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Drill to prevent disorder in a disaster in the Ikebukuro Station vicinity
On January 23, a disaster readiness drill led by a committee consisting of businesses in the Ikebukuro Station vicinity was conducted to deal with stranded people in the terminal in the event of an earthquake. The drill was performed under the assumption that buildings around the station were greatly damaged and a large number of people were injured. Exercises including the opening up of roads, carrying out and transporting injured people, triage, and evacuation guidance were conducted in drizzling rain with 4,500 participants.
Photo: People evacuating from the subway concourse to the West Exit traffic circle at Ikebukuro Station.
The 58th Kanto-Tokai Flower Exhibition
From January 30 to February 1, Japan’s largest flower event organized by Tokyo and eleven prefectures in the Kanto and Tokai regions, and flower related organizations was held at the Sunshine City Culture Center (2nd Floor Exhibition Hall D). This year’s exhibition, hosted by Tokyo, had approximately 2,150 items including bulb cut flowers, regular cut flowers, branch flowers, flower seedlings and foliage plants. Other events such as flower shows, flower design contests, and flower arrangement classes were held, making you feel the early arrival of spring.
Kids to perform Kyogen comic storytelling on stage
Tokyo is conducting a project on traditional performing arts for kids, which gives elementary school children to high school students the opportunity to experience the pleasure and attractiveness of traditional Japanese performing arts and to demonstrate what they have learned by giving a performance at a major theater. The project covers three genres; Noh play, Japanese classical dance, and koto music. Approximately 300 participating children have been divided into lesson venue groups since last summer and are receiving rigorous lessons from leading performers, working towards their performance scheduled for this March.
Photo: Elementary school children receiving one-on-one kyogen lessons on stage on January 13 (Suginami Nohgakudo).
Bringing the Olympics to Tokyo together
On January 26, the TOKYO MOVE UP Talk Special was held in Tokyo Midtown, Roppongi to publicize Tokyo’s bid for the 2016 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games. Those appearing at the event included Governor Ishihara, women’s marathon silver medalist, Yuko Arimori, and members of the music group AAA (Triple A) which boasts huge popularity among young people. In front of approximately 550 visitors, mainly young women, Governor Ishihara expressed his passion for the Olympics, saying “I’m going to do my best to bring the Olympics so I ask you all to say that you want to have the Olympics in Tokyo.”
Photo: Governor Ishihara shaking hands with elementary school judoists who are looking to compete at the 2016 Olympics.
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