Sanriku International Arts Promotion Committee
Sanriku International Art Festival 2024 will be held from September to March! ……
The Sanriku International Art Festival has been held every year since 2014 in an approximately 5,700 square kilometer area from Hachinohe City, Aomori Prefecture to Rikuzentakata City, Iwate Prefecture, in the Sanriku coastal region of the Tohoku region, an area affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake. The main lineup for this year’s 10th event* is as follows. *Excluding 2020 (cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic)
Period: September 2024 to March 2025 (planned)
Venue: Sanriku coastal area, Tohoku region
[3 types of major events]
Sanriku Performing Arts Discovery Summit
Performing arts groups from various areas along the Sanriku coast and performing arts groups invited from Taiwan come together and perform outdoors. In addition, multiple cultural facilities will be used as venues, and in addition to performing arts, we will be holding an urban tour-type event that will take you around the city, including exhibits and experiences of Hachinohe culture, and workshops. Date: October 11, 2024 (Friday) 18:00 to October 13, 2024 (Sunday) 18:00 Venue: Hachinohe City, Aomori Prefecture
Performing groups: 15 Sanriku entertainment groups, 1 Taiwanese entertainment group
◇October 11th (Friday)
・Pre-event
We will hold an event where entertainment groups and music groups from Hachinohe City will perform.
Time: 18:00-20:00
Venue: Hachinohe Machinaka Square Machiniwa, Miroku Yokocho
Performers: Hachinohe City performing arts groups and music groups Fee: Free
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◇October 12th (Sat)
・Sanriku Performing Arts Discovery Summit (1st day)
Performances will be held over two days, on the 12th and 13th, by performing arts groups from Sanriku and Taiwan. Five entertainment groups from Sanriku are scheduled to perform on the first day. Time: 12:00-17:00
Venue: Hachinohe Machinaka Square Machiniwa
Performers: 5 Sanriku performing arts groups (planned)
Fee: Free
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・Headdress making workshop
We will be holding a headdress making workshop by artist Vivian Sato. Time: 12:00-16:00
Venue: Hachinohe Portal Museum Hatchi 3rd floor “Japanese Studio” Fee: Free (capacity 15 people)
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・Bon dance, DJ event, Taiwanese entertainment performance
The night program will include Bon dances, DJ events, and Taiwanese entertainment performances.
Time: 18:30-20:30 Bon dance, DJ event
19:00-19:30 Taiwanese entertainment performance
Venue: Hachinohe City Hall Square
Performers: Domestic artists, 1 Taiwanese entertainment group, etc. Fee: Free
・Various exhibitions/experiences
There will be displays of floats from Hachinohe’s representative Hachinohe Sanja Taisai Festival, Dekotora*, which is said to have originated in Hachinohe, as well as a chance to experience performing arts music and ride a Dekotora.
*This term refers to a freight vehicle (truck) whose exterior is decorated with special decorative parts or paint. Abbreviation of “Decoration Truck” (Japanese English: Decoration Truck)
Time: 18:30-20:30
Venue: Hachinohe City Hall Square
Fee: Free (no reservation required)
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◇October 13th (Sun)
・Sanriku Performing Arts Discovery Summit (2nd day)
On the second day, 10 performing arts groups from Sanriku and one performing arts group from Taiwan will perform.
Time: 11:00-16:00
Venue: Hachinohe Machinaka Square Machiniwa, Hachinohe Portal Museum Hacchi 1st floor “Hacchi Hiroba”
Performers: 10 Sanriku performing arts groups, 1 Taiwanese performing arts group (planned)
Fee: Free
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・Headdress making workshop
We will be holding a headdress making workshop by artist Vivian Sato. Time: 11:00-15:00
Venue: Hachinohe Portal Museum Hatchi 3rd floor “Japanese Studio” Fee: Free (capacity 15 people, advance application required)
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・Various exhibitions/experiences
There will be displays of floats from Hachinohe’s representative Hachinohe Sansha Taisai Festival, Dekotora, which is said to have originated in Hachinohe, as well as opportunities to experience playing music and riding a Dekotora.
Time: 11:00-18:00
Venue: Hachinohe City Hall Square
Fee: Free (no reservation required)
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[Video 4: https://prtimes.jp/api/movieim.php?url=www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1-cDTd2wa8] ▲Sanriku Performing Arts Discovery Summit 2023 Digest
Sanriku Otsuchi Future Performing Arts Festival/Otsuchi Festival Students Meeting
Focusing on young successors of the entertainment industry in the Sanriku coastal area, we hold an exchange meeting for those
responsible for the entertainment industry and an entertainment festival. This event aims to focus on the performing arts and local sustainable initiatives, provide an opportunity to think about the future of the region through interaction between entertainers, and improve skills and motivation to pass them on.
Event dates: October 5th (Sat) and 6th (Sun), 2024
Venue: Otsuchi Town, Iwate Prefecture
Participating organizations: Sanriku performing arts group, junior high and high school students in Iwate prefecture, etc.
◇October 6th (Sunday)
Sanriku Otsuchi Future Entertainment Festival
We will hold performances of local performing arts centered on the young successors of the performing arts who will lead the next generation.
Time: 13:00-16:00
Venue: Goshachi Park (next to Otsuchi Town Cultural Exchange Center Oshacchi) In case of rain: Otsuchi Town Cultural Exchange Center Oshacchi Performers: 3 Sanriku Next Generation groups, 2 entertainment union groups, 1 Sanriku High School folk entertainment club (planned) Fee: Free
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◇October 5th (Sat)
Otsuchi Festival student meeting
The Usuzawa Shishi Odori Preservation Society in Otsuchi Town will hold an exchange conference where young performers will stay in the area and think about the future of the performing arts, including lectures on the earthquake and experiences of performing arts and food culture. The general public is also welcome to participate.
Time: 13:30-17:00
Venue: Usuzawa Shishiodori Preservation Society Tradition Hall Fee: Free (capacity 15 people, advance reservation required)
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[Video 5: https://prtimes.jp/api/movieim.php?url=www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0xgGoQ2U9Y] ▲Sanriku International Arts Festival 2023 Relocation “Sanriku Damura Future Performing Arts Festival/Nodamura Festival Students Meeting” Digest
Sanriku Performing Arts Festival LINK
A festival in Sanriku where a variety of performing arts are performed. The Sanriku International Art Festival will provide information on festivals across Sanriku that will be held from September 2024 to March 2025, along with tourist information and model courses. We will guide you on a journey to enjoy the magnificent nature of Sanriku, the food and culture unique to the region, and the performing arts nurtured therein.
Event period: September 2024 to March 2025
Venue: Sanriku coastal area, Tohoku region
15 events to be held in Sanriku and 10 model courses for traveling around Sanriku will be published on the official website from time to time. Sanriku festivals with fixed dates (as of May 7, 2024) Sanriku festivals with fixed dates (as of May 7, 2024)
Otsuchi Town, Iwate Prefecture Otsuchi Festival September 20th to 22nd (Sunday), 2024 Otsuchi Town
Iwate Prefecture Fudai Village Fudai Festival September 27th to 29th (Sun), 2024 Fudai Village Center
Iwaizumi Town, Iwate Prefecture Iwaizumi Town Local Performing Arts Festival November 10, 2024 (Sunday) Iwaizumi Town Hall
Miyako City, Iwate Prefecture Kuromori Kagura Dance Beginning January 3, 2025 Community Center
Hachinohe City, Aomori Prefecture Reiwa 7 Hachinohe Enburi February 17th to 20th, 2025 Hachinohe City Area
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[What is the Sanriku International Art Festival? ]
The Sanriku coastal region, which was severely damaged by the Great East Japan Earthquake in March 2011, is a treasure trove of performing arts unlike any other in the world.
The Sanriku International Art Festival, which started in 2014, is set in the Sanriku coastal region (approximately 5,700 square kilometers) from Hachinohe City, Aomori Prefecture to Rikuzentakata City, Iwate Prefecture, and has taken root in each region through generations of tradition and continues to be passed down to this day. The festival has been held as an art festival that brings together domestic and international artists and the vast nature of Sanriku, with a focus on disseminating the appeal of the performing arts of Japan. In 2018, we launched the Sanriku International Arts Promotion Committee, which is made up of 15 municipalities in Sanriku, Sanriku Railway Co., Ltd., and private organizations specializing in culture and the arts, to further deepen collaboration with the region and create a
community-based community. We are aiming for an art festival. By holding the event in the form of an international art festival, we are providing an opportunity for Sanriku’s performing arts to connect with the world, and through exchanges with diverse cultures, we are working towards creative recovery through culture and the arts after the earthquake disaster.
[Video 6: https://prtimes.jp/api/movieim.php?url=www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywMlE0dlv5k] ▲Sanriku International Art Festival 2023 Transfer Digest
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2020 Japan Expo 2.0 Project (Commissioned Type)
Sanriku International Art Festival 2024 Visit
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Sponsored by: Sanriku International Arts Promotion Committee, Japan Arts Council, Agency for Cultural Affairs
Co-sponsored by Hachinohe City, Hashikami Town, Hirono Town, Kuji City, Noda Village, Fudai Village, Tanohata Village, Iwaizumi Town, Miyako City, Yamada Town, Otsuchi Town, Kamaishi City, Ofunato City, Rikuzentakata City, Sumita Town, Sanriku Railway Co., Ltd., All Japan Folk Performing Arts Association, Iwate Art Support Center, NPO, Japan Contemporary Dance Network
Cooperation: Michinoku Trail Club, certified non-profit organization, imajimu LLC, Tohoku Cultural Properties Image Research Institute, Minna no Shishi LLC
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