Hamamatsu Diorama Factory
What is Diorama, I wondered when I first heard the word. A diorama is a replica of a scene, typically a three-dimensional full-size or miniature model, sometimes enclosed in a glass showcase. Recently opened in Zaza city 1F, an exhibition hall called Hamamatsu Diorama Factory. When you visit Hamamatsu Diorama Factory, prepare to be amazed. All the replicas are so detailed made. So much talent, work, and time poured into it. More than 40 works by Takuji Yamada are exhibited here. Takuji Yamada is a diorama modeler who expresses the nostalgic scenery of the Showa era with a scale model. National professional modeler champion in the TV Tokyo program "TV Champion". He is active in a wide range of genres, from Gundam models to tokusatsu and military models, but what really exerts his true nature is most often in dioramas. Long before the so-called Showa boom, he has been working on many diorama works that reflect scenes from the Showa period. Takuji...