Fukushima high school cultural festival a success

August 09, 2011

The 35th All Japan High School Cultural Festival completed its five-day schedule of events on Aug. 7 in Fukushima Prefecture, attracting 12,600 students from across the country.

The scale of the events was reduced somewhat as the prefecture was struggling to rebuild after the Great East Japan Earthquake and crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant.

Nevertheless, the mood was upbeat as students enjoyed socializing after competing with each other in various categories. The competitions for school newspapers and speech showed students' sincere efforts to try to deal with the calamity.

The festival was sponsored by the Cultural Affairs Agency and other organizations. The Asahi Shimbun served as a special supporter to the event.

The festival will be held next year in Toyama Prefecture.

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High school girls in Fukushima Prefecture perform in "A Message from Fukushima," in Aizuwakamatsu on Aug. 4, the second day of the 35th All Japan High School Cultural Festival. (Yoshihiro Yasutomi)

High school girls in Fukushima Prefecture perform in "A Message from Fukushima," in Aizuwakamatsu on Aug. 4, the second day of the 35th All Japan High School Cultural Festival. (Yoshihiro Yasutomi)

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  • High school girls in Fukushima Prefecture perform in "A Message from Fukushima," in Aizuwakamatsu on Aug. 4, the second day of the 35th All Japan High School Cultural Festival. (Yoshihiro Yasutomi)
  • Entrants from Fukushima Prefecture in the competition poem recital and traditional dancing pose with the festival mascot, "Peshu," on Aug. 7. (Emi Tadama)
  • Members of the choir at Kumamoto Prefectural Daiichi High School send a message to people in Fukushima in the chorus competition on Aug. 5. (Yoshihiro Yasutomi)
  • Students look at some of the school papers from 163 high schools around the nation that were entered in the newspaper competition at a venue in Aizuwakamatsu in Fukushima Prefecture on Aug. 4. Shiga Prefectural Hikone Higashi High School's newspaper club won the best prize for the fourth year in a row. The school worked with high schools in Fukushima Prefecture to keep its readers posted on the situation in Fukushima Prefecture and relay messages from survivors of the March 11 disaster. (Yoshihiro Yasutomi)
  • Michihiko Yanai, creative director from Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, talks of his spirit of creating things in the competition of arts and crafts in Fukushima city on Aug. 3. Yanai thanked students who participated in the event despite concerns about exposure to radiation in the prefecture. (Emi Tadama)