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IWATE Press Tour (Kuzumaki, a Town for Clean Energy)

Foreign Press Center Japan


October 17-18, 2008【IWATE Press Tour (Kuzumaki, a Town for Clean Energy)】

～Big challenges and issues of small towns: Co-existence with nature beyond time and space, nurtured by the earth and people in Iwate～

Kuzumaki-machi is located at latitude 40 degrees north in the northern part of Kitagami Sanchi in Iwate Prefecture. It is surrounded by 1000m-class mountains. The town is well known as the No.1 dairy producer in Tohokuwith a population of about 8,000.

■Mr. Shigeo Suzuki, Mayor of Kuzumaki-machi

Our town Kuzumaki is known for Milk, Wine, and Clean energy.
We aim to become a town providing food and energy security as well as environment preservation.
We will work hard on the most critical global issues in the 21st century, such as food, environment, and energy.

■Kamisodegawa-kogen Wind Power Station
-- Mr. Kenji Sase, Director of Green Power Kuzumaki --
■Solar Power Generation System at Kuzumaki Junior High School
--Mr. Haruyuki Yoshizawa, Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Energy Division, Kuzumaki-machi--
--Members of Kuzumaki Junior High School Football Club--
■Livestock Excreta Biogas System in Kuzumaki Highland Ranch