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Photos courtesy of NHK Educational Corp.
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It would be hard to imagine that any of the almost 290,000 visitors to the Tokyo International Great Quilt Festival 2004 left feeling disappointed. From January 23-31 the Tokyo Dome was filled with what the judges deemed an outstanding collection of traditional and contemporary quilts.
The Twinkling Star in Your Heart, 80" x 81", by Chiyoko Umeda of Tokyo, Japan (shown below), won second place in the traditional category. Fascinated...Europe, 70" x 81", by Tomoko Yoshitake of Kyoto, Japan (also shown below), won third place in the original design category. Takako Yamada of Nagano, Japan, won the friendship prize for Moon over Cactus, 63" x 65" (below).
As of this writing, dates have not been set for next year's show. For more information, contact the Secretariat of Japan Quilt Grand Prix for the Tokyo International Great Quilt Festival 2005, c/o NHK Educational Corp., 4th Fl., The 6th Kyodo Bldg., 9-2 Kamiyama-cho, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-0047, Japan; phone +81-3-3481-1770; email quilt@nhk-ed.co.jp.
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