Ceremony is in Japanese. Isamu Noguchi gives speech in English at 00:13:00.
Noguchi expresses his admiration and personal relationship to Kyoto - recounts the period in the 1930s when he visited for the first time. Brief remarks on the circumstances of his first visit and his gratitude for the present award.
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