”Jomon Days” is coming!

The Japan Digital Arts Sports Organization (Location: Kudan Minami, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; President: Katsuji Amagasaki; hereafter “JDAS”) will hold a sustainable Jomon period lifestyle and culture experience event as part of the “FY2022 Japan Expo Innovation Project Grant Program (Japan Arts Council / Agency for Cultural Affairs)” (*1). JOMON DAYS: Jomon Culture x SDGs for Japan’s Future” (hereafter “JOMON DAYS”), an event that allows visitors to experience the lifestyle and culture of the Jomon period (2022).

This event will consist of two parts: the “JOMON DAYS WORKSHOP,” a workshop event that will tour three locations throughout Japan, and the “JOMON DAYS SATELLITE,” a permanent event scheduled to begin in October.

As the first of the events, the “JOMON DAYS WORKSHOP,” a workshop event where visitors can actually experience life and culture of the Jomon period, will start on Saturday, September 3, starting at Seven Park Amami in Osaka.
This time, with the full cooperation of the Sannai-Maruyama Site Center and Seven & i Create Link Co. The tour will be held in Osaka, Tokyo, and Kanagawa Prefecture.
At the Osaka venue on September 3rd and 4th, in addition to workshops, earthenware and stoneware excavated in the local Amami area will be on display.
In addition, earthenware excavated at the Sannai-Maruyama Site, a World Heritage site, will also be on display for visitors to touch and feel.
The details of the following event, “JOMON DAYS SATELLITE,” will be announced as soon as it is finalized.

(*1) This event is part of “JOMON DAYS”, an event where visitors can experience various aspects of Jomon culture.
“JOMON DAYS” has been selected by the Agency for Cultural Affairs as part of the “2022 Japan Expo as an opportunity to create cultural resource content (innovation-type project).

Background of the “JOMON DAYS” Project

In July 2021, it was decided that the “Jomon Monuments of Hokkaido and the Northern Tohoku Region” would be registered as a World Heritage Site.In recent years, the unique lifestyle and culture of the Jomon period have been attracting attention from new perspectives as “cute” and “interesting.In recent years, the unique lifestyle and culture of the Jomon period have been attracting attention from new perspectives as “cute” and “interesting.In these times, we would like to share the splendor of the Jomon culture in Japan through this event and use it as a driving force to promote the SDGs.

Outline of “JOMON DAYS WORKSHOP

The following information will be updated as needed. For details, please check the following “JOMON DAYS” official website.
Website: https://jomon-days.com/ (to be released around early September)

①Osaka venue (Seven Park Amami)

Date and Time	September 3 and 4, 2022
Location	Seven Park Amami (3-500, Amami Higashi, Matsubara-shi, Osaka)
Organized by	Japan Digital Arts Sports Organization
Co-sponsored	Seven & i Create Link Co. Hannan University

《Exhibition Contents》

• Exhibition of artifacts excavated from the Sannai-Maruyama Site (11:00-19:00)
• Exhibition by the curatorial course of Hannan University Museum (11:00-17:00)
• Workshop “Making miniature original earthenware” 700 yen (tax included)
  (4 times a day, each time with a maximum of 7 pairs of 14 participants)
  Numbered tickets for each session will be sold at the reception counter at the venue.
  9/3 [1] 11:00-12:00, [2] 14:00-15:00, [3] 16:00-17:00, [4] 17:30-18:30
  9/4 [1] 11:00-12:00, [2] 13:30-14:30, [3] 16:00-17:00, [4] 17:30-18:30

《Special Talk Show》

• September 3 (Sat)
  “Let’s go to the World Heritage Sannai-Maruyama ruins” / Yasuhiro Okada, Director, Sannai-Maruyama Site Center
  Time: 13:00-14:00, 15:00-16:00
• September 4 (Sun) Haruna Ai’s “Lately, they say SDGs, don’t they!
  Time: Performance “JOMON DAYS Special Performer”
  [1] 12:30-, [2] 14:30-
  Talk Show “Haruna Ai”
  [1] 13:00-, [2] 15:00-

*Numbered tickets will be distributed at the venue on the day.For details, please check the Seven Park Amami website (https://amami.sevenpark.jp/).

②Tokyo venue（Ario Kasai）

Date and Time	September 10 (Sat.) and 11 (Sun.), 2022
Location	Ario Kasai (9-3-3 Higashi-Kasai, Edogawa-ku, Tokyo)
Organized by	Japan Digital Arts Sports Organization
Co-sponsored	Seven & i Create Link Co.

《Exhibition Contents》

• Exhibition of artifacts excavated from the Sannai-Maruyama Site (10:00-19:00)
• Edogawa Ward SDGs Corner “Let’s do it! SDGs 10 behavior.
• Workshop: “Making Your Own Magatama Accessory” 500 yen (tax included)
  (4 sessions per day, maximum number of participants per session: 8 pairs/16 people)
  *Numbered tickets for each session will be sold at the reception counter.
  ［1］11:00-12:00、［2］14:00-15:00、［3］15:30-16:30、［4］17:00-18:00

③Kanagawa venue (Ario Hashimoto)

Date and Time	October 22 (Sat.) and 23 (Sun.), 2022
Location	Ario Hashimoto (1-22, Oyama-cho, Midori-ku, Sagamihara City, Kanagawa Prefecture)
Organized by	Japan Digital Arts Sports Organization
Co-sponsored	Sagamihara City Board of Education Seven & i Create Link Co.

《Exhibition Contents》

• Exhibition of artifacts excavated from the Sannai-Maruyama Site (10:00-19:00)
• Sagamihara City Museum Exhibition Area
• Sagamihara City SDGs Area
• Archery Experience Area
• Workshop “Making Original Magatama Accessory” 500 yen (tax included)

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The Japan Expo was launched on the occasion of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games under the overall theme of “Japanese People and Nature,” with the aim of further creating the future by communicating the beauty of Japan from the Jomon Period to the present to the next generation, both in Japan and abroad.
The program of the Japan Expo brings together the collective efforts of the Agency for Cultural Affairs, the Japan Arts Council, related government ministries and agencies, cultural facilities nationwide, local governments, private companies and organizations, and others to develop art exhibitions, performing arts performances, art festivals, and other events throughout the year that allow visitors to experience the beauty of Japan throughout the country.

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