Height 5m Sakae Shibusawa puppet calls for autumn traffic safety at the intersection Saitama September 20, 16:57
Before the autumn traffic safety campaign begins on the 21st, in Yorii Town, Saitama Prefecture, a doll of Eiichi Shibusawa, whose life will be depicted in next year's NHK Taiga drama, was installed at the intersection of national roads to call for traffic safety. I will.
In Yorii Town, Saitama Prefecture, every year, local volunteers make dolls such as historical figures and install them on national roads in accordance with the national traffic safety campaign in spring and autumn, and encourage drivers to drive safely.
This time, the 80th doll, was selected as a portrait of a new 10,000-yen note, and a doll with a height of about 5 meters, whose life will be depicted in next year's NHK Taiga drama, will be installed at the intersection of the national highway. I did.
Yorii Town is close to Fukaya City, the birthplace of Eiichi Shibusawa, and has a deep connection, so the people who gathered chanted sutras and prayed for traffic safety.
Kiyoshi Matsumoto, a volunteer who made the doll, said, "Eiichi Shibusawa is said to be the father of Japanese capitalism, but this time I would like him to play an active role in traffic safety."
Tomoichi Oda, Chief of the Yorii Police Station, said, "This is an autumn traffic safety campaign. Everyone, let's try for traffic safety with compassionate driving."