[Finished] The 2022 Nishi Ward Reading Activity Promotion Lecture "The Attractiveness of Reading to Listen to YOASOBI" will be held.

Inviting Yohei Yashiro, the producer who set up the birth of YOASOBI, a unit that turns the novel into music, will be invited as a lecturer, and will talk about various worlds that spread from reading through dialogue with students at Kanagawa University.

Date and time

From 14:30 to 16:00 on Saturday, February 25, 2023 (opens at 14:00)

Venue

Yoshimori Yoneda Memorial Hall, Kanagawa University Minatomirai Campus (4-5-3 Minatomirai, Nishi-ku, Yokohama)

※Click here for information on how to access traffic (Kanagawa University Minatomirai Campus Website) (external site)

Lecturer

Yohei Yashiro (Sunny Music Entertainment Co., Ltd.)

Faciliate

Rie Iwasaki (free announcer)

※The interview will be distributed on the Yokohama City Official YouTube channel from early March 2023.

Mr. Yohei Yashiro

Joined Sony Music Group in 2012, and launched the novel posting site "monogatary.com" in 2017. In 2019, the YOASOBI Project was launched as part of the planning of the site. Since then, he has been in charge of communication with publishers and SNS operations.

Iwasaki Rie Iwasaki

Born in Kanagawa Prefecture. He hosts various events, ceremonies and concerts, including TV and radio casters and reporters.

He is active as a moderator for reporters, interviews, symposiums, talk shows, etc. for local governments, news and business to sports and performing arts.

Advance application system

From Monday, January 16, 2023

First 120 people

（１） Application form on the Yokohama City website
　■From the above two-dimensional code or the electronic application / notification system (outside site)
（２） Apply by phone
　■Nishi Ward Office, Regional Promotion Division 045-320-8390 (Reception hours from 9:00 to 17:00)

Free of charge

■Even if you put your child on your knees, it will be counted as the number of people. In addition, there is a limited space for placing strollers in the venue, so we hope that you will avoid coming with strollers as much as possible.
■In order to prevent the spread of infectious diseases, please refrain from visiting the venue if you are not feeling well on the day, and we ask for your cooperation in infection control measures such as wearing a mask in the venue.
■If you wish to have a sign language interpreter, please apply by Tuesday, January 31.
■The collected personal information will be properly managed in accordance with the provisions of the "Yokohama City Ordinance on the Protection of Personal Information" and will be used only to hold this event.

A special exhibition corner will be set up in Municipal Central Library related to reading activities.

"Beyond the story,"

Municipal Central Library 1F Exhibition Corner

[Part 1] From Wednesday, January 11, 2023 to Tuesday, February 28,
　We will display works that have been converted into books from "monogatary.com" and books recommended by Yohei Yashiro, who will be on stage as a lecturer at this lecture.
[Part 2] From Wednesday, March 1, 2023 to Sunday, March 19,
　Some of the works submitted to the Reading Activity Promotion Collaboration Project will be exhibited.
　Please see monogatary.com (external site) for a list of exhibited works.