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Last Updated September 26, 2024

Aoba Ward 30th Anniversary Reading Activity Promotion Project To everyone who applied for Sawako Agawa Lecture "Father of Writer and I"
We hold reading activity promotion business Sawako Agawa lecture "father of writer and me" of the 30th anniversary of Aoba ward system!
We will hold the 23rd Aoba Story Festival 2024!
Reading-related event information

Aoba Ward 30th Anniversary Reading Activity Promotion Project To everyone who applied for Sawako Agawa Lecture "Father of Writer and I"

Thank you very much for applying to the Aoba Ward Reading Activity Promotion Project Sawako Agawa Lecture “The Father and I of the Writer”.

For those who have applied for this lecture, we have sent an e-mail to the e-mail address entered in the application form, but due to an error in the e-mail address or spam setting, etc. Some people will become. In addition, it seems that some people who do not know the transmission error in this section cannot check the e-mail of the guidance.

If you are unable to confirm the information e-mail in the spam mail folder, etc., please contact the Aoba Ward Office Children and Families Support Division School Cooperation and Children (045-978-2345). We will ask you for application information by phone and check the acceptance status of application.
Even if you are unable to receive or confirm the information e-mail, you can check the application number, name, Phone number, etc. of the applicant at the reception desk on the day of the lecture.
In addition, in connection with the response to the above transmission error, some people have been sent several times with the same information, which is causing inconvenience.

We hold reading activity promotion business Sawako Agawa lecture "father of writer and me" of the 30th anniversary of Aoba ward system! (Thursday, November 7, 2024)　※Due to its popularity, the application has been closed!

Lecture Information

To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Aoba Ward System, we will welcome Sawako Asakawa and hold a lecture at Aoba public hall. Sawako Asakawa will talk plenty on the theme of "I'm a writer's father and me."
In addition, at the Yamauchi Library, special exhibitions will be held by Hiroyuki Agawa, a writer whose father and related to Aoba Ward, and a permanent corner will be set up after the exhibition period.

At the lecture venue, books by Sawako Agawa and Hiroyuki Agawa will be sold.
For those who purchase Sawako Asakawa's book, an autograph session will be held after the lecture.

Mr. Sawako Agawa

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Born in 1953. An essayist, novelist. Received the Joji Tsubota Literary Prize for "Umeko", the Kodansha Essay Award for "Oh, I eat this way" (co-authored with Fumi Dan), and the Kiyoshi Shima Love Literature Award for "After engagement". He has appeared on TV programs such as "Beet Takeshi's TV tackle", "Sunday My Choice" (TV Asahi), "Tsurube-chan and Sawako-chan" (BS12), and has been active in dramas and commercials.

Click here for the lecture flyer (details) (PDF: 1,752KB)

Outline of the event

Date and time: From 15:00 to 16:30 on Thursday, November 7, 2024
Venue: public hall Aoba (31-4, Keocho, Aoba-ku)
Target: First 550 students who live, attend school, or work in Aoba Ward and are junior high school students or older
Host: Aoba Ward Office, Yamauchi Library
※Hiroyuki Agawa's special exhibition at Yamauchi Library will be held from Wednesday, October 16 to Tuesday, November 12.
　After that, a permanent corner was set up.

How to apply 　※Due to its popularity, the application has been closed!

Click here for the application form.

Application period: From Friday, September 20, 2024 to Thursday, October 31
Number of applicants: The first 550 people
How to apply: Application from Yokohama-shi electronic application, report system or Yamauchi library window
Application acceptance: For those who have applied, a guide e-mail will be sent to the e-mail address entered in the application form within one week from the reception.
URL： https://shinsei.city.yokohama.lg.jp/cu/141003/ea/residents/procedures/apply/ab2feab1-bce2-418d-b843-9cfbae0352a1/start (external site)

The 23rd Aoba Story Festival 2024 (Sunday, December 1, 2024)

Information on Aoba Story Festival 2024

In Aoba Ward, local reading groups gather to hold picture-story shows and puppet shows for children, as well as stories and readings for adults.

Outline of the event

[Date and time] Sunday, December 1, 2024　
　　　　From 10:30 to 15:20 (Please see the flyer for details)
[Place] 3rd floor of Yamauchi District Center (2-3-2 Azamino, Aoba-ku, Yokohama City)
※Admission is free, no reservation is required.

Click here for the flyer (details) of Aoba Story Festival 2024 (PDF: 718KB)

Reading-related event information

　The Yamauchi Library holds various events, such as "Reading picture books" and "Story meetings for adults". . Please come and visit us. For more information, please contact the library.

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