{"id":2496,"date":"2020-09-10T20:19:12","date_gmt":"2020-09-10T11:19:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wmdf.org\/?page_id=2496"},"modified":"2026-07-28T23:25:46","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T14:25:46","slug":"wmdf-to-date","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wmdf.org\/en\/wmdf-to-date.html","title":{"rendered":"WMDF To Date"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1422\" src=\"https:\/\/wmdf.org\/wpms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WMDF-To-Date-2025-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6386\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wmdf.org\/wpms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WMDF-To-Date-2025-1-1.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/wmdf.org\/wpms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WMDF-To-Date-2025-1-1-1440x1067.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/wmdf.org\/wpms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WMDF-To-Date-2025-1-1-768x569.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wmdf.org\/wpms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WMDF-To-Date-2025-1-1-1536x1138.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/wmdf.org\/wpms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WMDF-To-Date-2025-1-1-624x462.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p> &nbsp;   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<b><span style=\"font-size: X-large;\">In brief:<\/span><\/b>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"beigeparagraph_3 alignright\" style=\"width: 250px; border-radius: 15px; padding: 15px; padding-bottom: 1px; align: right\" ;\"=\"\"><b><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">100 Project<\/span><\/b>\n<p>Can you help us colour the whole map of the world? We are always looking for collaborators. We aim to add at least five new countries each year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\" style=\"width: 650px;\"><li>Theme: The \u201cLong Now\u201d Concerts.<\/li><li>Catch copy: Every August. For 30,000 People. Worlds Meet in Japan.<\/li><li>Successful annually from 2008, including\n<ul>\n<li> full event in year of Tohoku earthquake,<\/li>\n<li> &#8220;Moat&#8217;s Art&#8221; physical distancing event in year of Covid-19.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<li>Jointly staged Mogu Mogu Festival (world goods and gourmet) from 2011.<\/li><li>Jointly staged Waku Waku Festival (physical activity) from 2014.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Our 2026 \u201c100 Project\u201d countries\/regions highlighted in blue!\u00a0<br>(Costa Rica, Sabah, Corsica)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"amchart1\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 400px;\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p> &nbsp;   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"beigeparagraph_3 alignright\" style=\"width: 250px; border-radius: 15px; padding: 15px; padding-bottom: 1px; align: right\" ;\"=\"\">\n<p>How good is your geography? Can you name all the coloured countries in the map? Mouse-over to see country names. The map is fully zoomable. Take a moment to explore the \u201cBig Here\u201d of the world.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>WMDF and other activities of \u201cWorlds Meet Japan\u201d grew out of local and national concerts staged by founding members 2003 and in 2006. Many of the key organisers have worked the festival every year since the start.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The map on this page shows how much of the world we have met in Hakodate. Counting \u201ccountries &amp; regions\u201d has fuzzy borders\u2026 Included in our running 100Project total:\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Niue (island country)&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Niue\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Niue<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Republic of Buryatia (Russia)&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Buryatia\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Buryatia<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Chuvash Republic (Russia)&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chuvashia\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chuvashia<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Basque Country (autonomous community),&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Basque_Country_(autonomous_community)\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Basque_Country_(autonomous_community)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hawaii,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hawaii\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hawaii<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tibet (autonomous region)  <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tibet_Autonomous_Region\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tibet_Autonomous_Region<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Corsica (territorial collectivity of France) <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Corsica\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Corsica<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sabah (state of Malaysia) <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sabah?utm_source=chatgpt.com\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sabah<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; In brief: How good is your geography? Can you name all the coloured countries in the map? Mouse-over to see country names. The map is fully zoomable. Take a moment to explore the \u201cBig Here\u201d of the world. WMDF and other activities of \u201cWorlds Meet Japan\u201d grew out of local and national concerts staged by founding members 2003 and in 2006. Many of the key organisers have worked the festival every year since the start. The map on this page shows how much of the world we have met in Hakodate. Counting \u201ccountries &amp; regions\u201d has fuzzy borders\u2026 Included in our running 100Project total:\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/full-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2496","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wmdf.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2496","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wmdf.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wmdf.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wmdf.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wmdf.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2496"}],"version-history":[{"count":72,"href":"https:\/\/wmdf.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2496\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7013,"href":"https:\/\/wmdf.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2496\/revisions\/7013"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wmdf.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}