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Furin wind chime festival at Nishiaraidaishi Temple
On July 11, the annual Furin (Japanese wind chime) Festival was held at Nishiaraidaishi Temple in Adachi Ward. The road to the temple was lined with 500 different kinds of wind chimes from all over Japan, from Hokkaido in the north to Okinawa in the south. The festival was a lively event with large crowds of sightseers, many of whom came wearing colorful summer kimonos.
(July 11, 2015)
Fireworks in Adachi
On July 18, the Adachi summer fireworks festival took place. Held on the banks of the Arakawa River in Adachi Ward, it is the first fireworks festival of the season in Tokyo. As many as 12,000 fireworks were set off. Some of them were launched in time to music while others were fired in a 300-meter wide net to create what is called a ‘niagra’ effect. There were cheers and applause from the crowds in the viewing spaces on both sides of the river.
(July 18, 2015)
Governor Masuzoe tests out fuel-cell buses
Tokyo is aiming to introduce over 100 fuel-cell buses to the city by 2020. Ahead of a trial run from July 27-30, Governor Masuzoe took a test ride on one of the buses, July 24. Outside the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building, the governor heard a presentation and inspected the external power supply and hydrogen filling port of a fuel-cell bus. The governor then took a ride on it around Nishi-Shinjuku for about ten minutes.
(July 24, 2015)
2020 Tokyo Olympics countdown event
On July 24, at Odaiba’s Symbol Promenade Park, a countdown event was held to mark exactly five years until the opening of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Five Olympic athletes demonstrated the “underhand pass,” a baton technique at which Japanese athletes have excelled in the 400m relay, and gave lessons on how to do it. At the end of the event, a photo session was held with the 200 children who participated.
(July 24, 2015)
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