素粒子実験施設・国際リニアコライダー（ＩＬＣ）の誘致計画を広くＰＲしようと、市ＩＬＣ推進室はＪＲ水沢駅と水沢江刺駅に飾られている南部風鈴の一部に「ＩＬＣかるた」を記した短冊を取り付けた。
　ＩＬＣかるたは、茨城県つくば市の高エネルギー加速器研究機構（ＫＥＫ）が発刊する広報紙「ＩＬＣ通信」の紙上で、読み札部分を一般公募。「わっ！と驚く実験結果」「衝突で宇宙の起源解き明かす」「お茶のみで素粒子話題のじじとばば」など、ユニークな作品が並ぶ。
　ＫＥＫに作品使用の許可を得た同推進室は、短冊を５００枚用意。既に取り付けていた風鈴短冊の一部を交換した。同推進室の朝日田倫明室長は「両駅の風鈴は夏の風物詩。特にも県外の観光客やビジネス客の目に留まるので、そこに着目した」と話す。
　８月３１日まで飾り付けられ、乗降客らの耳と目を楽しませる。

写真＝ＩＬＣかるた短冊を取り付ける市職員（水沢江刺駅）

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"Nanbu Tekki Iron Bells for ILC PR"

To build awareness of the ILC project, Oshu ILC Promotion Division attached strips of paper with ILC “karuta” messages on them to some of the Nanbu tekki iron bells decorating JR Mizusawa station and Mizusawa-Esashi station.
(Translator`s note: See this Wikipedia article for a detailed explanation of the “karuta” card came https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karuta )

KEK`s newsletter “ILC Tsushin” opened up the verse side (Yomifuda) of the ILC karuta cards to submissions from the public. The winners were unique verses like “Experiment Results Make you Go Whoa!” “Collisions Shed Light on the Beginning of the Universe” and “An Old Man and Lady Talking Elementary Particles at Teatime.”

The division got permission to adapt KEK`s ILC karuta created 500 paper strips, and replaced these with some of the Nanbu tekki bells` strips. Director Asahida of Oshu ILC Promotion Division commented that “The bells at both stations are a summer tradition. Especially those here on business or for sightseeing from outside the prefecture look at the bells, which caught my attention.”

The bells will stay up to delight the eyes and ears of passengers until August 31st.

Phot = Staff of Oshu city to attach the ILC Karuta strip.(Mizusawa Esashi Station)

*Translation by Oshu city ILC Promotion Division . .