Hakata Riverain Toumyou (The 29th Hakata toumyou arts festival 2025)

We are pleased to inform upcoming “Hakata Riverain Toumyou,” organized as part of “the 29th Hakata toumyou lantern arts festival 2025.” The lantern display will be on view on the ground, originally designed by the artist Chen Yen-chi (based in Taiwan), currently invited for the second period of the FAAM Artist in Residence Program 2025. Visitors are also invited to see Hakata river beside the Hakata Riverain Building, fantastically illuminated by the lights of beautiful lanterns.

Date and Time: October 18th, 6PM – 9PM
Place: Festa Square, Hakata Riverain Building
Participating Artist: Chen Yen-chi

The Voice from the Other Side
The work transforms the overlapping waveforms of Taiwanese and Japanese readings of this phrase into a luminous field of lanterns arranged like moving tides.
Each curve is both a trace of language and a rhythm of breath — a voice carried across the sea, across histories, arriving here.
The trembling frequencies of Taiwanese intertwine with the flowing tones of Japanese, echoing like two currents meeting at dusk. As viewers walk through the installation, they traverse not only the surface of sound, but the shifting boundaries of memory, language, and belonging.

*You can listen to audio in Taiwanese and Japanese by scanning the QR code displayed at the venue.

Find more about the festival on the website (Japanese only) : Hakata toumyou lantern arts festival

For Festa Square, the event will not be cancelled for rain.
For other venues and Hakata River, please see the official website above.

Above image is the installation view of the event last year.