[Japan Expo Paris] Kinopi from Kiryu City, Gunma Prefecture promotes tourism and industry (Kiryu Times)

2016-07-05

2 more days until the opening of the Japan Expo Paris!

The mascot characters played a big part at the 2016 Japan Expo Paris. Many mascot characters with a major mission of regional PR, such as being selected for the “Japan Contents Overseas Expansion Promotion Project, etc.,” will appear.
Traditional Culture Pavilion “WABI-SABI”Inside and outside, life-size panels will be exhibited, stage shows will be shown, tourist site videos will be shown, historical culture will be introduced, and specialty products will be sold.
On 7/2 (Sat), the Kiryu Times reported that “Kinopi” will be exhibited in Kiryu City, Gunma Prefecture.
In addition to exhibiting a life-size panel of Kinopi, the name of Kiryu, the textile city, will be promoted around the world by screening “Industrial Heritage Site: Kiryu, the City of 1300,” which introduces Kiryu City's tourist sites and industries.

Kiryu Times (dated 2016/7/2) Some excerpts

[Kinopi to exhibit at “Japan Expo” for the first time in the city of flowers]
Kiryu City's mascot character “Kinopi” will be exhibited for the first time at the “Japan Expo,” which promotes the appeal of Japanese pop culture and traditional culture to be held in Paris, France from 7 to 10. Kiryu tourism will be promoted through panel exhibitions, video playback, pamphlet distribution, etc. ...

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