Monthly Glocal News September 2019 Local Partnership Cooperation Division Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan Japanese garden restoration project in foreign coun- Nara: tries ~in Riverside City, US~ (Sendai City, Miyagi Pref.) Sacred Images from Early Japan ara Prefecture is a place, where Buddhist art with the background of East-West cultural exchange in the Eur- Nasian Contin ent have been passed down from generation to generation. Some fif- teen major Buddhist and Shinto statues Renewed Yuishin-tei Letters of appreciation from Riverside City ‘ and treasures that have remained beau- tifully intact in their shrines and temples uishin Tei’, a Japanese garden in White Park in since over 1300 years cross the sea this Riverside City in the U.S., was built to commem- time to be unveiled at the British Muse- orate the 50th anniversary of sister city rela- um this October. They will be on display tionship between Sendai City and Riverside City from 3rd October to 24th November. Yin 2007. It was selected as one of the Japanese garden This is an unprecedented exhibition, restoration projects, and was restored from January to where the most famous treasures from February in 2019. Japanese gardeners worked hard on the ancient temples in Nara such as Horyuji, restoration project with the cooperation of many volun- Yakushiji, Todaiji, Toshodaiji, and Sai- teers. daiji, as well as historical shrines such as Kasuga Taisha and Niukawakami DEJIMA MESSE NAGASAKI will be open in November, Shrine come together. 2021 (Nagasaki City) Facility from a bird’s eye view Convention hall agasaki City will open a new MICE facility, The British Museum ‘DEJIMA MESSE NAGASAKI’, adjacent to Na- gasaki Station in November 2021. The name of the facility was chosen from submissions from Nthe public. D ejima played an important role as only one window opened to foreign counties in the period, when To- kugawa shogunate had taken the isolation policy. The name contains a wish that the facility will receive a lot of visitors from inside and outside the country, and become a hub for Exhibition of Kofuku-ji’s Buddhist statues in Guimet new business and cultural exchange. Museum, Paris Host Town Exchanges: “ Tanzania (Nagai City, Yamagata Pref.) ie Vol.1 Antenna Shop mie Mie Terrace TerracMe” aims to crea te “a space for transmitting the charms The ceremonial signing Exchange program of baseball game of Mie Prefecture” in Nihonbashi, his summer, a delegation which consists of Tokyo, where many Ise (ancient 13 members of Nagai City, headed by the name of a part of Mie) merchants Mayor visited Tanzania. Nagai City will host Tanzania’s team in Tokyo 2020 Olympic and set up shops in the Edo period. TParalymp ic Games. Two junior high school students It holds about 180 events per were included in this group. Cultural and sports ex- Mie Terrace year, and has been making vari- changes took place by visiting local elementary and junior high schools, a judo hall and a baseball ground, ous efforts to convey the region’s charms to individual cus- over a week. Host Town registration was in December tomers, and to make connections 2016, the exchanges between the City and Tanzania have continued for more than 20 years. During this between restaurants in Tokyo visit, a memorandum of understanding was signed with and the local food producers. It the Tanzania Olympic Committee. They have further has its own restaurant that of- deepened friendship in this occasion. The article co- vers the details of this visit, the past exchanges, and fers an Italian style dishes with Linguine with Japanese spiny lobster the future perspectives. seasonal ingredients, and the shop with 1,500 specialties for your eyes and tongue. ーLooking for a Sister-cityー Regional revitalization from the perspective of foreign people - - Mr. Alex Bradshaw Petropolis City, Brazil vol.1 ✈ ～Enriching tourism with the power of stories～ etropolis City is located to 70km “ north of Rio de ites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Janeiro at an Paltitude of 800 meters. It Revolution: Iron and Steel, Ship- was developed as a sum- Cathedral of Petropolis Sbuilding and Coal Min- mer resort for the royal ing” registered as a family since Dom Pedro II built his Summer Palace in UNESCO World Heritage 19th century. Now, the city is propelling their tourism Site in 2015. industry with their his- Mr. Alex Bradshaw Mr. Bradshaw, the Public torical landscape. Relations Manager of Shimadzu Ltd., which runs a Japan’s first legation part of the site: Sengan-en and the neighboring in Brazil was estab- Shoko Shuseikan Museum in Kagoshima Prefec- lished in Petropolis in ture, contributed an article about his work. 1897; and now Japa- His take on inbound tourism promotion is that it is Japanese Culture Festival nese Cultural Festival important to tell tourists attractive stories that come from Japan's unique history and culture. has become one of the three big festivals of the city. Because of these rich relationships, Petropolis is looking for a Japanese city as a sister-city. .