Yamada Bee Farm Co., Ltd. 13th “Bee Drawing Contest” Award Ceremony Held
Yamada Bee Farm Co., Ltd. Press Release: October 28, 2025 Award ceremony held for the 13th “Bee Drawing Contest” A total of 23,697 works! A diverse international range of submissions, with entries coming from a record 23 countries and regions. ~One tree planted for each submission contributes to the SDGs~ Yamada Bee Farm Co., Ltd. (Location: Kagamino-cho, Tomata-gun, Okayama Prefecture; President and CEO: Hideo Yamada) held the awards ceremony for the 13th “Honeybee Drawing Contest” at the Yamada Bee Farm headquarters in Okayama Prefecture on Saturday, October 25, 2025. The contest, based on the themes of “the importance of the natural environment,” “the importance of helping each other,” and “the importance of life,” invited submissions from Japan and overseas of drawings depicting coexistence with nature, with one tree planted for each submitted work. This year, a total of 23,697 works were submitted from 23 countries and regions, including Japan. This marks the highest number of countries and regions ever to receive submissions. Ten Grand Prize and Excellence Award winners from six age-based categories attended the award ceremony with their families from all over Japan. They received their certificates and commemorative gifts and posed for commemorative photos with beaming smiles. The winning entries can be viewed on the Yamada Bee Farm website. “Honeybee Drawing Contest” https://www.3838.com/ichimaiga
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https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/30748/293/30748-293-64d7124049869fb96287a6d3fd968442-2675×1853.jpg Many agricultural crops and plants in nature rely on pollination by bees to bear fruit and pass on life to future generations. Drawing bees is an opportunity to learn about the relationship between bees and plants and to reconsider the importance of the natural
environment. Through the tree-planting activities resulting from applications, we aim to pass on a rich natural environment to the children who will lead the future, and will continue our efforts to contribute to the SDGs.
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https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/30748/293/30748-293-d1ecd1d8f9e56db69b55e560b95e394c-3900×2600.jpg ▲In fiscal year 2025, we will plant 41,931 trees, including 21,973 trees submitted to the 12th “One Bee Drawing Competition” held the previous year. (As of October 2025) List of grand prize winning works (6 domestic categories)
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/30748/293/30748-293-9c98e75081a676d41ea6329db33130b6-3900×2747.jpg ◇Preschool Division: Maru Yokari (Kanagawa Prefecture, 5 years old) “The flower field is fun.”
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/30748/293/30748-293-f6cd9c2d1bdd161b4c9d1b5e55794e39-3900×2729.jpg ◇Elementary School Division (1st-3rd grade): Daigo Sugiyama (1st grade, Chiba Prefecture) “The Konkuru Honeybee”
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/30748/293/30748-293-074dcf9be7b4d1a80832324923294525-3900×2718.jpg ◇Elementary School Division (4th-6th grade): Yui Takeuchi (Kochi Prefecture, 6th grade) “Dandelions and Bees”
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/30748/293/30748-293-66b6bc5f9269eade9a1b4f96c085ff64-1891×2700.jpg ◇Junior High/High School Division (Junior High School Student): Konno Yuzuru (Saitama Prefecture, 3rd Year) “Observation”
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/30748/293/30748-293-29644aedbaf1ecae6d726282ff333a1c-3900×2733.jpg ◇Junior High/High School Division (High School Student): Rena Oshima (2nd Year High School Student, Tochigi Prefecture) “Honey” Image
URL: https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/30748/293/30748-293-bb19a042d0b83cb6ede4ef3d8a399bf8-3900×2806.jpg ◇General Division: Kokoro Okawa (Saitama Prefecture, 20 years old) “Let’s bring color to the world” List of award-winning works (3 overseas categories) ◇Under 17 Division: Navinu Yasmith Gardiye Punchihewa (UK, 10 years old) “Honeybees: The Guardians of Our Planet”
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/30748/293/30748-293-440e0dbe522128c6699b9f66c55ab49a-3900×2735.jpg ◇Under 17 Division: CHALAMUTHU CHATHRAMANIKA MAYAKADUWA (Sri Lanka, 12 years old) “Bees, The angels who color the planet.(Heart)” Image
URL: https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/30748/293/30748-293-95aff6928463b62c8141c08ba9d5b721-1932×2700.jpg ◇18 Division: TIN HO LI (Hong Kong, China, 20 years old) “A DAY ROUTINE IN BEE” FARM”
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https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/30748/293/30748-293-89c6b5e183bf940c177c1b4c0f0bd2f7-2250×1837.jpg ■List of Countries Other Than Japan (※The list on the right is in descending order of the number of submitted works)
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