Chairman of Art Front Gallery. Born in Takada City, Niigata Prefecture, Japan in 1946. Graduated from Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music. Organized exhibitions and events on grass-roots level throughout Japan, including "Antonio Gaudi", the exhibition which traveled to 13 cities in 1978-79 and heralded the 'boom' of Gaudi in Japan, "Prints Show for Children", which traveled to 77 schools and "Apartheid Non ! International Art Festival", which traveled to 194 places and attracted 380,000 visitors. His activities cover a wide range from publication, music production, curation, public art direction for cities, architecture and town building to art criticism. His major public art projects include "Faret Tachikawa", "Kyoto Station Billboards Project","Sapporo Dome"and "Kushiro Civic Core". His foothold "Hillside Terrace" was awarded "Messenat Grand Prize '98" for its urban-based cultural activities. He is also a General Coordinator for Echigo-Tsumari Art Necklace Project since 1997 and General Coordinator for "Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial 2000". He has acted as the Secretary General for the EU-Japan joint project "New Trends of Architecture in Europe and Japan" since 2001.