Nippon Matsuri is back from 14 to 17 July
After two years of hiatus due to a pandemic, the Nippon Matsuri. This year’s edition, considering the persistence of the state of emergency and the strong ones that will still be present in Japan, a different format compared to past years, while maintaining the high quality standards in the latest editions and expanding the territory of reference to Municipality of Riminithanks to the collaboration with the association Cultural Comics Club.
“Absolute Peace” is the theme of this year’s Festival, two countries with different traditions, but which repudiate war as a means of resolving international disputes.
“I want to thank the organizers of Nippon Matsuri – says the Andrea BelluzziSecretary of State for Education and Culture – because in addition to creating un important diplomatic bridge between the Republic of San Marino and the State of Japan, interprets a policy that this Government, which represents here, is pursuing its action and that of a renewed synergy with the neighboring territories, of which the Municipality of Rimini represents the maximum exponent “.
“We are honored to be able to hold the Festival this year after the stop caused by the pandemic – he adds Yuko Furugenpresident of the ISSHO-NI cultural association – it will be a different edition from the usual one but which sets the foundations for a renewed synergy between San Marino and Japan in the near future. In addition to covid, the war in Ukraine has greatly sensitized the choice of the theme, in the hope that peace will return to the world as soon as possible ”.
In the report the interviews a Andrea Belluzzi (Secretary of State for Culture) e Yuko Furugen (President of the ISSHO-NI Cultural Association)