“With You / Beyond”
FUKUROSHO North-district Fukuro Elementary School Class 1 & 2
With our thoughts in mind, we deliver to the children of Nepal and Jordan.“With You / Beyond”
FUKUROSHO North-district Fukuro Elementary School Class 1 & 2
With our thoughts in mind, we deliver to the children of Nepal and Jordan.
Japanese elementary schoolers interacted with the children of Nepal and Jordan, and experienced the connection with the world around them.
In a class held over the span of a year, with the theme “To eradicate “Unrelated” within this world”, as a culmination, we delivered their own words and melody as music, to those in a foreign nation.
– LABEL – Vol.2 –
“With You”Music Video
“Beyond”Music Video
We, at WORLD FESTIVAL, conducted a special class during the integrated learning period of Tokyo’s North-district Fukuro Elementary school, to a total of 70 six-graders. With the full-year theme of “To eradicate the “Indifference” in this world”, through interactions and creating with children overseas involving visuals and music, it was a class that played an active role in bringing the importance of connecting with one another. Nepal and Jordan were chosen as the interaction and creative partners.
In the first half, with the theme “My hometown”, we conducted a project where the students created a visual art piece where they conveyed the beauty and attractions of the town they lived in. They presented this to their families, the school, and when interacting internationally.
In the latter half, they connected with children of the same generation around the world and interacted. There, they conducted a delivery of music that carried their thoughts and feelings, their
message, and what they imagined throughout the class. The produced music was then, through WORLD FESTIVAL LABEL, was distributed and put on sale with the various stories and experiences these children
encountered.
What is “creating together”? How can we overcome country, culture, and generational borders? What does it mean “To eradicate the “Indifference” in this world”? Through the classes, the children thought, imagined, and experienced various aspects, and these pure and innocent emotions and messages were realized in a melody and lyrics. Through applying the foundations made by the children, WORLD FESTIVAL and external creators collaborated, to deliver a finished product. With a sales plan directed to around the world, we created, by ourselves and with the world, an opportunity to connect on an equal level with people of various nations. The children joined in on shooting the visuals, designing the cover of the CD, sales, promotional ideas etc., of various fields. With this pure and innocent song directed at the world, we hope it will tear down invisible walls, and encourage and give hope to those who suffer in societal issues, disputes, and discrimination across borders and cultures.
We hope this song will reach out to as many people as possible, and that it will fight against the struggles and troubles they face in their individual lives and softly embrace them. If the song could give them a soft and gentle push in the right direction, there is nothing more we could hope for. And through these such projects, we hope that all recognize the beauty and potential of the world around us, and connect with one another.
“With You / Beyond”
FUKUROSHO North-district Fukuro Elementary School Class 1 & 2
With our thoughts in mind, we deliver to the children of Nepal and Jordan.
Price: 450 JPY (tax included)
Producer: Yuki Kondo (WORLD FESTIVAL) / Toru Yamashita
Director: Yuki Kondo (WORLD FESTIVAL)
A. Director: Shunsuke Noguchi (WORLD FESTIVAL)
Staff: Yurika Nakazawa, Yudai Sasaki (WORLD FESTIVAL)
Songwriting workshop: Yuki Kondo, Shunsuke Noguchi (WORLD FESTIVAL) / Toshiki Anazawa
Nepali Food Cooking Workshop: Misato Okaneya (Cookpad Inc.)
Exchange Program (Jordan): Kenta Takahashi (Former Jordanian Resident)
Exchange Program (Nepal): Shunya Awamura (Former Nepalese Resident)
Special Thanks:
– North-district of Tokyo Fukuro Elementary school
– All Parents of FUKUROSHO Member
– Ein Jalout Secondary School (10th Grade) مدرسة عين جالوت الثانوية الشاملة (Jordan – Exchange Destination School / Amman, Jordan)
– Queen Rania School (7th Grade) مدرسة الملكة رانيا العبدالله الثانوية الشاملة للبنات (Jordan – Exchange Destination School / Amman Jordan)
– Shree Kailash Secondary School(Nepal Exchange Destination School / Doba, Myagdi, Nepal)
Producer & Director: Yuki Kondo (WORLD FESTIVAL)
Music Arranged by: Kenri Kubo (TERRA Studio / DARESHIA) / Yuki Kondo, Shunsuke Noguchi (WORLD FESTIVAL) /
Sound Mixed by & Mastering: Daisuke Abe (Sony PCL Studio)
Cooperation: Ryo Katayama, Mikiro Hayashi (DARESHIA)
“With You”
Lyrics, Musc, and Title by: FUKUROSHO / Yuki Kondo, Shunsuke Noguchi (WORLD FESTIVAL)
Lyrics translated to Arabics by: Kenta Takahashi
Lyrics translated to Nepali by: Shunya Awamura
“Beyond”
Music Composed by: FUKUROSHO / Toshiki Anazawa / Yuki Kondo, Shunsuke Noguchi (WORLD FESTIVAL)
Lyrics & Title by: FUKUROSHO / Yuki Kondo, Shunsuke Noguchi (WORLD FESTIVAL)
Lyrics translated to Arabics by: Kenta Takahashi
Lyrics translated to Nepali by: Shunya Awamura
Producer & Director: Yuki Kondo (WORLD FESTIVAL)
Performed by: FUKUROSHO / Toru Yamashita / Toshiki Anazawa / Misato Okaneya (Cookpad Inc.) / Jordan Exchange Destination School / Nepal Exchange Destination School / WORLD FESTIVAL
Camera by: Yuki Kondo, Yurika Nakazawa (WORLD FESTIVAL)
Cooperation on Filming: FUKUROSHO
Edited by: Yuki Kondo (WORLD FESTIVAL)
Producer & Director: Yuki Kondo (WORLD FESTIVAL)
A.Director: Shunsuke Noguchi (WORLD FESTIVAL)
Designer: Nancy Kubota
Drawings & Handwritings: FUKUROSHO
FUKUROSHO
North-district Fukuro Elementary School Class 1 & 2
Tokyo, Japan
We, at WORLD FESTIVAL, conducted a special class during the integrated learning period of Tokyo’s North-district Fukuro Elementary school, to a total of 70 six-graders. With the full-year theme of “To eradicate the “Indifference” in this world”, through interactions and creating with children overseas involving visuals and music, it was a class that played an active role in bringing the importance of connecting with one another. Nepal and Jordan were chosen as the interaction and creative partners, and upon interaction, the thoughts and feelings, messages were conveyed into a melody and lyrics of their own and delivered to the children of another country. This was the intent all along.
In the first half, with the theme “My hometown”, we conducted a project where the students created a visual art piece where they conveyed the beauty and attractions of the town they lived in. They presented this to their families, the school, and when interacting internationally.
In the latter half, they connected with children of the same generation around the world and interacted. There, they conducted a delivery of music that carried their thoughts and feelings, their
message, and what they imagined throughout the class. The produced music was then, through WORLD FESTIVAL LABEL, was distributed and put on sale with the various stories and experiences these children
encountered.
“Together we create, to the world”
What is “creating together”? How can we overcome country, culture, andgenerational borders? What does it mean “To eradicate the “Indifference” in this world”? Through the classes, the children thought, imagined, and experienced various aspects, and these pure and innocent emotions and messages were realized in a melody and lyrics. Through applying the foundations made by the children, WORLD FESTIVAL and external creators collaborated, to deliver a finished product. With a sales plan directed to around the world, we created, by ourselves and with the world, an opportunity to connect on an equal level with people of various nations. The children actively joined in on shooting the visuals, designing the cover of the CD, sales, promotional ideas etc., of various fields.
Founding of the country | 1921 | Major Cities | Amman(4 million people) / Zarqa(1.36 million people) |
Official Name | Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan(Known as Jordan) | Major Languages | Arabic and other English |
Area | 89,000㎢(0.25 times that of Japan) | People | Arab etc. |
Population | 9.95 million people(World Bank) | Religion | Islam etc. |
Capital | Amman(4 million people) | Currency | 1 Jordanian dinar(JOD)= 149.62 JPY / 1 dollar = 0.71 Jordanian dinar |
Political system | Constitutional (hereditary) monarchy | Industrial distribution | Manufacturing industry, Transportation / Communications industry, Financial industry |
Founding of the country | 1768 | Major Cities | Kathmandu(1 million people) / Pokhara(426,000 people) |
Official Name | Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal(Known as Nepal) | Major Languages | Nepali(Official language) etc. |
Area | 148,000㎢(0.39 times that of Japan) | People | Parbate Hindu, Magars etc. |
Population | 28.7 million people(Asian Development Bank) | Religion | Hinduism, Buddhism etc. |
Capital | Kathmandu(1 million people) | Currency | 1 Nepalese rupee(Rs)= 0.90 JPY / 1 dollar = 116.81 Nepalese rupee |
Political system | Federal Democratic Republic | Industrial distribution | Agriculture and forestry, Trade / Wholesale business, Transportation / Communication industry |
Place | in the Kanto region of Japan | ||
Area | 2,194㎢ | ||
Population | 9.27 million people |