No Participation fee
Enrollment capacity: 50 persons
※Advance reservation required; reservations will be closed when enrollment capacity is reached.
How to reserve: Send an e-mail to yoyaku@teratotera.jp with the subject line “TERATOTERA Mitaka”.
In the e-mail, write the number of participants, your name, and your e-mail address.

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[Panelists]
Hiroshi Fuji (Deputy Director, Towada Art Center; Artist)
Born in Kagoshima in 1960. After completing the Master’s course in the Kyoto City University of Arts’ Graduate School of Arts, he taught at the National Arts School in Papua New Guinea and worked in a city planning office. He subsequently established the Hiroshi Fuji Design and Production Room. Fuji has created numerous projects around Japan which promote dialogue and community experimentation. These include “Carp Streamer Swimming in Kamo River,” “Marriage and Divorce Problem of Mr. Godzilla and Ms. Haniwa,” “Skinny Dogs Walking,” “So Long Frogs!,” “Vinyl Plastics Connection,” “Kaekko,” and “Image of Hachijuro Fujishima.” http://geco.jp

Hajime Matsumoto (secondhand store owner)
Born in Tokyo in 1974. Owner of the secondhand store Shiroto no Ran (“Amateur Revolt”) No. 5, he is also Vice Chairman of the Koenji Kita Nakadori Shoeikai. After founding the Association to Protect the Reek of Poverty of Students of Hosei University in 1996, he launched “stupid” revolts around Japan. In 2005, Matsumoto opened “Amateur Revolt” in Koenji with Hikaru Yamashita and others. Since then he has organized various “outrageous” demonstrations, including the “3-Person Demo,” “Give Me Back My Bike Demo,” “Give Us Free Rent Demo,” and “Stop the Nukes Demo!!!” Recently he has been strengthening exchanges with “really foolish spots” in other countries. His books include Binbo-nin no Gyakushu! – Tada de Ikiru Hoho (“The Poor Strike Back! How to Live for Free”), published by Chikumashobo.

Ichiro Tezuka (Representative, Video Information Center)
Born in Tochigi Prefecture in 1947. Graduated from International Christian University. In 1979 he opened a video player store in Kichijoji, and in ’81 he established the Video Information Center (VIC), also in Kichijoji. In ’98, he opened Harmonica Kitchen in Harmonica Yokocho (Alley), in front of Kichijoji Station. Tezuka currently runs 10 stores in Harmonica Yokocho, and in mid-July 2013 he plans to open HYM (Harmonica Alley Mitaka) at the North Exit of Mitaka Station.

Ongoing (General Incorporated Association)
Tel: 090-4737-4798
E-Mail：info@teratotera.jp

Organizers:
Tokyo Metropolitan Government
Tokyo Culture Creation Project Office (Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture)
Ongoing (General Incorporated Association)