Tatsuno City Cultural Foundation

Tatsuno is a town of about 74,000 on the Ibo River in western Hyogo prefecture, known in Japan as the birthplace of the poet Miki Rofu, who wrote the words of the children's song Akatombo. The town's main auditorium takes its name from that song — Akatombo Culture Hall — and shares a building with the smaller Aqua Hall. The foundation programmes those halls, bringing touring orchestras to a town with no resident ensemble.