Aiseki Club Toyota is a community of people who love suiseki, located in Toyota City, Aichi Prefecture. The goals of this club are to learn about various suiseki and to promote friendship. This year, the club established a European Chapter and experienced an increase in membership, particularly among children and women. The club aims to emphasize the internationalization and continuity of Japanese culture while also promoting digital transformation.

To achieve our goals, we hold regular study sessions, invite experts, and facilitate the exchange of information among members. The club organizes occasional stone hunting trips.

The club also participates in local events and organizes our club suiseki exhibitions to invite local people to come and see our clubs. If you enjoy suiseki and have the time to join our meetings and exhibits, please feel free to join our club. Let’s explore the fun of suiseki together!

Our club hosted the 29^th exhibition on April 26-27, 2025, in Kiraku-tei, an older Japanese-style home now used for cultural events. In two days, the exhibition had 288 visitors. Our 48 members all displayed their suiseki, totaling 51 stones in the exhibition, including three stones that were also shown in Meihin-ten in Tokyo in February 2025. We gave awards to four people and another four awards to students. The highest award is the Toyota Mayor’s Award. In this exhibition, we featured a special section for new and child members. We also established a program, “Stone Painting by Kids,” for children to enjoy painting stones. Participating children enjoyed this program.