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We had the honor of having the Mayor of Kesennuma City, Shigeru Sugawara (@goahead_shigeru), and the President of the Kesennuma Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Akihiko Sugawara, at our final demo day.
In total, 80 people joined us.

Hiro (@7pastelblackcat) from MynaWallet (@MynaWallet) and Mameta (@mameta_zk), who runs JPYC EC, shared their solutions working with other municipalities and local communities.

This year, 9 builders from 4 different countries gathered. San-chan and Kure-chan (@duodomusica) also performed. ♪🎤✨

🏆 Mayor's Award: Citizen Sentiment
🏆 Hackatsuon Award: Hoya Botto & Galaxsi
🏆 Citizen's Award: Kesenmemento

We're excited to see how submitted projects further impact the local community!

Shoutout to all builders, Ron (@RonTuretzky), Pablo (@africanbuilder_), Annica (@OnigiriCh4n), Denjin (@DenjinK), Hemang (@corotvoid), Sailesh (@thescoho), Justin (@justindico), Eric (@sprpstn), Kit (@kitblake), Jay (@jmatsushiba), and Hibiki and Shoya from Nextware Ltd., and local devs and all supporters who took part in any shape or form.

We appreciate FORUM8 (@FORUM8JP) and Nextware Ltd. for sponsoring us for two consecutive years.

Also, thank you to @yuna_tiro and the team at @tiro_ai_jp for partnering with us and enhancing the translation capability. 🫡✨

In addition to physical papers, Kahoku Shimpo covered Hackatsuon 2027 in its online outlet!

段ボール折るロボット、サメの食害減らす機器…　宮城・気仙沼の課題　最新技術で解決へ　国内外のエンジニアが成果発表会　 | 河北新報オンライン
("A robot that folds cardboard boxes, a device to curb shark damage — engineers from Japan and abroad present high-tech fixes for the challenges facing Kesennuma, Miyagi")
kahoku.news/articles/JY6YD…

昨日はリハーサルの1日〜✨@duodomusica のクレちゃんとサンちゃんもついに気仙沼入りです〜🇦🇷🇯🇵

開発者たちも本番を前にラストスパート!!

臼福本店（@info_usufuku）の臼井社長も最後の1日まで、何度も開発者の元へ足を運んでくださいました!!（期間中マグロの差し入れも〜）

産業界をはじめとする地元の全面サポートにより、北かつ組合や北かつ商事株式会社（@hokkatsumaguro）、株式会社ハチヨウ・BTB（@BTBkesennuma）工場見学、マグロ漁船の元漁労長、村田漁業株式会社など数々の協力によるヒアリングが実現。

地域の課題に向き合った2週間...その成果が今日発表されます。

On our final Demo Day, we will have @duodomusica coming all the way to Kesennuma.

We can’t wait to have you two soon! 🎶🎤✨

They are cooking while coding. Hosting the locals w Italian food🧑‍🍳🇮🇹