[8] Hori decided to travel the world, leaving Japan for the first time and visiting Egypt, Europe, the United States and Mexico.
[2] Upon her return to Japan, she moved to the Kanagawa countryside[8] and created works inspired by her travels.
[8] In 2000, she survived life-threatening aneurysm; she was inspired by this experience to paint microorganisms, as viewed under a microscope.
[8] A ceramic piece based on one of her paintings, Utopia, was installed in the lobby of Fukushima Airport in 2014.
[10] The Narukawa Art Museum in Hakone, home of over 100 of her works, hosted a memorial exhibition from July to November 2019.