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September 28, – November 30, 2008

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参加作家 42作家　Artists : 42artists
写真：斎藤さだむ　Photographs : SAITO Sadamu

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Event:
Opening ceremony:
11:00- Sunday, September 28,
Place: Community Center “Yamato-fureai-center CITRUS”
Opening tea-party:
11:30- Sunday, September 28,
Sculpture tour by bus:
10:00-16:00 Sunday, October 12,
10:00-16:00 Sunday, November 9,

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Related plan:
INVITATION for AMABIKI 2008 “Exhibition of the planning for AMABIKI 2008”
Period: 11:00-18:30 Monday, August 18 – Saturday, August 23, 2008
Place: Gallery SEIHO
8-10-7 Ginza Chuo-ku Tokyo 104-0061. Tel. 03-3573-2468

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Event by the volunteer:
Yamato Nadeshiko-an:
Rest house, drink and snack service. (Hananoiri Park)
every Sunday during the period excluding October 26,
Demonstration and sales of soba noodle of volunteer group “Teuchi-soba-daisuki-kai”:
Demonstration and serving of hand-made soba; buckwheat noodles. (Higashi-iida Village Center)
every Sunday during the period; also October 13, and Holiday November 3, excluding November 23,

The host organizations:
Executive Committee of Amabiki Village and Sculpture, The Agency for Cultural Affairs, Ibaraki Prefecture Government, Ibaraki Prefectural Board of Education, Sakuragawa City, Sakuragawa City Board of Education, The Ibaraki Prefecture Executive Committee for the 23rd National Cultural Festival, The Sakuragawa City Executive Committee for the 23rd National Cultural Festival

Cooperation:
YAJIMA FORESTRY

Landowner:
The Ibaraki Prefectural Civil Engineering and Construction Department Chikusei Branch Sakuragawa City, Hakusan Shinto shrine, Hachiman Shinto shrine, The North TSUKUBA-YAMATO Branch of the Japan Agricultural Co-operative, ABETA Kan, HIROSE Kenichi, SUZUKI Sadao, KASAHARA Mitsue, HIROSE Mamoru, OTSUKA Sadaichiro, NOBUSHIMA Sadao, HIROSE Kieko, KIMURA Keiichi, TAKEYAMA Osamu, OMI Toshio, CHIKATSU Masahiro, KOYAMA Nobuo, FURUHASHI Akira, HIROSE Yuichi, FUJITA Susumu, KASAKURA Itsuko, FUJITA Kazuaki

Head of district:
In 2008:
TSUTSUMI Masanori (Motogi-1 district), IKEDA Kunio (Motogi-2 district), NARITA Tsuneo (Ozone district), SUZUKI Shin (Higashiiida district), SUZUKI Katsumi (Nishikata district), YASUDA Koichi (Abeta district)

In 2007:
YASUNO Moriya (Motogi-1 district), IKEDA Kunio (Motogi-2 district), KASAKURA Takeo (Ozone district), FURUHASHI Osamu (Higashiiida district), OTSUKA Hiromitsu (Nishikata district), NAKAZAWA Koju (Abeta district)

Volunteers who gave their assistance:
Yamato Nadeshiko-an (drink and snack service):
ICHIKI Toshiko, TANAKA Yukie, TSUKADA Chie, FUJITA Mitsui, MASUBUCHI Fumie, YUGE Kazuhiro, YUGE Momoyo, YUGE Yoshiko, WATANABE Sumiko and SATO Sadako
Handmade Soba Appreciation Society (Demonstration and serving of hand-made soba; buckwheat noodles):

HIROSAWA Shiro, KAKUTA Koichi, HIROSAWA Umeo, SUZUKI Yukio, TANAKA Hiroshi, ABETA Osamu, MASUBUCHI Sakae, YANAKA Hisashi, INO Jun, TAKAHASHI Kei, OGAWA Hiroshi, SUZUKI Sadao, OJIMA Mitsuo, SEKI Yoko, DAITA Mitsue, KATSUTA Yoshiko, OGAWA Yoshiko, ISHIZUKA Hiroshi, SUDO Taiko, KISHIRO Noriko, CHIKATSU Masahiro, SUDO Minoru, OHKUBO Yuhei, YASUNO Moriya, OHWADA Yutaka, NAKAGAWA Genichi, TOBISAWA Fujiko, TSUKAMOTO Fujiko, TSUKADA Chie, MIYAMOTO Tamiko, HIROSAWA Yoichi and OKAMURA Fujio

Sculpture Bus tour (driving etc.):
YUGE Kazuhiro, TAGUCHI Mizuo and OGAWA Yutaka

Wildlife observation group leader:
(Explanation of flora, fauna, and insects living in Amabiki, the environment and topography)
ISHII Syozo (Ibaraki prefecture environmental advisor).

Information center reception:
IKEGAMI Yukiko, NARITA Kie and YANAGIDA Yumiko

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Catalogue of AMABIKI 2008
Published by Executive Committee of Amabiki Village and Sculpture
c/o Implementation Committee of the 23rd National Cultural Festival Culture and Lifelong Learning department in Sakuragawa city office Makabe office building
911 Iizuka Makabe-cho Sakuragawa-shi IBARAKI 300-4495 JAPAN
Tel 0296-55-1111 Fax 0296-23-8200
as of December 2008
Edited by Executive Committee of Amabiki Village and Sculpture
Designed by TANAKA Sayoko
Printed by ISEBU Co., Ltd.
Photographs by SAITO Sadamu, YAMAMOTO Tadasu
(p100-101: volunteers of Exhibition’s artist)
Date of Publication / December 2008
Copyright of this catalogue is retained by © Executive Committee of Amabiki Village and Sculpture 2008.
Copyright of the photographs contained in this catalogue are retained by by photographers who took them.

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We would like to express our deepest appreciation to newspapers and broadcasters, many people and organizations for its generous support as well as to all the other above-mentioned individuals, who helped make the AMABIKI 2006 the great success.