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Retro Car Debuts on Toei Streetcar Arakawa Line
A newly designed retro train car has been introduced to the Toei Streetcar (Toden) Arakawa Line, and began operating on May 27. The car's early Showa era (late 1920s) design is at once “nostalgic and new.” Accessibility for the disabled, environmental measures, and safety were also given consideration in its construction. Along with the introduction of this car, the Bureau of Transportation has also remodeled Minowabashi Station giving it a late 1950s feel, aiming to improve the Toei Streetcar's image and at the same time increase the vitality of the area along the line where the streetcar runs.
Appointment of the Tokyo Olympic Bid Ambassadors
Moving ahead towards full-fledged bid activities for the 2016 Summer Olympics, the Tokyo 2016 Olympic Games Bid Committee on May 24 appointed Mr. Senichi Hoshino (former professional baseball player/manager, and manager of the Japanese national baseball team for the 2008 Beijing Olympics), Ms. Yuko Arimori (former Olympic marathon silver and bronze medalist), and Mr. Yasuhiro Yamashita (former Olympic gold medalist in Judo) as Tokyo 2016 Bid Ambassadors. The three ambassadors, in their role as the “spokesteam” that will articulate the benefits of sports and the dream of holding the Olympics in Tokyo, will participate in various promotion activities as the representatives of the bid campaign. Photo: “The city's future is in your hands. We are counting on you.” Governor Ishihara entrusts the Tokyo 2016 Bid Ambassadors with their task
Ms. Hikaru Nishida, Head of the Bureau of Taxation for a Day ~FY2007 Tax Payment Campaign~
On May 15 the Bureau of Taxation held an event in Ikebukuro and a street campaign in around ten dozen locations throughout Tokyo. This year, publicity centered on raising awareness of the change in the individual inhabitant tax rates in line with the shift in tax revenue sources, in addition to encouraging Tokyo residents to pay their taxes within the prescribed period. At the Ikebukuro event venue, celebrity Ms. Nishida Hikaru made an appearance as Head of the Bureau of Taxation for a Day, and engaged in various promotional activities including learning along with other participants in a tax education class about the transfer in tax revenue sources.
Enveloped in the fragrance and color of 5000 shrubs of roses
The rose garden in Chofu City's Jindai Shokubutsu Botanical Park is now at its best. On this day, the rain having just stopped and with the sun showing its face, park visitors were enchanted by the vividly enhanced colors of the flowers and their sweet aromatic fragrance. This rose garden, the largest in Tokyo, boasts 5,100 rose bushes of 274 varieties. When the current first-blooming roses fade, the next will begin to bloom, allowing visitors to enjoy the flowers up to the end of June.
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