2002

International Ceramics Festival Mino’02 , JAPAN

Outline of Exhibition

Period of Exhibition

October 12 (Sat) to November 4 (Mon), 2002 (24days)

Theme

International exchange of soil and flame -From You, From Now, From Here. -

Honorary President

Her Imperial Highness Princess Takamatsu

President

Governor of Gifu Prefecture Taku Kajiwara

Chairperson

Mayor of Tajimi City Masaya Nishidera

Venue

Ceramics Park MINO and other places

Related Organizations

Organizer

The International Ceramics Festival Mino, Japan'02 Executive Committee

Affiliated Organizations

Gifu Prefecture/Tajimi City/Mizunami City/Toki City/Kasahara Cho/Federation of Japan Pottery Manufacturers' co-operative Associations/Japan Pottery Wholesale Co-operative Unions/Japan Tile Industry Co-operative Association/Federation of Gifu Ceramic Industry/The Tajimi Chamber of Commerce and Industry/ The Mizunami Chamber of Commerce and Industry/ The Toki Chamber of Commerce and Industry/ Kasahara Chamber of Commerce and Industry/Gifu Pottery Industry Co-operative Association /Gifu Pottery Wholesale Co-operative Association Gifu Ceramic Glaze Processing Industry Co-operative Association/ Gifu Ceramic Glaze Design and Technology Protect Council/Gifu Tile Wholesale Co-operative Association/ Gifu Ceramics Material Association/Gifu Firebrick Industry Co-operative Association/Gifu Plaster Mold Manufacturers’ Co-operative Association/ Gifu Ceramics Design Council/ Gifu Ceramic Designers’ Association /Gifu Oil Wholesale Association Tajimi Branch/Gifu Trucking Association Tono Branch/ Mino Ceramic Art Association/Gifu Institute of Invention and Innovation Tajimi Branch/Tajimi Constructors’ Association/ /Junior Chamber International Tajimi/Junior Chamber International Mizunami/ Junior Chamber International Toki/Tajimi Mino Pottery Museum/Tajimi International Exchange Association

Joint Sponsorship

Nakatsugawa Ena Broader-based Local Government Clerical Work Union/Nakatsugawa City/Sakaue Cho/Kawakami Mura/Kashimo Mura/Tsukechi Cho/Fukuoka Cho/Hirukawa Mura/Iwamura Cho/Yamaoka Cho/Akechi Cho/Kushihara Mura/Kamiyahagi Cho

Supported by

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan/ Ministry of Economy Trade, and Industry/ Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transportation and Tourism/Agency for Cultural Affairs/ Japan Patent Office/The Small and Medium Enterprise Agency/ International Industrial Design Group Council/JETERO/ Nagoya Import Expo Memorial Foundation/ Organization for Small and Medium Enterprises/The Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry/Nagoya Chamber of Commerce and Industry/Central Japan Railway Company/ The Asahi Shimbun Company/The Mainichi Newspapers/The Chunichi Shimbun/The Yomiuri Shimbun/The Gifu Shimbun/The Mid-Japan Economist/Nikkei Inc/The Sankei Shimbun/ The Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun Ltd/Nihon Kogyou Keizai Shinbun Inc/ Jiji Press Ltd/ Kyodo News/NHK/Chubu Nippon Broadcasting Co., Ltd/ Tokai Television Broadcasting Ltd/Nagoya Broadcasting Network/Chukyo Television Broadcasting/ Gifu Broadcasting System, Inc /Aichi Television Broadcasting Co.,LTD

Sponsored by

Japan Association for the Promotion of Pottery Industry/Japan Pottery Inspection Association/Japan Institute of Design Promotion/ Japan Design Foundation/Japan Pottery Design And Technical Center /Japan Craft Design Association/ Japan Industrial Designers’ Association / Japan Interior Architects / Designer's Association/The Pottery Design Organization of Japan/ Japan Pottery Design and Technique Protection Council/Gifu Institute of Design Promotion /The National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology/ Gifu Prefectural Ceramics Research Institute/ Tajimi City Pottery Design And Technical Center/ Mizunami City Ceramic Industrial Technical Laboratory/Toki City Ceramic Laboratory Ceratechno Toki /Tono Seibu Broader-based Local Government Clerical Work Union/Ceramics Park MINO/JETRO/Commemorative Organization for the Japan World Exposition’70

Cooperated by

Gifu International Center/NIPPON EXPRESS/ Seino Transportation Co.,Ltd/Japan Airlines/ Nagoya Rail Road Co.,Ltd/ Tohnoh Tetsudou Co.,Ltd/maebata, Inc/ORIBE Co.,Ltd/Kanekoh Toki/Kanesho Toki Co. Ltd/Gyoguzan Gama/Daiichi Toki/Maruko Tohen/Minoyaki Square/Yamaka Toki/Usuzumi Onsen/Hashima Tourism Association/Yanaizu Chamber of Commerce and Industry/Yamato Cho Tourism Association/Takasu Mura Tourism Association/Meiho Mura Tourism Association/Yahiro, Inc/ Meitetsu World Travel Inc/Meitetsu Group

Subsidized by

The Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry/ The Kao Foundation for Arts and Science/Nagoya Import Expo Memorial Foundation/Gifu Prefectural Municipal Development/Toshin Cooperation Fund for Regional Promotion/ Tono Seibu Furusato Kasseika Kikin/Chubu Electric Power Co, Inc Tajimi Branch/Japan Agricultural Touto/ The Juroku Bank, Ltd/Tokai-Rokin Tajimi Branch/Tajimi Riverside Rotary Club/Tajimi Lions Club/West Tajimi Rotary Club/Tajimi Rotary Club/Mizunami Lions Club/Mizunami Kikyo Lions Club

Main Projects

  • The 6th International Ceramics Competition Mino, Japan
  • Symposium
  • People and Technic that Contributed to the Development of Minoyaki
  • Minoyaki Table Coordinate Festival
  • Original Souvenir Idea Contest
  • Mino Rakuichi Rakuza Free Market

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