The Flying Sumpu Castle!
Program
The Flying Sumpu Castle!
Photo: Sending a Giant Jellyfish into the Sky, a dance project to support Suzu City, which was affected by the 2024 Noto Peninsula Earthquake.
Workshop
Official Program
Performance
Tokyo
A fabric Sumpu Castle flying through the air?!
Give it a try and see how far you can make it fly!
In this workshop, participants launch a white Sumpu Castle into the blue sky.
What begins as a flat sheet of white cloth rises into the air with the help of wind, air, and the participants.
Ready… One, two, and three! See how far you can make it fly!
- Dates
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2026
May 3 12:30-13:30
May 4 14:30-15:30
May 5 13:00-14:00
- Venue
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PARK Area |
Garden Square (Higashi Gomon-Square, Sumpujo Park / PLAY! PLAY! PLAY! Garden)
- Eligibility
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Everyone (preschool children must be accompanied by a parent or guardian)
- Capacity (orders taken in sequence)
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5 to 10 people per session (on a first-come, first-served basis; we will rotate participants during a session)
- Fee
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Free
- Items to bring
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Clothes that are easy to move in.
- Duration
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15-30 mins. (per session)
- In case of rain
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No cancellation for light rain
- Contact
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Strange Seed Shizuoka Office
workshop@strangeseed.info
How to participate
- Same-day registration
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No advance application required. Please register on-site. Please note that we may ask you to wait if there is a large number of participants.
Program Featuresand Accessibility
Recommended for children
Recommended for adult
Involves physical activity
- Participants will work together with others in this workshop.
- The workshop will be led by festival staff. The artist Hibino Kodue will not be present on-site.
For those needing assistance to participate in this workshop, please contact us in advance.
Service dogs are allowed to accompany the audience of this performance
Profile
HIBINO Kodue
Hibino Kodue was born in Shizuoka Prefecture and graduated from the Department of Design, Tokyo University of the Arts. She received the Mainichi Fashion Grand Prix Newcomer Award, Shiseido Encouragement Award, and the Kinokuniya Theatre Award for Individual Achievement. As a costume artist, Hibino has designed costumes for a wide range of fields, including advertising, theatre, dance, ballet, films, and TV programs. She has been currently designing costumes for the NHK E-Tele program Nihongo de Asobo. She has worked as a stage costume designer for many theatre and dance productions, including the Kabuki performances Noda-ban Togitatsu no Utare and Noda-ban Sakura no Mori no Mankai no Shita; the contemporary theatre productions written and directed by Noda Hideki, including Q: A Night At The Kabuki, Fake Spear, and Sei Sankaku Kankei; Moriyama Kaiji’s dance performance Circus at the New National Theatre, Tokyo; and Alice in Wonderland and The Little Prince – Letters from Saint-Exupéry at KAAT Kanagawa Arts Theatre.
She has produced and presented her performing arts works titled WONDER WATER, FLY, FLY, FLY, Rinne, Piece to Peace, MAMMOTH, RYU, ROOT, UP AND DOWN, TWO ALICES, The Ant and the Grasshopper and…, Come and Go,andYOKAI. Her solo exhibitions include 60 (rokujuu) at Ichihara Lakeside Museum (2018); DANCE THE IFUKU at Dazaifu Tenmangu and Kyushu National Museum (2019); and Forest Closet at Sogo Museum of Art, Yokohama (2021); and Wonder Forest Closet at Contemporary Art Museum, Kumamoto (2022).
Hibino has participated in the Oku-Noto Triennale, Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale, and Setouchi Triennale. She has started and is currently active in the Noto Peninsula Earthquake Reconstruction Support and Suzu City Support Dance Project.
In 2026, she designed costumes for NODA MAP’s Minus Three Twenty Fahrenheit, which is scheduled to be performed in Tokyo, Kitakyushu, Osaka, and London from April.
