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https://english.kyodonews.net/news/...endai-salutes-hometown-hero-yuzuru-hanyu.html
This is an English article with photos and videos from the parade which has been a big success for the city of Sendai, drawing crowds of over 100,000! It took place on the 22nd, from 1pm-2pm, with marching bands, famous Sendai historical character cosplayers, and a truck with Yuzu on the top waving at people.
Seriously, just take a look at the photos, it's pretty amazing.
Some highligts of the parade include:
Yuzuru Hanyu being awarded the Prefecture Citizen of Honor Award for the second time.
Awarded 4 years worth of premium rice --and much more (I think I counted 10 awards total).
Yuzuru Hanyu donated all his Olympic winnings of 10,000,000 yen (roughly 91,998 USD) half to the city and half to the prefecture, to be used for the continued reconstruction of the area from the earthquake in 2011.
https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20180423/p2a/00m/0na/005000c English coverage of the Parade Press conference with Yuzuru Hanyu
The aftermath has also been heartwarming and funny. The next day this hashtag trended --and is still trending on twitter #羽生結弦の写真撮るの下手くそ選手権 It translates to Championships of Badly taken photos of Yuzuru Hanyu. Where fans are sharing their out of focus, partially or totally obscured photos of Yuzu at the parade. https://twitter.com/echotpe/status/988299019825926145 these, for example.
This parade was paid for by donations and the sale of comemorative T-shirts and wristbands that were made in Japan. If there is a surplus of funds, they are expected to be donated to the reconstruction efforts. https://twitter.com/TBC_houdou/status/988372575251136512 at this time 235,000,000 yen has been raised. (roughly 2,161,964USD):eeking:
Parade organizers had enlisted 1000 volunteers to pick up trash after the parade, but were happy to find the roads clear and only 6 bags of trash total to be picked up. https://twitter.com/nhk_tohoku_news/status/988286409936060416
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This is an English article with photos and videos from the parade which has been a big success for the city of Sendai, drawing crowds of over 100,000! It took place on the 22nd, from 1pm-2pm, with marching bands, famous Sendai historical character cosplayers, and a truck with Yuzu on the top waving at people.
Seriously, just take a look at the photos, it's pretty amazing.
Some highligts of the parade include:
Yuzuru Hanyu being awarded the Prefecture Citizen of Honor Award for the second time.
Awarded 4 years worth of premium rice --and much more (I think I counted 10 awards total).
Yuzuru Hanyu donated all his Olympic winnings of 10,000,000 yen (roughly 91,998 USD) half to the city and half to the prefecture, to be used for the continued reconstruction of the area from the earthquake in 2011.
https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20180423/p2a/00m/0na/005000c English coverage of the Parade Press conference with Yuzuru Hanyu
The aftermath has also been heartwarming and funny. The next day this hashtag trended --and is still trending on twitter #羽生結弦の写真撮るの下手くそ選手権 It translates to Championships of Badly taken photos of Yuzuru Hanyu. Where fans are sharing their out of focus, partially or totally obscured photos of Yuzu at the parade. https://twitter.com/echotpe/status/988299019825926145 these, for example.
This parade was paid for by donations and the sale of comemorative T-shirts and wristbands that were made in Japan. If there is a surplus of funds, they are expected to be donated to the reconstruction efforts. https://twitter.com/TBC_houdou/status/988372575251136512 at this time 235,000,000 yen has been raised. (roughly 2,161,964USD):eeking:
Parade organizers had enlisted 1000 volunteers to pick up trash after the parade, but were happy to find the roads clear and only 6 bags of trash total to be picked up. https://twitter.com/nhk_tohoku_news/status/988286409936060416
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