We solicited entries for the 2024 - 2025 Mitsubishi Asian Children's Enikki Festa from children aged 6 to 12 in 23 Asian nations and regions. The children responded with 33,793 diaries on the theme “My Life I Want to Share with Everyone in Asia.” That brought the cumulative number of diaries submitted in the Asian Children's Enikki project since 1990 to 878,558.

The undertaking's geographical coverage spans a vast range of histories, cultures, languages, and practices, each steeped in its own immense diversity. Yet the warmth invested in the works evokes feelings of compassion, gratitude, and hope that transcend borders and bridge Asia's heterogeneity.

Comprising the exhibition of works from the 2024 - 2025 Mitsubishi Asian Children's Enikki Festa are 184 three-day diaries selected initially by local selection committees and then by the international jury in Japan. On the following pages are representative samples, one each, from every exhibition diary.

You will discover in the works presented here vivid depictions of beautiful scenery, of interaction among family members and friends, of traditional festivals, of distinctive culinary traditions. So powerful are these works as to draw us back repeatedly for further perusal. We look forward to sharing them with as many people as possible. Turn the page, now, and enjoy!

Takehiko Kakiuchi
Chairman, Executive Committee
Mitsubishi Asian Children's Enikki Festa