[Donors of 50,000 yen or more will have their names displayed in the facility!]
Crowdfunding campaign underway to support "Children's Book Forest Sapporo Hokkaido University," a children's library facility designed and built by Tadao Ando
~Currently seeking donations with a goal of 5 million yen~
In the summer of 2026, the Children's Book Forest Sapporo-Hokkaido University will open on the Hokkaido University campus.
This facility is a children's library designed and built by world-renowned architect Tadao Ando and donated to Hokkaido University, and will be operated in cooperation with the city of Sapporo and Hokkaido University.
Sapporo City is accepting donations through crowdfunding, utilizing the hometown tax system, to be used for facility operations, including purchasing books for the Sapporo Children's Book Forest and Hokkaido University library and holding events to stimulate interest in reading.
We look forward to your generous support so that we can continue to operate this facility as a place for learning and growth for the children who will be the leaders of the future.
*Top image provided by Tadao Ando Architect & Associates
Project Overview
Project name: [Children's Book Forest Sapporo/Hokkaido University]
We want to create a place where children, who will be the leaders of the future, can encounter a wide variety of books!
Target donation amount: 5 million yen (regardless of whether the target amount is reached, the donations will be used for the operation of the facility.)
Application period: Until February 28, 2026
URL: https://www.furusato-tax.jp/gcf/4943
For more information on donations, please visit the Furusato Choice website above.
*Provided by Tadao Ando Architect & Associates
Thank you for your donation
[All donors] Your name will be published on the Sapporo City website.
[For those who donate 50,000 yen or more ] Your name will be displayed on a plaque installed within the facility.
[For those who donate 1 million yen or more ] Your name will be displayed on a plaque with a different design or font size than those who donate 50,000 yen or more.
*Names will only be published if you request it.
*We do not send any gifts in return for donations to this project.
To all donors
A message from Tadao Ando
We want children, who will be the leaders of society in the future, to develop rich sensibilities and creativity through reading. With this in mind, we are continuing our efforts to create "Children's Book Forest," a facility where children can freely come into contact with picture books and children's books.
"Boys, be ambitious," a message given to young people by Dr. Clark, represents the pioneering spirit of Hokkaido and is also the foundation of the founding of Hokkaido University. We felt that this symbolic location in Sapporo was an appropriate place to create the Children's Book Forest.
I hope that as many children as possible will grow up with the ambition to take off into the world of tomorrow from here.
Tadao Ando (Architect)
*Photography: Kinji Kanno
Tadao Ando
Architect. Born in Osaka in 1941. Self-taught in architecture, he founded Tadao Ando Architect & Associates in 1969.
His representative works include the Church of the Light, the Rokko Housing Complex, the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, the Chichu Art Museum, Nakanoshima Children's Book Forest, and the Bourse de Commerce.
He has received numerous awards, including the Architectural Institute of Japan Award in 1979 for his Sumiyoshi Row House, the Pritzker Architecture Prize in 1995, the International Union of Architects Gold Medal in 2005, the Order of Culture in 2010, and the Commander of the Legion of Honor of France in 2021.
He has served as a visiting professor at Yale, Columbia, and Harvard Universities, and is currently a professor emeritus at the University of Tokyo since 1997.
▶Sapporo Citypress release
