Chiba Nanohana News (May 2019)

 Index

　I.News       II . Festivals and Events      III. Exhibitions & Concerts

 I.News

 1) Chiba International Festival 2019

The Chiba International Center, which works with international exchanges and cooperation in Chiba Prefecture, will hold the Chiba International Festival at the Kanda University of International Studies on May 19, 2019.

This year’s festival will be held in cooperation with the 15th Makuchari event sponsored by students of the University.

Introduction to activities held by international exchange/cooperation groups will be held, as well as the sale of fair trade goods, kimono wearing, games and quiz booths held by American, Australian, Chinese and Taiwanese “Chiba Delivery Instructors”, rakugo performances by both Japanese and foreign participants, and a stamp rally, among other attractions.

Outside, there will be a booth selling food and folk art from around the world. Adults and children alike are welcome.

Along with free admission, you are free to leave and enter the event as you please, so be sure to stop by!

• Location: Kanda University of International Studies (1-4-1 Wakaba, Mihama-ku, Chiba City)
• Access: 15 minutes on foot from Kaihin Makuhari Station on the JR Keiyo Line
• Date and time: Sunday, May 19 10:00 - 15:00
• Admission: Free, held regardless of weather
• Registration: Not needed
• Organizer: Chiba International Center
• Support: Chiba Prefecture, Kanda University of International Studies CUP
• Inquiries: Chiba International Center TEL: 043-297-0245
• URL: https://www.mcic.or.jp/ja/lectureship_and_events/international_festa/index.html( External link )

 2) A "Chiba Cultural Assets" Leaflet Has Been Made!

Using the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games as a chance to rediscover the cultural appeal of Chiba Prefecture, we have selected the “Chiba Cultural Assets” (objects and experiences that characterize the various rich beauties of Chiba Culture) with the help of Chiba Citizens in 2018.

We have created a leaflet with the aim of helping as many people as possible discover the “Chiba Cultural Assets”. 

• https://www.pref.chiba.lg.jp/kkbunka/olypara-c/chibabunkashisan-top-english.html
• Inquiries: Chiba Prefecture Cultural Promotion and Citizen's Life Affairs Division TEL: 043-223-2408

Looking for Painting/Photograph Submissions for the “Chiba Art Festival 2019”

～“Chiba Cultural Assets” Themed Works~

Submission Period: Ongoing – May 31^st

We are accepting “Chiba Cultural Assets” themed paintings and photographs for this year’s Chiba Art Festival. We are looking forward to your submissions!

Please check the website for more details.

• https://www.chiba-art2019.com/kouboenglish( External link )
• Inquiries: Secretariat for the Display of Paintings/Photographs by the General Public, Chiba Art Festival 2019 TEL: 03-5704-5750 (Weekdays 10 A.M. - 6 P.M.)

 II.  Festivals and Events 

 1) Takabe Shrine Spring Festival Knife Ceremony (Prayer Festival for a Large Fishing Catch) (Minamiboso City)

A spring festival and knife ceremony will be held by the Takabe Knife Association at Takabe Shrine, the only shrine in Japan which is said to house a god of cooking.

The history of this festival dates back over 1,000 years to the Heian period, and was said to be held as a ritual to give thanks to food. It is still being held as a holy ritual even to the current day.

This ancient ritual which expresses the tradition and spirit of Japanese food will be open to the public.

• Date and time: Friday, May 17 11:00-
• Location: Takabe Shrine/164 Chikurachominamiasai, Minamiboso City
• Access: Tateyama Nitto Bus in the direction of Awa Shirahama departing from the JR Uchibo Line Chikura Station, get off at “Takabe Jinja Iriguchi” stop and 10 minutes on foot.
• Inquiries: Takabe Shrine Office TEL: 0470-44-5625

 2) 17th Katsuura Port Bonito Festival (Katsuura City)   

In Katsuura City, which boasts one of the largest catches of bonito in Japan, the 17th Katsuura Port Bonito Festival will be held on Saturday, May 25, with the concepts of “Eat” “Drink” and “Play”.
Fresh bonito (limited amount) will be sold at the event, as well as fish/processed marine products and other food/drinks.
A wide variety of different stalls will be present, as well as stage events being held for children and adults alike to enjoy.

※Event details will be posted on the website as they are decided.

Details (planned)

• - Katsuura Bonito sales (limited amount)
• - Around 60 stores and stalls (bonito bowls. kinmedai soup, seared bonito, Katsun cutlet. among others). Food trucks will also be present.
• - Luxury prize contest (Gelidium jelly speed eating contest) (reservation required)
• - Touch pool presented by Kamogawa Sea World (interact with sea creatures!)
• - Stage events
• - Photoshoot with mascot characters (CHI+BA-kun, Katsuura Kappy)

 

• Date and time: Saturday, May 25 8:30-15:00
• Location: Event space next to Katsuura City Hall
• Access: 5 minutes on free shuttle bus departing from the JR Sotobo Line Katsuura Station, 20 minutes on free shuttle bus departing from Moriya Beach parking lot (near Katsuura City Moriya 761)
• Inquiries: Katsuura City Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Division TEL 0470-73-6636

 3)Suigo Sawara Ayame Festival (Katori City) 

 

The Suigo Sawara Ayame Park is an attraction where you can enjoy the greenery and blue waters of the Suigo Tsukuba Quasi-National Park. 1.5 million hanashobu (Japanese irises) of 400 varieties in full bloom will color the entire park.

The Festival will be held from Saturday, May 25 to Sunday, June 23. Within the park, the irises are divided according to the different varieties, such as those with stylish names like Fujibakama and Dainagon, separating them into bunches of white, purple, and yellow. Edo, Ise, and Higo varieties of irises can also be found in abundance here.

Also, visitors can cruise around the park on small boats called sappa boats (for an additional fee). The irises from the boat are a must-see! A trademark vision of this season is the ferrywomen dressed in patterned kimono, red aprons, tabi shoes, and triangular amigasa hats, steering the boats using large poles called sao.

※During the Iris Festival, sappa boat cruises are operated every day from 8:30 to 18:00 (closed in the case of rain).

 

• Time period: Saturday, May 25 - Sunday, June 23, 8:00-18:30
• Location: Suigo Sawara Ayame Park, 1837-2 Ogishima, Katori City
• Admission: 800 yen for adults, 700 yen for ages 65 and above, 400 yen for elementary and junior high school students
• Access: 25 minutes by shuttle bus from Sawara Station on the JR Narita Line
  (Shuttle bus only operates during Iris Festival. Bus fare is 500 yen for junior high school students and older, 250 yen for elementary school students.)
• URL:http://www.city.katori.lg.jp( External link )
• Inquiries: Katori City Commerce, Industry and Tourism Division TEL: 0478-79-0707
  Suigo Sawara Ayame Park TEL: 0478-56-0411

 4) Rose Festival 2019/Yachiyo Keisei Rose Garden (Yachiyo City) 

Welcome spring with the beauty and fragrance of 10,000 roses. The Keisei Rose Garden will be celebrating their Rose Festival boasting a new rose variety with guided tours until Sunday, June 2^nd in which park staff and rose specialists show you around the gardens. The gardens eloquently display 1,600 different types of roses. There will also be a variety of performances and events throughout the festival. For a full list of events, please visit the Keisei Rose Garden Website.

• Time period: Ongoing until Sunday, June 16th 9:00-18:00 (Weekends during prime viewing days open at 6:00)
  *Entry to the park is possible up to 30 minutes before the closing time.
• Location: Keisei Rose Garden/755 Owadashinden, Yachiyo City
• Admission: Single day multiple entry pass Adults 1200 yen, Seniors/Disabled persons 900 yen, Junior high/elementary school students 200 yen
  1 year pass: 3,000 yen
• Access: from Yachiyo Midori-ga-Oka Station on the Toyo Rapid Railway, 15 minutes on foot, or take the Toyo Bus bound for Yachiyo Medical Center or Yachiyo Chuou Station and get off at Keisei Rose Garden
• Inquiries: Keisei Rose Garden Tel047-459-0106
• URL: http://www.keiseirose.co.jp/garden( External link )

 5) Shellfish Gathering at Funabashi Sanbanze Bay Park (Funabashi City)

Facing Tokyo Bay’s invaluable Sambanze Tidal Flat, Funabashi Sambanze Bay Park is the closest shellfish gathering area to Tokyo, serving a large amount of customers.

You will be able to enjoy shellfish gathering this year as well from April 18 (Thurs) - June 9 (Sun). 

Mini Exhibition “Perfect Shellfish Gathering!” Funabashi Sanbanze Environmental Museum

During Funabashi Sambanze Bay Park’s shellfish season, a mini exhibition on shellfish gathering is being held at the Funabashi Sanbanze Environmental Museum (2^nd floor) so that visitors can more deeply understand and enjoy shellfish gathering.

Contents of the mini exhibition:

• - How do you catch a lot of clams?
• - How do you take clam home?
• - What’s a good way to clean the sand off of the shellfish?
• - What is Funabashi’s traditional food “fuukashi” exactly?
• - Skills not only useful to know before digging up the clam but also afterwards. You are sure to become a clam master! A field tour of the clam digging area will also be held.
• Shellfish Gathering Time period: Thursday, April 18 - Sunday, June 9
  ※The time of the event may change depending on the tide, so please check the website beforehand. Even during the event time period there may be days where the event will not be able to be held due to the tide levels. We appreciate your understanding.
• Location: Funabashi Sambanze Bay Park/Environmental Museum 40 Shiomi-cho, Funabashi City
• Access: Keisei Bus System in the direction of Funabashi Kaihin Koen departing from either the South Exit of Funabashi Station on the JR Sobu Line (Keisei Funabashi Station on the Keisei Line) or Futamatasinmachi Station on the JR Keiyo Line (Futamatashindo Bus Stop) getting off at the last stop.
  Turn left at the first light at the Baraki exit off of the Keiyo Baraki Interchange and go straight until you reach Funabashi Chuo Futo (Parking 500 yen for regular vehicles)
• Admission:
  Shellfish Gathering: Adult (middle schoolers and above) 430 yen, Children (aged 4 and up) 210 yen
  ※The shellfish you fish costs 80 yen per 100g
  Environmental Museum: General 400 yen/High school/College students 200 yen/Elementary/middle school students 100 yen
  ＊elementary/middle school student, infant, disabled person residing in Funabashi city free
  ＊Closed every Monday (in the event of Monday falling on a holiday, the day after will be closed) 
• Inquiries:Funabashi Sanbanze Bay Park TEL 047-435-0828
  Funabashi Sanbanze Environmental Museum TEL: 047-435-7711
• URL:https://www.sambanze.jp/( External link )

 6) Enjoy Teganuma! 2019 (Abiko City)

Enjoy Teganuma! is held every year at Lake Teganuma on the breezy second Sunday of May. Children and adults alike are able to experience and enjoy Teganuma together.

On the stage, city elementary school orchestras will perform, and the hero of Teganuma “Teganuman” will hold a show. Canoe/small yacht rides will also be held, along with wildlife art making, stamp rallies, and a food corner. These and many other fun events are being planned. Admission to the neighboring bird museum will also be free of charge on that day.

Why not come and discover Teganuma while playing, learning, and enjoying fun attractions? We are eagerly awaiting your arrival!

• Date and time: Sunday, May 12, 9:00 - 15:30
• Location: Teganuma Shinsui Square/193 Konoyama Shinden, Abiko City
  Abiko City Bird Museum/234-3 Konoyama, Abiko City
• Access: Bando Bus from the Abiko Station South Exit getting off at the “Shiyakusho” stop
  ※on weekends, certain buses will also stop at the bird museum
• Inquiries: Enjoy Teganuma! 2019 Office (Abiko City Hall) TEL: 04-7185-1111(ext.26-468) 

 7) 18th Kazusa Yosakoi Kisarazu Dance (Kisarazu City) 

 

A party at the Kisarazu Station East Exit!

Kazusa Yosakoi Kisarazu Buson, a new Kisarazu dance style in harmony with a Hokkaido style Yosakoi Soran dance, will be held in Kisarazu, named after the legendary figure “Yamatotakeru-no-Mikoto”. Over 1,000 dancers will transform Kisarazu station into a spectacle to behold.

• Date: Sunday, May 5 (Holiday)
• Location: Kisarazu Station East Exit Event Location
• Access: Right outside of the East Exit of Kisarazu Station on the JR Uchibo Line
• Inquiries: Kisarazu Tourism Association TEL: 0438-22-7711

 III. Exhibitions & Concerts

 1) Chiba City Museum of Art Special Exhibition “Ukiyo-e Prints from the Mary Ainsworth Collection, Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College” 

Mary Ainsworth, an American woman who visited Japan during the Meiji Period in 1906, was captivated by the beauty of Ukiyo-e, and made a collection of works chiefly by Katsushika Hokusai and Utagawa Hiroshige. That collection is now housed in the Allen Memorial Museum of Oberlin College - Ainsworth’s own alma mater in Ohio. 200 pieces have been chosen from the over 1500 Ukiyo-e prints in the collection. This exhibition marks their first return home to Japan.

[Related Events]

■Lecture “Hokusai Works from Mary Ainsworth’s Ukiyo-e Collection”

Speaker: Tatsuya Akita (Osaka City Museum of Fine Arts Chief Curator)

Saturday, May 18, 14:00- (venue opens at 13:30)/ 11^th floor auditorium/free admission/capacity 150 (tickets distributed from noon on the day of event on the 11^th floor)

■Lecture “Collectors’ Profile: Japanese and Western Ukiyo-e Collection

Speaker: Marie Matsuoka (our Curator)

Saturday, April 27, 14:00 - (venue opens at 13:30)/11^th floor auditorium/admission free/limited to the first 150 arrivals

■Lecture “Mary Ainsworth’s Ukiyo-e Collection: Points of Appreciation

Speaker: Masako Tanabe（Deputy Director and Chief Curator of our Museum）

Saturday, May 11, 14:00- (venue opens at 13:30)/11^th floor auditorium/free admission/limited to the first 150 arrivals

• Exhibition Period: until Sunday, May 26
• Admission: 1,200yen (700yen for university students, free for high school students and younger)
• Museum hours: 10:00- 18:00(last admission 17:30)
  Fridays and Saturdays 10:00- 20:00(last admission 19:30)
  ※Closed on Tuesday, May 7 
• Location: Chiba City Museum of Art 3-10-8,Chuo, Chuo-ku, Chiba City
• Access: 15min walk from JR Chiba Station (East Exit) , 10min walk from Keisei Chiba Chuo Station, or 5min walk from Yoshikawa Koen Station (Chiba Urban Monorail)
• Inquiries: Chiba City Museum of Art 043-221-2311

 

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