Last 9 March, the Chair of Docomomo International, Prof. Ana Tostões, had an audience with the Deputy Mayor of Okayama, Mr. Yasuomi Ebash, at the prefecture of Okayama (Kunio Maekawa, 1952-57), in Japan, to discuss the future of modern buildings in the city, and with Administrator of the Hayashibara Museum of Art (by Kunio Maekawa, 1964), Mr. Akihiro Kemmotsu, before visiting the building.