IHI Participates in Setouchi Triennale 2025 as a Corporate / Organization Volunteer
The IHI Group participated in Setouchi Triennale 2025 as a corporate/organization volunteer. In addition, four employees from the IHI Group participated in the event as part of the Setouchi Triennale’s official volunteer group, the Koebi-tai.
The Setouchi Triennale is a contemporary art festival that was established with the aim of contributing to regional revitalization through art. The event is held once every three years across multiple islands in the Seto Inland Sea with the theme of “Restoration of the Sea.” The festival spans roughly 100 days, divided up into three sessions: spring, summer, and fall. It began in 2010, and 2025 marked the sixth time the festival has been held. A total of 222 artists and artists’ groups from 37 countries took part, exhibiting 256 works of art and holding 25 events. The area attracted roughly one million people from across Japan and overseas during the festival period.
This was the second time that the IHI Group has participated in the event. Over the 38 days of the fall session (October 3 to November 9), 11 employees, primarily from IHI’s western Kagawa section, which includes the Utazu area, Honjima, Takamishima, Awashima, and Ibukijima, took part as corporate/organization volunteers. Over the course of the entire event period, four IHI Group employees also volunteered as members of the Koebi-tai, the event’s official volunteer group.
The volunteer activities primarily consisted of assisting with the creation, registration, and removal of works displayed on various islands. In the artwork registration work, the volunteers provided multilingual site guidance and artwork explanations to locals and visitors from Japan and abroad. All of the employees who volunteered were focused on giving to the community. They brought even greater energy to the Setouchi Triennale through their interactions with visitors.
The IHI Group will continue to deepen its relationship with the community through its volunteering activities, carry on traditional culture and arts, better share the appeal of Shikoku, and contribute to local communities.