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| English Chat@5 July
2003 English Chat is an English conversation event held every two months. Anyone who is interested in practicing English can join us. Members enjoy chatting and playing games with native English speakers.  Making lamps by Kurafuto@5 July 2003 One of civic groups gKurafutoh specializes in making lamps using Washi, a type of Japanese paper. This paper is often used as material for repairing cultural assets and also for making clothes for trainee priests attending Omizutori at Todaiji temple in Nara Prefecture. This workshop is always very popular among citizens and visitors alike. People come from Tokyo, Sendai and even from as far away as the United Kingdom and Australia. The Sumaru residence is decorated with hand-made lamps on the night of the Shiroishi festival. This year about 400 people visited to see this fascinating spectacle.
A Farewell Party for JET Participants@15 July 2003 One of our projects is a cross-cultural exchange between our citizens and our international residents. This exchange takes place on a grass-roots level and shares the everyday life of ordinary citizens here in Shiroishi. International residents such as Jarrod, Jeff and Kat contributed to this exchange largely through their work as English instructors, especially at the gEigo de Hanasoh events. Thanks to them, our organization was able to generate a great deal of interest in cross-cultural exchange. In their honor, we held a farewell BBQ party for them. Over 60 people came to the BBQ to wish them well.
The Shiroishi Summer Festival@11 August 2003 Shiroishi T.M.O. also organized an event called gDagashi-yah. Dagashiya is similar to an informal flea market where citizens sell toys, cheap sweets, yo-yos, masks, etcc Children have a great time here drawing lots and playing. Even adults enjoy themselves as they experience a bit of a second childhood, too.
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