Crypto Village News Letter #1 - 10/17

Oct 16, 2023

Welcome to our News Letter 10/17

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The news of the week:

Article by Forbes JAPAN
The Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications Award
Art Exhibition in NYC
The Conference with Embassy of France

1. Forbes JAPAN

Forbes JAPAN recently published an article on an interview with Crypto Village founder and co-chairman Atsushi Hayashi, who has been named one of the "Small Giants Innovators. The article covers all the journey of the Nishikigoi NFT project and the future of Local DAO. We would definitely love you to take a moment to read it.

Yamakoshi DAO Starting with 800 Population of Historical Village
How the NFT Art plays a role in the project

2. The 2023 Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications Award

We’re so thrilled to announce that the Nishikigoi NFT project and Yamakoshi DAO have been chosen to receive “the 2023 Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications Award”. We’re going to Toyama Prefecture on the 26th of this month for the ceremony of the awards at the "National Symposium on Depopulation Issues 2023 in Toyama.

The Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications Award 2023

3. NFT Art Exhibition in NFY

We had the amazing opportunity to be able to exhibit our Nishikigoi NFT artworks at the "TOKYO SOLID" event (hosted by NOX GALLERY and at Superchief Gallery) in New York this month on the 4th through the 7th. This is the first time for Nishikigoi NFT to show our arts outside of Japan. More than that, a parallel exhibition took place at NOX Gallery EBISU, Tokyo, on the same date as the one in New York.

“TOKYO SOLID”

4. French-Japanese Cultural Symposium

On October 3, Ms. Haruka Takeuchi, representative of Yamakoshi Residents' Meeting, was invited by the French Embassy to participate in the Japan-France Cultural Symposium at Sophia University. Some of our digital villagers were also there attending the event together.

“As I was on the stage, I realized that France, like Japan, shares the same feelings toward the regions and the local community. I learned a lot about the similarities in the sense of wanting to spread the word about the local products and the communities they are building, even though things itself are different.” (Haruka Takeuchi)

** YouTube video coming up later