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【News】 Banner with a motif of “Kumamon” logo to lead the people in Kumamoto to recovery from the disaster (June 16, 2016)
Kumamoto Prefectural Government unveiled a “logo mark of Kumamoto’s recovery” on June 15, which is expected to be a symbol of restoration and recovery from the damages by the earthquake which heavily struck the Kumamoto region on the island of Kyushu this April. A flag with the logo mark has been designed with a motif of the face of “Kumamon” which is the prefecture’s PR mascot character, one of most popular “yuru-charas” (literally, loose characters) in Japan. The banner is expected to play a role as the leading proponent of reconstruction of the quake-hit Kumamoto areas. At the press conference, Ikuo Kabashima, Governor of Kumamoto Prefecture, unveiled the flag designed … Continue reading
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【News】 Hokkaido Shinkansen running through rich green rice fields (June 5, 2016)
Hokkaido Shinkansen’s service started two months ago in March 2016 by JR Hokkaido. It operates between Shin-Aomori Station in Aomori Prefecture to Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto Station in Hokuto-shi, Hokkaido, covering approximately 148 kilometers. Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto Station is Japan’s northernmost Shinkansen Station located in the middle of one of the largest rice producing areas in Hokkaido. Early summer is the rice planting season here in Hokuto-shi and the rice fields that surround the brand-new Shinkansen track is now turning to green and a brilliant green bullet train runs through the rice fields. JR Hokkaido currently provides 13 round trips per day and 10 among them run even further to Tokyo Station through Tohoku Shinkansen … Continue reading
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【News】 Rapeseed flower festival in Yurihonjo-shi, Akita Prefecture, held featuring blue sky, snowy mountains and yellow flowers (May 29, 2016)
The 7th Chokai Plateau Rape-blooms Festival was held in Yurihonjo-shi, Akita Prefecture, in May 2016 at an 18-hectare rapeseed field which was once a vacant farm land. Approximately 5 million rapeseed flowers were in full bloom and attracted approximately 10,000 visitors this year. The festival is part of the initiatives to make use of the empty farmland, produce rapeseed oil and vitalize the local economy. A non-profit organization (NPO), Akita Nanohana (rapeseed flower) Network, planted a high-yielding rapeseed variety called kizakinonatane here. The festival was held for 11 days starting from May 17 this year and was organized by the committee consisting of the NGO and the Yurihonjo-shi Government. On … Continue reading
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【News】 Three million yen priced “Yubari Melon” with the Geographical Indication Protection label to brighten up financially collapsed city of Yubari, Hokkaido (June 11, 2016)
“Yubari Melon” produced in Yubari-shi, Hokkaido has recently become the talk of the country after a package of two pieces of Yubari Melon marked a record-high price of 3 million yen on May 26. The “3 million yen effect” is now spreading. At an early stage of midyear gift campaigns promoted by department stores in the country, the number of the orders for Yubari Melon has already exceeded the level of the previous year. Daimaru Matsuzakaya Department Store at Koto-ku, Tokyo, one of the most popular department stores in Japan, has put the Yubari Melon in its summer gift list and received orders of the Melon, 50 percent more than … Continue reading
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【News】JA Matsumoto Highland Sumo Club kicks off with aim to cheer up locals and support local little sumo wrestlers (May 31, 2016)
Sumo is the hot topic in Matsumoto Highland Agricultural Corporative (JA) in Nagano Prefecture right now. Yes, seriously, the Japanese-style traditional wrestling is receiving quite a bit of attention here because of the JA Matsumoto Highland Sumo Club established by some of the JA members who were inspired by the continued efforts of Mitakeumi, an ex-professional sumo wrestler born in Nagano Prefecture, to cheer up the people of Nagano Prefecture after the volcanic eruption of Mount Ontake in September 2014. The club members had the first practice on May 21, 2016, on the sumo ring in Matsumoto-shi. Their initial goal is to participate in the West Japan Businesspeople Sumo Championship … Continue reading
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