,100×1,530 mm ]
    Kaede Wajima
    article not for sale
  • 38Robotto
    [ H450×W450×D150 mm ]
    Haruto Sasaki
    8,000 yen
  • 39Dagon
    [ 300×300 mm ]
    Shigetoshi Takagi
    article not for sale
  • 40That person was there too! List of celebrities who have done voice-over work for foreign films
    [ 365×440 mm ]
    Kanta Wajima
    article not for sale
  • 41Space-time mode time machine
    [ 680×530 mm ]
    Kouhei Mukaino
    A3 30,000 yen
  • 42Christmas Cake
    [ 530×410 mm ]
    Shotaro Yatomi
    A3 30,000 yen
  • 43Ryusei Dinosaurs Canvas
    [ 530×680 mm ]
    Ryusei Nisida
    A3 30,000 yen
  • 44Hadano Peanuts
    [ 410×570 mm ]
    Noriko Uyama
    12,000 yen
  • 45Oura Cathedral
    [ 410×570 mm ]
    Noriko Uyama
    12,000 yen
  • 46Cattle Procession
    [ 420×520 mm ]
    Nanan
    18,000 yen
  • 47Flowers and Cows
    [ 420×520 mm ]
    Nanan
    18,000 yen
  • 48The snow in my mother's hometown
    [ 410×570 mm ]
    Chie Kobayashi
    12,000 yen
  • 49Maltese Cat
    [ 1,060×1,300 mm ]
    Youhei Hosokawa
    A3 30,000 yen
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