[4] He began to produce work incorporating elements from his study of the Japanese folk arts: wind chimes and traditional carp banners.
In 2012, a 3,000-sq.-meter open-air sculpture garden was established in Sanda, Japan, named the Susumu Shingū Wind Museum.
[10] Shingū's works have been exhibited internationally, and have won awards including the Outdoor Sculpture Prize of Nagano and the Japan Grand Prix of Art.
[7] Two widely travelled exhibits were Windcircus (1987), shown in Bremen; Barcelona; Florence; Lahti, Finland; New York City; Boston; Chicago; Los Angeles; and Nagano,[5] and Wind Caravan (2019–20) in Japan and New Zealand.
He has also published a range of children's books which have been translated into multiple languages, including Strawberries, Traveling Butterfly, and With the Sun.