This website is the result of a friendly cooperation by people in Taketa, Oita Prefecture, Japan and people in Berlin, Germany. These web pages are the first product of our work together. We would like to keep the information and photos up to date so, if you have any attractive stories and useful information about Taketa, please join in and let us know!

Our greatest wish is that this historic city, set in a beautiful landscape and with a thriving creative community, will be visited by many people from all over the world.

Berlin, Summer 2017

Special Thanks

Akira Akita Sensei, Akiyoshi Akaza Sensei, Kumiko Goto (Himedaruma), Ryosuke Itai (Tajimaya Roho), Tetsunobu Adachi (Meisuien), Jun Kusakari, Takahiro Kudo, Masato Goto, Takako Horita, Shigeki Yabuuchi, Yoshimasa Nakanishi

Taketa Art Culture
Toshihiko Nishida, Tomomi Sawada
Olectronica (Ryo Kato, Junpei Kodama)

Drawing and Design: Mareike Jacobi
Map: Tomoko Mori
Text: Yumiko Urae, Martin Riches
Web Design: Peter Brune

Photos: Taketa Art Culture, Naoyuki Hata, Yoshimi Sato Kinenkan, Jun Kusakari, Hiroaki Seo, Taketa-city, goto-himedaruma-kobo