Exhibition and event of the winning works of the Dam Association Photo Contest at Hiyoshi Dam!

The Japan Dam Association recently announced that it will hold the "Japan Dam Association11th Japan Dam Association Website Photo Contest "D-shot contestThe award-winning works were announced at the "Japan's First International Art Exhibition" and will be exhibited at the Hiyoshi Dam (1407-Hiyoshidamu) in Kyoto from April 20 to August 31, 2012.

The opening event will also be held on the first day of the event, including an award ceremony for the winners and a talk show by the contest's jury chairman, Yoshikazu Nishiyama, dam enthusiast Yajaku, and Grand Prize winner, Atsushi Shimizu.

The photo exhibition will be held at the Info Gallery inside the Hiyoshi Dam embankment, and the opening event will be held on the second floor of Springs Hiyoshi, located downstream from the embankment. Admission to both the exhibition and the opening event is free. We hope you will enjoy the award-winning works and the talk show while admiring the Hiyoshi Dam and taking a hot spring bath.

Exhibition of the 11th Photography Contest Winning Works

Date, time and place

Sunday, April 20 - Sunday, August 31, 2014
Hiyoshi Dam Info-Gallery (located inside the dike)

Exhibited Works

15 winning entries (1 Grand Prize, 5 Excellence Awards, 9 Honorable Mention Awards)
Printed in A2 size and framed

Opening Event

Opening event on the first day of the exhibition (April 20)
Location: Springs Hiyoshi 2F
Free admission, open to all

Time schedule for the first day
　　11:00 Exhibition Opening (Tsutsumi Interior, Info Gallery)
　　13:00 Opening event starts (Springs Hiyoshi 2F)
　　14:30 End of opening event

Contents of Opening Event (titles omitted)
　　1. awards ceremony (10 minutes)
　　　　Certificates from Yoshikazu Nishiyama, chairman of the jury, to the winners who are eligible to participate.
　　　　(In addition, Dr. Nishiyama's photo book "Beautiful Civil Engineering, Under Construction" was presented.)
　　2. talk about the photo contest (30 minutes)
　　　　Yoshikazu Nishiyama, Chairman of the Screening Committee, Night Sparrow
　　3. winning works were shot like this (20 minutes)
　　　　Atsushi Shimizu (Grand Prize winner)
　　4. Hiyoshi Dam is also doing its best (20 minutes).
　　　　Hiyoshi Dam Management Station

　　General chairman: Yozaku

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