Month: March 2024

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Pive visited various sauna facilities across Japan, and sketched and created sauna art at each sauna.

We, Monordi, had the pleasure of hosting the Finnish visual artist/illustrator Pive Toivonen, whom we promote, for approximately a week-long stay in Japan in February 2024 for her exhibition. During this time, Pive visited various sauna facilities across Japan. (For details on the exhibition, please refer to our various social media platforms). Once again, Pive sketched and created sauna art at each sauna visited. (For more information on sauna art, please refer to our previous blog).

First on the itinerary was SaunaLab located in the basement/1F of Kanda Port in Tokyo, where Pive created the following sauna art ↓↓↓

Despite being in the heart of Tokyo, SaunaLab offers the essence of sauna enjoyment – tranquility. Pive was impressed by the peaceful atmosphere. Additionally, SaunaLab features amenities such as a sauna kitchen, restaurant café, and sauna market, making it a haven for sauna enthusiasts!

Next stop was Wellbe Sauna in Nagoya’s Sakae district, where Pive created the following sauna art ↓↓↓

Wellbe Sauna boasts decorations of birch and vihta, a sauna theater, and unique door shapes and internal structures, providing a truly charming and unique sauna experience.

Following that, also in Nagoya, Pive visited Kiwami Sauna, where the following sauna art was created ↓↓↓

Kiwami Sauna seamlessly blends Japanese traditional architecture with Nordic sauna culture, offering an elegant experience. Pive’s favorite aspect was the opportunity to relax in a tatami room after the sauna session. So relaxing, in fact, that Pive even forgot to take a photo!

Lastly, Pive created sauna art at the sauna of the Embassy of Finland in Tokyo! Details of this experience can be found on Instagram, and later post in our LinkedIn, so please take a look!

Pive visited many other saunas, but for more information, please check our various social media platforms. To sauna owners out there, why not have Pive create sauna art at your facility? If interested, please contact Monordi!

You san see the recent activities of Pive on the following Social medias; https://linktr.ee/pivetoivonen

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Monordi, have promoted the exhibition of Finnish visual artist/illustrator, Pive Toivonen in Japan. The exhibition at Kanda Port in Tokyo will continue until March 10, 2024

We, Monordi, have promoted the exhibition of Finnish visual artist/illustrator, Pive Toivonen in Japan. The exhibition is being held at two locations: Tokyo and Nagoya. The exhibition at Kanda Port in Tokyo will continue until this Sunday, March 10, 2024. (Please see the photos below to get a glimpse of the exhibition!)

The exhibition primarily features her watercolor paintings known as “Sauna Art,” which were sketched by Pive herself in various Finnish saunas (almost reaching 100!). Pive is depicted as a fox, and her unique approach to enjoying sauna as a fox is one of the highlights. Additionally, exclusive merchandise featuring her unique animals is available for purchase only at the venue. Why not reminisce about Finland through Pive’s Sauna Art?

In bustling Nagoya, where saunas are gaining popularity, we held the exhibition in collaboration with “Love Sauna,” a sauna fair event organized by JR Nagoya Takashimaya, one of the high-end department stores in Japan. We curated the event to provide opportunities for attendees to learn more about Pive through talk shows and live sketching sessions conducted by her. 

We sincerely thank everyone who visited the venue, and for those who haven’t yet, we continue to welcome you to come to the exhibition venue in Tokyo to experience Pive’s Sauna Art in Japan until March 10, 2024!!

 

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photo: Tomonori Kobayashi

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You can see the recent activities of Pive on the following Social medias;
https://linktr.ee/pivetoivonen

Access to the exhibition:
101-0054, 3-9 Nishikicho Kanda Chiyoda Tokyo Japan