Komaki mayor welcomes Daniela Nishikawa and suggests aid for Tohoku victims
Shizuo Yamashita, who had been to the event before as a guest, confirmed he would attend Miss Nikkey’s 10-year celebration in Komaki, set for May 8, 2011.
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Komaki Mayor Shizuo Yamashita granted an audience to producer and organizer Daniela Nishikawa and a group from the Miss Nikkey Japan 2011 Organizing Committee. The festival was scheduled for May 8 at the Komaki Shimin Kaikan and would celebrate 10 consecutive years of Miss Nikkey in the city.
A decade in Komaki
Daniela congratulated the new mayor on his winning campaign and explained the event’s goal: to promote integration and highlight positive aspects of the Brazilian community in Japan. According to her, the festival showcases the community’s organization and the beauty found in the runway shows, in the performances and in the strength of the companies at the business and services expo.
Yamashita praised the initiative and the organizers’ commitment to narrowing the distance between Brazil and Japan by showing Brazilian culture to Japanese people and offering recreation to the community.
The mayor recalled that, before entering politics, he had attended Miss Nikkey as one of the guests. He confirmed he would attend the celebrations of the event’s first decade in Komaki.
Before the 2011 edition, the organizers also had the support of the Komaki City Council and made room for an Aichi Prefectural Police prevention campaign.
Solidarity with the Tohoku victims
The meeting also addressed the tragedy in the Tohoku region, where the earthquake and tsunami left thousands of victims. According to the mayor, all of Komaki’s festivals planned for March were canceled in solidarity with the victims, and the city was mobilized in donation drives.
Yamashita suggested that the Miss Nikkey 2011 organizers find some way to join the campaign for the victims in Sendai, since the event brings together thousands of people.
Daniela replied that the production team was already taking part in the solidarity effort voluntarily and anonymously. An aid initiative was being planned, to be launched with the audience on the day of the event, May 8, Mother’s Day.
In 2010, the Miss Nikkey audience had already donated more than 1 metric ton of food to charitable organizations.
