毎年、夏になると最高気温を記録することが多い埼玉県熊谷市。そんな熊谷市から生まれた意外なものとは？
KUMAGAYA, Saitama Prefecture--Officials in this city, one of Japans hottest, have produced uchiwa paper fans in six languages to raise awareness of global warming.
The city, which reached a high of 40.9 degrees in 2007, hopes participants at the Group of Eight Hokkaido Toyako Summit will use them in the heat of July.
The city ordered 8,500 of the fans, printed in Japanese, English, French, Italian, German and Russian and featuring the G-8 nations’ flags, from a company in Marugame, Kagawa Prefecture.
"With these uchiwa, we hope (participants will) have a cool-headed discussion and brainstorm some cool ideas for preventing global warming," a city official said.
06/23/2008 asahi.com
