Craft and Fly Kites

Hands-on Cultural Workshop Committee Program
Craft and Fly Kites

Date    :Saturday December the 3^rd，2022
Venue: Aoyama Public Elementary School
Instructor: FUKUOKA Masami
　　　　　Executive Director, Kite Museum
Participation Fee:500 yen
The number of participants:42 people

Contents：
　　　　　①History of Kite
　　　　　②Demonstration by the instructor
　　　　　③Drow pictures on Japanese paper
　　　　　④Glue the Japanese paper on the bamboo flame
　　　　　⑤Fly our own kites

Comment：
The 42 people participated in the Kite program. 　We made our own Ei-kites to fly by ourselves. It was heart-warm time for us to see the parents and children working together.  Mr. Fukuoka explained, “people write their boy’s name on the surface of kites to wish the boy could grow big to the sky” Then, some people wrote their son’s name on the kites. We enjoyed flying our kites, under the blue sky on the beautiful artificial green grass on the ground. Mr. Fukuoka teaches flying kite in many places in Japan, furthermore, he joins flying contests all over the world. 

Taking opportunities, we would like to show our appreciation to Mr. Fukuoka.

(Written by HIRAKATA Kazuyo, Director, and translated by KODAMA Tomoko, the PR & Internet Committee)