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Prior to the opening of the "Yokoso! JAPAN WEEKS" which will start on January 20th, this campaign aims to further encourage overseas visitors coming to Akihabara to visit Japan, by sending out a message of "Clean and Cool Akiba" to the world. Through this clean-up campaign, we wish to strengthen communication between those who work in Akihabara and foreigners who live in Japan and tourists who are visiting Akihabara. Employees of JAPANiCAN Inc. will also participate in this clean-up campaign. JAPANiCAN Inc. will hold this "Clean and Cool Communication" campaign continuously throughout Japan.
- 10:00Meet at Akihabara (details of the meeting place will be notified separately)
- 10:15Participate in clean-up around Akihabara Station.
- 12:00Lunch
- 13:30Wrap-up (subject to change)
*In case of rain, the event will be postponed to Monday January 21
| Qualification | Non-Japanese citizens or groups with at least more than one non-Japanese citizen who meet the following requirements (regardless of sex, age and nationality.) Parental supervision required for children under 15 years old: *Those who are able to come to the venue on the day of the campaign and who can speak either English or Japanese.) *Those who have no health problems in doing 1.5 hours of cleaning-up. *Those who can be contacted via email through the email address written on the application form the reception date until the campaign starting date. |
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| Entry Fee | Free of charge for both adults and children. *Transportation fee to get to the campaign site will be borne by the participant. |
| Number of Expected Participants |
50 Should the application exceed this number, participants will be determined by a lottery. Winners will be notified by email before December 30th, 2007 6pm. Those who do not receive a notification by this date, unfortunately, will not be able to participate. |
| Application | Enter required information on the application form on the campaign website. |
| Application Deadline |
Thursday December 6th 2007 ~ Once we get all our participants, application will close. |
| Please Note |
*The right to participate may not be converted to cash nor handed over to a third party. *Once anyone disclaims the right to participate, he/she may not re-enter. *Should the winner decline to participate, or lose the right to participate, we will determine another winner. *Should the event be unable to operate safely and smoothly due to an act of providence, war, insurgency or any other event not attributable to the organizer of the campaign, the contents of the event may be altered or terminated entirely. Event organizer: JAPANiCAN Inc. Please read the above application guideline, and enter the application form if you agree. |
| Organizer | Co-organizer |
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JAPANiCAN.Inc |
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| Sponsors | |
| The Secretariat of Visit Japan Campaign Headquarters  |
Chiyoda City |
Akihabara Electrical Town Organization |
AAkihabara Shopping District Promotion Cooperative  |
Tourism Industry Association of Japan |
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On January 15th, in Akihabara, JAPANiCAN was holding in collaboration with Chiyoda City, the Akihabara Tourism Promotion Association and the Tourism Industry Association of Japan a major and successful event in Tokyo within the line of the “YOKOSO! JAPAN WEEKS”: the “Clean and Cool Communication@ AKIBA!”
A joint clean-up campaign in Akihabara which gathered during this event, and thanks to a lucky weather, more than 70 persons: local residents, overseas students, visitors and expatriates joined altogether in this cleaning and environmental operation with a symbolic goal to foster intercommunication and show the warming hospitality of Akihabara and Japanese.
On that day among the 70 persons present at the event, 22 participants (13 from overseas: Sweden, Vietnam, China, Korea and USA), more than 50 volunteers from Chiyoda city, staff from the Akihabara Tourism Promotion Association, the Tourism Industry Association of Japan and JAPANiCAN Inc. all combined their effort with each one assistance during this joint action from 10:00 to 11:00 in the morning.
All the participants split in two different groups were picking up small trash (e.g. small papers, cigarettes butts, pet bottles, empty cans) on sidewalks on each side of the Chuo Avenue: at the end of the operation, more than 50 kilos garbage was collected.
One of our interviewed participants, from Sweden, was referring that he knew about this event through the internet. According to him, streets of Akihabara looked even cleaner than the ones in Sweden and by laughing a bit he actually wished more persons could be joining to this kind of campaigns.
After the “sweats” of action, a lunch was supplied for free to all participants whom also had a chance through a small ceremony at the 3D Theater within UDX building to get to know the sponsors of this campaign and to enjoy a lottery during which one of the official participants luckily received a winning prize of a free Sunrise Tours Mt. Fuji/Hakone Free 1 Day By Coach Package Tour pair ticket.
Along and thanks to the Akihabara Tourism Promotion Association, free gifts such as special “YOKOSO! JAPAN WEEKS” pin badges and DVDs introducing Akihabara visiting tours were distributed to every participant in a way to promote tourism in Akihabara, an already very popular spot among overseas visitors and a core destination within the government sponsored Visit Japan Campaign.
Associated with JAPANiCAN Inc., this event was made possible thanks to the sponsorship of the Akihabara Tourism Promotion Association (ATPA), the Secretariat of Visit Japan Campaign Headquarters, Chiyoda City, the Akihabara Electrical Town Organization, the Akihabara Shopping District Promotion Cooperative and Tourism Industry Association of Japan (TIJ). We also thank KOTOBUKIYA, SONY and Tokyo Anime Center for their special gifts. We would like to thank as well a lot both the 3D Theater (UDX Building) and the Tokyo Food Theater 5+1 for the privilege use of their facilities for the ceremony and lunch time. With this present, we also wish everyone in the future to join and enjoy AKIHABARA New Discovery tour events. In addition, Chiyoda City, due to the success of this event, is warmly inviting everyone from now on, in order to preserve a clean Akihabara, to refrain from throwing cigarette butts on the streets for “a better life environment ordinance within Chiyoda City.” Due to the success of this action, we are thinking of more events to organize in the future in which we are looking forward to seeing you again with a truly great pleasure!
JAPANiCAN Clean-up Campaign Staff