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November 2013

Tiffany Award Winners Talk About Revitalizing Their Communities

Japan Local Government Center, in partnership with the Japan Center for International Exchange (JCIE), was proud to host a public seminar on Wednesday evening, November 6th, with this year’s winners of the Tiffany Foundation Award for the Preservation of Japanese Traditional Arts and Culture in Contemporary Society. This year’s awards were given to the Association for the Promotion of Ipponsugi Street, in Nanao City, Ishikawa Prefecture, and to ENVISI, an arts organization in Miyagi Prefecture. Hanayome Noren The Ipponsugi Street group was recognized for their efforts to revive and promote the traditional local custom of giving elaborate “hanayome noren” (ceremonial door curtains given to brides) and using these noren as… Read More »Tiffany Award Winners Talk About Revitalizing Their Communities