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Update date: Jan. 14, 2026
Sahara Osamu
サハラ オサム | Sahara Osamu
Affiliation and department：
Job title：
Professor
Research field (5)：
Human interfaces and interactions
, Aesthetic practices
, Aesthetics and art studies
, Information theory
, Primary/secondary education and curricula
Research keywords (11)：
Astro Biology Design
, Aphantasia
, NIRS
, Space Balloon
, Stratosphere
, Curriculum Development
, Inter Media Art
, Image Cognition
, Image Media Design
, Art Education
, Media Art
Research theme for competitive and other funds (20)：
- 2023 - 2026 Development of the Art Educational Instruction Method Corresponding to Cognitive Diversity including Aphantasia
- 2020 - 2023 Development of the Theory of Image Media for Art Education through the Scientific Analysis of V-TISK
- 2020 - 2021 Development of film balloon for the stratosphere operation
- 2020 - 2021 Development of education for space balloon project
- 2020 - 2020 Development of art-based care and rehabilitation
- 2016 - 2019 Issues in media arts education in the United States and the role of image media in art education in Japan
- 2019 - 2019 Patagonia Worn Wear College Tour
- 2017 - 2018 A Study on the Construction and Community Utilization of 3D Digital Archives of Archaeological Remains Using UAV/GIS Aerial Imaging Technology
- 2018 - 2018 Community Development Research Project : Personal Media Archiving Project for Community Development
- 2018 - 2018 Local products promotion through design management
- 2018 - 2018 Honeycomb led display development
- 2016 - 2017 Research Related to Design Expression
- 2016 - 2017 Project for the Utilization of Archival Repository Photographs
- 2016 - 2017 Foregrounding regional revitalization through prototyping enabled by the development of digital fabrication environments
- 2016 - 2016 Development of an LED Display Using Paper as a Substrate
- 2015 - 2016 Regional Revitalization through Collaboration with the Kamiyama Project
- 2016 - Development of a Regional Innovation Platform and International Information Dissemination through the Organization of TEDxTokushimaU
- 2009 - 2015 Reinterpretation of the Region through Media Design and Expression
- 2010 - 2011 A Study on a Multilingual Information Delivery System for Parents of Foreign Children in School Education Settings”
- Exploring the Stratosphere for Life Evolution and Food Development
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Papers (23)：
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Osamu Sahara. How can arts education contribute to the cognitive diversity?: The proposition of inclusive arts education contributes to our cognitive diversity including Aphantasia. Art education studies for art education association,. 2023. 44. 155-166
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Osamu Sahara, II Hinako, Ikegawa Takayuki. Connecting an Art Class with Social Contexts through Image Media: Effectiveness of Photograph Colorization for Oral History Archiving,. InSEA Asia Regional Congress, Hong Kong 2018 and The 7th World Chinese Art Education Symposium proceedings,. 2020. 105-113
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Osamu Sahara. A Vision for the Direction of Image Media in Japanese Art Education Through the Study of American Media Arts Curriculum. -From the Practice of Pleasant Valley High School. Art Education Research for University Art Education Association. 2018. 50. 201-208
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Osamu Sahara. Learning About the World through Colorizing Photos: Image media for organizing and understanding context. Art education studies for art education association. 2018. 39. 185-192
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Osamu Sahara. Tactile Experience in Image Media with the Field of Art Education for Our 21st Century Digital Society. InSEA 2017 35th World Congress of the Int'l Society for Education through Art Proceedings. 2017. 504-509
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MISC (14)：
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Miki Kenji, Sahara Osamu, Mochizuki Tomohiro, Yamatani Masahiro, Mizumura Yoshitaka, Kimura Ryosuke, Hagiwara Daisuke, Mori Masayuki, Sakamoto Ryusei, Endo Takanori. Stratospheric exposure of DNA molecules to the stratosphere for the analysis of the planetary planetary-scale biological transport (ExVISTA project). 2023
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Tsukamoto, Akihiro, Sahara, Osamu, Miwa, Masafumi, Yamanaka, Ryoichi, Terada, Kenji, Hattori, Kota, Matsumoto, Takuya. A Concept for a Disaster Response Information Support System Utilizing Tethered Balloons and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles. Proceedings of the 31st Academic Research Conference (2022). 2023
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Kenji MIKI, Tomohiro MOCHIZUKI, Masahiro YAMATANI, Yoshitaka MIZUMURA, Daisuke HAGIWARA, Mori MSAYUKI, Takanori ENDO, Osamu SAHARA. Stratosphere Exposure Experiment of Double Strand DNA: ExVISTA. Balloon Symposium 2022 JAXA. 2022
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Osamu Sahara. Global Media Arts Education and Image Media Education. 2022
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Osamu Sahara. The Importance of Media Education from a Cognitive Science Perspective”. Ehime Conference of the Japanese Society of Art Education. 2021
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Patents (1)：
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Display device and image pixel unit
Books (6)：
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Art Learning Handbook
Gakujutsu Kenkyu Shuppan 2025 ISBN:4911449322
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The Educational Significance of Image Media Expression: From the Horizon of Aesthetic Kansei Education
Academic Research Publication 2024 ISBN:4911008369
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Global Media Arts Education: Mapping Global Perspectives of Media Arts in Education (Palgrave Studies in Educational Futures)
Palgrave Macmillan 2022 ISBN:9783031054754
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MANGA!: Visual Pop-Culture in ARTS Education
InSEA Publications 2020 ISBN:9789895468362
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Art Education Handbook
Sangensha Publishing 2018 ISBN:4883034526
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Lectures and oral presentations (36)：
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Generating an Entanglement of Creative Stimulation: Developing Personalized Generative AI to Support Cognitive Diversity through Aphantasia
(The 9th International Academic Conference of the Yangtze River Delta Art Education Research Consortium: China 2025)
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Where Does Creativity Come From: Examining the Importance of Cognitive Diversity and Inclusive Approaches in Art Education Through the Aphantasia Spectrum
(38th InSEA World Congress Olomouc, Czech Republic 2025)
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Cultivating Synesthesia and Balancing Personal Traits through Art Education in the AI Era: Developing Generative AI to Support Aphantasia
(NAEA 2025 : National Art Education Association 2025)
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Where Does Creativity Come From? Examining the Importance of Cognitive Diversity and Inclusive Approaches in Art Education Through the Aphantasia Spectrum
(The Japanese Cognitive Science Society - Special Interest Group on "Art and Emotion" JST CREST Project: "Transitions and Effects of Quantum Cognitive States: The Value and Control of Indeterminacy" 2025)
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Exploring the Potential of Generative AI for Constructing Creative Imagery Tailored to Individual Developmental Stages and Regional Cultures: Focusing on Pedagogical Design for the Aphantasia Spectrum
(InSEA Asia Regional Congress 2024 2024)
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Works (27)：
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What happens if you blow a soap bubble in space? Experiment supervision. TBS: A grand earth experiment that can't be done at school: How will it turn out SHOW
Osamu Sahara 2024 -
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"Module Design: Lifting Potato Chips and Bubble Wrap to the Stratosphere for Video Shooting: TBS, Experts' Opinions Split Down the Middle! What Will Happen, Stay Tuned!"
Osamu Sahara 2023 - 2023
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"Module Design: Capturing Responses to Comedy Prompts in the Stratosphere: Yomiuri TV's Instant BAKA Movie Shot"
Osamu Sahara 2023 - 2023
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Dried fish which created in the stratosphere is 4 times tastier.
Osamu Sahara 2019 -
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Product Design: Gifu-Kakamigahara Aerospace Science Museum Space Balloon Project - Let’s Launch a Paper Airplane from Space - (Gifu-Kakamigahara Aerospace Science Museum)
Osamu Sahara 2018 -
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Education (4)：
- 2009 - 2013 Nagoya University Comparative Studies of Language and Culture Media Professional Course
- 2002 - 2005 Aichi University of Education Faculty of Education Fine Art field of Art Education
- 2004 - 2005 Ball State University Graduate Program Art Department Exchange Program
- 1997 - 2002 Aichi University of Education Faculty of Education Study of fine art for elementary school teachers
Professional career (2)：
- Ph.D (Nagoya University)
- Master of Education (Aichi University of Education)
Work history (11)：
- 2024/04 - 現在 Graduate School of Technology Industrial and Social Sciences Professor
- 2010/04 - 現在 GOCCO. Fellow Director of ShuttleD program
- 2015/04 - 2024/03 Tokushima University Faculty of Socio Arts and Science Associate Professor
- 2022/04 - 2023/03 JAXA: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency Institute of Space and Astronautical Science Inter-University Research System Researcher
- 2016/03 - 2018/03 Aichi University of Education Faculty of Education Part time lecturer
- 2014/04 - 2015/03 Meijo University Department of Science and Engineering Part time lecturer
- 2006/04 - 2015/03 Nagoya Burn University Information and Media Department Assistant Professor
- 2009 - 2014/03 Aichi Sangyo University Graduate Course Department of Design Part time lecturer
- 2005 - 2005 Toyokawa-East Elementary school Part-time teacher for special education
- 2002 - 2004 Aichi University of Education
- 2002 - 2004 Aichi prefectural Gamagori High School Part time art teacher
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Awards (11)：
- 2025/02 - The Public Interest Incorporated Foundation Kōraku-kai Kōraku Award How can art education contribute to cognitive diversity, including aphantasia.
- 2024/05 - ESRI JAPAN GIS Community Forum 3rd Place in the Story Map Division, GIS Community Forum Map Gallery Silent Dancers Across 90 Years: Mapping the Phantoms Captured on 9.5mm Film
- 2024/03 - Japanese Association of Art Education. Best Research Award of Art Education : How can arts education contribute to the cognitive diversity?: The proposition of inclusive arts education contributes to our cognitive diversity 6 including Aphantasia.
- 2023/03 - CDDP:Comprehensive Digitization and Discoverability Program CDDP Award : Film Cycle Project: Learning about Japan through the Digital Archive Technology
- 2022/10 - Geographic Information System Association Awards of Poster Session Conceptual System of the Disaster Support Using a Tethered Balloon and UAV,
- 2016/11 - 2016 56th ACC CM FESTIVAL FINALIST KOERO:Go Beyond! [Kasai TV CM] Hachiemon Kissing the Earth Project.
- 2013/03 - Society of Mobile Best research award
- 2012/03 - Association of Art Education Incentive award of art education research
- 2007/09 - SAKAE Movie Award 2007 Award of Mayor, Award of Yukihiko Tsutsumi
- 2005/08 - Indiana State Minnetrista Art Competition Second place Bitter Sadness (Sound Installation)
- 2004/04 - Watercolor painting association Incentive awards
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Association Membership(s) (4)：
InSEA
, National Art Education Association
, ASSOCIATION OF ART EDUCATION
, SOCIETY OF ART EDUCATION IN UNIVERSITY
