We will hold "Kitaseki opening fair"!

~ Come to Ibaraki, Tochigi, Gunma! ! Introducing the charm of 3 prefectures

November 7, 2008
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd. Kanto Regional Head Office
Nex-area Company Limited

NEXCO EAST Kanto Regional Head Office (Taito-ku, Tokyo, Regional Head Office length: Shinichi Ishikawa) is, December 2008 20 days to open to (Saturday) Kita-Kanto Expressway opened the widely customers between Moka IC ~ Sakuragawa Chikusei IC of Ya We will hold the "Kitaseki Kaidou Fair" on Saturday, November 29th in the following service areas to publicize and use it for the local community.

1 Implementation date

Saturday, November 29, 2008, from 11:00 to 18:00
(In case of stormy weather, it may be canceled)

2 places

Tohoku Expressway Sano Service Area (In-bound)
Joban Expressway Tomobe Service Area (In-bound)

3 cooperating organizations

Ibaraki prefecture, Tochigi prefecture, Gunma prefecture (Kita Kanto wide area cooperation promotion meeting), etc.

With this opening, Ibaraki and Tochigi prefectures will be connected, and it is expected that tourism and logistics will be exchanged between the three northern Kanto prefectures and excursions from the Tokyo metropolitan area. In this event, we will widely publicize the opening of "Kitakan" that connects the Tohoku Expressway and Joban Expressway, and the characters of the three northern Kanto prefectures will go to service areas in other prefectures to promote tourism and products.

To commemorate the opening of this time, we will also carry out a "Campaign for commemorating the opening of the Kita-Kanto Expressway Moka IC-Sakuragawa Chikusei IC! (Attached document [PDF:59KB])

Characters from each prefecture will do sightseeing promotion. "Hustle Komon" Ibaraki prefecture, "Ruri-chan" Tochigi prefecture, "Gunma-chan" Gunma prefecture image image

4 Event content

[Tohoku Expressway Sano Service Area (In-bound) Coming to Ibaraki Ibaraki! !! Kitaseki opening fair]

Introducing the charm of Ibaraki Prefecture.

  • Kita-Kanto Expressway Business PR
  • Tourism PR corner mainly in Ibaraki prefecture
    Ibaraki character "Hustle Komon" promotes sightseeing
  • Free distribution of roses from Ibaraki prefecture (200)
  • Free distribution of "Anko Nabe" (Limited twice at 13:00 and 16:00) [Hitanaka City Tourism Association]
  • Sale of Ibaraki specialty products
    Kasama ware sales [Kasama ware cooperative association]
    Hitachinaka City special products such as sweet potato [Hitanaka City Tourism Association]
  • PR in Hitachinaka area (seaside park, etc.)
  • PR of Oarai Aquarium (such as stuffed exhibits)
  • Ibaraki Airport PR
  • PR for the Abilympic Ibaraki Games 2009
  • Wide-area tourism questionnaire and collaborator gifts
  • Wadaiko: Iwafune Musashi Taiko A solo piano performance by Ken Kimura
  • Fun corner (balloons, ring tosses, lottery with putter golf, handmade candle classes, etc.)

[Joban Expressway Dotomobe Service Area (In-bound) Raise Tochigi Kinai Nane To Gunma! !! Kitaseki opening fair]

Introducing the charm of Tochigi and Gunma prefectures.

  • Kita-Kanto Expressway Business PR
  • Tourism PR corner mainly in Tochigi and Gunma prefectures
    Tourism PR by Tochigi character "Ruri-chan"
    Sightseeing PR by Gunma character "Gunma-chan"
  • Sale of Tochigi/Gunma specialty products
    Mashiko ware sales/PR [Mashiko Tourism Association]
    Utsunomiya dumplings (special product of Utsunomiya, Tochigi prefecture) [Utsunomiya dumplings association]
    Sano ramen (special product of Sano, Tochigi Prefecture) [Sano City Tourist Product Center]
    Strawberry (special product of Moka and Haga districts in Tochigi prefecture) [JA Hagano]
    Grilled manju (Gunma specialty) [Gunma Prefecture Product Promotion Association]
    Dairy products such as drinking yogurt (Takasaki specialty in Gunma Prefecture) [Gunma Prefecture Product Promotion Association]
    Tsukemono (Gunma Prefecture Shibukawa specialty) [Gunma Prefecture Product Promotion Association]
  • Wide-area tourism questionnaire and collaborator gifts
  • Hibi☆chazz-k Saxophone quartet
  • KURIKONEKA (Yoyo & Unicycle) · Street performance
  • Handmade candle classroom
  • Christmas illumination lights
    The Christmas illuminations will light up at 17:00 on the day. (Planned to light up until mid January)

5 presents

[Present "Kitaseki opening commemoration limited original goods" (limited to the first 50 people)]

In addition to "presenting an ETC card" at the "Kitaseki opening quiz" corner inside the event venue, those who asked "What did you see (listen to) what you learned about this event?" We will present "original goods".

["Kitaseki Kaitsu Quiz" (limited to the first 300 people)]

A "quiz" about the opening of the Kita-Kanto Expressway will be held at the booth displaying panels and posters related to the Kita-Kanto Expressway in the event venue.

Anyone can participate, and all those who answered correctly will receive a "Kitaseki opening commemorative hand towel" as a gift.

Image image of the opening hand towel of Kitaseki

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