Jan. 2015 No.83

LIVING GUIDE MORIOKA
MORIOKA INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ASSOCIATION
12-2 UCHIMARU, MORIOKA, IWATE 020-8530 ／ TEL 019-626-7524
E-mail info@mira-morioka.com / URL http://www.mira-morioka.com

Information about Winter Events in Morioka ～‘Morioka Snow Lights Festival 2015’ ～Cold Morioka Winter has arrived! Many people thinkthat it is too cold to go out, however, in Morioka, afestival of fantastic candle-lights called ‘Morioka Snow
Lights Festival’ is held on just such a cold winter night.

The concept of ‘Morioka Snow Lights Festival’‘Morioka Snow Lights Festival’, which will be held forthe 11th time this year, aims at making our town lively
and promoting interaction between citizens and tourists
with the assistance of citizen groups and volunteer
groups. This event was started in order to show the'warmth of the community' on a winter night in Morioka,
the coldest city in Honshu (the main island of Japan) byilluminating hand-made snow statues with 'snow candles'.

How to make a snow candle♪

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Stand an empty can tomake a hole for the candle
in the bottom of a bucket.

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Fill the bucket with snowand pack it down.

③

Turn the bucket upsidedown.

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That’s it ♪

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Light the candle.

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Put a candle inside of apaper cup and set it inthe center.

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Take out the empty canleft inside.

Pull the bucket off carefully,
so the snow does notcollapse.

Reference: Morioka Snow
Lights Festival Executive
Committe Website

☆☆☆Information about ‘Morioka Snow Lights Festival 2015’ ☆☆☆
【Date and time】February 12 (Thu.) ～14（Sat.）2015
17：00～20：00

For more details, please go to the following Morioka
Snow Lights Festival Executive Committee website.
■http://www.odette.or.jp/moriokayukiakari/【Venues】Main Venues ： Morioka Castle Ruins Park and Morioka Histry and Culture Museum
Sub Venues：Taki no Hiroba in Morioka Station, Moss, Plaza Odette, Iwate Prefecture
Public Hall, Morioka Machiya Story House, the area around the Morioka
Fureai Riding Hall（13th ～14th）, Hikagemon Snow Lights 2015，
Yukimi Café & Snow Lights (Higashi Odori), Kawatoku（Saien Dori）,
the precinct of Morioka Hachiman-gu Shrine（13th ～14th）【Art Contest】The best snow statue will be decided by your vote. （Voting day; Feb. 12th. ）【Stamp Rally】The Stamp Rally will be held at a total of 12 sites at the Main and other venues.
Participants will receive a present depending on the number of stamps collected.
【Events 】■Opening Event■Valentine Event

Lighting Ceremony. Preformance of Iwate

Gift of ‘Choppiri Choco’ (a little bit of chocolate)

Marugoto Omotenashi Tai.

from Iwate Marugoto Omotenashi Tai, etc.

Date and Time: February 12th (Thu.)

18：00～

Venue: Morioka History and Culture Museum

Date and Time: February 14 (Sat.) 18：00～
Venue: Morioka Castle Ruins Park

Would you like to light a message candle?

Theme; ‘Let’s show our thanks’Would you like to light your message candle inthe big snow lights in front of Morioka History
and Culture Museum? For someone close to you
or far away, candle light illuminates the feelingof gratitude you write on a paper cup, words thatperhaps you do not usually say it to the person
very often. Why don’t you show your thanks with warm candle light by coming here with theperson to whom you want to express your appriciation or send a picture of it to the person faraway from here?（Message candle sets are on sale at the venue: price ¥100）

Volunteer Supporters are wanted
We need volunteers who can support the ‘Morioka Snow Lights Festival 2015’. Volunteer staff
will carry out activities like making snow statues or snow candles, and be one of the staff
members at the venues to light the cadles etc.
【Term of Activity】February 10（Tue.）～15（Sun.）You can choose the time: afternoon/night/clearing up after the event.
【Briefing session】Date: February 4th (Wed.) / Time: 18:00~ /Place: Main Conference Room, 3F at Plaza Odette.
【For more information】Tourism Division, Morioka City Hall, ℡019-651-4111（Ext. 3726）