Projection Mapping ☆ Night 2023 will be held! (Organized by Sunflower Park Hokuryu Onsen, produced by Hokkaido Information University, Faculty of Information Media Studies)

Monday, November 13, 2023

The event "Projection Mapping☆Night 2023", sponsored by Sunflower Park Kitaryu Onsen, was held over two days, on Saturday, November 11th and Sunday, November 12th, in the plaza in front of Sunflower Park Onsen, with the cooperation of Hokkaido Information University.

Projection Mapping ☆ Night 2023

• Date and Time:Saturday, November 11th and Sunday, November 12th, 2023
  ・11th (Sat) 17:30-20:00
  ・12th (Sun) 17:00-18:00
• venue:Sunflower Park Hokuryu Onsen (Homepage here >>）
• Organizer:Sunflower Park Hokuryu Onsen
• plan:Hokuryu Town Regional Revitalization Cooperation Team Members: Nobuyuki Murakami, Yui Sasaki
• cooperation:Hokkaido Information University, Faculty of Information Media, Oshima Seminar and Kawahara Seminar, Hokko Construction Co., Ltd.
• Sponsored by:Hokuryu Town, Hokuryu Town Sunflower Tourism Association, Hokuryu Town Board of Education
• inquiry:Sunflower Park Hokuryu Onsen Tel: 0164-34-3321

　
The projection mapping video was created by seven third- and fourth-year students from the Department of Media Studies at Hokkaido Information University's School of Information and Media Studies (Ebetsu City) under the guidance of Associate Professor Keitaro Oshima and Associate Professor Dai Kawahara. The video, which lasts for 12 minutes, is repeatedly projected onto the wall of the roadside station Sunflower Park Hokuryu.

The video content includes a dynamic animation of a girl beating a drum to the sound of the drums, 360-degree camera and drone footage of the Himawari Village and the four seasons of Hokuryu Town, and shadow puppet-like footage with the junior high school song playing as a music box melody in the background, all of which are full of immersive footage that is projected one after another.

It was a very chilly night in Hokuryu Town, where the first snow fell that day.
It's a captivating 12 minutes of magnificent fusion of wonderful sound, stunning images and the pictures on the building walls!

A chilling night time...

Images projected on the wall of a building at Sunflower Park Hokuryu Onsen

Planning: Hokuryu Town Regional Revitalization Cooperation Volunteers Nobuyuki Murakami and Yui Sasaki

This is the second event following last year, planned by Hokuryu Town Regional Revitalization Cooperation Team members Murakami Nobuyuki and Sasaki Yui.

Words from Associate Professor Dai Kawahara, Faculty of Information and Media Studies, Hokkaido Information University

"The members have changed since last year, so the video has a different feel. It includes 3DCG of Himawari Saki, making it a very interesting video.

Also, as a new initiative, we are creating a video using the Hokuryu Junior High School school song. We believe this is the first attempt to create a video to go along with the school song. We hope you will look forward to all of them.

I think all the students worked hard to create it."

A talk by Nobuyuki Murakami, a local revitalization volunteer from Hokuryu Town

"This event was held in October last year, but this year it's November and the cold weather has arrived, and today was the first snowfall, so we were worried, but the snow has stopped.

As a member of the Regional Revitalization Cooperation Team, I would like to continue proposing and moving forward with things that have never been done before in Hokuryu Town."

Students from Hokkaido Information University preparing for the projection

Students from Hokkaido Information University entered Hokuryu Town around 2:00 p.m. on the day and made preparations for the projection to begin at 5:00 p.m.

Students pitching tents and getting ready

A word from students of Hokkaido Information University's Department of Media Studies

• I created an animation of a girl playing the drums.
• This time, I used a technique called motion graphics to create it.
  (Motion graphics are animated images that add movement to illustrations and text.)
• We created a motion that combined live-action footage and scale.
• We created the video using AI.
• We filmed the four seasons of Hokuryu Town using 360-degree cameras and drones.
• We have made a video of a song that is familiar to everyone in Hokuryu Town, so please enjoy it with a nostalgic feeling.
• I made the Hokuryu Town character Himawari Saki-chan into 3D and included her in the video. I hope you enjoy it.

With Hokko Construction Co., Ltd. providing the video, audio and power supplies, we're all set!

Broadcast starts

A dynamic fusion of images of dragons and sunflowers and building designs!!!

Drone footage of Himawari no Sato

Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter Scenery of Hokuryu Town

Music box melody of junior high school song and video

Himawari Saki's 3DCG

With boundless love, gratitude and prayers, we offer our heartfelt thanks to the magnificent winter event "Projection Mapping☆Night 2023" at Sunflower Park Hokuryu Onsen, a mystical and otherworldly space where sound, light and images blend together and resonate dynamically.

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◇ Interview and text: Ikuko Terauchi (Photography and editing assistance: Noboru Terauchi)