From 21 December 2007 (Friday) through 7 January 2008 (Monday), PARCO FACTORY hosted “Asami Kiyokawa’s Catch the Girl Special Exhibition” (Bijo Saishū), a Ryuko Tsushin (Ryūkō Tsūshin) special project tied to a book launch in mid-December. Shibuya Channel posted the listing on 19 January 2008 — after the holiday run had begun — as part of its TOPICS column covering fashion-adjacent culture in the ward.
What “Catch the Girl” was
Asami Kiyokawa, working as artist and art director, ran a popular series titled “Catch the Girl” (Bijo Saishū — Asami Kiyokawa catch the girl). The premise: Kiyokawa “collects” favorite figures from among actresses, talents, and musicians, pairs each subject with flora and fauna that suit her, and handles the full chain from costume production through shoot direction to finished artwork.
The exhibition was not a loose group show. It was a branded world built around that collecting logic — portrait as specimen, wardrobe as habitat, print as display case. Ryuko Tsushin’s special-issue book, published 15 December 2007 (Saturday), gathered the project between covers; PARCO FACTORY then became the room where pages turned into objects you could walk around.
Who appeared in the 22-subject lineup
The original named five participants explicitly and counted 22 “in-season” women collected for the show:
- Masami Nagasawa
- Erika Sawajiri
- Maki Horikita
- Saki Aibu
- Satomi Ishihara
The copy’s emphasis was on contemporaneity — faces that dominated screens and magazines in the late 2000s — rather than on a single hero portrait. Visual works from the series filled the floor; costumes actually used in the shoots were also on display, letting visitors see the garment layer behind the print.
Archive readers should treat the five names as those the article highlighted, not as an exhaustive list of all 22 subjects. The source fixed the count at twenty-two without printing every name.
Kiyokawa’s stated philosophy
The original quoted Kiyokawa directly: “The cultural value of ‘beautiful women’ is truly wonderful, I think.” That line framed the show’s tone — celebratory, unironic, committed to the craft of presentation. The article’s closing pitch matched it: Kiyokawa’s world of “beautiful women × plants and animals” was described as gorgeous and not to be missed.
Whether every visitor shared that valuation is beside the archival point. sibch.tv reproduced the artist’s voice as part of the exhibition’s self-description, the way fashion week listings carry designer quotes.
On-site sales and limited goods
Beyond the walls, the venue sold:
- The “Catch the Girl” book itself
- Related titles by Kiyokawa
- Limited merchandise, including tote bags and corsages
That retail layer was typical of PARCO FACTORY programming — exhibition as shop window for objects that could travel home. The TOPICS post treated shopping as continuation of the “collection” metaphor rather than as an afterthought.
Venue, hours, and admission
| Detail | Information (historical) |
|---|---|
| Dates | 21 Dec 2007 (Fri) – 7 Jan 2008 (Mon) |
| Closed | 1 January (New Year’s Day) |
| Hours | 10:00–21:00; last entry 30 minutes before closing |
| Final day | Closes 17:00 |
| 31 December | Closes 20:00 |
| Admission | General ¥300; students ¥200; elementary age and below free |
| Venue | PARCO FACTORY, Shibuya Parco Part 1, 6F |
| Phone | 03-3477-5873 |
| More info | http://www.parco-art.com/web/ |
PARCO FACTORY sat inside Shibuya Parco Part 1 — the same commercial gravity well that pulls fashion readers off the street and into curated rooms. Six floors up was far enough from sidewalk noise to slow the pace, close enough to the scramble basin that a visitor could treat the show as one stop in a Shibuya day.
How the show connects to Shibuya’s live view
Fashion exhibitions at Parco rarely explain themselves to tourists waiting at the crossing. They explain themselves to readers who already move between magazine culture, department-store art floors, and the hourly surge visible from station-front cameras. If you are using a Shibuya Crossing live view to read how the district fills and empties, Kiyokawa’s 2008 room is part of the indoor counter-rhythm — portrait light, printed gloss, limited goods — that runs parallel to the outdoor crowd phases.
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The TOPICS post also carried a surrounding map block. Confirm current Parco FACTORY programming before visiting.
Why this entry kept its legacy filename
The URL path /topics/2008/01/cross_mountain_nightswomb.php/ does not describe the exhibition title. CMS exports sometimes attached opaque PHP filenames to unrelated editorial content. The body text and headline are unambiguous: Ryuko Tsushin’s Catch the Girl special exhibition.
Key facts from the listing
- Posted: 19 January 2008 on sibch.tv TOPICS
- Exhibition: “Asami Kiyokawa’s Catch the Girl Special Exhibition”
- Run: 21 Dec 2007 – 7 Jan 2008 at PARCO FACTORY (closed 1 Jan)
- Book: Ryuko Tsushin special issue, published 15 Dec 2007
- Artist: Asami Kiyokawa — costumes, direction, artwork
- Subjects: 22 women; five names listed (Nagasawa, Sawajiri, Horikita, Aibu, Ishihara)
- Also on view: costumes from shoots; books; totes; corsages
- Quote: cultural value of “beautiful women” (Kiyokawa)
- Venue: PARCO FACTORY, Shibuya Parco Part 1, 6F; tel. 03-3477-5873
The exhibition and book are historical. Confirm any current Kiyokawa projects via official channels before citing them as active.
