Summary of how my photos of Tanagura Town have been used (As of March 2018)

I find it very important to reflect on the past like this because it changed my mind and made me believe that the paddy fields of Yashirogawa District is rather more popular than the Weeping Sakura tree of Hanazono.

As a Tanagura Supporters' Ambassador, Entry to the tanagura Town tourism photo contest is my essential objective every year so that I support local revitalization of Tanagura Town, Fukushima Prefecture. While I usually do not participate in any photo contests, thry are exceptional because they match my belief to influence and move people through photography on the context of local revitalization.

Following the two awards in 2015 won by the photos titled "When the sunshine through the foliage spread among the mist" and "This is why Yashiro rice is delicious!", I won the Evening Tanagura Newspaper Company prize by "Competing with the Lanterns" in 2017. Although I had recognized that the former two photos have been used in various places, what I did for them was only to share them on SNS when I recognized them.

I decided to summarize how my photos have been used because this process is very important in reflecting on how I have contributed to Tanagura Town as a Tanagura Supporters' Ambassador. It must be a hard work, but a scheduled termination of the term as the ambassador at the end of this month made me go forward. Please enjoy the photos.

1.Contributed to kura-cafe magazine named “Soramin” Vol.5 (September 16, 2015)

→The related blog post is here.

2.Adopted to the left edge of drop curtain of trip marche (May 14, 2016)

The screenshot was quoted from this Facebook post.

3.Contributed to kura-cafe magazine “Soramin” Vol.7 (December 1, 2016)

4.Adopted on the official website of Fukushima Prefecture as an introduction of the Weeping Sakura tree of Hanazono (March 21, 2017)

→The related blog post is here.

5.Introduced on the Facebook page “Let’s start from Fukushima.” (March 21, 2017)

→The related blog post is here.

6.Adopted as a POP of rice scooping game at trip marche (May 22, 2017)

This photo was quoted from this Facebook post.

The original post is captured here.

7.Adopted on the leaflet of Furusato Kamechan Pack (June 1, 2017)

→The related blog post is here.

8.Used to appeal Tanagura Town’s “Furusato Tax” (tax payment to favorite town) (June 4, 2017)

The screenshot was quoted from this Facebook post.

9.Adopted on the surface of Tanagura Town immigration Guide (November 24, 2017)

The screenshot was quoted from this Facebook post.

10.Adopted to the gift catalog of “Furusato Tax” (tax payment to favorite town) (January 23, 2018)

Although it is hard to recognize, the photo of the blue sky on the center of the photo is the catalog.

The photo was quoted from this Facebook post.

The original post is captured here.

11.Contributed to the cooking class of local foods with aunties from Tanagura Town (February 7, 2018)

I contributed some of my photos of Tanagura Town to the cooking class of hosted by Fukuwarai LLC, of which the former manager of kura-cafe, Mrs Nakamura, plays a role as a representative. There were 8 photos appearing, 5 of which were from my album. (The top center, middle right, and all of the bottom are mine.)

The cooking class itself appeared very successful through the Facebook post of Fukuwarai LLC.

12.Adopted on the back of leaflet for Nihonbashi Fukushima Mall Midette (Februrary 9, 2018)

This photo was adopted from this Facebook post.

The original post is captured here.

13.Used in the Shinshirakawa Station Museum (February 26, 2018)

→The related blog post is here.

And my review

While the photo of the Weeping Sakura tree of Hanazono appears a lot, the photo of the paddy fields of Yashirogawa District appears much more thanks to the collaboration with Yashiro Rice and Furusato Tax, I noticed.

I reckon that there must be few photos which have been used on media more often than these two because there are 10-20 photos winning awards every year. Although I wonder how they can use "Competing with the lanters" winning the Evening Tanagura Newspaper Company Award because this photo represents a very rare situation, I wisht that they can in any case.