Fujimura Institute

Fujimura Fellow Dea Jenkins, my summer intern Meredith (thanks to Bruce Herman) and Fuller graduate Mercy with Kintsugi master and founder of “Sixth Dimension Cafe” in Tokyo. Love introducing the younger generation of the venerable tradition. We go to hold a fragment of a bowl about 10,000 years old!

Exciting news: IAMCultureCare/Fujimura Institute has officially been approved as UN Sustainability Platform! We will be in dialogue with global leaders on carrying Culture Care goals to be implemented and will be proposing projects. This opens exciting new chapter in our movement.

We are grateful for Dr Patrizia Bonaventura (my father’s former student) to assist in this process. Her research on autism utilizes my father’s research in acoustics, and she initiated our application.

My recent Commencement address at Judson University:

Makoto Fujimura | Kintsugi Generation When I saw the image of the spire falling at Notre Dame Cathedral, I was immediately thrust back to 9/11/2001. I felt helpless, trapped in the subway coming home, underneath the towers as the rumbling of what turned out to be the first tower falling on top of us were felt, and the train backtracke....