Passing a Beautiful Environment on to the Future！

～Thanks so much for attending and participating!～

On August 16, the 19th annual Ayumi Festival was held in Ayumizaki Park (Saka, Kasumigaura City) which carried the theme of “Passing a Beautiful Environment on to the Future,” beckoning out 38,000 lively festival goers.

Center Stage

Opening by Ayumi Taiko	Ayumi Festival opening ceremony	The “lucky balls” tossed out after the opening ceremony
Participants trying to round up the lucky balls (in front of the center stage)	Karate demonstration (Ashihara Kaikan ? Ibaraki branch)	Wind instrument ensemble (Minami Middle School)
Rock, Paper, Scissors Tournament (Trade and Commerce Association Young Men’s Club, high school student group)	Popular gathering for the children ～Let’s Go! Anpanman Show～	Anpanman and his friends at the meet-and-greet event
Dance (Trade and Commerce Women’s Association ? Fukubukai)	New project ? Ayumi Festival Challenge Raffle	Taiko drumming (special appearance ? Tsukudon)
Hyottoko (Nishinarui Enbibayashi Preservation Association)	Masaki Narazaki performing in the folk song show	iromi Kumagai ? folk song show

Open Air Event Space

Free handouts of fresh shrimp, tsukudani, niboshi and other delectables (Fishermen’s Organization ? Marine Products Union)	Tourism ambassador of Kasumigaura helping out with the free distribution of the tasty seafood　products	Wooden Building Raising Ceremony (Workers Union)
Eel Catching (Fishermen’s Organization Young Men’s Group ? Builders Association)	The many attendees at the raising ceremony where 10,000 mochi were made.	All of the kids love this dog ? Tenken-kun!

Participating Shops and Organizations

Event Space on the Lake

Dragon Boat Race opening ceremony ? the pledge of the athletes	Roaring cheers from the shore as the various teams strive for victory (elementary school group)	Joyous athletes returning to dry land after the race (open participation group)
5 cloth sailboats all sailing together

Fireworks

Old fashioned umbrella banto (Nishinarui Enbibayashi Preservation Society)

Mt. Tsukuba turns into Niagara Falls

Fireworks launching over the lake

The scene at the event space (day and night on the shore of Lake Kasumigaura)

Many attendees took part in another new project ? clean-up time!	Great cooperation in cleaning up after the fun.

Ayumi Festival Supporters

(titles omitted, no particular order)

Fireworks

Kasumigaura City Construction Association, Yamazaki Fireworks MFG Ltd., Taiyo Enterprise, Yamashichi, Dewaya, Kaizuka Chuzaburo Shoten, Kasumigaura Construction Management Union, Tsuchiura and Kasumigaura Region Association Corp., Onuma Marine Products, Shimada Kogyo Interior, Yoshiyama Industries, Yazaki Industrial, Koyama Group, Shoken Manufacturing, Hisamatsu Construction, Hayashi Industrial Construction, Yazaki Equipment, Nagasaki Industrial, Ichimura Facility Industries, Shoei Industrial, Matsuba Corp., Tatsumi Kogyo Realtors, Idenuma Construction, Takano Manufacturing, Kayo Construction, Tsuchiya Housing Construction, Ohashi Construction, Naoi Construction Lumber Importers, Meiken Corporation, Okubo Construction, Iida Kogyo, Automobile Service Promotion Association ? Kasumigaura Branch, Fuji OGM Golf Club, Kasumigaura Dejima Golf Club, Senwa Corporation, Doboku Lumber Industries, Hagiwara Construction Co., Suzuki Ringyo, Nishikawa Construction & Electric, Ohashi Construction, Yoseue Construction, Nakayama Building Mfg., Kakuta Iron and Steel Mfg., Ozawa Construction, Southern Ibaraki Prefecture Lumber and Landscaping Co-op, Matsuzawa Construction, Yoshito Construction, Wisteria Construction, Koushinsangyo Co., Ltd.

Others

Kasumigaura City Construction Association, Kasumigaura City Trade and Commerce Association, Kasumigaura City Fisheries Industry Associative Union, Tsuchiura Agricultures Union, Kasumigaura Northern Bay Marine Products Co-op ? Kasumigaura Branch, Furusato Dejima no Kai, K & Y International, Hitachi Construction Machinery Co. Ltd., Maruka Corporation, Onda Corporation, Dewaya, Kasumigaura Cloth Sailboat Festival Board of Directors, Saka Farm, City of Kasama, Chiyoda Fruit Tree Tourist Association, Leisure Farm Association, Mitsutomo Health Management Center, Ishihara Ishimura, Toho Sokken, Kimatsuka Electric Construction Specialists, Fujioka Building Materials, Mito DMS, Winglet Academy, Daito Toranomon Planning, Yoshida Industrial Plant, Nakazawa Engineering, M Planning Ibaraki Work, Kasama Saiseki, Jyansou Jyanjyaku Mah-jong, General Engineering

As chairman of the Ayumi Festival Planning Committee, I strive to bring myself closer to the citizens by working hard to create a festival packed full of exciting content, the kind of summer festival that will help us to proudly represent this wonderful city of Kasumigaura.? Please feel free to send along to us your opinions and wishes regarding the future of the Ayumi Festival.

Ｅ-mail　kankouka@city.kasumigaura.ibaraki.jp