Japan Holds "ARIGATO in LONDON" at London County Hall

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Japan Holds "ARIGATO in LONDON" at London

County Hall

PR Newswire

TOKYO, July 5, 2012

TOKYO

,

July 5, 2012

/PRNewswire/ -- "ARIGATO in

LONDON

," an event to show

Japan

's gratitude for the worldwide help, assistance and courage given after

the Great East Japan Earthquake and also to show how

Japan

is recovering

from the disaster, will be held for 15 days from

July 28 to August 11, 2012

, at

London County Hall.

During the event, a video will be shown to express "arigato" (meaning "thank

you" in Japanese) in 83 languages toward the 163 countries and regions that

offered to help after the disaster. Also a photo exhibition showing

Japan

working toward reconstruction will be held in cooperation with the Recovery

Assistance Media Team and photographer Shinichi Sato.

Furthermore, on the terrace stage of County Hall, there will be, from time to

time, traditional Japanese cultural performances such as Japanese dance,

shamisen (three-stringed lute) and taiko (drum).

Community festival games such as ring toss and yo-yo fishing, reminiscent of

the festivity of

Japan

's fete days, will be demonstrated. Handicrafts from across

Japan

will be put on sale and a sake bar will be opened in an effort to

communicate Japanese culture to the rest of the world.

At an opening ceremony to be held at

12:00 a.m.

on

July 28, 2012

, Executive

Committee members Junko Koshino, designer, Hidetoshi Nakata, etc., will be

present to talk about "ARIGATO in

LONDON

."

For details, please visit our website (

http://arigato-in-london.jp/eng/

).

-- About "ARIGATO in

LONDON

"

Date:

July 28 to August 11, 2012

Venue: London County Hall

-- Executive Committee members:

Tadao Ando, architect

Junko Koshino, designer

Keisuke Sano, chairman, Japan Association in the UK

Naoko Takahashi, sportscaster, gold medalist of women's marathon at the

2000 Olympic Games in

Sydney

Dai Tamesue, former Olympics track and field athlete

Hidetoshi Nakata, representative director of Take Action Foundation

Takaaki Hanaoka, Secretary General, Japanese Chamber of Commerce &

Industry in the UK

Takeo Hirata, professor, Graduate School of Sports Sciences, Waseda

University

--Supporters:

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of

Japan

Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of

Japan

Japan Tourism Agency

Japan National Tourism Organization

Iwate, Fukushima and Miyagi Prefectural Governments

Japanese Chamber of Commerce & Industry in the UK

Japan Association to the UK

Contact:

Nao Fukuda, Junko Shimaya

"ARIGATO in

LONDON

" PR Secretariat

Sunny Side Up Inc.

Tel: [phone]

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