Toyama Prefecture is known as the place where the most important eighth-century Japanese poet, Otomo no Yakamochi, composed many splendid poems. He compiled his poems and those of local people into Japan’s oldest surviving anthology of poetry, Manyoshu, which has been read for generations for around 1,300 years.
In 2017, on the commemoration of the 1,300th anniversary of the birth of Otomo no Yakamochi, Toyama Prefecture created the Yakamochi Medal, an international poetry award, to honor the achievements of outstanding poets around the world.
Toyama Prefecture is now accepting nominations for candidates for the 3rd Yakamochi Medal and will announce the winner next May. For more details, please follow the link below:
