Period: May 1 – August 31, 2023 Archive Parent and Child Day 20th Anniversary Special Award Caohagan Quilt Rug & Photobook “Taisetsu na Mono” The Gift I didn’t see coming – by Tenjiku Tsutomo / age: 67 / Tokushima City, Tokushima Prefecture My Mother left me a gift I didn’t see coming. The year my mother turned 88, I celebrated my 60th birthday, At the time, you could see her dementia was getting worse and that she was getting weaker. “This will be my last year making sekihan” she said putting the fresh plate of Red Rice with Azuki beans in front of me. The steam coming up from it had a…
The online talk event commemorating “OYAKO Day 2023” will be held on Saturday, July 22nd. You can watch the live video on YouTube. We will announce it with more details soon.
Event and Application Period: May 15th – August 7th, 2022 Click here to view previous years’ essay content winners Oyako-Day Essay Contest: Grand Prix EPOS H3PRO Hybrid Wireless Closed Gaming Headset When I grow up, I want to be a PIG – by MISAWA Tomiko / age: 63 / Tokorozawa City, Saitama Prefecture “When I grow up, I want to be a pig” Sometimes I still remember that particular page in my collection of composition exercises. It was just near the end of elementary school. It was supposed to be “florist” but someone wrote in “pig”. Now who would do such a thing. If my mother saw it, I was…
Event period: May 15th to August 7th, 2022 Event location: Instagram and email recruitment Click here to view previous years’ photo content winners Oticon Mimitomo Prize EPOS GSP 602 Closed-type Gaming Headset Calligraphy for Parents and Children Nitta Hideo, Ota-ku, Tokyo I couldn’t write my calligraphy homework for the winter break very well, so I asked my mother, who is a skilled calligrapher, for help. I managed to write something that I could submit. I’m Still Going Strong! Matsuzaki Toshihisa, Tokorozawa City, Saitama Prefecture I’m just grateful to my reliable successor. この投稿をInstagramで見る 松崎俊久(@toshi.m354)がシェアした投稿 What Are They Watching? Ando Sayo, Hachioji City, Tokyo While I was making lunch, I saw my…
The online talk event commemorating “OYAKO Day 2022” was on Sunday July 24th. You can watch the archive video on YouTube (above). Please enjoy!
The online talk event commemorating “OYAKO Day 2021” was held with Misaki Kuroe as MC and five creators giving presentations on the theme of ~ Present to the Future ~. The speakers include manga artist Tetsuya Chiba, who created “Ashita no Joe” which is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. Kazuyoshi Nomachi, a documentary photographer who is highly acclaimed in Japan and overseas. Mr. Naotake Hibiya, a cross-sectoral connector working under the theme of connecting information and increasing the number of protagonists to change society, After traveling around the world 9 times as a staff of Peace Boat, Ai Onodera realized that the answer to global issues begins by working…
Period：2021/5/25 〜 7/26 Location：Instagram & Email Click here to view previous year’s photo contest winners OTICON Prize EPOS Audio H3 Hybrid Closed Acoustic Bluetooth Gaming Headset Photo at the sea Ayaka この投稿をInstagramで見る 𝙰𝚢𝚊𝚔𝚊(@_____amaryllis._)がシェアした投稿 It’s getting hot Satomi ARATANI この投稿をInstagramで見る 𝙰𝚢𝚊𝚔𝚊(@_____amaryllis._)がシェアした投稿 幸せな重み Yui さん この投稿をInstagramで見る 𝙰𝚢𝚊𝚔𝚊(@_____amaryllis._)がシェアした投稿 DAC NIKI Hills Prize Grape juice & NIKI natural crayon 満開のコスモス畑 戸田美香 さん MAINICHI Prize MOTTAINAI campaign goods Smiling Baby♡♡ Cotars この投稿をInstagramで見る 𝙰𝚢𝚊𝚔𝚊(@_____amaryllis._)がシェアした投稿 夏休み最後の家族時間 いのっち さん この投稿をInstagramで見る 𝙰𝚢𝚊𝚔𝚊(@_____amaryllis._)がシェアした投稿 Father’s Day Forever! …Thank you. asu ☺︎ この投稿をInstagramで見る 𝙰𝚢𝚊𝚔𝚊(@_____amaryllis._)がシェアした投稿 TSUBURAYA PRO Prize Ultraman Zero blu-ray BOX 窓を開けていると shihori さん この投稿をInstagramで見る 𝙰𝚢𝚊𝚔𝚊(@_____amaryllis._)がシェアした投稿 TSUTAYA Prize FUJICOLOR Shimauma Print Coupon Like three sisters out on the town: lookalikes! Matsuri Engine この投稿をInstagramで見る…
Period: May 25 – July 26, 2021 Archives Oyako Day Essay Contest Grand Prize EPOS GTW 270 Hybrid Sealed wireless earphones (with dongle) My Mom in Africa Tomoaki ANDŌ Age: 79 Toyonaka City, Osaka Prefecture “Mam? You think you’re going to call me Mam? Let’s try Mom for starters.” I’d been at my new post in East Africa for barely three months when the lady next door threw down this challenge. At the time, I was just 26 and still a bachelor. After three months of calling for Mam this and Mam that, I threw in the towel. The truth was that I’d been eating dinner with her family since the day…
Period:2020 May 25 〜 July 29 Location:Olympus Fotopus website Click here to view previous year’s photo contest winners GRAND Prize Mirrorless OM-D E-M10 Mark III Camera + M.ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 14-42mm F3.5-5.6 EZ Lens Best Ride chyappi Walking the dikes in our neighborhood one evening while hunting for bugs. My daughter’s in her favorite position for any stroll, riding piggyback on Papa’s shoulders. OLYMPUS Prize Tough TG-6 Compact Camera Evening Prayer ryu0615 Since the birth of my eldest son, we’ve been making a family portrait every year. This year, we were lucky again, getting a glorious sunset over the Sea of Japan as our background. We’ll be back here next…
Period：2020/5/25 〜 2020/7/27 Archives GRAND Prize Sennheiser MOMENTUM True Wireless Premium Earbuds “Thanks for Everything, Lies Included” KOMATSUZAKI Kaoru age: 28 Saitama Prefecture, Tokorozawa City “I’m going to buy a bento.” My Father’s words hovered in the ICU clean room where I had been isolated. I was nine, diagnosed with leukemia, and was always feeling sorry for my Father. My therapy was a cycle of recurrent pain. The worst was the bone marrow tests. They’d jam a fat needle into my back like it was busting through a wall. And each time I would howl, that’s when my Father would head out to pick up another box lunch. Left alone…
