I saw a snowman for the first time! Return to Brazil Returning to earthquake donation from Hokkaido August 26, 6:40
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In September of last year, when an earthquake with a seismic intensity of 7 was observed in Hokkaido, a snowman made by elementary school students in Anping Town, Hokkaido, was delivered to the local community as a return to the donation donated by Brazil in South America.
In Sao Paulo, Brazil, in September last year, when an earthquake with a seismic intensity of 7 was observed in Hokkaido, a donation of approximately 2 million yen was given to Anping Town, mainly by migrants and their descendants from Hokkaido to Brazil. It was.
In return, elementary school students in Anping Town made a snowman that was made in February and stored in the warehouse was packed in polystyrene foam and delivered to São Paulo over approximately two months by sea mail.
In Japan House, a facility that introduces Japanese culture in the center of Sao Paulo, about 30 snowmen, large and small, were exhibited.
Brazil, which is the opposite of Japan and the season, is now winter, but there was no snow in Sao Paulo, and the locals seemed excited about the first snowman they saw.
In Anping Town, 208 people from 116 households are still forced to live in temporary housing, and Mayor Shuichiro Oikawa, who visited Sao Paulo, said, “Brazilians received courage in the form of donations. I want them to experience and someday come to visit Hokkaido too. "