To Adam Sutherland

How do you do?
I'm a reporter on a Japanese local newspaper,Tokamashi branch office of NIIGATA-NIPPO.

The other day,I interviewed Kimio Yamazaki in Toge Tokamachi.
Yamazaki explained me his experiences in Grizedale, and that's very interesting for me.
so I want to report it for my newspaper.

I'm going to write about GrizedaleArts and you too.
So,I have a questions.

Q1,Could you tell me your date of birth?
Q2,How do you want to be mixed up with people in Toge Tokamachi?

I'm happy if you will answer my questions.

(My English is so poor. I'm sorry.)

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Dear Ishii-san

Thank you for your mail and for your interest in this project

Firstly my date of birth is 18/12/1958

Regarding involvement with the village of Toge
We are interested in the situation in Toge and rural Japan. There is a point now where the villages are making descions about the future, to farm or to make tourism or maybe other possibilities. In our area we have already made the descion to do tourism and now we are finding the problems with this approach. We wanted to explore with Toge some other possibilities and we wanted to introduce a cross over of cultures and ideas. Many times in the past this cross over has produced the crucial results that make for fruitful change.
We hope to work again with Toge in our or thier future projects, this year we will be making a new TV station and we will show and discuss ideas from Toge, next year we will make a many culture resturant for an art biennale and I hope Toge will take part in that project in some way.

Lastly be sure to promote the website address for the Toge shop - the best rice in the world!

www.sevensamurai.jp/shop_en/index.htm

Any further questions be confident to ask, your English is very good

Adam Sutherland

Posted by Adam Sutherland on 15/05/07 at 12:12 : 0 Comments