Kokugakuin University completed construction of a new eighteen-story building named gWakagi(Young Tree) Towerh at Shibuya Campus in Tokyo. To celebrate it, the university held three events: 1) Projection of DVD focused mainly the festival at old Shinto shrines, 2) Exhibition of Old Picture Rolls painted such a story as Ise Monogatari and Taketori Monogatari, and 3) Lecture on Environment Problems by eight professors affiliated with a project team for environmental education of Kokugakuin University. The schedule of the projection of DVD was the following:

Date: From 11:00 a.m. on July 14 (Friday) and 15 (Saturday)

Place: No.03 Meeting Room on Underground Floor of Wakagi Tower of Kokugakuin University

Way to the University: Ride a bus for Nisseki Iryo (Red Cross Medical) Center at No. 54 bus stop at the east exit of JR Shibuya Railway Station, and get off at the bus stop of Kokugakuin Daigaku Mae (in front of Kokugakuin University).



July 14 (Friday)

English Version
11:00 a.m. Kunimuke Festival

11:15 Iwashimizu Festival

11:30 Kamiari Festival at Izumo Taisha Shrine

11:45 Aoi Festival and Kamo Festival in Kyoto

12:00 Japan, Land of Shinto Festivals (30 minutes)

Chinese Version
13:30 p.m. Kunimuke Festival

13:40 Iwashimizu Festival

13:50 Kamiari Festival at Izumo Taisha Shrine

14:00 Aoi Festival and Kamo Festival in Kyoto

French Version
14:10 p.m. Aoi Festival and Kamo Festival in Kyoto

14:20 Iwashimizu Festival

14:30 Kamiari Festival at Izumo Taisha Shrine

14:40 Kunimuke Festival

Russian Version
14:50 p.m. Kunimuke Festival

15:00 Iwashimizu Festival

15:10 Kamiari Festival at Izumo Taisha Shrine

15:20 Aoi Festival and Kamo Festival in Kyoto

Spanish Version
15:30 p.m. Aoi Festival and Kamo Festival in Kyoto

15:40 Iwashimizu Festival

15:50 Kamiari Festival at Izumo Taisha Shrine

16:00 Kunimuke Festival



July 15 (Saturday)

English Version (all day)
11:00 a.m. Festival by Naked Parishioners at Mitsuke Tenjin Shrine

12:00 p.m. Aoi Festival and Kamo Festival in Kyoto

12:10 Iwashimizu Festival

13:30 Japan, Land of Shinto Festivals

14:10 Mountain Festival at Tenryu Village in Summer

14:40 Mountain Festival at Tenryu Village in Winter

15:40 Kamiari Festival at Izumo Taisha Shrine

15:50 Kunimuke Festival



@Japanese version of the DVD was projected at No.02 Meeting Room on the underground floor of Wakagi Tower of Kokugakuin University from 11:00 a.m. to 16:00 during the period from July 13 to July 17 in 2006, when pictures of a Shinto festival was exhibited at the lobby of the same floor. During the same period the old picture rolls was exhibited at the entrance lobby of Wakagi Tower.

Contact: 4-10-28 Higashi, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo

Public Relations Office, Kokugakuin University

E-mail: kouho@kokugakuin.ac.jp.

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