This summer, the Sasaki Foundation held the third annual Summer Exploratory Experience in Design (SEED) program, a six-week paid internship for students from Greater Boston high schools that is structured holistically around introducing young students to the world of design. The program is an intensive deep dive into collaborative project work, with Sasaki designers leading workshops and lessons with students each week. Due to COVID-19, the program took place virtually, incorporating a few in-person site visits.
August 10, 2020
The Sasaki Foundation kicked off its annual Summer Exploratory Experience in Design (SEED) program in partnership with American Student Assistance earlier this month. SEED is a six-week paid internship structured holistically around introducing young high school students to the world of design. Through the program, we hope to collectively build a culture of equity in the design field by showing young students alternative career paths to industries they may never have known existed or were available to them.
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June 10, 2020
Over the last eight months, we have been conducting our inaugural Design Mentorship Program in partnership with American Student Assistance (ASA). Students from Watertown Middle School have been meeting with mentors from Sasaki (both in person and, as of late due to the pandemic, virtually), who have been opening students’ eyes and minds to the world of design through hands-on activities, virtual reality, software programs, and more. Middle school students have been envisioning and designing what their ideal learning environment would look like through their own creativity and through a design lens.
April 22, 2020
The fight for a clean environment continues with urgency, as climate change becomes more and more apparent. For the Sasaki Foundation, we recognize this urgency and celebrate the concept of this movement, today on Earth Day’s 50th anniversary and every day, through our research initiatives, community engagement events and youth programs.
April 13, 2020
The coronavirus pandemic has completely upended our way of life. It has created a multitude of immediate needs—PPE, ventilators, hospital space. It has put pressure on our systems and essential services—medical providers, grocery stores, delivery services. And it has highlighted inequities in access to essential services, technology, and open space.
March 12, 2020
In light of and in response to the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak as well as increased action by both the public and private sectors, we want to share with you the steps the Sasaki Foundation is taking to protect the health of our attendees and employees.
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Our interns worked with a total of six clients in comparison to two last year. SEED 1, the introductory tier to design, worked with the City of Everett and the Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Development Corporation (JPNDC) while SEED 2, our returning alumni, worked with the Boston Food Forest Coalition. This year we also created a new level of the internship called SEED 3 for past SEED and DESI alumni entering university in the fall. SEED 3 interns worked with Design Grants alumni. The program also expanded in our number of partnerships, which increased significantly, and for the first time we welcomed project advisors from firms outside Sasaki.
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SEED 1 teams Ren, Delilah, and Clover took on the challenge of designing the JPNDC’s outdoor space to make it inviting to the surrounding community and to support the activities of the small businesses houses within The Brewery.
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SEED 1 teams Lavender, Marigold, and Venus Fly Trap were tasked with creating design concepts that would make Seven Acre Park welcoming and engaging to the community, dog-friendly, and climate resilient.
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Prior to the interns taking on the project, BFFC led a community design process for 301 Norfolk Street, which included co-creating a vision for the space and building a stewardship team for its ongoing care. The organization had already received funding to start breaking ground this year. Due to limited resources, BFFC was not able to provide the community with renderings and detailed images of what the space would look like as a food forest; they were only able to create a 2D layout.
Throughout the internship’s six weeks, SEED 2 teams took the layout the community had designed with BFFC and created a program and vision of what the 301 Norfolk site would look like as a food forest and community space. The teams also designed concepts for the 84 Mascot Street site to create continuity between the two spaces.
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We paired each student with one of our Design Grants alumni to provide a more rigorous experience and prepare them for their first year of university. We also matched each SEED 3 intern with a leader from Sasaki to mentor them through the design process. Leading them through their experience was their teaching assistant, Sushil Darjee, who provided support as they learned how to draw, use the design software, and manage their project.
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Melissa Teng, a 2022 Design Grant team member, is currently at DS4SI, an artistic research and development outfit for the improvement of civil society and everyday life. In partnership with communities, artists, and practitioners, DS4SI works to imagine, demonstrate, and collectively rebuild places to be more just and vibrant. DS4SI created the first Public Kitchen prototypes in 2011 and 2012 in Uphams Corner in Dorchester. Since then, Public Kitchens have popped up around the world.
Sophia’s mentor was Sasaki CEO James Miner. Through her project, she attended the public kitchen to engage with the community and assessed how their space could be more efficient. She also created a prototype toolkit to model implementation in other communities, and created renderings of what other kitchen modules could look like in DS4SI’s space.
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EarlyEducatorSpace 2.0 is a 2023 Design Grants project from the BHA in collaboration with the City of Boston, Northeastern University, and Sasaki. The team has led a community engagement and design process at a public housing development in South Boston that is home to multiple family child care providers and more than 200 children under 13. The BHA is interested in exploring climate resilient design solutions for the collection of outdoor courtyards, to make them sustainable and support intergenerational use. Through the initial community design process they were able to collect ideas for different elements and activities that residents would like to see in one courtyard at the site.
Arham was mentored by Sasaki associate principal Meredith McCarthy. His project created a comprehensive concept design for courtyards and open space at the West Broadway development that reflected resident and staff priorities for usability and maintenance. His work built on the existing community design process at West Broadway.
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Movement Training and Cultural Center is a 2023 Design Grants project from the Ayni Institute. The Ayni Institute is an organization rooted in the working class, immigrant, BIPOC communities and Indigenous wisdom. To support their work, the Ayni Institute committed to jointly buy a building with Neighbors United for a Better East Boston (NUBE). Ayni Institute is looking to design a space that embraces their organizational themes of reciprocity and justice, engagement between mother nature and hardships, and support for people in movements.
Through the Design Grants, Ayni Institute explored how their new building can be designed for their needs while taking into consideration the constraints of a three-story building with existing walls, floors, and accessibility issues. They are working to design a space that supports movement building and also allows Ayni Institute to support their organizational needs.
Maryam was mentored by Sasaki associate principal Rishi Nandi. Her project created a conference area for meetings, coworking space, room to commune over meals, and hidden storage. Maryam also created renderings of what it would look like to expand into the backyard area.
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As a part of the internship, senior teaching assistant Alexis Mazzatta created workshops that introduced students to the basics of SketchUp, Adobe Illustrator, and Photoshop, and built on the design software skills of SEED 2 interns by teaching them more advanced tools. This year Sasaki Foundation Program Associate Folajimi Bademosi also implemented the Commonwealth Corporation’s Signal Success, a personal and professional development curriculum, by creating LEAD (Leadership Education for Aspiring Designers). As our interns grow in professional experience our goal is to ensure they have the essential skills they need to succeed not only in the professional but also in the personal, interpersonal areas of their lives.
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The Sasaki Foundation would also like to thank all of this summer's SEED teaching assistants: for SEED 1, Jharitza Cruz Lami, Shante Frank, Jeronimo Lopera, Ezekiel Lucas, Ruth Saenz, and Sabrina Xu; for SEED 2, Godwin Cyrus Gagaza and Jillian Ziegler; and for SEED 3, Sushil Darjee.
The Sasaki Foundation gives a special thanks to all of our project advisors this year. The time and energy they gave to each of our teams was invaluable and impactful. Our students walked away with so much knowledge and so many connections. SEED 1 project advisors were Surbhi Agrawal, Sasaki; Isaac Andrade, Sasaki; Diane Athaide, Sasaki; Anirudh Bodempudi, Sasaki; Nick Dyer, Sasaki; Max Frank, Isenberg; Eileen Gainfort, Sasaki; Inma Gil Cerezo, Sasaki; Jennifer Kaplan, Isenberg; Teresa Lai, Sasaki; Mytreyi Metta, Sasaki; Ivelisse Otero, Sasaki; Aeshna Prasad, Sasaki; Rinika Prince, Sasaki; Ann Tai, Sasaki; and Fangli Zhang, Sasaki. SEED 2 project advisors were Gidiony Alves, Sasaki; Jared Barnett, Sasaki; Gabe Colombo, Sasaki; Emely Fernandez, Sasaki; Andres Jimenez, Studio Enee; Emily Menard, Weston and Sampson; Juan Perez, Sasaki; Gift Prakkamakul, Sasaki; Lee Roberts, Sasaki; Kartiki Sharma, Sasaki; and Chris Winkler, Sasaki. SEED 3 mentors were Meredith McCarthy, Sasaki; James Miner, Sasaki; and Rishi Nandi, Sasaki.
We would also like to recognize the additional designers who participated this year. This program is a rich experience thanks to all of your efforts and contributions. Principals who took part in interviews were Ivelisse Otero, Sasaki; David Tabenken, Hacin; and Tao Zhang, Sasaki. Individuals who presented on projects and design topics were Katie Deyton, Hacin; Diana Gallo, Landworks Studio; Jaime Grasso, Solo Practitioner; Chris Hardy, Sasaki; Javaneh Jabbari, Leggat McCall; Karellis Rivera, Commodore Builders; Jenn Robertson, Sasaki; Mary Sullivan, Sasaki; Ricky Torres, Commodore Builders, and Samantha Webb, Commodore Builders.
Finally, thank you to all our funders, partners, and supporting organizations, who made this summer’s program possible.
Funders: MassHire Metro North Workforce Board via Commonwealth Corporation, City of Boston Office of Youth Employment & Opportunity, and Sasaki
Partners: Ayni Institute (Vanny Huot), BHA (Taylor Cain, Kimberly Lucas), Boston Food Forest Coalition (Liz Luc Clowes), City of Everett (Tom Philbin, Roberto Velasquez), DS4SI (Melissa Teng), JPNDC (Giovanny Valencia, Rebecca Mautner, Daniel Colombo, Ricky Torres), Redefining Our Community (Trena Matos-Ambroise), Sasaki, and Woodrow Avenue Neighborhood Association (Nina Johnson).
Supporting Organizations: Aurelia Institute, Boston Planning & Development Agency, DREAM Collaborative, Reclaim Roxbury, and Save the Harbor/Save the Bay
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[post_excerpt] => The Hideo Sasaki Foundation just concluded our seventh annual Summer Exploratory Experience in Design (SEED) internship. This year, 45 high school interns from Boston, Chelsea, Cambridge, Everett, Malden, Melrose, Somerville, Revere, and Watertown had the opportunity to provide local nonprofits, community groups, and organizations with conceptual design solutions by applying the skills they learned through the internship to each site.
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[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type="1_8" _builder_version="4.16" custom_padding="|||" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure="1_8,3_4,1_8" _builder_version="4.16" background_size="initial" background_position="top_left" background_repeat="repeat" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_column type="1_8" _builder_version="4.16" custom_padding="|||" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type="3_4" _builder_version="4.16" custom_padding="|||" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_text module_class="bod-bio body-text" _builder_version="4.25.1" global_colors_info="{}"]The Hideo Sasaki Foundation just concluded our seventh annual Summer Exploratory Experience in Design (SEED) internship. This year, 45 high school interns from Boston, Chelsea, Cambridge, Everett, Malden, Melrose, Somerville, Revere, and Watertown had the opportunity to provide local nonprofits, community groups, and organizations with conceptual design solutions by applying the skills they learned through the internship to each site.
Our interns worked with a total of six clients in comparison to two last year. SEED 1, the introductory tier to design, worked with the City of Everett and the Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Development Corporation (JPNDC) while SEED 2, our returning alumni, worked with the Boston Food Forest Coalition. This year we also created a new level of the internship called SEED 3 for past SEED and DESI alumni entering university in the fall. SEED 3 interns worked with Design Grants alumni. The program also expanded in our number of partnerships, which increased significantly, and for the first time we welcomed project advisors from firms outside Sasaki.
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SEED 1 teams Ren, Delilah, and Clover took on the challenge of designing the JPNDC’s outdoor space to make it inviting to the surrounding community and to support the activities of the small businesses houses within The Brewery.
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SEED 1 teams Lavender, Marigold, and Venus Fly Trap were tasked with creating design concepts that would make Seven Acre Park welcoming and engaging to the community, dog-friendly, and climate resilient.
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Prior to the interns taking on the project, BFFC led a community design process for 301 Norfolk Street, which included co-creating a vision for the space and building a stewardship team for its ongoing care. The organization had already received funding to start breaking ground this year. Due to limited resources, BFFC was not able to provide the community with renderings and detailed images of what the space would look like as a food forest; they were only able to create a 2D layout.
Throughout the internship’s six weeks, SEED 2 teams took the layout the community had designed with BFFC and created a program and vision of what the 301 Norfolk site would look like as a food forest and community space. The teams also designed concepts for the 84 Mascot Street site to create continuity between the two spaces.
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[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type="1_2" module_class="right-col-padding order-2" _builder_version="4.16" custom_padding="|||" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_text admin_label="SEED 3" module_class="bod-bio body-text" _builder_version="4.25.1" global_colors_info="{}"]SEED 3 is the new level of the internship program that aims to prepare SEED and DESI alumni who will enter university in the fall. The SEED 3 interns were hand-chosen based on their dedication and initiative in their past projects, their ability to collaborate, and their ability to work independently.
We paired each student with one of our Design Grants alumni to provide a more rigorous experience and prepare them for their first year of university. We also matched each SEED 3 intern with a leader from Sasaki to mentor them through the design process. Leading them through their experience was their teaching assistant, Sushil Darjee, who provided support as they learned how to draw, use the design software, and manage their project.
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Melissa Teng, a 2022 Design Grant team member, is currently at DS4SI, an artistic research and development outfit for the improvement of civil society and everyday life. In partnership with communities, artists, and practitioners, DS4SI works to imagine, demonstrate, and collectively rebuild places to be more just and vibrant. DS4SI created the first Public Kitchen prototypes in 2011 and 2012 in Uphams Corner in Dorchester. Since then, Public Kitchens have popped up around the world.
Sophia’s mentor was Sasaki CEO James Miner. Through her project, she attended the public kitchen to engage with the community and assessed how their space could be more efficient. She also created a prototype toolkit to model implementation in other communities, and created renderings of what other kitchen modules could look like in DS4SI’s space.
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EarlyEducatorSpace 2.0 is a 2023 Design Grants project from the BHA in collaboration with the City of Boston, Northeastern University, and Sasaki. The team has led a community engagement and design process at a public housing development in South Boston that is home to multiple family child care providers and more than 200 children under 13. The BHA is interested in exploring climate resilient design solutions for the collection of outdoor courtyards, to make them sustainable and support intergenerational use. Through the initial community design process they were able to collect ideas for different elements and activities that residents would like to see in one courtyard at the site.
Arham was mentored by Sasaki associate principal Meredith McCarthy. His project created a comprehensive concept design for courtyards and open space at the West Broadway development that reflected resident and staff priorities for usability and maintenance. His work built on the existing community design process at West Broadway.
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Movement Training and Cultural Center is a 2023 Design Grants project from the Ayni Institute. The Ayni Institute is an organization rooted in the working class, immigrant, BIPOC communities and Indigenous wisdom. To support their work, the Ayni Institute committed to jointly buy a building with Neighbors United for a Better East Boston (NUBE). Ayni Institute is looking to design a space that embraces their organizational themes of reciprocity and justice, engagement between mother nature and hardships, and support for people in movements.
Through the Design Grants, Ayni Institute explored how their new building can be designed for their needs while taking into consideration the constraints of a three-story building with existing walls, floors, and accessibility issues. They are working to design a space that supports movement building and also allows Ayni Institute to support their organizational needs.
Maryam was mentored by Sasaki associate principal Rishi Nandi. Her project created a conference area for meetings, coworking space, room to commune over meals, and hidden storage. Maryam also created renderings of what it would look like to expand into the backyard area.
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As a part of the internship, senior teaching assistant Alexis Mazzatta created workshops that introduced students to the basics of SketchUp, Adobe Illustrator, and Photoshop, and built on the design software skills of SEED 2 interns by teaching them more advanced tools. This year Sasaki Foundation Program Associate Folajimi Bademosi also implemented the Commonwealth Corporation’s Signal Success, a personal and professional development curriculum, by creating LEAD (Leadership Education for Aspiring Designers). As our interns grow in professional experience our goal is to ensure they have the essential skills they need to succeed not only in the professional but also in the personal, interpersonal areas of their lives.
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The Sasaki Foundation would also like to thank all of this summer's SEED teaching assistants: for SEED 1, Jharitza Cruz Lami, Shante Frank, Jeronimo Lopera, Ezekiel Lucas, Ruth Saenz, and Sabrina Xu; for SEED 2, Godwin Cyrus Gagaza and Jillian Ziegler; and for SEED 3, Sushil Darjee.
The Sasaki Foundation gives a special thanks to all of our project advisors this year. The time and energy they gave to each of our teams was invaluable and impactful. Our students walked away with so much knowledge and so many connections. SEED 1 project advisors were Surbhi Agrawal, Sasaki; Isaac Andrade, Sasaki; Diane Athaide, Sasaki; Anirudh Bodempudi, Sasaki; Nick Dyer, Sasaki; Max Frank, Isenberg; Eileen Gainfort, Sasaki; Inma Gil Cerezo, Sasaki; Jennifer Kaplan, Isenberg; Teresa Lai, Sasaki; Mytreyi Metta, Sasaki; Ivelisse Otero, Sasaki; Aeshna Prasad, Sasaki; Rinika Prince, Sasaki; Ann Tai, Sasaki; and Fangli Zhang, Sasaki. SEED 2 project advisors were Gidiony Alves, Sasaki; Jared Barnett, Sasaki; Gabe Colombo, Sasaki; Emely Fernandez, Sasaki; Andres Jimenez, Studio Enee; Emily Menard, Weston and Sampson; Juan Perez, Sasaki; Gift Prakkamakul, Sasaki; Lee Roberts, Sasaki; Kartiki Sharma, Sasaki; and Chris Winkler, Sasaki. SEED 3 mentors were Meredith McCarthy, Sasaki; James Miner, Sasaki; and Rishi Nandi, Sasaki.
We would also like to recognize the additional designers who participated this year. This program is a rich experience thanks to all of your efforts and contributions. Principals who took part in interviews were Ivelisse Otero, Sasaki; David Tabenken, Hacin; and Tao Zhang, Sasaki. Individuals who presented on projects and design topics were Katie Deyton, Hacin; Diana Gallo, Landworks Studio; Jaime Grasso, Solo Practitioner; Chris Hardy, Sasaki; Javaneh Jabbari, Leggat McCall; Karellis Rivera, Commodore Builders; Jenn Robertson, Sasaki; Mary Sullivan, Sasaki; Ricky Torres, Commodore Builders, and Samantha Webb, Commodore Builders.
Finally, thank you to all our funders, partners, and supporting organizations, who made this summer’s program possible.
Funders: MassHire Metro North Workforce Board via Commonwealth Corporation, City of Boston Office of Youth Employment & Opportunity, and Sasaki
Partners: Ayni Institute (Vanny Huot), BHA (Taylor Cain, Kimberly Lucas), Boston Food Forest Coalition (Liz Luc Clowes), City of Everett (Tom Philbin, Roberto Velasquez), DS4SI (Melissa Teng), JPNDC (Giovanny Valencia, Rebecca Mautner, Daniel Colombo, Ricky Torres), Redefining Our Community (Trena Matos-Ambroise), Sasaki, and Woodrow Avenue Neighborhood Association (Nina Johnson).
Supporting Organizations: Aurelia Institute, Boston Planning & Development Agency, DREAM Collaborative, Reclaim Roxbury, and Save the Harbor/Save the Bay
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[post_excerpt] => The Hideo Sasaki Foundation just concluded our seventh annual Summer Exploratory Experience in Design (SEED) internship. This year, 45 high school interns from Boston, Chelsea, Cambridge, Everett, Malden, Melrose, Somerville, Revere, and Watertown had the opportunity to provide local nonprofits, community groups, and organizations with conceptual design solutions by applying the skills they learned through the internship to each site.
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the power of design
belongs to all of us
2019 SEED high school internship
Incubator at Sasaki | Watertown, Massachusetts
the power of design
belongs to all of us
Team at the Incubator at Sasaki
Watertown, Massachusetts
the power of design
belongs to all of us
Team at the Incubator at Sasaki
Watertown, Massachusetts
the power of design
belongs to all of us
Patron touching art in the Please Touch the Art exhibit
Mosesian Center for the Arts | Watertown, Massachusetts | photo courtesy Matt Jatkola
The Hideo Sasaki Foundation works to advance equity in the design of the environment. We sponsor research and programs that empower communities and strengthen education in design.
Events
Celebration of Design: Hideo 2024
November 14, 2024
Go for the gold: Enjoy food, drinks, and fun while supporting our mission of equity in design! Join the Sasaki Foundation on November 14, 2024, from 5:30 to 8:00 p.m. at 110 Chauncy in Downtown Boston for the second annual Celebration of Design. This year’s theme, Hideo 2024: Go for the Gold, will celebrate Hideo Sasaki’s career, the Sasaki Foundation’s work, and the design community. All proceeds will support our mission of equity in design.
What we do
Our values build on more than six decades of work by Hideo Sasaki, focusing on the following priority areas.
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Research & Grants
Large-scale, complex challenges require cross-disciplinary thinking. That’s why we convene experts and innovators from all backgrounds. Our research and grants bring issues of inequity in design to the forefront.
2
Community Learning
Informed and engaged residents are central ingredients of a successful community. That’s why we host public programs that amplify a diversity of voices and address socially relevant topics as we work toward systemic change.
3
Design Education
A thriving design industry relies on a pipeline of diverse, talented, and passionate practitioners who infuse new ideas and disrupt established patterns. That’s why we provide youth with opportunities to discover and explore careers in design.
History
The Hideo Sasaki Foundation is named after Hideo Sasaki, a Japanese American landscape architect who came of age in WWII. Hideo was a pioneer of modern design, a leader, and an educator. He articulated—and proved—the value of interdisciplinary design while breaking down the traditional barriers between practice and teaching.
The Hideo Sasaki Foundation was established by Sasaki, a multidisciplinary design firm founded by Hideo, with support from Hideo’s family and friends. Continuing Hideo’s legacy, we sit at the intersection of research, practice, education, and community-driven processes. We advance equity in design, inviting diverse partners to co-create change.
Hideo Sasaki
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