Odisha Community Japan

Friends,

OCJ is celebrating the first Rath Jatra in Japan on 12th July 2008. We will be discussing the preparation of this event and some pictures of chariots during its preparation here. Please visit time to time this thread to get updated.

Swadhin

The minutes of first preparatory meeting of Rath Jatra 2008 is coming soon.

Please stay tuned.

regards
Sisir

Here is the latest flyer in English. Please note that the program starts at 13:00 and the Rath Jatra will take place between 14:00 and 16:00. The nearest railway station is Shina-Misato Station on JR Mushasino Line. Please use Shimmisato if you are checking direction in hyperdia.

A preparatory meeting was held on 22nd June in Shin-Misato. 14 members from the odia group and 2 Japanese member attended the meeting. Arrangement of the rath, decoration, flyer distribution, fund-raising, food preparation and distribution of works were discussed. Group was requested to come up with an approximate number of participants and amount of sponsorships until the next meeting on 28th.

On 28th, we will do a test run of the rath and distribute works to volunteers. We sincerely request to all members to join this meeting.