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| By Japan Marine
Sports Promotion Foundation |
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| The Japan Marine Sports Promotion Foundation(J.M.P.F)
is holding its 13th National Children's Waterside Painting
Contest and will be accepting entries from elementary
school and nursery age children throughout the country
from July to October 31 (Wednesday) of this year.
By having children paint scenes of the oceans and beaches,
this annual contest gives children a valuable opportunity
to increase their understanding and awareness of the
sea. We also hope to cultivate in them the spirit of
protecting the global environment, so the contest is
held for children of elementary school age and below
every year. From this year the name of the contest has
been changed to the Waterside Painting Contest from
the Seaside Painting Contest to widen the scope of paintings
that may be submitted.
The foundation seeks to develop sound marine leisure
activities in Japan, and aggressively undertakes activities
to promote non-powered marine sports such as sailing,
canoeing, and rowing to further their acceptance. Worldwide
environmental problems such as global warming and acid
rain have become increasingly serious; we believe that
it is very important to pass along to future generations
the natural beauty of the oceans and the lakes for people
who also want to enjoy marine sports.
In support of these ideals, the Yamaha Motor group is
giving financial support and cooperative support to
the foundation's Painting Contest.
With the cooperation of the World Children's Fund (W.C.F.
/ U.S headquarters) and the embassies around the world
that are providing contest information, submissions
of paintings from children overseas, in particular from
those children who are suffering in the aftermath of
disasters, are sought in order to reawaken their hopes
and dreams. The contest this year hopes to play a role
in helping those children suffering from disasters and
the like.
The number and quality of last year's 8,457 submissions
made it an enriching contest. Contest information was
listed on the Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. Internet home page,
and 63 submissions were received from children in Indonesia,
Azerbaijan and Colombia. We believe that with the efforts
being made by the W.C.F., the number of submissions
from overseas will surely increase.
Support this time also comes from the Ministry of Education,
Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, the Ministry
of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, the Ministry
of Environment and the Fisheries Agency. Their understanding
of the aim of the contest spurs our efforts to further
promote it. We hope that you too will appreciate the
importance of the contest.
The winning entries will be displayed at the Yamaha
Motor booth at the 2002 Tokyo International Boat Show,
at other Yamaha event sites throughout the country as
well as in Yamaha promotional tools and on the Yamaha
Motor Internet home page. In addition, we are actively
promoting the display of the works at other public venues. |
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| Contest Summary |
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Name: |
13th National Children's Waterside
Painting Contest |
Aims: |
1. To promote wider understanding
of the sea primarily among the children who will
lead society in the 21st century.
2. To instill and develop a consciousness of environmental
protection through encounters with nature and
playing in the natural environment.
3. Offer the contest as a chance to increase communication
with children in the home and in school. |
Contents: |
A contest is to be held for paintings
by children up to the 6th grade of elementary
school with themes such as "the beautiful
ocean" (environmental protection), "the
working ocean" (fishing, harbors, docks)
and "ocean fun" (marine sports, pools). |
Entry period: |
July 2001 to October 31, 2001
(Wed.) |
Entry requirements: |
Refer to following page |
Organizer: |
Japan Marine Sports Promotion
Foundation |
Support: |
Ministry of Education, Culture,
Sports, Science and Technology, Ministry of Land,
Infrastructure and Transport, Ministry of Environment
(planned), Fisheries Agency, National Federation
of UNESCO Associations in Japan, Japan Fisherina
Association, Japan Marina Beach Association, Kaiyo
Recreation Association, Japan Game Fishing Association
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Cooperation: |
World Children's Fund |
Special support: |
Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd., Yamaha
Motor Marketing Japan Co., Ltd. and others |
Judging: |
Formal judging will be conducted
by a panel of judges chaired by Kazuo Kudo, member
of Nitten. |
Announcement
of winners: |
Winners will be contacted individually.
Winners selected from group submissions will be
contacted by their groups. Plans also call for
the names of the winners to be published in a
release by the Japan Marine Sports Promotion Foundation
and in the various publications of cooperating
companies. |
Awards: |
Individual awards will be presented
through the organizer. |
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| Conditions
of Entry |
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Theme: |
The beautiful ocean (environmental
conservation), the working ocean (fisheries, wharves,
etc.), ocean fun (marine sports, pools and ordinary
water recreation activities) |
Qualifications for entry: |
Children up to and including the
6th grade |
Entry period: |
July 2001 to October 31, 2001,
(Wed.) |
How to apply: |
All entries must have written
on the back of the
painting the title of the painting, the address,
telephone number and name of the child, sex, the
child's age, grade, school name and parent or
guardian's name and must be sent by mail or special
delivery to the address below. Submissions made
by groups must include the group name and address
in addition to the name of the person in charge
of the group. |
Entry address: |
National Children's Seascape
Painting Contest Desk,
810, Shinogasecho, Hamamatsu-shi, Shizuoka Pref.,
Japan
Postal Code 435-0042 |
Entry specifications: |
Paintings must be done on standard
"yotsugiri" size art paper (54.0 x 38.0cm)
or
other paper of the same size. |
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| Judging, etc. |
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Judging categories: |
Winners will be selected in the
three categories of
upper elementary (4-6th grade), lower elementary
(1-3rd grade) and nursery school age. |
Awards: |
Awards in each category will include
two Gold Prizes, three Silver Prizes, three Bronze
Prizes and five Honorable Mention awards. Special
awards (one each) will include: the Minister of
Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
Prize, Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport
Prize, the Minister of Environment Prize, Director
General of the Fisheries Agency Prize, National
Federation of UNESCO Associations Prize, Japan
Fisherina Association Chairman's Prize, Japan
Marine Beach Association Chairman's Prize, Japan
Game Fishing Association Chairman's Prize and
the Yamaha Motor Company Prize.
Plaques and prizes will be presented to each winner.
All contributors will receive a commemorative
gift. |
Others: |
- Reproduction rights for all
paintings submitted will belong to Japan Marine
Sports Promotion Foundation and
the submitted works will not be returned.
- Plans call for the paintings to be displayed
at the Yamaha Motor booth at the Tokyo International
Boat Show, at other
Yamaha event sites throughout the country, in
Yamaha promotional tools as well as plans to display
them on the
Internet home page.
- The organizers will not be responsible for accidents
or damage to paintings during mailing.
- The organizers ask that entrants refrain from
making inquiries about submissions after they
have been made.
- Entry prizes will be sent out after the judging
is complete. |
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| Reference
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[Submissions for the
past twelve years] |
1989 |
1990 |
1991 |
1992 |
1993 |
1994 |
1995 |
1996 |
1997 |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
Total |
1,558 |
2,378 |
2,545 |
3,559 |
3,247 |
4,198 |
5,145 |
7,460 |
8,098 |
9,125 |
8,365 |
8,457 |
64,135 |
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[Prizewinning paintings
from 2000] |
Minister of Education
Prize
[Woman drying squid] |
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Chiharu Wakisaki
(5th grade) |
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Director General
of the Environment Agency Prize
[Beach clean-up] |
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Kano Kitagawa
(5th grade) |
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Minister of Transport
Prize
[Harbor] |
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Spanin Stanislav Vladimirovich
(Azerbaijan 10 years old) |
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Director General
of the Fisheries Agency Prize
[Untitled] |
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Tomo Nakadoi
(6th grade) |
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Upper elementary Gold
Prize winners |
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| Chitose Tanida
(6th grade) |
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Chisato Koishi
(5th grade) |
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Lower elementary Gold
Prize winners |
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Daisuke Tanaka
(3rd grade) |
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| Nursery school age
Gold Prize winners |
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| Reference
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Outline of activities of the
Japan Marine Sports Promotion Foundation |
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The Japan Marine Sports Promotion Foundation
was founded with the approval of the Japanese Ministry
of Education in July of 1992 for the purpose of encouraging
promotional activities for marine sports in Japan with
the support and cooperation of all related organizations.
The aim of the foundation is to promote marine sports
through educational activities and regional sports programs
as a vehicle for encouraging increased harmony with
nature and richer human interaction. At the same time
the foundation aims to contribute to the kind of environment
where people can experience the enjoyment of marine
sports and make them spread as lifetime sports that
will enrich the health and lives of the citizenry. In
particular, the foundation supplies support tailored
to local needs in both software and hardware form to
help establish sailing as a local sport and a venue
for sound education of young people. |
Guide to activities |
1 |
Sound education of children through
marine sports. |
2 |
Training and supplying of marine
sports instructors. |
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Helping the growth of marine sports
clubs for adults. |
4 |
Holding of marine sports seminars
and competitions. |
5 |
Recognizing people who contribute
to the spread and development of marine sports. |
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Supply of equipment for education
and production, printing of educational materials. |
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Surveys and research in the marine
sports field and international
exchange. |
8 |
Supplying sailboats, etc. to schools
and youth educational facilities. |
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