Nice communication! ("The charm of reading to hear from the YOASOBI")

　
　On February 25, the main event of Nishi Ward's book-reading activities, "Nishi Ward Reading Activity Promotion Lecture" was held on the Minato Mirai Campus of Kanagawa University.
　This year, we invited Yohei Yashiro, the creator of the popular artist "YOASOBI" as a "unit to make novels into music", and we were able to hold the event face-to-face at Yoshimori Yoneda Memorial Hall on campus. Mr. Yashiro often used Chuo-toshokan when he was a student, and he was very pleased that he was able to speak to those who had a close connection to Nishi Ward.
　At the lecture, Mr. Yashiro talked about his impressive books, his reading experience leading to his present, his pride as a producer, and in a dialogue with two students from Kanagawa University's Faculty of Arts and Arts, in a dialogue with two students from Kanagawa University's Faculty of Arts, I heard very interesting questions from young people who fluttered and the answer from the instructor.
　In addition, the City of Yokohama, Nishi Ward x monogatary.com Reading Activity Promotion Collaboration Project, which was implemented as an interlocking project for lectures, we are taking on the challenge of reading sentences based on the grand prize works. On the day of the lecture and the grand prize works of the collaboration project will be posted on the Nishi Ward website in the future, so we hope that everyone will see it and feel the creativity of reading.
　In Nishi Ward, inhabitants of a ward feel familiar with reading, and we push forward approach that can connect person by enjoying reading, so please look forward to future activities.

March 10, 2023 Kenji Kikuchi (Director General of Nishi)

From left in front row: Yohei Yashiro, Mayor Kikuchi, Rii Iwasaki (facilitator)

Back row: Two students from Kanagawa University's Faculty of Arts and Arts