Fujifilm Square Planned Photo Exhibition: Michio Hoshino Photo Exhibition ~NANOOK Polar Bears: A Quiet Story of the Ice Field~

July 24 (Friday) - August 13 (Thursday), 2026 Venue: Fujifilm Square, Admission Free ■ Highlights of the Photo Exhibition ・Michio Hoshino is known as a photographer and an unparalleled writer, familiar to children through many school textbooks. This exhibition will display works of polar bears living in the quiet and beautiful world of snow and ice. ・In 2026, the 30th anniversary of his death, the exhibition will feature many unpublished works of polar bears, a theme among the main creatures in Hoshino's works that has never been compiled into a photo book. ■ Photo Exhibition Overview Fujifilm Square will host "~NANOOK Polar Bears: A Quiet Story of the Ice Field~" by Michio Hoshino, a photographer who continuously captured the harsh yet beautiful nature of the far north, the animals inhabiting it, and the people living there. The vast land of the far north covered in snow and ice. The polar bear, which indigenous people reverently call "Nanook" for its strength and high intelligence. Under the vast sky that changes dramatically with the sunlight, the exhibition focuses on the lives and existence of polar bear families living in the ice field. The polar bears photographed by Hoshino always have gentle expressions. The exhibition will introduce a collection of Hoshino's polar bear works all at once, including a panoramic camera discovered at his Alaska home in 2022, the film left inside it, and previously unreleased works. We hope you will enjoy viewing the polar bears living in the extreme cold of nature and reflect on the importance of animals and the environment. ■ Event Overview Exhibition Name: Fujifilm Square Planned Photo Exhibition: Michio Hoshino Photo Exhibition ~NANOOK Polar Bears: A Quiet Story of the Ice Field~ [Concurrent Event] Summer Vacation Free Research Event "The Wonder of Polar Bears" Duration: July 24 (Friday) - August 13 (Thursday), 2026. Open throughout the period. (Opening hours: 10:00-19:00, until 14:00 on the last day. Admission until 10 minutes before closing.) * The exhibition may be cancelled or changed unavoidably. Please check the website or call for confirmation. Venue: Fujifilm Photo Salon Tokyo, Spaces 1, 2, 3, and Mini Gallery within Fujifilm Square. 9-7-3 Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo 107-0052 (Tokyo Midtown, Midtown West 1F). TEL: 03-6271-3350 (Reception hours: 10:00-18:00). URL: https://fujifilmsquare.jp/ * Exhibition information will be available on the Fujifilm Square website from the month before the event. * Congratulations flowers are declined. Admission Fee: Free. *This is conducted as corporate philanthropy, and admission is free to allow more people to enjoy it. Number of Works: Approximately 90 color works, including sizes 1,000x3,000mm, 1,000x1,500mm, 600x900mm, 400x600mm, etc. (planned). Works are film-based. Displayed works use Fujifilm's highly descriptive "Silver Photo Print." A Fujifilm film camera, the "Panorama G617 Professional," will also be displayed. Approximately 10 panels on animals and the natural environment (planned). Traveling Exhibition: Fujifilm Photo Salon Osaka, July 16 (Friday) - August 4 (Wednesday), 2027 (planned). Organizer: Fujifilm Corporation Supported by: Ichikawa City, Ichikawa City Board of Education, Minato City Board of Education, Osaka City Board of Education Cooperation: Andrew E. Derocher (Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta / Leading polar bear researcher), Nobuhiro Kishigami (Visiting Professor, Kobe College / Specially Appointed Professor and Professor Emeritus, National Museum of Ethnology / Professor Emeritus, SOKENDAI / Cultural Anthropologist), Michio Hoshino Office Supervision: Toshio Tsubota (Professor Emeritus, Hokkaido University / Professor Emeritus, Gifu University / Doctor of Veterinary Medicine) Planning: Crevis Co., Ltd. ■ Photographer Profile Michio Hoshino. Born in 1952 in Ichikawa City, Chiba Prefecture. Photographer. Entered Keio Senior High School in 1968. Traveled to Los Angeles on the immigrant ship Argentina Maru in 1969, traveling alone in the US for about two months. Entered Keio University Faculty of Economics in 1971, joining the exploration club. Spent a summer with an Eskimo family in Shishmaref, Alaska in 1973. Graduated from Keio University in 1976. Worked as an assistant to Mitsutsune Tanaka, a leading animal photographer (for 2 years). Attended an English language school in Seattle to take the University of Alaska entrance exam in 1978. Entered the University of Alaska Department of Wildlife Management in 1978 (studied for 4 years). Received the 3rd Anima Award in June 1986 (for the photo book 'Grizzly'). Received the 15th Kimura Ihei Photography Award in 1990 (for a series in Weekly Asahi). Married in May 1993. Accompanied a TV program shoot to Kuril Lake on the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia in 1996. Passed away suddenly on August 8, 1996, due to a brown bear accident. Received the Japan Photographic Society Award Special Prize in 1999. In conjunction with the exhibition, his first photo book on polar bears will be published. 'Nanook: A Quiet Story of the Ice Field,' 144 pages (published by Crevis). Website: https://www.michio-hoshino.com/ ■ Supervisor Profile Toshio Tsubota. Born in 1961 in Osaka Prefecture. Professor Emeritus, Hokkaido University / Professor Emeritus, Gifu University. Honorary Principal Fellow, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Melbourne. Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (Wildlife Medicine / Conservation Medicine). Former Director, Hokkaido University Museum. Websites: https://wildlife.vetmed.hokudai.ac.jp/ / https://www.museum.hokudai.ac.jp/ ■ Summer Vacation Free Research Event "The Wonder of Polar Bears" [Free Participation] 1. Gallery Talk by Photographer Takayuki Maekawa: "Unraveling Michio Hoshino's Photographs" Content: Maekawa, who was greatly influenced by Hoshino and is active worldwide, talks about Hoshino and photography as a fellow disciple of the same master. Date & Time: July 25 (Sat) 14:00-14:45 [General public] Application: No reservation required, no capacity limit (standing room in the exhibition hall). 2. Gallery Talk by NHK Enterprises Nature Program Director Minako Harada: "Michio Hoshino's Polar Bears" Content: Harada, who has produced programs about Hoshino and polar bears, talks about Hoshino's world and the world of polar bears as experienced on location as a program creator. Date & Time: July 26 (Sun) 14:00-14:45 [General public] Application: No reservation required, no capacity limit (standing room in the exhibition hall). 3. Talk Show by Naoko Hoshino, Representative of Michio Hoshino Office: "Alaska's Nature and Animals as Seen by Michio Hoshino" Content: Naoko, who has closely observed Hoshino's activities, talks about Hoshino.