About us

In no time at all, you will arrive at a place where you will find yourself in a different world floating on the calm sea. 
We moved here to the Seto Inland Sea because we were fascinated by the beauty of the islands.
We found island time behind the art we discovered while living on the islands.
We found hints for enriching our lives in the islands.
In the Shimarebi project, we will bring you a variety of island life.

The island‑loving team at Setouchi Broadcasting

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    Announcer of island life

    Mana

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    Announcer of island life

    Mana

    Born in Yokohama. After visiting the Setouchi International Art Festival as a student, she fell in love with the islands and moved to Kagawa, where she joined Setonaikai Broadcasting, covering art, traditional culture, and daily life on the islands.

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    Painter who lived on the island

    Hina

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    Painter who lived on the island

    Hina

    Born in Osaka, Japan. Moved to NaoshimaOgijima to study contemporary art when she was in college studying art. She joined Shimarebi because she loves the islands so much and wanted to work in the Seto Inland Sea, where she creates a wide range of designs from Shimarebi logo and image colors to illustrations expressing the best parts of the islands.

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    Writers who commute to the island every week

    Hayapin

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    Writers who commute to the island every week

    Hayapin

    Born in Okayama, Japan. After working as the editor-in-chief of a magazine, he started to visit Shodoshima every week in 2021 to write a blog for FM Kagawa's island program. He covers a wide range of topics in Shodoshima, including island life, immigration information, traditions, and events.

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    Director, Shimarebi Club

    Shima Rebisuke

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    Director, Shimarebi Club

    Shima Rebisuke

    The official Shimarebi character and head of the Shimarebi Club, a group of island fans. She is a chubby cat who lives a carefree life on an island in the Seto Inland Sea. She is shy, but she is always trying to talk to travelers in the hope of making more friends who love the islands. Her favorite food is sake and island fish, and she tends to make puns when she drinks. Official X is here.

The island residents who generously collaborated with us

They are the wonderful people who resonated with “Shimarebi” and kindly participated in our coverage.
You’ll get a true sense of who they are by reading the interviews—they share, with abundant warmth, the island’s charms beyond art.

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    Lives in Naoshima

    Maki Fukushima

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    Lives in Naoshima

    Maki Fukushima

    Born in Hokkaido, Japan. She has been traveling around Naoshima and other islands since she was a student, and moved to Naoshima from Kanto with her family in 2018 after working as a video director. She and her husband, Setsu Fukushima, a music producer, and their daughter, Nagisa, create and perform music about NaoshimaNaoshima Seto Inland Sea, and Maki writes lyrics and also performs using sanukite. Click here to read the interview.

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    Lives in Teshima

    Kazuya Kitamura

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    Lives in Teshima

    Kazuya Kitamura

    Born in Yonago City, Tottori Prefecture, he moved to Teshima in the summer of 2024 and has been shooting mainly advertising and portraits. He launched "joie", a service for photo weddings and family portraits, and travels around the country shooting mainly in the islands of Setouchi and Kagawa Prefecture. Click here for interview

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    Lives in Teshima

    Yue

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    Lives in Teshima

    Yue

    Born in Tokyo, Japan. After studying art as a student, moved to Teshima in the spring of 2024. While working at "Restaurant of the Sea," he creates paintings and designs goods and packages. Click here for interview

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    Lives in Megijima

    Satomi Mekada

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    Lives in Megijima

    Satomi Mekada

    Originally from Tochigi, Japan, she fell in love with Megijima beaches and scenery and moved to Megijima 2019. She and her husband from Germany are raising their children on the island while running a guesthouse and cafe "megino" overlooking the sea. She also consults with prospective immigrants. Click here to read the interview

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    Lives in Ogijima

    Toyojii

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    Lives in Ogijima

    Toyojii

    Born and raised in Ogijima, he is a famous old man of the island with more than 10,000 followers all over the world. He welcomes visitors to his old private house, Neko Poke House, and his warm personality attracts many people from all over the world who come to spend time on the island and enjoy exchanges with him. Click here for the interview

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    Living in Shodoshima Tokushima

    Keiji Ishikawa

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    Living in Shodoshima Tokushima

    Keiji Ishikawa

    A faceted glass artist from Osaka, he established KJ (KIRIKO J'adore) Studio in Tokushima in 2019, which handles glass crafts based on Edo faceting he learned while working as an office worker in Tokyo, and in 2021 he will open Shodoshima studio Shodoshima. He has won a series of international design awards, and in 2025 won the Silver Award for his work inspired by olives Shodoshima. Click here to read the interview

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    Lives in Awashima

    Etsuko Matsuda

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    Lives in Awashima

    Etsuko Matsuda

    Awashima Artists' Village, an art facility that has been operating in Awashima since 2010, is a volunteer group of islanders. Known affectionately as "E-chan," she has been connecting Awashima with artists and tourists for 15 years. She is a super grandmother who not only supports art, but also demonstrates her creativity by creating embroidered works and artworks using buoys. Click here for the interview

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    Lives in Naoshima

    Hajime Tateishi

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    Lives in Naoshima

    Hajime Tateishi

    Born and raised in Naoshima. He lives in the "Honmura area" where the historic townscape remains and the popular " Art House Project " is being developed, and is affectionately known as "the old man of the sunset" who guides tourists from home and abroad. He has been photographing Naoshima sunsets as his life's work for more than 10 years, and his works have been exhibited at art facilities on the island. Click here for the interview

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    Lives in Teshima

    Rina Tajima

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    Lives in Teshima

    Rina Tajima

    Painter from Shizuoka. While in college, he participated in the "HOT Sandal Project," in which art students from all over Japan stay and work on a remote island in Marugame, Japan, and experienced a residency on the Oteshima. After working in Tokyo, she moved to Sanuki Hiroshima 2019. In 2025, he will move to Teshima, a town with a population of about 20 people, where he will create gentle and vivid scenes of island time. He is now working on a series of works that gently and vividly depict scenes of island time. Click here for interview

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    Lives in Ogijima

    Yasuyo Yamaguchi

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    Lives in Ogijima

    Yasuyo Yamaguchi

    結婚を機に地元大阪から夫の故郷である男木島に移り、戦後すぐから始まった男木島の「山口商店」を夫婦で引き継ぐ。調理やガスの取り扱い、経理など様々な資格を取得して島の人たちの生活全般を支え、パワフルに店を切り盛りしてきた。 インタビューはこちら

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