The main theme is “Japan Rising Towards the Future” . This event is the given-mission of this project
and will be held at Champ-de-mars Park at the foot of Eiﬀel Tower on August 30th and 31st with thespecial support of the city of Paris, where we will appeal to the wonder of Tohoku. There will beballoons and dominos to symbolize the tsunami and recovery from it, storytelling by students whoexperienced the disaster, and 100 panels surrounding the main stage to tell stories about studentsʼ
past, present and future. There will also be booths by Fukushima Prefecture, Miyagi Prefecture andIwate Prefecture, and by enterprise-partners.
On September 2nd we will hold a ceremony to plant cherry trees in the courtyard of the OECD
Headquarters, and an international conference by both students and adults. The theme is “My School,
Our Future and Schooling for 2030”■Festival：August 30th and 31st, 2014
11:00≫19:00

Champ-de-Mars Park, Paris■Ceremony to Plant Cherry Trees,
Discussion for both Students and Adults:
September 2nd, 2014

CONTENTS■The main venue of the event❶ Big balloons to represent the tsunami height and thestudentsʼ courage(Iwaki city, Fukushima prefecture)❷ Domino toppling (Iwaki city, Fukushima prefecture)❸ 100 Stories❹ Display of lanterns of sponsors❺ Exhibition of Tenbata kites (Kesennuma city, Miyagi prefecture)❻ Exhibition of ﬂags with calligraphy (Nihonmatsu city, Fukushima prefecture)■Main Stage❶ Opening Ceremony❷ Introduction of Tohoku, the Great East Japan Earthquake, andOECD Tohoku School❸ Introduction of participating teams and attractions❹ Theme song performance❺ Shishi-Odori, the traditional deer dance performance (Togura,Miyagi prefecture)❻ ”Sanma de samba”, the ﬂash mob dance (Onagawa, Miyagiprefecture)❼ ”Storytelling” by students (Iwaki city, Fukushima prefectureand others)❽ Programs of Fukushima, Miyagi, and Iwate prefectures❾ Programs of Sponsors and others❿ Message to the world■Organizerʼs Booth❶Information❷Introduction of Japan■Student Regional Booth❶ Stamp Rally❷ Exhibition of photos and videos❸ Introduction of specialty products in the Tohoku regions❹ Introduction of fruit jelly that was produced and plannedby students（Date city, Fukushima prefecture）❺ Introduction to the festival in the Tohoku region（Soma city,Fukushima prefecture）❻ Experiment of renewable energy and radioactivity problem（Nihonmatsu city, Fukushima prefecture）❼ Tenbata kites（Kesennuma city, Miyagi prefecture）❽ Display of “Our Hometown Onagawa”（Onagawa, Miyagiprefecture）❾ Local mascot characters❿ Performance of "Japanese Calligraphy"⓫ Introducing how to play with traditional Japanese toys andintroduction to Japanese culture⓬ Booth of friendship by empowerment partners of Paris■Partner Booth❶Introduction of tourism and specialty products of thedisaster-aﬀected provinces❷Press Photos of the Great East Japan Earthquake❸Introduction of enterprise support❹Guide to studying in Japanese universities

August30th and 31st,
2014
Champ-de-Mars Park,Paris
The Rebeirth of Tohoku-WA image
Boothes（upper）
balloons（lower）

General Project Manager

Hiroki Miura(Vice president of Fukushima Univ.)

Secretariat Oﬃce Takayuki Nanashima
Zip-code 960-1296 1 Kanayagawa Fukushima City, Japan
Tel: ＋8124-503-3803
Email: info@oecd-tohoku-school.com
OECD Senior policy Analyst Miho Taguma(OECD Paris Headquarters)
2, rue André Pascal - 75775 Paris Cedex 16
Tel: +33 1 45 24 92 65
Email: miho.taguma@oecd.org

http://www.oecd-tohoku-school.com