Travelling around the World（New Country）

Oscar Oiwa is a second-generation Japanese-Brazilian artist born and raised in São Paulo. Based in New York, he is an international artist who showcases his work across the world in South America, Asia, the United States, Europe, and elsewhere. This work, titled “Travelling around the World (New Country)”, is created by Oiwa himself by hand directly on the first-floor entryway glass at JICA Yokohama. Inspired by the scene of emigrant ships departing the Port of Yokohama in the early 20th century, the work depicts emigrant ships departing the Osanbashi Pier and the Red Brick Warehouse in Yokohama bound for new lands and the ocean towards the Central and South America. It will honor the Japanese emigrants who departed for the new world overseas. This is a work that can only be seen at JICA Yokohama, for which it was proposed since it is home to the Japanese Overseas Migration Museum, a museum that covers the history of Japanese migrating overseas. This work consists of a series of works including those at the second-floor entrance and the second-floor atrium pillars.