国内外で開かれたイベントの完成度を競う「第1回JACEイベントアワード」の表彰式が15日、東京・市ケ谷で開かれ、田舎館村の田んぼアートが最高賞の「日本イベント大賞」を受賞した。田んぼアートは「イベントプロフェッショナル賞」、「地域クリエイティブ賞」も射止め、トリプル受賞に。式に出席した鈴木孝雄村長は「感無量。今後も一生懸命続けて、世界の人たちに見てもらえるアートにしたい」と喜びを語った。
The commendation ceremony of "the first JACE event Award" that competed for the completeness of the open event at home and abroad was Tokyo, Ichigaya on 15th and was opened, and rice field art of Inakadatemura won "the Japan event grand prix" of the blue ribbon. As for the rice field art, "event professional Prize" shoots "the local creative prize" dead; for triple receiving a prize. Mayor Takao Suzuki who attended at an expression talked about joy saying "I want to do it for art to have I was overwhelmed with emotion and would continue it hard in future, and world people see it".