Celebrating the 10th anniversary of Ellie Omiya's creative career, the "ELLIE EXPO in TSUTAYA" ("ELLIE SPO") Japan Tour kicks off on April 29th. Ellie Omiya is a multitalented artist, known for her work as an author, screenwriter, film director, stage director, commercial director, commercial planner, and painter. The tour kicks off on April 29th at Nakameguro Tsutaya Bookstore, then kicks off a Kyushu tour in early June, including TsuyaYa Bookstore Tenjin (Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture), before traveling to Tsutaya Bookstores and bookstores across Japan. The tour will feature a variety of works by Ellie Omiya over the past 10 years, including books, photobooks, and T-shirts, on display and for sale. Events include "Snack Ellie," where you can chat with Ellie Omiya over drinks, and live painting. In addition, to commemorate the tour, a newly drawn book of 15 poems titled "This is forest speaking ~Hello, this is the forest~" (216 pages/¥2,800 including tax) will be released in advance at Nakameguro Tsutaya Books on May 14th, and will then be sold exclusively at TSUTAYA and Tsutaya Books from May 15th. The list of stores selling the book will be updated on a special page. The opening ceremony for the tour will be held on May 1st at 7 PM, where Omiya Ellie will personally explain the exhibits at Nakameguro Tsutaya Books, as well as hold a slideshow, mini talk show, and mini party (advance tickets ¥3,500/same-day tickets ¥4,000). Information on participating in the event will be available on the bookstore's event announcement page (http://real.tsite.jp/nakameguro/event-news/index.html) from 12 PM on April 25th.