Mimosa Gallery

Welcome to Mimosa Gallery!

We are housed in Yamanashi Hemslöjd, under the mimosa tree, overlooking Omotesando Boulevard.  

We aim at cultural exchange through exhibitions of handmade arts and crafts, fashion items, paintings and illustrations, etc. This compact space can also be used for pop-up shops, workshops and small group events such as book readings and music lessons.

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WHAT’S ON

Match Cinema – light of the North

Last Romanticism – solo exhibition of Isao Yamada
3 – 14 March, 2026
8mm screening events on Saturdays, March 7 & March 14 from 17:30 ~  

I was probably in Year 4 or 5 of primary school. Near the school was a small stream, a beautiful, crystal-clear brook where tiny stream crabs lived. A large tree stood right beside it, its roots hollowed out by moisture into a fine cavernous hollow. My first match. I’d brought it from home and struck it in that hollow – whoosh! Around that time, taken by my grandmother Hina, I entered the darkness of a cinema for the first time. My endless encounter with matches and films began like this, and now, here again, I light a match.  Isao Yamada 2026. February 25, 4h07 PM

The story continues in the exhibition, and on his website: yamavicascope.com & Instagram @yamavica

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COMING SOON

Sentimental Education

Photo exhibition by Akira Endo  
Friday 20 – Sunday 22 March, 2026
Open: 11:00－17:00

Opening event 
Screening and talk “Comet” (Yamavica Film) 

★ March 20 from 17:00~ (fee: 1000 yen)
   Guest Isao Yamada (film maker)

Reservation: yamavicascope@gmail.com

“Reality always follows the path of dreams.”
– Taruho Inagaki, Mimikakushi no Kanata, 1925

What if it were possible to keep dreaming while taking photographs?

By recording scenes that overlap with fleeting memories, another world begins to surface.

“They lived quietly, and then, they came to their end.”

Those who are no longer here sometimes feel closer than when they were beside us.

I photograph what remains after their absence.

Fragments of images are rearranged, allowing only a trace of narrative to emerge before it becomes language.

Fragile images—like those found in dreams—are connected, and a faint world takes shape.

In that moment, I become aware of the sentiment within.

Photography is a device that awakens our memory. 

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Spring weaves a gentle time

Masako Horiguchi, Square Ribbon Art exhibition 

24 – 28 March, 2026
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Saori’s “Saori-weaving”

6 – 11 April, 2026

This is the first exhibition of “Saori weaving” works, richly woven by Saori Oishi. Please come and see the texture of these one and only pieces.

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Danish Handicraft Guild Exhibition

The Danish Handicraft Guild: The World of Cross-Stitch

1 – 30 May, 2026

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NPO Yamanashi Hemslöjd

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Since 1971 Yamanashi Hemslöjd has been bringing the world of arts and crafts into our lives - coordinating exhibitions, cultural events, handicraft workshops and a shop offering selected high quality items.