The practice session at Tsunan Junior High School (2022)

Date: October 21, 2023 (Saturday) 10:30 AM – 1:30 PM

Venue: NUNAGAWA Campus

Fees: High school students to 74 years old – 800 yen, Elementary and middle school students – 500 yen, Preschoolers and those aged 75 and above – 300 yen

*Includes participation fees for games, lunch, insurance, and consumption tax.

Oka Mokoto + music. Mill Project

Debuted in the Jazz scene while studying at Hitotsubashi University, subsequently pursued studies at Berklee College of Music in the United States, and relocated to New York. Upon returning to Japan, he started his own bank “KAIMA” and participated in various artists’ activities. Since 2009, he has operated the label “MOCK HILL RECORDS” and has released numerous works and books. In addition, in 2013, they launched the “Music Waterwheel Project” and engaged in the creation of musical contraptions that play music using waterwheel power and instruments made from old agricultural implements.

He received the runner-up award at the Kobe Biennale 2013 “Music & Art on Stage Competition”. Starting in 2014, he has held the “Tobigamori Waterwheel Music Festival” every September in Ichinoseki City, Iwate Prefecture. Also participated in the Nakanojo Biennale 2021.

In the Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale in 2022, they performed a live show using agricultural implements and organized an event where they played agricultural instrument music with students from Tsunan Junior High School. They also performed at the closing ceremony. From 2023 onwards, they transferred the content exhibited at Tsunan Junior High School to the “Kamigo Clover Theater” in Echigo-Tsumari, where it will become a permanent exhibition.