Culture Category

There are two subcategories in the Culture Category:

* Please also refer to the Culture Category FAQ.

<Design> Eco Design and Eco Communication

Products that have won the favor of many people and are wide spread in society are found to have functionally superior designs and/or visually appealing designs. Such elements are also essential in the field of green business.

Moreover, designing communication, which helps convey information and the value of products to consumers through easy-to-understand forms, is also indispensable to the promotion of green business. This category intends to award highly environment-conscious, outstanding designs and communication approaches, so that they help bridge consumers (citizens) and businesses and spread the concept of green business throughout the society.

šEco Design and Eco Communication Entry Information

Eligibility
Open to product and graphic designers
Entry Method
Submission of the entry form (provided) and design works
Screening Method
Preliminary screening:
Examination of entry forms and design works
Secondary screening:
Final selection by a panel of renowned designers and other judges
Contest Judges
Hideki Ishida
(Professor of Strategic Environmental Management and Sustainable Technology Solutions at the Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Tohoku University)
Takeo Kikuchi
(Creative Director)
Kazufumi Nagai
(Art Director/ President of HAKUHODO DESIGN Inc.)
Miyako Maekita
(Representative of Sustena)
Fumikazu Masuda
(Professor, Department of Design, Tokyo Zokei University)
Prizes and Prize Money
[Eco Design]
Grand Prize(1,000,000 yen) (1)
Runner-Up Prizes(500,000 yen)(2)
Enterprise Prize(s)(300,000 yen)
[Eco Communication]
Grand Prize(1,000,000 yen) (1)
Runner-Up Prizes(500,000 yen)(2)
Enterprise Prize(s)(300,000 yen)
Awards
Certificates of commendation and certificate frames

<Art> Eco Art and Eco Music

Through arts, such as graphic arts, plastic arts, and music, we hope to see a sense of eco-esthetics embrace every aspect of our lives. Culture creates the values of a society. Japanese culture of cherishing, enjoying, and artistically appreciating nature has been fostered in close contact with the environment. It is hoped that eco-art representing the environment and art in todayfs society will become Japanfs new culture.

šEco Art Entry Information

šEco Music Entry Information

Eco Art

Eligibility
Open to all artists
Entry Method
Submission of the entry form (provided) and art works
Screening Method
Preliminary screening:
Examination of entry forms and art works
Secondary screening:
Final selection by a panel of renowned artists and other judges
Contest Judges
Katsuhiko Hibino
(Artist)
Hiroaki Takeuchi
(Executive Producer/ Director of THINK Corporation)
Hide Nakaya
(NHK Commentator/ Navigator of BS2 Digital Stadium)
Hiroshi Fuji
(Artist)
Hozu Yamamoto
(Director,Tokyo Gallery)
Prizes and Prize Money
Grand Prize(1,000,000 yen)(1)
Runner-Up Prizes(500,000 yen)(2)
Enterprise Prize(s)(300,000 yen)
Commendation
Certificates of commendation and certificate frames

Eco Music

Eligibility
Open to all musicians
Entry Method
Submission of the entry form (provided) and musical works
Screening Method
Preliminary screening:
Examination of entry forms and musical works
Secondary screening:
Final selection by a panel of musicians and other judges
Contest Judges
Yoshiharu Abe
(Musician/ Producer)
Tatsuhiko Kawasaki
(Executive Producer of NHK ENTERPRISES, INC.)
Takashi Kokubo
(Environmental-music designer)
Hiroaki Tsukamoto
(Representative of team HAKUHODO RECORDS)
Shinya Nakajima
(Senior Managing Director of Tohokushinsha Film Corporation/ Commercial Director)
Hajime Mizoguchi
(Cellist/Composer)
Organization Judges
MTV Japan Inc.
Prizes and Prize Money
Grand Prize(1,000,000 yen)(1)
Runner-Up Prizes(500,000 yen)(2)
Enterprise Prize(s)(300,000 yen)
  - team HAKUHODO RECORDS Prize
Commendation
Certificates of commendation and certificate frames

Winner of "eco japan cup 2007" to Debut!

to CHIKYU RECORDS

The song that has won the "eco japan cup 2007" "Eco Music" Award is now available in CD!
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