12/13 (Sat) "Dog and Cat Love Festival ~Christmas~"

🎪 Saturday, December 13th: "Dog and Cat Love Festival ~Christmas~⭐" (Market: 10:00-15:00 / Performance Stage: 12:30-14:00) Location: Big Roof Takizawa Small Hall, Community Square, and Active Room (1-15 Shimoukai, Takizawa City, Iwate Prefecture, Free parking for approximately 400 cars)

This is an event to support animal protection activities, aiming to build a community that helps each other through a market event held in Iwate.

♥On the day, staff from the NPO animal welfare organization Anifa @anifa.iwate (formerly Animal First) will be conducting awareness-raising activities such as recruiting foster parents, calling for donations and raising funds, holding a charity bazaar, and showcasing before and after photos of rescued dogs and cats⭐ (※A portion of the event proceeds will also be donated)

🎪Give a gift to the rescued animals! We're looking for "Christmas Gift Donations." We're currently accepting donations of supplies needed for rescue activities, such as pet food, cat litter, and pet toilet sheets. ⭐ Why not give the rescued animals a wonderful Christmas gift together? Those who donate 500 yen or more will also receive a wonderful prize!❣️

🎪A huge gathering of popular shops! Enjoy a variety of shops, including specialty food, sweets, and drinks made with healthy ingredients, one-of-a-kind handmade items such as accessories, bags, hats, and pouches, and more. Enjoy workshops for adults and children, various crafting experiences, portraits of family and pets, massages, chiropractic, and relaxation to relieve the fatigue of the year, beauty salon experiences, nail treatments, and exciting fortune-telling experiences! Enjoy a leisurely stroll around the shops, chatting with the shop owners one by one. ♥

⭐Details of the exhibitors will be posted on Instagram, so please follow and check it out! Account: @dclovefes

🎪 Christmas-only "City Music Performance Stage by the City's Music Friends" will feature 9 wonderful musical instruments as Christmas gifts (flute, viola, soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, cello, Irish harp, Tsugaru shamisen, and digital piano). Come enjoy the sounds of wonderful music as you close out the year!⭐

🎪 We will be holding a balloon art sale featuring works created by students from the Iwate Prefectural University Balloon Art Club ♥ You'll have to wait until the day to see what kind of works they create! (Profits from the sale will be donated to AniFa)

🎪 We will also be creating a fun photo spot with large Christmas balloon art made by members of the balloon art club⭐ Wear a disguise headband provided and enjoy taking photos freely with your family and friends❣️

🎪 If you spot a tall Santa at the venue and say hello, he might even ask you to take a photo with him!

🎪Limited to 30 people, you can fill a bag with all the sweets you want for just 200 yen⭐

⭐Please come and join us with your family and friends for this special winter Christmas event!