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Events happening in Nagano, Japan in Spring 2026 (April-May)
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Pavilion + Community Art Project Build Week

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Help us construct a pavilion, collaborate on an art project, build furniture, and explore the town. Culminates in a backyard BBQ with local neighbors on the 8th, at 5pm. Join!

During this event, we're collaborating with teachers / seasoned builders from Watershed School will will be bringing their entire class + traveling internationally for this event

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May 5 ~4pm: Intro presentation about Akiya Collective from the founder & director Michelle. During this time, we will also be brainstorming for an art project + site build

May 6 9am-12pm: Pavilion building, art piece work. In the evening, the class go on a castle town tour

May 7 9am-12pm: Pavilion building, art piece work. In the afternoon around 3pm, we will be visiting a local farmer who built his house out of the trees in his backyard. We’ll trade an hour of collective labor for hidden knowledge

May 8 9am-12pm: Finishing up group builds

To celebrate the end of the build week for the high school students, we are hosting a sunset BBQ at night in our new backyard at 5pm with local Komoro friends. This will also serve as a mixer for our social tech hackathon, which will be formally kicking off the day after. You won’t want to miss this! Please register separately for us to get a headcount.

BBQ event link here: https://luma.com/hn5bor6d

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Akiya Collective is a non-profit organization and social R&D lab that renovates abandoned houses in Japan into creative residencies, installations, and experiments to advance well-being.

  1. donation information:

    Pay what you want: We never want cost to be a barrier. However, since we do operate a material space, we have expenses. Donate what you can here to keep things going. 100% of proceeds go toward the makerspace, rural revitalization, and supporting community events.

  2. company info how to join discord

    Akiya Collective is a non-profit organization and social R&D lab that renovates abandoned houses in Japan into creative residencies, installations and experiments to advance well-being.

    Join our community: https://discord.com/invite/GtH7WWZZBh

    More info here: https://www.akiyacollective.org

Location
AKIYA COLLECTIVE
1289 Hishidaira, Komoro, Nagano 384-0041, Japan
Avatar for Akiya Events - Spring 2026
Events happening in Nagano, Japan in Spring 2026 (April-May)
4 Went