07/03, Arts Culture Tourism from Tokyo (Festivals and Ehime)

The Mayor of Hiroshima Kazumi Matsui and the U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel signed a sister park agreement between the Hiroshima Memorial Peace Park and the Pearl Harbor National Memorial in Hawaii. The Japanese government issued a power-saving request for areas served by TEPCO. The Nakagin Capsule Tower Building in Ginza is given a new lease of life with one of its modular capsules added to the permanent collection at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. And while the Enmusubi Wind Chime Festival opened yesterday in Kawagoe, Saitama, the annual Uwajima Ushioni Festival arrives in the port city of Uwajima for three days later this month. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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