In 2014 the founder of Ishigaki-yaki Pottery, Haruhiko Kaneko, was invited to hold an exhibition at the Maison de la Culture du Japon a Paris (MCJP, a cultural centre supported by the Japan Foundation) in Paris, France. The exhibition, held in the first floor lobby of the centre, featured a 9 metre installation entitled Happy Blue Wall. The artist is proud to announce that this installation has now been designated Japanese national property by the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and will be kept at the Consulate General of Japan in Marseille. Having been recognized with this great honor, the artist will continue to place his Japanese identity at the forefront of his efforts to use culture as a tool for exchange and integration with the global community, and in doing so serve as an example to children as to what they might achieve in the future.