Katsuya Terada (here after referred to as Terada): I have friends here, so it is a place I try to come to if I get the opportunity. I really like the artwork of Fukuoka-native Koji Azisaka. We're also friends, so I sometimes come and meet up with him.

But I haven't been here for work before. I guess this is my first time... I think! There hasn't been that many opportunities for me to visit. This is the first time that I have done this kind of exhibition and live drawing event here.

It is interesting... This is not specific to Fukuoka, but I have had a quite strong association with Kyushu over the last couple of years. I did a dragon-themed live drawing event in four islands in Nagasaki (Ikeshima, Takashima, Hashima, and Iojima), I also did some drawings in Ikinoshima and at an art museum in Kumamoto. I had not visited Kyushu so many times before, but recently I have been coming once or twice a year. I have already visited twice this month! So in a way, this solo exhibition feels like fate!