{"id":417883,"date":"2026-06-19T10:07:54","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T10:07:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/?p=417883"},"modified":"2026-06-19T10:07:54","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T10:07:54","slug":"japanese-artist-creates-giant-mural-in-miami-for-world-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/2026\/06\/19\/japanese-artist-creates-giant-mural-in-miami-for-world-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"Japanese artist creates giant mural in Miami for World Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>NEW YORK<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 Japanese artist Dragon76 has completed a giant mural in Miami, Florida, which is hosting matches for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The mural, measuring about 1,580 square meters, was created at the request of a local organization for the tournament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Painted on the side of a rental storage facility, the work stands about 35 meters high and 45 meters wide, showing children playing soccer in a near-future street setting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dragon76 worked on the project with his wife, Ayako, using a high-altitude work platform and spending 10 days from June 4.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;It is the largest piece I have ever drawn,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I made it with the hope that soccer will continue even if the world changes.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Born in Shiga Prefecture, western Japan, Dragon76 has been based in New York since 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2023, he created a mural at the former site of the World Trade Center building in New York, which was destroyed in the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW YORK&nbsp;\u2013 Japanese artist Dragon76 has completed a giant mural in Miami, Florida, which is hosting matches for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. The mural, measuring about 1,580 square meters, was created at the request of a local organization for the tournament. Painted on the side of a rental storage facility, the work stands about [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12903],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-417883","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-12903"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417883","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=417883"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417883\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":417884,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417883\/revisions\/417884"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=417883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=417883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=417883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}