Nagoya Walkathon
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The Nagoya Walkathon and International Charity Festival is a foreign organized charity event started in 1991 in Nagoya, Japan that is held annually on a Sunday in May.
This event is sponsored by the American Chamber of Commerce in Japan (ACCJ) and Nagoya International School (NIS), and its main purpose is to join the international community with Japanese friends and companies in raising money for local orphanages and charities.
Attendance in 2009 was between 2000 and 2500 people, and the event raised 8 million yen for orphanages and local charities. Nagoya Mayor Takashi Kawamura
participated in the 2009 Walkathon.
This event is sponsored by the American Chamber of Commerce in Japan (ACCJ) and Nagoya International School (NIS), and its main purpose is to join the international community with Japanese friends and companies in raising money for local orphanages and charities.
Attendance in 2009 was between 2000 and 2500 people, and the event raised 8 million yen for orphanages and local charities. Nagoya Mayor Takashi Kawamura
Takashi Kawamura (politician)
is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan , and a former member of the House of Representatives in the Diet .- Biography :...
participated in the 2009 Walkathon.
Venue Location
- 2005 - Meijō ParkMeijō Parkis a public park surrounding Nagoya Castle in Kita-ku, Nagoya, Japan-Facilities:The name Meijō derives itself from the abbreviated kanji form of...
- 2006 - Meijō Park
- 2007 - Meijō Park
- 2008 - Meijō Park
- 2009 - Tsuruma ParkTsuruma ParkTsuruma Park is located in Shōwa-ku, Nagoya, central Japan.- History :The park's history goes back to the year 1909. It features a large water fountain and a gazebo for music bands from the early 20th century, constructed in the European style fashionable at that time.Located within the park is...
- 2010 - Tsuruma ParkTsuruma ParkTsuruma Park is located in Shōwa-ku, Nagoya, central Japan.- History :The park's history goes back to the year 1909. It features a large water fountain and a gazebo for music bands from the early 20th century, constructed in the European style fashionable at that time.Located within the park is...
- 2011 - Moricoro Park