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Umi-no-Mori event for a successful Olympic bid
On October 6, an event was held at Umi-no-Mori (Sea Forest) to build momentum for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic bid and to commemorate the achievement of the 800 million yen goal of the Green Tokyo Fundraising Campaign. Three medalists from the 2012 London Olympics and architect Tadao Ando were among the guests who planted seedlings alongside Tokyo citizens.
Photo: Tree planting ceremony at Umi-no-Mori (October 6)
Tokyo Station’s red brick building restored
The preservation and restoration of JR Tokyo Station’s Marunouchi station building was completed on October 1. Much of the original 1914 red brick station building suffered extensive damage from the Great Tokyo Air Raid of World War II. Work began in 2007 to restore the facade to its original form. Every day many people come to have a look at the renovated station.
Photo: People pick up their brushes to capture Tokyo Station (October 10)
Kanto Governors Association meets in Fukushima Prefecture
On October 23 and 24 the Kanto Governors Association, made up of governors from the seven Kanto prefectures and the neighboring Shizuoka, Nagano, and Yamanashi prefectures held a meeting in Fukushima Prefecture. After the meeting, the governors visited Koriyama City to observe tests carried out on each and every bag of Fukushima rice. There, the governors received an explanation of the testing process and were able to confirm the safety and reliability of Fukushima rice. The Fukushima governor presented each governor with a bag of Fukushima rice.
Photo: Taken October 23
Governor Ishihara departs
On October 31, Governor Shintaro Ishihara resigned from his post and left the Tokyo Metropolitan Government office. On this day, as the Tokyo Fire Department band performed the theme from Rocky, some 1,000 metropolitan government staff members sent off the governor with applause as he left his office of thirteen-and-a-half years, holding aloft the bouquet of flowers they had presented to him.
Photo: Taken October 31
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