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Jinenjo Club forms a community including members with intellectual disabilities and works on ecological farming, while engaging in exchange activities with people with intellectual disabilities in North Europe and Asian countries. They started activities in 1990, and in 1996 their first overseas performance was held at “The International Drama Festival for the Intellectual Disabilities” in Lithuania. The project “Different Artists in Residence” started in 2004 by inviting artists with disabilities from overseas. The club has performed their original “Dengaku Mai” (based on a Japanese traditional dance) at drama festivals in some European countries and Hong Kong. In Japan, they performed the Dengaku Mai at “BEAT ASIA” in “Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial 2009.” Their performances enrich their cross-cultural activities.  
* Jinenjo Club is the fourth organization to be awarded with the prize in Ibaraki, first in four years.

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Hamamatsu City has one of the largest populations of foreign residents in Japan; over 30,000 residents, consisting almost 4% of total population. Hamamatsu NPO Network Center (N-Pocket) started their Multicultural Society Project in 1998 with the aim of becoming an intermediary among a variety of organizations and people, with three core fields of activity: education, medical aid, and art. To encourage exchange and mutual understanding among people, N-Pocket uses an approach of “community art,” such as organizing a street performance festival, drawing big mural paintings, and producing films. The arts can deliver the essence of issues in enjoyable and emotional ways. Young participants who shared experiences in these activities can communicate and express themselves through the arts beyond the languages.
*Hamamatsu NPO Network Center is the first organization from Shizuoka to be awarded with the prize.

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Green Valley Inc has been striving to find ways for depopulated regions to survive by revitalizing the regions with arts and culture with global perspectives. They are engaged in a variety of activities including the Kamiyama Artist in Residence (KAIR) Program to invite artists from overseas, support for mid-and long-term visitors, Aioi Forestry Management project, and restoration of Theater Yorii-za. They coined the term “creative depopulation,” regarding the decrease of population as a positive opportunity to encourage migration of people with skills and experiences that can benefit the local community. The motto of Green Valley is “Just Do It!” They find ways to put good ideas into practice immediately instead of making excuses. This “just-do-it” attitude is their asset in cross-cultural activities.

*NPO Green Valley is the first organization from Tokushima to be awarded with the prize.