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Asian Festival of Children’s Content
21—24 May 2026

*This programme will be conducted in Japanese with English interpretation.

Recommended for children ages 5–12. Children under 7 must be accompanied by an adult.

Join acclaimed Japanese picture book artists The Cabin Company for a fun and imaginative hands-on workshop creating your very own monster character! In this special session, children will explore how they can express their feelings, ideas, and imagination through stories and pictures.

Each participant will design and create their very own monster character, using drawing and collage techniques guided by the artists. Through this creative process, children will learn how to turn their thoughts and emotions into stories and images.

At the end of the workshop, all the monsters will come together to form a collective picture book, celebrating the unique ideas of every child while showing how different creations can come together to tell a story.

This workshop encourages creativity, confidence, and self-expression, while giving children a rare opportunity to create alongside internationally recognised picture book artists!

This session is supported by Naomi Kojima.

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The Cabin Company

The Cabin Company (Japan)

THE CABIN COMPANY is an art unit consisting of Kentaro Abe (1989-) and Saki Yoshioka (1988-), and mainly writes picture books. They also have many other paintings and three dimensional works. They formed the unit in 2009. They graduated from the Faculty of Education and Welfare Science, Oita University in 2011. Their solo exhibition titled DodoSanka toured five cities in Japan from 2024 to 2025. They are currently working on a closed school as an atelier.

Programme dates and times are subject to change.

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