Cheer for Noto from Hakui! Basketball Festival Held! Local High Schoolers and Top University Teams Collaborate!

Inter-Art Committees Co., Ltd. held the "Cheer for Noto from Hakui! Basketball Festival" for three days from Wednesday, March 25th to Friday, March 27th, 2026, in Hakui City, Ishikawa Prefecture.

This event is a cross-generational sports festival centered around exchange matches between top university basketball teams invited from other prefectures and local high school students. It also includes a basketball clinic for local elementary and junior high school students.

Kyōrin University Basketball Club

The spark was a simple question between two former basketball players: "What can we do?"

Minagawa, President and Representative Director of Inter-Art Committees Co., Ltd.

This project began with a reunion between Minagawa, President and Representative Director of Inter-Art Committees Co., Ltd., and Mr. Kaneda, who was a rival in junior high school basketball and is now the basketball coach at Kyōrin University.

Following the Noto Peninsula Earthquake, as they looked upon the drastically changed landscape, the two discussed, "What can we do now?" Ishikawa Prefecture is a region where basketball is traditionally popular. The pure desire of these two individuals, believing that "the power of sports can bring vitality back to the town and make children smile," sowed the seed for this festival.

What we saw because our Hakui base was affected

The "Chirihama Nagisa Driving School," operated by the IAC Group, which Inter-Art Committees Co., Ltd. is a central part of, is based in Hakui City. Although the school building and facilities were damaged by the earthquake, the instructors themselves worked on restoration and reopened for business earlier than anyone else to protect the lives of the local community members.

Repair work is currently underway.