Entry Deadline for 1st Beautiful Japan Cultural Grand Prix is April 30.Tokyo, Japan, Apr 12, 2006 - (JCN JCN Japan Corporate News JCN Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience JCN Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing JCN Journal of Christian Nursing JCN Job Control Number JCN Journal of Child Neurology JCN joint communications network (US DoD) Newswire) - Beautiful Japan Cultural Grand Prix Grand Prix n. pl. Grand Prix Any of several competitive international road races for sports cars of specific engine size over an exacting, usually risky course. LLIC LLIC Large Low-Income Country (Limited Liability Intermediate Company) and the company responsible for the planning of the event of that name, entertainment content planning company Pride One Entertainment Co., Ltd, today announced that the April 30 deadline for the submission of entries for the 1st Beautiful Japan Cultural Grand Prix is drawing close. The Grand Prix is held four times a year, on each occasion taking a different Japanese prefecture as its theme, and involves the selection of outstanding works taking the beauty of Japan's four seasons and its urban landscapes as their theme, with a view to discovering and fostering artists. The theme for the 1st Grand Prix is Hiroshima Prefecture, and the winners will be announced in June. Following on from Hiroshima Prefecture, the themes for contests to be held in 2006 will be Shimane Prefecture Shimane Prefecture (島根県 Shimane-ken , famed for its association with Lafcadio Hearn, and Hyogo Prefecture, home of Himeji Castle. The Grand Prix is a rare experiment in which copyright and copyright management are separated, and works entered for the contest will not become the property of the organizers, so as to protect the rights of the creator. Entries are invited in the following 7 genres and 24 categories. Entries will be judged by experts in the field represented by each category. Categories Photographs Film/Video: Nobuhiko Obayashi, Filmmaker Photography (National) Category: Hideo Haga, Folk Photographer Photographer (Foreign) Category: Michael W. Maksimuk, Photographer and Meiji University Professor Advertises Tourism Commercial Category: Yoshito Noda, Dean of Nihon University Nihon University (日本大学; Nihon Daigaku abbreviated as 日大 Nichidai) is the largest university in Japan. Akiyoshi Yamada, the minister of justice, founded Nihon Law School (present: Department of Law) in October 1889. `s College of Art and Professor of the Broadcasting Department Tourism Poster Category: Katsumi Asaba, Art Director Travel Planning Category: Yasuaki Niimi, Travel Writer Draws Japanese Painting Japanese painting (絵画 Kaiga) Category/Watercolor Category: Tomoyoshi Endo, Professor at Seitoku Gakkuen Western Painting Category: Jyosaku Maeda, Painter, and Professor Emeritus of Musashino University Illustration Category: Ryuji Fujieda, Art Director and Illustrator Novel Category: Hisashi Yamanaka, Children`s Book Author Screenwriting Category: Fumio Ishimori, Screenwriter Recites Haiku haiku (hī`k  ), an unrhymed Japanese poem recording the essence of a moment keenly perceived, in which nature is linked to human nature. Category: Shugyo Takaha, Haiku PoetTanka tan·ka 1 n. A Japanese verse form in five lines, the first and third composed of five syllables and the rest of seven. [Japanese. Category: Machi Tawara Machi Tawara (俵万智 Tawara Machi, born December 31, 1962) is a contemporary Japanese writer, translator and poet. Tawara is most famous as a contemporary poet. , Poet Chinese Poetry/Poetry Recitation rec·i·ta·tion n. 1. a. The act of reciting memorized materials in a public performance. b. The material so presented. 2. a. Oral delivery of prepared lessons by a pupil. b. Category: Shozan Mine, Writer and Reciter of Chinese Poetry Debuts in Vocal Category: Takaomi Deguchi, Movie Producer Band Category: Akira Fujimoto, Composer and Voice Trainer Dance Category: Nao Asuka, Actress Acting Category: Shinya Owada, Actor Model Category: Junichi Ishida, Actor Communicates Genealogy Research Category: Koichi Maruyama, Genealogy Researcher Family Crest Research Category: Shigeru Chikano, Family Crest Researcher Creates 3-D/Industrial Arts Category: Akiteru Arakawa, Sculptor Adorns Jewelry Category: Yukari Mishima, Jewelry Specialist Tomoyoshi Endo, Professor at Seitoku University and Beautiful Japan Grand Prix
The Japan Grand Prix was an annual professional wrestling tournament held by the promotion All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling (AJW) to Chairman says: "If Japan is to be a culturally and artistically developed nation, leading the world in this field, our approach to the fostering of culture must change from a telegraph pole- or tower-shaped approach that focuses solely on encouraging a few talented artists, to a Mt. Fuji-shaped approach, in other words Adv. 1. in other words - otherwise stated; "in other words, we are broke" put differently , an approach that has a wide base providing support at the bottom and gradually increases towards the top. The Beautiful Japan Cultural Grand Prix is one such attempt to realize a Mt. Fuji-type cultural and artistic society through people power. The contest has been organized with a view to creating a Mt. Fuji-shaped cultural and artistic society, and is intended as a participant-driven creative event for the 21st Century, that will allow everyone to take part in the creation of and to enjoy the diverse and beautiful culture and art of Japan." Entries in all categories will be accepted until April 30. For details, please see the Beautiful Japan Cultural Grand Prix official website at http://www.prideone-entertainment.com/english/culture.html About Pride One Entertainment Pride One Entertainment's business activities center on entertainment content planning, publicity, public relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most , and advertising agency work. Its six directors, who are all currently university students, are involved in the creation of films and the planning, production and management of TV programs, commercials, theatrical productions, and concerts. For more information, please visit http://www.prideone-entertainment.com/ Source: Pride One Entertainment Contact: Contact: Ms. Erika Hosoi Beautiful Japan Cultural Grand Prix Executive Committee Pride One Entertainment Co., Ltd. Mail: info@prideone-entertainmant.com Phone: +81-3-3503-5555 Fax: +81-3-3503-5558 Web: http://www.prideone-entertainment.com Copyright [c] 2006 JCN Newswire. All rights reserved. A division of Japan Corporate News Network K.K. |
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