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

Early Exhibition:
April 18 - May 25, 2025

Late Exhibition:
May 26 - June 30, 2025

Mitsui Garden Hotel Okayama
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. 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.

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.

Mr. Rin

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.

Ms. siduka

She favors light and gentle blue colors, valuing color balance and dynamic brushstrokes. She primarily uses brushes and rollers, but sometimes employs misters and stamps to complete her work.

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.

Ms. Momoka Katayama

An artist who has repeatedly experimented with various tools, expanding her world through trial and error. It’s her hope that many people will experience her unique "Momoka World" she draws all across her canvas.

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. 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. 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.

Ms. Hiroko Shirane

Using water-based marker Prockey, she layers colors following her own rules. The colorful worlds born of her imagination are quite distinct.

Mr. Takayuki Kato

Though he by no means enjoys drawing ordinarily, a commission can flip a switch in his head and see him lost in the drawing process for a long time. The unique worlds based on his imagination leave a very strong impression.

Ms. Rie

An animal lover who puts that love into her paintings, creating many-colored works. Anyone who looks at her works is sure to be taken in by the adorable animals.

Mr. Kenji Hashimoto

A work themed around “hope,” choosing lively animals as the artist’s subject. He created this hoping that it will bring energy to those who look at it, and so he deliberately chose to draw with powerful strokes and strong feelings, without worrying about lines bending or overflowing.

Mr. Ryo

An artist with unique ideas and points of interest, such as a recurring bald middle-aged man in a suit. Besides pens and acrylic paints, he has a variety of styles such as cutting and gluing on colored pieces of paper.

Mr. ben

Having experienced a journey all across Japan, the majority of this artist’s oeuvre depicts people and vistas from his journeys. When inspiration descends upon him, he immediately sublimates it into his work.

Mr. kaguratani

When he draws, his focus is on treasuring the inspiration that comes from within him. He wants each viewer to enjoy his works however their feelings guide them to.

Ms. Kanako Nagahara

After learning sketching techniques, she took this as an opportunity, beginning to draw people and animals more seriously with acrylics. Distinguished by her technique of producing three-dimensionality by layering colors, her love for animals, too, is layered over those colors.

Ms. Syouko Ozaki

This work is based on the legend of peach blossom spring, depicted in a Japanese fashion. Pale colors, mountain streams and sunlight meld together, illustrating the artist’s mind in fine detail.

Mr. Takeshi Ninomiya

This work uses plastic packaging bubble wrap, stuffed with tissue papers and used as a stamp. Though it may look like careless hammering, repetition creates unique works. The parts with clear marks of the bubble wrap are intriguing, as well.

Ms. Harumi Noritake

Often given to collaboration, she is one of the central figures among members of such projects. This time, she solely exhibits a piece which uses a tied up plastic bag filled with air as a stamp.

Ms. Akiho Nagato

This work is a collaboration of five artists. It is a remake of a work displayed in “Momozono Tenjinyama Plaza” in 2023, coloring the background with colored water, then layering further colors over that with vegetable stamps. Once engrossed in her work, her focus allows her to completely lose track of the time.

Mr. Yoshiyuki Kayano

This work was produced by wrapping a bouncy ball in waterproof paper, rolling it about to create natural lines. A work made without worry or hesitation, only joy.

Ms. Satomi Watanabe

An artist who often chooses food as her subject. This time, she cut a bamboo shoot open and placed paint on the open face, using it freely as a stamp to finish the work.

Ms. Fumiko Kishimoto

Using acrylic paints, this artist draws in a free-spirited style with instinctual brush and duster work. The moment she sets her brush down, the work is completed.

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

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

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.

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. Susumu Takahashi

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. Kanapi

The artist has a strong interest in how the body works, microorganisms, and animal bodies. Using Posca markers and acrylic paints, she creates colorful works. She hopes that her works will bring smiles to anyone who sees them.

Mr. Miya

Aiming to become a manga artist, his parents’ support has allowed his talent for illustration to blossom. His art concept is doodles, and his style is drawing without references. His oeuvre is an intriguing one, often incorporating detailed character movement, or English lines.

Ms. Fey Ng

Inspired by a single scene in a movie, she makes cutout art based on buildings and historical sources. Following traditional techniques, she creates detailed cutout art, combining methods from ink paintings, ukiyo-e, and a modern hologram.

Ms. Kasumin

When she was fifteen, she wanted to feel at peace by drawing. She began to draw with watercolors, ink, and iPad, using encyclopedias and photo collections as references. She depicts the looks and movements of birds in lively colors.

Ms. shake.

The artist gives shape to what is in her mind, drawing characters as though they were alive. Through a pop selection of colors and characters, she takes up ‘life’ and ‘the heart’ as her themes, hoping to use not words but drawings to deliver peace and smiles to viewers.

Mr. Kazuhiro Misao

While initially drawing simple still life illustrations of food, his art has recently evolved in a more finely detailed direction. Since joining some corporate initiatives, his works have been adopted for covers, signs, product package designs and the like. His signature is a vividness of colors that hardly seems possible from color pencils alone.

Mr. Mami

He takes everyday objects from his life to use as stamps that complete his work. This time, he has tied up a plastic bag filled with air to use as a stamp.

Early Exhibition:
April 18 - May 25, 2025

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  • 1Flowers, bees and snails
    [ 420×520 mm ]
    Nanan
    18,000 yen
  • 2Flowers and Cows
    [ 325×425 mm ]
    Nanan
    10,000 yen
  • 3A giraffe
    [ 425×325 mm ]
    kana
    20,000 yen
  • 4Fruits
    [ 280×390 mm ]
    Kana
    8,000 yen
  • 5the Dog
    [ 325×425 mm ]
    Rin
    20,000 yen
  • 6Blue and Yellow
    [ 420×520 mm ]
    kana
    15,000 yen
  • 7Untitled 1
    [ 530×420 mm ]
    siduka
    9,700 yen
  • 8Untitled
    [ 400×290 mm ]
    Itsuki Yamamoto
    10,000 yen
  • 9Untitled
    [ 500×570 mm ]
    Momoka Katayama
    10,000 yen
  • 10mountain,towers and giant robot
    [ 560×770 mm ]
    Yojiro Tanaka
    20,000 yen
  • 11Dolphin
    [ 240×330 mm ]
    sakura
    5,000 yen
  • 12Mountains and Locomotives
    [ 240×330 mm ]
    Seina Soga
    5,000 yen
  • 13Thank you from Kobe, Japan.
    [ 280×400 mm ]
    Seina Soga
    6,000 yen
  • 14untitled
    [ 305×395 mm ]
    Hiroko Shirane
    article not for sale
  • 15scenery
    [ 305×395 mm ]
    Takayuki Kato
    article not for sale
  • 16gorilla
    [ H333×W242 mm ]
    Rie
    250,000 yen
  • 17lion Ⅱ
    [ 605×730 mm ]
    Kenji Hashimoto
    360,000 yen
  • 18talkative brains
    [ 730×610 mm ]
    Ryo
    360,000 yen
  • 19house far away from the city
    [ 560×440 mm ]
    ben
    180,000 yen
  • 20Burrowing owl
    [ 270×220 mm ]
    Rie
    180,000 yen
  • 21Amusement Park Paradise
    [ 730×610 mm ]
    Ryo
    360,000 yen
  • 22whale
    [ 610×725 mm ]
    Kenji Hashimoto
    360,000 yen
  • 23Small islands in the Seto Inland Sea
    [ H455×W380 mm ]
    Kenji Hashimoto
    180,000 yen
  • 24On the tree
    [ 560×440 mm ]
    ben
    180,000 yen
  • 25pazzle city
    [ 960×960 mm ]
    kaguratani
    300,000 yen
  • 26Cat & Bugs
    [ 740×560 mm ]
    kaguratani
    150,000 yen
  • 27Hana to mushi
    [ 560×745 mm ]
    kaguratani
    200,000 yen
  • 28Bibi-chan
    [ 445×350 mm ]
    Kanako Nagahara
    150,000 yen
  • 29Fuku-chan
    [ H442xW366 mm ]
    Kanako Nagahara
    150,000 yen
  • 30Moka-chan
    [ 445×350 mm ]
    Kanako Nagahara
    100,000 yen
  • 31jellyfish
    [ diameter 400 mm ]
    Kanako Nagahara
    50,000 yen
  • 32watercolor Fuku-chan
    [ H280xW220 mm ]
    Kanako Nagahara
    30,000 yen
  • 33Neko-chan
    [ H320xW260 mm ]
    Kanako Nagahara
    30,000 yen
  • 34『Rensei』
    [ 400×310 mm ]
    Syouko Ozaki
    100,000 yen
  • 35『-Togenkyo-kyo1
    acrylic edition』
    [ 405×405 mm ]
    Syouko Ozaki
    300,000 yen
  • 36『-Togenkyo-kyo2
    acrylic edition』
    [ 405×405 mm ]
    Syouko Ozaki
    300,000 yen
  • 37『-Togenkyo-kyo2
    aluminum edition』
    [ H405xW405 mm ]
    Syouko Ozaki
    300,000 yen
  • 38『-Togenkyo-kyo3』
    [ 265×705 mm ]
    Syouko Ozaki
    500,000 yen
  • 39Challenger
    [ H403xW400 mm ]
    Syouko Ozaki
    100,000 yen
  • 40Untitled 1
    [ 370×450 mm ]
    Takeshi Ninomiya
    19,000 yen
  • 41Untitled
    [ 1,380×1,000 mm ]
    Harumi Noritake, Akiho Nagato, Satomi Watanabe, Yoshiyuki Kayano
    100,000 yen
  • 42Untitled
    [ 365×440 mm ]
    Yoshiyuki Kayano
    19,000 yen
  • 43Untitled
    [ 1,000×570 mm ]
    Satomi Watanabe
    55,000 yen
  • 44Untitled 1
    [ 440×550 mm ]
    Fumiko Kishimoto
    21,000 yen
  • 45Untitled 2
    [ 370×445 mm ]
    Takeshi Ninomiya
    19,000 yen
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Late Exhibition:
May 26 - June 30, 2025

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  • 46Procession of the sheep
    [ 420×520 mm ]
    Nanan
    18,000 yen
  • 47Cow with red tail
    [ 420×520 mm ]
    Nanan
    18,000 yen
  • 48Flower
    [ 325×425 mm ]
    Itsumi Konishi
    15,000 yen
  • 49Amusement park
    [ 325×425 mm ]
    Mitsu
    30,000 yen
  • 50Hibiscus
    [ 330×420 mm ]
    LaLa
    10,000 yen
  • 51Blue Garden
    [ 420×520 mm ]
    LaLa
    23,000 yen
  • 52flowercolored bird
    [ 230×230 mm ]
    LaLa
    8,000 yen
  • 53Sunflower
    [ 230×230 mm ]
    Itsumi Konishi
    17,000 yen
  • 54American Cattle
    [ 410×570 mm ]
    Hikari Asano
    20,000 yen
  • 55setting sun
    [ 410×570 mm ]
    Hikari Asano
    20,000 yen
  • 56Untitled 2
    [ 420×530 mm ]
    siduka
    9,700 yen
  • 57Trucks are big.
    [ 280×400 mm ]
    KOICHI
    6,000 yen
  • 58Elephant
    [ 285×395 mm ]
    Seina Soga
    6,000 yen
  • 59Koala parent and child
    [ 285×395 mm ]
    Seina Soga
    6,000 yen
  • 60Innocence flies towards the dawn
    [ 440×320 mm ]
    Susumu Takahashi
    5,000 yen
  • 61The promise of Flying towards the sunset
    [ 440×320 mm ]
    Susumu Takahashi
    5,000 yen
  • 62Hone-san has assembled!
    [ H910×W727 mm ]
    Kanapi
    540,000 yen
  • 63Egoblock, the next town, is an industrial city where people are controlled.
    [ 610×725 mm ]
    Miya
    360,000 yen
  • 64Okayama
    [ 400×510 mm ]
    ​Fey Ng
    250,000 yen
  • 65Red Bird Assemblage
    [ 605×750 mm ]
    Kasumin
    300,000 yen
  • 66Let's laugh!!
    [ 610×610 mm ]
    shake.
    270,000 yen
  • 67The Coffee Shop of Your Dreams
    [ 530×410 mm ]
    Ryo
    300,000 yen
  • 68five-storied pagoda at Soja shrine
    [ 415×530 mm ]
    ​Fey Ng
    250,000 yen
  • 69pazzle city
    [ 1,190×1,190 mm ]
    kaguratani
    300,000 yen
  • 70brain control
    [ 730×610 mm ]
    kaguratani
    200,000 yen
  • 71Communication with ancient times
    [ 1,210×960 mm ]
    kaguratani
    250,000 yen
  • 72What I want to spit out
    [ 1,200×940 mm ]
    kaguratani
    300,000 yen
  • 73delusional family
    [ 760×640 mm ]
    kaguratani
    200,000 yen
  • 74Untitled
    [ 760×640 mm ]
    kaguratani
    200,000 yen
  • 75Untitled 1
    [ 410×525 mm ]
    Kazuhiro Misao
    20,000 yen
  • 76Untitled
    [ 1,030×1,030 mm ]
    Yoshiyuki Kayano, Fumiko Kishimoto Akiho Nagato, Satomi Watanabe, Harumi Noritake
    93,000 yen
  • 77Untitled
    [ 390×460 mm ]
    Mami
    18,000 yen
  • 78Untitled 2
    [ 520×670 mm ]
    Fumiko Kishimoto
    25,000 yen
  • 79Untitled 3
    [ 410×525 mm ]
    Kazuhiro Misao
    21,000 yen
  • 80Untitled
    [ 370×450 mm ]
    Harumi Noritake
    19,000 yen
  • 81Untitled
    [ 440×550 mm ]
    Kazuhiro Misao
    19,000 yen
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