North State School Year 6 students' artwork highlighting the connections between Toowoomba and our Japanese Sister City of Takatsuki will feature prominently in an annual arts fair in Japan in November.
Toowoomba Region Mayor Geoff McDonald today (August 31, 2023) inspected the 2.5 metre by 3.5 metre canvas, pictured, which will be entered in the Takatsuki Art Festival. The festival is honouring Takatsuki's 80th anniversary of its declaration as a city.
Mayor McDonald said the North State School entry used the theme of 'connections' by depicting eucalypt leaves and a cherry blossom tree, which are joined by one of the bridges from Toowoomba's Japanese Garden (Ju Raku En - enjoy peace and longevity in a public place).
The canvas also contains the Japanese symbol for 80 and the Milky Way constellation with 80 stars reaching between the two countries. Australian and Japanese animals are featured, in addition to Japan's Mt Fuji.
"North State School's Year 6 students have neatly combined images that are symbolic of our two countries," Mayor McDonald said.
