Mie Prefecture is looking for companies and organizations to participate in the “Mie Prefecture Food Provision System” (commonly known as “Mie-ru”)

「三重県食品提供システム」(通称「みえ~る」)の参加企業・団体を募集します

2021/08/06 Friday Announcements, Culture and Leisure

Mie Prefecture has developed the “Mie Prefecture Food Provision System” (Mie-ken Shokuhin Teikyo System – 三重県食品提供システム), also known as “Mieru” (みえ~る), for food supply and easy communication between companies and food bank organizations.

The goal is to help people in need through food bank activities and reduce food waste. The prefecture is looking for companies and organizations to participate as suppliers and recipients of the food products.

Food bank activities refers to the non-profit activities by providing food that would otherwise be discarded to people in need.

1 – What is Mieru

  1. Sharing information about food supply (entering food data by suppliers, viewing and selecting recipients)
  2. Establishing the connection (matching)
  3. Mutual contact about receiving forms and other information
  4. Sharing the food distribution situation (insertion by recipients, checking by suppliers)

2 – Como se inscrever

  1. Application Method
    Application requests will be made through Mieru’s homepage (https://www.miefood.jp/). After Mie government approves, it will be possible to use the service (available via computers, tablets and smartphones).
  2. Who can apply
  • Supplier

Food companies and organizations (food production companies, retail stores, wholesale stores), disaster food stock ownership organizations and companies.

  • Recipients

Food bank organizations, children’s canteens, social welfare associations, etc. (organizations that provide food to people in need in Mie).

  • Individuals will not be accepted to be suppliers or recipients.

3 – Contact (in Japanese only)

Mie-ken Kankyo Seikatsu-bu Haikibutsu Taisakukyoku Haikibutsu Recycling-ka Recycling Suishin-han

〒514-8570 Tsu-shi Komei-cho 13

TEL: 059-224-2385

FAX: 059-222-8136

E-mail: haikik@pref.mie.lg.jp

Discover Mie’s history and art! We will present 3 exhibitions for you to visit and enjoy this summer!

2021/08/06 Friday Announcements, Culture and Leisure

三重県の歴史やアートに触れてみませんか? 夏休みに楽しめる3つの展示を紹介します。
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When leaving your house, please take the necessary preventive measures against Covid-19.

  1. Exhibition “Restored costumes and ceremonial space for princesses ~Experience the luxurious and brilliant world of the dynasties~” (Saigen! Hime-gimi no Kukan ~Ouchou no Hanayagi to Kagayaki no Sekai he~ – 再現!姫君の空間~王朝の華やぎと輝きの世界へ)
  • Place
    Saiku Rekishi Hakubutsukan Special Exhibition Room (斎宮歴史博物館) – Mie-ken Taki-gun Meiwa-cho Takegawa 503)
  • Period
    July 10 (Saturday) to September 5 (Sunday) 2021

9:30 am to 5:00 pm (admission allowed until 4:30 pm)

Closed days: every Monday except August 9th and August 10th

  • Contents

See costumes and spaces where women lived during the Heian era, including an example of the uchide (打出)* of a princess, restored and reproduced based on painted scrolls and stories of the time.

* Uchide (打出) is the practice of showing part of the hem and sleeves of a princess’s ornate clothes from under their blinds.

For more details, go to: https://www.bunka.pref.mie.lg.jp/saiku/)

  • Contact
    Mie-ken Saiku Rekishi Hakubutsukan
    Tel: 0596-52-3800 (in Japanese only)
  1. Exhibition planned for the special exhibition hall: “Uranaka Koichi Picture Book Original Painting – The beginning of excitement” (Uranaka Kouichi Ehon Genga-tem Wakuwaku no Hajimari – 浦中こういち絵本原画展 わくわくのはじまり)
  • Place

Mie Kenritsu Kumano Kodo Center Special Exhibition Room (三重県立熊野古道センター) – Mie-ken Owase-shi Mukai 12-4)

  • Period

June 26 (Saturday) to September 12 (Sunday) 2021, from 10am to 5pm

  • Entrance fee
    Free
  • Contents

Exhibition of films, paper plate theaters and drawings by children’s story writer and illustrator Uranaka Kouichi, a native of Odai in Mie.  Discover the world of Uranaka’s art, inspired by interactions with children.

Mie Kenritsu Kumano Kodo Center

Tel: 0597-25-2666 (in Japanese only)

  1. Exhibition by Miquel Barceló, the Spanish genius who enchants the world
  • Place
    Mie Kenritsu Bijutsukan (三重県立美術館) – Mie-ken Tsu-shi Odai-cho 11)
  • Period
    August 14 (Saturday) to October 24 (Sunday) 2021

9:30 am to 5:00 pm (admission allowed until 4:30 pm)

Closed days: every Monday except September 20th and September 21st (Tuesday)

  • Entrance fee
    Adults: ¥1.000 – Students: ¥800 – Students below high school level: Free
  • Contents

The first retrospective exhibition held in Japan of the dynamic and imaginative works by Miquel Barceló, who was inspired by nature. More than 90 pieces of art, including paintings, sculptures, and ceramics will be exhibited from his early days to the present, showcasing the full range of the artist.

For more details, go to: https://www.bunka.pref.mie.lg.jp/art-museum/)

  • Contact

Mie Kenritsu Bijutsukan
Tel: 059-227-2100 (in Japanese only)

When leaving your house, please take the necessary preventive measures against Covid-19