Aomori Kyodokan Special Exhibit "Go with cats. Iwago Mitsuaki"

Aomori Kyodokan Special Exhibit: July 11^th, 2015 (Sat.) – August 23^rd, 2015 (Sun.)

“Go with cats. Iwago Mitsuaki Photography Exhibit”

Description:

Renowned world wildlife photographer Iwago Mitsuaki has photographed cats for over 40 years. "If you watch the movements of cats, they will seem like humans." On the roads that people walk, cats are there alongside them. Cats also appear in people's lifestyles and way of living. 
This exhibit features photographs taken by Iwago-san in recent years in various countries and including photographs of Aomori cats.


Hours:

9:00-18:00 Daily (last admission 17:30)

Aomori Kyodokan 青森県立郷土館
2-8-14 Honcho
Aomori, Aomori Prefecture 030-0802
Tel: 017-777-1585

Admission:

Adult: 800yen at door (600yen advance ticket)

Elementary to Senior High School Students: 300yen at door (200yen advance ticket)

Pair Tickets (advance ticket only): 1000yen

Advance sale tickets can be purchased through the following services/at the following locations:
- Lawson Tickets ローソンチケット (L-Code: 22688)
- Ticket Pia チケットぴあ (P-Code: 766-812)
- Aomori Kenmin Seikatsu Kyoudou Kumiai　青森県民生活協同組合
- Aomori Kyodokan　青森県立郷土館
- Aomori Sakurano Department Store さくら野百貨店青森店　
- Sun Road Aomori サンロード青森
- Too-Nippo Ryokou Center 東奥日報旅行センター
- Narita Shoten Shinmachi Branch 成田書店しんまち店
- Link Station Hall Aomori リンクステーションホール青森
- Kinokuniya Hirosaki Branch 紀伊国屋書店弘前店
- Hirosaki Sakurano Department Store さくら野百貨店弘前店
- ELM Information Center ELM インフォメーションセンター
 
More Information:
Aomori Kyodokan (Japanese): http://www.pref.aomori.lg.jp/bunka/culture/kyodokan.html

TooNippo (Japanese): https://www.toonippo.co.jp/oshirase/nekoaruki.html

Towada Kyodokan Exhibit Hakkoda Mountains Snow Marches

Towada Kyodokan (Culture Museum) Special Exhibit: April 25, 2015 (Sat.) - June 28, 2015 (Sun.)

Hakkoda Mountains Snow Marches Exhibit
(八甲田山雪中行軍展 Hakkoda-san secchuu kougun-ten)

Description:*
In 1902, Japanese Imperial Army 8th Divison 5th Infantry Regiment (stationed in Aomori) and 31st Infantry Regiment (stationed in Hirosaki) both undertook training marches in the snowy Hakkoda Mountains.

Whereas the march of the 5th Infantry Regiment became a disaster of an unprecedented scale,* the 31st Infantry Regiment managed to complete the training without a single victim. Their success was in part due to the support of the Towada guides.

This exhibit focuses on the 31st Infantry Regiment and their Towada guides. The exhibit also displays materials about the snow marches collected during that time by an author living in Yakeyama, Koshu Ogasawara, and also introduces local Towada snow marches.

(*It became known as the “Hakkoda Mountains Incident,” or “Hakkoda Mountains Death March”: 199 out of 210 men died when their unit got lost in a blizzard.)

*Rough translation from the description on the event flyer

Hours: 9:00-17:00 Tuesday-Sunday (closed Mondays)
Admission: FREE
Address:
Towada Kyodokan (Culture Museum) 十和田市郷土館
Nakatai-61-8 Okuse
Towada, Aomori Prefecture 034-0301
0176-72-2340


More Information:
Event Flyer (Japanese):
http://www.city.towada.lg.jp/docs/2015040700030/files/settyuukougunn_tirashi.pdf