News from August 17 to 23, 1998<

August 23 (Sun.) Rich cherries this year (the highest 30.9C / the lowest 16.3C / weather - fine)

We had very rich cherries, 3rd record in the history because the spring came early this year. It was fine in the season of blooming and harvest.

<Ranking of quantity>

1. Higashine City / 4,190 tons
   
2. Tendo City / 2,590 tons
   
3. Sagae City / 2,470 tons
   

August 22 (Sat.) Display of pressed flowers (the highest 24.2C / the lowest 16.8C / weather - cloudy)

Members of the club "Fushigi na Hana", they had a display at city library.
They make works about pressed flowers. They will display by August 23 (Sun.) and we can make pressed flowers from 10:00.

August 21 (Fri.) For another Shogi town (the highest 29.5C / the lowest 19.7C / weather - fine)

Young "ambassador" came to Tendo City from Tamana City, Kumamoto Prefecture. Tamana City has a plan to be another Shogi town "Tendo in east Japan, Tamana in west Japan". They went to the city office and stayed at the "Tendo Kougen" (heights). Next day they made shogi pieces by themselves and went to the "Yamadera", very famous point of view.

August 20 (Thu.) National meeting of data technology (the highest 30.4C / the lowest 21.9C / weather - cloudy)

There is a national meeting of data technology for teachers of technical high school at the Tendo Hotel in the Tendo spa. As the delegate of Yamagata Prefecture, they displayed the Japanese Mikoshi with intelligent high techinology at Sagae technical high school.

August 19 (Wed.) Exhibition of the sweets (the highest 25.1C / the lowest 20.7C / weather - cloudy)

From April 24 (Fri.) to May 17 (Sun.), there was the 23th national exhibiton of the sweets in Iwate Prefecture. The craftsmen in Tendo City joined that exhibition and got many prizes.

• "Beni Kaze Machi" at Bon Murayama,
  
• "Oushouyaki" at Hashimoto
  
• "Oushou no Yado Monaka" at Ouchi Kashiho
  
• "Tezukuri Karintou" at Yoshikawaya
  
• "Momiji no Koeda" at Osakaya
  
• "Kisetuhudoka" at Umenoya
  
• "Aji Ichiban Muchi Daiko" at Kashi no Hayashi
  
• "Pumpkin & Almond" at Goto Kashiho
  
• "Gallet la France" at Amanden Yougashi Ten
  
• "Koma Kuri" at Asanuma Kashiten
  
• "Maccha to Ogura no Madlaine" at Takeda Kasiten
  
• "Oyaume Koume" at Bonjour Yougashiten
  
• "Jyouman" at Koshikakean
  
• "Shogi Homare Katayaki Senbei" at Miyomatsu Miura Dangoya
  

You can get more infomation ...
Tourism Promotion Association in Tendo
TEL +81-23-653-1680)

August 18 (Tue.) Mr.HABU won the 4th period (the highest 28.2C / the lowest 21.3C / weather - cloudy)

They had the 39th professional Shogi (Japanese chess) title match "Oui" on August 17 and 18 in Sasebo City, Nagasaki Prefecture. Mr.Yoshiharu HABU played with Mr.Yasumitsu SATOH with Meijin grade. At this period Mr.HABU won by 73th turn. They have a next period on August 27 in Tokushima City, Tokushima Prefecture.

August 17 (Mon.) (the highest 25.0C / the lowest 20.6C / weather - cloudy)

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