The Nihongo Art Contest Organizing Committee (NACOC) and The Japan Foundation,

Toronto announce to you that the “Nihongo Art Contest 2004 Touring Exhibition” is now

available on loan for free to educational institutions that offer Japanese-language courses

in Ontario. Please read the following instructions if you wish to apply for aloan. A loan will

be available for up to one month at a time, and it is expected that the school will give

feedback from their classroom on the exhibit. For　more　information　and　application　forms,

please　visit　our　website　at　www.japanfoundationcanada.org

or Hiragana (Japanese alphabet) in illustrations. This year Ontario Japanese-language students submitted 135

drawings by the June 30th deadline. Starting in November 2004, the works will be displayed on rotation in The

Japan Foundation, Toronto Library. The main purpose of the Touring Exhibition is to introduce Nihongo Art to

students and schools that are located in more remote areas far from Toronto.

language course in Ontario. The exhibit material consists of 135 letter size works and is available

only for the educational purpose of Japanese language teaching. A loan will be available for up to one

month at a time, and the touring exhibition materials must be returned without delay to The Japan Foundation,

Toronto address. Repeated loans may be available with a renewed application. Due to the copyright issues, this

resource will not be available for sale.

copyright laws. No reproduction (including copying), distribution (including transmitting on the internet),

public performance (including broadcasting), public display or modification (including secondary use) of the

work will be permitted.

Institutions interested in borrowing the touring exhibition will be asked to submit an application.

Please send the application either by mail or by fax to the following address:

The Japan Foundation Toronto

131 Bloor Street West, Suite 213

Toronto, ON M5S 1R1

Attn: Ms. Noriko Saito

TEL: 416-966-1600 ext. 224

FAX: 416-966-9773

E-mail: nsaito@jftor.org

Web site: http://www.japanfoundationcanada.org/

The Touring Exhibition will be loaned out with a monitoring questionnaire included.

The purpose of this questionnaire is to get feedback from the audience. Schools

will be expected to complete the questionnaire and return it to The Japan Foundation,

Toronto address.

For enquiries please contact Ms. Noriko Saito at The Japan Foundation, Toronto by e-mail at nsaito@jftor.org .