Format
book
drawing
live painting
painting
performance
workshop
This participatory performance combines the reading aloud of Michael Ende’s Momo with collaborative drawing. The event begins with a conversation featuring organizers and participants who have been involved with the project over the past decade. Afterward, participants will join together to read aloud and create drawings, using the bookshelves and the entire honkbooks space as a shared canvas.
Date & Time: Saturday, June 6, 2026, 5:30–8:30 PM (Doors open at 5:20 PM)
Venue: theca (inside honkbooks), Kokubo Building 2F, 294 Yamabukicho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo
Reading Text: Momo by Michael Ende (Japanese translation by Kaori Oshima)
Capacity: 10 participants (No reservation required; participants may join or leave at any time)
Participation Fee: ¥500 / Free for elementary school-aged children and younger
Contact: contact@honkbooks.com / +81-3-6907-2239
Organized by: OLTA, honkbooks
Supported by: Japan Arts Fund
Hosted by: thoasa Co., Ltd.
Website: https://honkbooks.com/dddp-37/
Banner Illustration: Meguninja
Banner Design: Yutaro Yamada