#46 SDGs Action Workshop Makomo (Zizania) Planting & Festival

#46 SDGs Action Workshop Makomo (Zizania) Planting & Festival

Taiko drums, flutes, shamisen, and singing
Let’s plant straw mats together!

Since the Jomon period (before rice cultivation), Makomo (Zizania) has been used for food, shelter, clothing, roofing, and other purposes. The Izumo Taisha Shrine holds a straw matsuri every June, and straw mats are still used as Shimenawa rope at shrines with long histories. The use of straw mats has been attracting attention again as they have been found to be useful in purifying water quality in lakes and marshes.

Peace & Nature is reclaiming fallow fields to cultivate straw mats, an ancient Japanese traditional. Japanese folk songs and hammered dulcimer performances will be performed in the bamboo grove. We look forward to seeing you there.

The percussion instrument called “santur” originated in Persia and was introduced to the West and developed.

SDGs No.4, 6, 11 12, 15, 16, 17]

Date & Time:  May 22, 2022 (Sun.)

Rain or Shine, postponed if heavy rain. Final decision will be made at 7:00 a.m. on May 22.

Location: 47 Hisaihara, OZO-cho, Kita-ku, Kobe 

Number of participants: 50 people (first-come-first-served basis)

Please note that the workshop will be conducted under the prevention of corona infection.

Participation fee:

Corporate members: ¥1,500, Elementary school students and younger ¥500

(If you wish to participate as a group, please register as a corporate member. Please contact us for details)

Individual: Member 1,500 yen, Elementary school student and under 500 yen

Non-member ¥3,000, Elementary school students and under: ¥1,000

Schedule:

9:50 a.m. Reception OZO Base

10:00 Walk to activity site

10:20 Opening Ground-breaking Ceremony

10:40 Strawberry Planting Japanese Folk Songs (Performed by Mr. Kodama)

(Drum, Flute, Shamisen and Singing)

12:00 Hands-on activity of bamboo cutting

12:30 Lunch

13:00 Hammer dulcimer mini-concert (performance by Mr. Inaoka)

13:3 0 Closing

(Schedule may be changed depending on the situation on the day)

Clothing for Makomo planting:

Short-sleeved clothes, short pants, hat, mask, boots, (Basically, wear clothes that you don’t mind if they get dirty.)

What to bring: Drinks, lunch, leisure sheet, hat, towel, boots, socks, or Tabi Shoes or socks that can be thrown away, change of clothes

The event will be held in line with Corona prevention measures.

Please disinfect your body and fill out the health check sheet at the venue.

(We may ask you to refrain from participating if your body temperature is 37.5℃ or higher.)

Please register online by Wednesday, May 18. 

This activity is subsidized by the AEON Environmental Action Fund.

Organizer NPO Hojin Peace & Nature Koshinkai

Cooperation with Koshinkai, Kobe Shushinkan Co., Ltd. 

Meeting place: Peace & Nature OZO Base

Parking: Kishimoto Kichiji Shoten Komotaru Plant Logistics Center

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