<!-- 357.html -->  <div id="pagebody_outline">    <div id="left_box">      <div id="title_box">      <div id="titie_box_top"><!-- Image --></div>      <div id="midashi"> “The Community ”</div>      <div id="title_box_left"><font color="#FF3366"><span class="font_c">That Is Friendly to Foreigners As Well”</span></font></div>      <div id="title_box_right">        <div id="title_box_right_top"><!-- Image --></div>        <div id="title_box_right_text">Nakano Broadway,              </div>        <div id="title_box_right_bottom"><!-- Image --></div>      </div>      <div id="titie_box_bottom"><!-- Image --></div>    </div>  <div id="bold_text">“Nakano Broadway”, a gathering place of stores that sell collector’s goods such as used comics and anime. It has been drawing attention across the country, or rather, all over the world, as a place filled with traditional stores and hobby stores that sell unique items. </div>      <div id="article">        <div id="article_left">                                  <img src="/english/images/feature/357_feature_06.jpg" width="140" alt="feature_06">                                <div id="article_text">Mr. Aoki,</div>                                  <img src="/english/images/feature/357_feature_08.JPG" width="140" alt="feature_08">                              </div>        <div id="article_right"><font color="#FF3366">★Mr. Aoki, the head of Nakano Broadway Promotion Association<br />★Ms. Suzuki, the council of Nakano City Government, who provides support from Broadway’s perspective<br />★Jeremy,who works at “Mangadarake” where fans of comics (manga) and anime from all over the world gather together<br />★Bastian, who helped us in the production of the multilingual guide and claims himself as the No.1 “Otaku” in France<br />★Ms. Miyuki Ichino who spreads the attractiveness of Nakano Broadway to Chinese females<br />★We also asked Mr. Tsukasaki who creates a network for SCN, a student group that facilitates exchanges between Japanese and foreign students, <br />and other foreigners who attended the international event “Bonds” to say a few words .</font> </div>        <div class="both10"></div>        <div><font color="#0033cc">★The words from Mr. Aoki, the head of Nakano Broadway Promotion Association</font><br />What’s attractive about Nakano Broadway?<br />The charm of Nakano Broadway is that the hobby shops and the traditional shops blend together naturally not by design but by chance while keeping its unique atmosphere. Although a lot of people from all over the world come here due to anime and comics, limited effort has been made to make it a tourist site. Local people still buy dishes for dinner here and so on. It’s very full of local color.<br />Also, since there are a lot of shops, you can always discover something new no matter how many times you’ve been here. <br />About the future of Nakano Broadway<br />In the future, we hope to incorporate new things so that we can bring positive effects to other shopping streets. We aim to create an environment where foreigners, along with the young generation, can enhance the future of Nakano Broadway. On July 16th, foreigners gathered by Senseup, attended the international exchange event, “Bonds”. This event incorporated the participation of foreigners and the Hachijojima taiko performance. We hope that we can receive foreigners’ assistance in enhancing the future of Nakano Broadway. We also received strong support from Nakano City Government not only financially but also in PR. We hope that Nakano Broadway remains a shopping street that receives everyone’s support and a shopping street that is always loved by everyone.<br /><br /><font color="#0033cc">★Ms. Suzuki, the council of Nakano municipal government, who provides support from Broadway’s perspective</font><br />	<br />About Nakano Broadway’s promotions targeting foreigners<br />About the involvement of city government<br />Shopping streets play an important role in creating the charm of the region.<br />It is an important thing for Nakano Broadway which is known as the face of Nakano to provide original values. I heard that Nakano Broadway is becoming more internationalized. To create an environment that accommodates this kind of diversity, we should not only sell goods but also increase our attractiveness as a community with heart-warming hospitality. <br />The government will actively support such positive efforts of Nakano Broadway.<br /><br /><font color="#0033cc">★The thoughts of Jeremy who works at “Mangadarake” where fans of comics (manga) and anime from all over the world gather together:</font><br /><br />I heard that Japanese animations and comics are popular in France, but people in France in a way look at them as arts. <br />I’m in charge of overseas mail orders, and the most popular items are original drawings of manga and the cellulite pictures of anime. Drawings with scarcity value can cost several hundred thousand yen.<br />Many French frame those drawings in the way you do to paintings.<br />Maybe that’s because they have been exposed to Japanese anime since they were kids.<br />In fact, there’s an event in Paris called JAPANEXPO which introduces Japanese subcultures. This year more than 80,000 people (a historical high) attended the event. <br />Since Japanese anime and manga have broad bases, more and more people will probably come to Japan, or rather, Nakano Broadway.<br /></div>      </div>      <div class="both10"></div>                         </div>  <!-- end of left_box -->  </div><!-- end of pagebody_outline -->