HIROKO KOSHINO

Yomiuri Shimbun Article on Japanese Traditional Puppet Play Yomiuri Shimbun Kansai edition started running a serial article titled "Eeyan! Kansai" (Nice! Kansai region) featuring Japanese traditional puppet play "bunraku" from Monday, March 30th. Hiroko Koshino stated the importance of cultivating and enriching humanity by seeing real traditions and stimulating one's right side of the brain from childhood. "Bunraku" puppet play is one of her personal recommendations for children to educate and broaden their future abilities.

Showing a symbiotic relationship between human being and nature, Awaji Hanahaku 2015 is being held from Saturday, March 21st.
On the first day, actress Mao Daichi, flower arrangement artist Atsunobu Katagiri, and Hiroko Koshino cut the tape at the opening ceremony of the event. Works by Mr. Katagiri and Koshino are co-exhibited at the Awaji venue, one of the three main sites of the event, throughout the period. Also, Hiroko Koshino Special Exhibition will be held in the international conference hall at the Awaji venue from Friday, April 24th.
We believe you could enjoy wonderful integration of fashion and art from the past to the present in very attractive atmosphere. Please drop by if you come around this area!

'Awaji Hanahaku2015'
Date: Saturday, March 21st, 2015 – Sunday, May 31st, 2015
Timings: 9:30am – 6:00pm
Venues: Awaji venue, Sumoto venue, and Minami-Awaji venue, Hyogo prefecture　　
http://www.awajihanahaku2015.jp/guide.html

Event: 'Co-Exhibition of Green and Art'
Date: Saturday, March 21st, 2015 – Sunday, May 31st, 2015
Timings: 9:30am – 6:00pm
Venue: Awaji venue, the international conference hall 1F
http://awajihanahaku2015.jp/event/detail.php?eid=229

Event: 'Hiroko Koshino Special Exhibition'
Date: Friday, April 24th, 2015 – Sunday, May 31st, 2015
Timings: 9:30am – 6:00pm
Venue: Awaji venue, the international conference hall B1F
http://awajihanahaku2015.jp/sp1/index.html

KH Gallery Ginza will mark the third anniversary of its founding in September 2015. The gallery’s tenth exhibition in this, a milestone year, will feature works by Akio Hirata, hat designer for Empress Michiko as well as for many leading catwalk brands, and by fashion designer Hiroko Koshino.
It is one year since the death of Akio Hirata, who played the leading role in the field of haute couture hat called "Haute Mode" in Japan for many years. He thought outside the box, creating strikingly original designs which all the while valued Japanese tradition. Meanwhile, Hiroko Koshino has given expression to Japanese aesthetics and traditional culture in the area of clothing, playing a major role in boosting the Japanese fashion world in its infancy.
In her past collections, created in collaboration with Hirata, the elegant, fashionable, and unique styles of the pair harmonized astonishingly, causing many people to marvel. Each one of these works, infused with their creators’ spirits down to the last detail and backed up by their passion, surpass any concept of fashion, projecting a distinctive presence even today. Please enjoy observing the brilliant design philosophy of these two designers, who loved the culture and art in which they were raised, and who continually experimented in various ways in order to create a new beauty.

This year marks the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Senior High School Baseball Championship Tournament – people are always highly impressed by the students’ profound performances year after year.

In 1998, Hiroko Koshino commented on the students’ baseball uniform, calling them “unique and exclusive in colour”, in a column in the Asahi Newspaper titled ‘Restructuring, If It Were Me’.

Many years later again, today, she presents her opinions from a point of view as a fashion designer.

Ayako Koshino is a pioneer in Japanese fashion as well the mother of the three Koshino sisters. Her story finally becomes a book, in the series '10 People Carve out a Path to a New Era in the World’, published for kids by Gakken.

Having lived through World War II, Ayako experienced success, setbacks and a multitude of challenges – her positive attitude is an undoubted encouragement for children to be strong and have hope.

The second series of the book carries an impressive lineup of celebrities which include The Beatles, Nelson Mandela, Pablo Picasso and of course, the renowned Ayako Koshino.

The book is available in bookstores nationwide – don’t forget to get your copy and enjoy!