Along with the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, a huge doll "Mocco" that visited the three prefectures of Tohoku arrived in Tokyo and delivered a message from the areas affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake.

The giant doll "Mocco", which is about 10 meters high for the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, gathered messages from the areas affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake over the three prefectures of Iwate, Miyagi, and Fukushima.



On the 17th, an arrival event was held at Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden in Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, without spectators, saying, "I hope people all over the world will share the efforts and suffering of the disaster area." The message from the disaster area entrusted to "" was read aloud.



After that, "Mocco" moved his limbs and performed to the music.



Then, singer Sayuri Ishikawa and others sang the original song "Tohoku no Sachi" created based on the message.



Michihiko Yanai from Fukushima Prefecture, who invented this project, said, "I hope this tournament will be one of the elements that can make the" Reconstruction Olympics. " I was talking.