Held a pre-event “Gunt and Chikai (group, tochi, thorn (sea))” to commemorate the opening of the whole Kitaseki line

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  • Held a pre-event “Gunt and Chikai (group, tochi, thorn (sea))” to commemorate the opening of the whole Kitaseki line

February 25, 2011
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.
Kanto Regional Head Office

NEXCO EAST Kanto Regional Head Office (Taito-ku, Tokyo) was opened on March 5, 2011 (123: _123: Kita-Kanto Expressway, nicknamed "Kitakan") on March 5, 2011 ( Pre-event "Gunt and Chikai (group, tochi, thorn (sea))" will be held on Saturday and Sunday, 6th. In the pre-event, we will publicize the opening of all lines in Kita-Kan, and also carry out tourism PR in the three prefectures of Kita-Kanto and events such as rock-paper-scissors competitions with mascots in each prefecture.

[Pre-event summary] (Details Attachment [PDF: 82KB] Please refer to)

1 Date and time and place

○Saturday, March 5, 2011 *Rainy weather (event contents may change)
8:00 to 14:00: Kan-Etsu Expressway Kamisato Service Area (SA) Out-bound line (Kamizato-cho, Kodama-gun, Saitama)
9:00 to 16:00: Mibu Highway Park (with Kita-Kanto Expressway Mibu Parking Area (PA), Mibu-cho, Shimotsuga-gun, Tochigi Prefecture)

○Sunday, March 6, 2011 ※Rainy weather (event contents may change)
From 10:00 to 17:00: Joban Expressway Tomobe SA In-bound Line (Kasama City, Ibaraki Prefecture)

2 Implementation contents

  • Opening of all lines in Kitaseki
  • Northern Kanto 3 prefectures tourism PR
  • Rock-paper-scissors competition with mascots from the three prefectures of Kita Kanto (if you win, you will receive special products from each prefecture, special mascot goods, etc.)

Image image of mascot

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