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8F Event Square
Matsuya Ginza 100th Anniversary
“Connect, Unite, Inspire” Children’s Future Art Exhibition
October 29 (Wed) – November 10 (Mon)
Matsuya Ginza celebrates its 100th anniversary this year.
The anniversary theme is “Connect, Unite, Carry Forward.” To ensure that Ginza continues to shine for generations to come, we held a children’s art contest for elementary school students with ties to the Ginza area.
Winning entries will be displayed on the 8th floor Event Square.
Theme: “The Future of Ginza”
Imagine what Ginza will look like when you become an adult, and express your vision freely through art.
Eligibility
- Elementary school students residing in Chuo City, Tokyo
- Elementary school students attending schools in Chuo City, Tokyo
- Elementary school students whose family members work in Chuo City, Tokyo
Exhibition of Award-Winning Works
October 29 (Wed) – November 10 (Mon)
8th Floor Event Square
Introducing the Award-Winning Works
We are pleased to present the selected artworks from all submissions.
Please note that the comments accompanying each work are written by the artists themselves.
Gold Prize
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Maki Namiki, 4th Grade Elementary School
“Flying in the Sky over Ginza”
This is a Ginza where children can have fun playing. In the sky, there’s a floating park filled with playground equipment, and Matsuya itself has become a slide and a trampoline. There’s also an aquarium that both adults and children can enjoy. It’s a lively town full of music. From the sky, you can also watch the people walking along Chuo-dori. Looking down from above, the atmosphere feels very cheerful and fun.
Silver Prize
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“A Shimmering Rainbow Town Connected to the Moon”
When a sparkling rainbow shines out from Matsuya Ginza, it connects to the moon town above, allowing people on the moon to go shopping together with us. In Ginza, you can travel from one building to another on flower- or animal-shaped vehicles. The light-blue roads are cool, while the red ones are warm. It’s a town where people from Earth and the Moon can live together in harmony and joy.
Bronze Prize
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“Ginza — A City Where Memories Shine, Now and in the Future”
I love the city of Ginza. I took commemorative photos at the clock tower, bought my beloved piano, harp, and my very first school uniform here. I chose gifts for people dear to me and enjoyed delicious bread and sweets — each of these moments is a precious memory. I believe Ginza will continue to shine with the memories of many people in the future, and I painted this picture hoping to be one of those who bring color to that future.
Tahei Hayashiya Award
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Miyu Mukanaka, 6th Grade Elementary School
“Kids Town Ginza”
Ginza today has a sophisticated, adult atmosphere, but I wanted to imagine a version where children can also have fun. I incorporated futuristic elements such as cable cars, safe vehicles, and robots to create a town where everyone — especially kids — can enjoy themselves.
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Rikako Miyao, 2nd Grade Elementary School
“Undersea Ginza”
A town that children, adults, and even the elderly can all enjoy. It’s located under the sea, but everyone can still breathe! You can ride water skateboards, watch magic shows, and even sea creatures come to visit and play.
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Haruka Kino, 4th Grade Elementary School
“Ginza Filled with Art”
I imagined and painted Ginza as a beautiful city overflowing with artistic talent and creativity.
All Ginza Association Award
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“Colorful Ginza”
A colorful future Ginza where everyone says, “It’s so beautiful, so fun, and so amazing!”
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“Fun Ginza”
A city full of greenery where even children can have a great time when they visit.
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“A Ginza Where You Can Play Sports”
All the rooftops are connected with grassy fields where people can play soccer, have picnics with friends, and enjoy sports together. I hope Ginza becomes a place like that.
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“A Bright Future”
A colorful and eco-friendly Ginza where many people come and go — from both the lake and the sky.
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“A City Overflowing with What Everyone Loves”
I painted Ginza as a city where everyone who visits can have fun and smile together.
Ginza Hyakuten Award
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“Technological Ginza”
The buildings are equipped with solar panels that generate electricity from sunlight. The gray roads are made of materials that absorb CO₂. I believe that in the future, Ginza will be the coolest place in the world.
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“Colorful City Ginza”
It’s a bright and colorful place. Next to the Imperial Hotel is Taimei Elementary School. There are butterflies and flowers everywhere! I want to grow more flowers and turn it into a big flower field!
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“My Ideal City”
A Ginza filled with greenery where people can spend every day happily.
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“Beetles Fighting at Night”
A beautiful town where insects gather.
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“A Ginza Where Children Can Play”
I imagine Ginza connected to many places by ropeways, full of greenery and flowers both in the department stores and throughout the city, with a ferris wheel and slides on the rooftops — a town where both adults and children can have fun.
Matsuya Ginza Award
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“Flying Ginza”
In this city, everything flies — buildings, shops, cars, and people. Robots and rockets for space travel soar through the sky, and people from all over the world can visit anytime. Just by telling the cars where you want to go, they’ll instantly take you to Ginza or anywhere else.
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“Fun Ginza”
A place where you can move around without walking, filled with many places to play, but where the important things of today remain.
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“Matsuya Ginza in the 22nd Century”
The rooftop of the future: elevators that ascend from the outside, flying four-person buses, dome-shaped swings, and gardens where fruits for the basement sweets are grown. Even animals work together with humans.
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“Near-Future Department Store M”
In Ginza stands the Ginza Tower and the near-future Department Store M (the current Matsuya Ginza), bustling with shoppers wearing rocket suits that let them fly. The department store’s floor is an aquarium where phantom fish swim, and in the parking area, robots automatically refuel vehicles.
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“Fun Ginza”
Since Wako is a historic building, I chose to leave it unchanged. Next to it, I drew an aquarium and a stylish building. Across the street from Wako, there’s a botanical garden. Fireworks light up the sky every night, attracting many visitors. Flying cars and UFO-like crafts fill the air.
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“The Town of Colorful Sweets and Clock Towers”
A clock tower designed like a sweet stands in Ginza. Since there used to be a stationery shop, I drew a ruler-shaped park and a self-driving pencil taxi flying through the air. It’s a solar eclipse day, with stars shining in the sky. The ground is made of cake, and an AI guide on a robot dog shows visitors around Ginza.
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“Hamster Ginza”
In the future, my beloved hamsters visit Ginza as customers and enjoy shopping and spending fun times there!
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“Everyone’s Ginza”
A city where people from all walks of life gather, with parks where children can play and have fun.
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“Sky Ginza”
In the future, Ginza — now a place with little nature — becomes a green city with floating islands, flying cars, EV buses, and robots. The sky islands are full of nature and buildings, and the EV buses run on electricity without drivers.
