Aomori Pref.“Kukkuru The Road of the Light

Two siblings, sister and brother, go into a hole while playing hide and seek, and suddenly realize that they are in a forest. There, they encounter a round, hairy creature called Kukkuru. Kukkuru leads them to live in a village lined with mud roof houses, where they eat acorns and chestnuts, and make earthenware of all shapes and sizes… This fantasy depicts the emotional interaction between Kukkuru, a forest spirit, and the siblings who accidently travel back in time to Aomori Prefecture in the Jomon period, a place that has existed in harmony with nature for thousands of years.

We created an animation for the picture book “Kukkuru: The Path of Light” (Text by Hiroyuki Aihara, illustration by Fuyuko Shimoda), which features the “”Jomon culture”” and “”Jomon remains”” in Aomori Prefecture. Some parts of the animation was shown at the “”Jomon x jomonism ART Exhibition”” prior to the publication of the picture book.

Short animation 2eps x 40 secs

Picture book “Kukkuru: The Path of Light – Spirits of Jomon, Shirakami ” (Text: Hiroyuki Aihara, Illustration: Fuyuko Shimoda)

Yukiko Inoue

YOMIKO ADVERTISING INC.

Fanworks
2010

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Preschool, Kids(6-12 years old)

Aomori Prefectural Government

APTINET Aomori Pref

NPO jomonism