Hokkaido Festival excites crowds in Ha Long

The event is held as part of activities aimed at celebrating the 50th anniversary of Vietnam-Japan diplomatic relations and the 60th founding anniversary of Quang Ninh, which was founded on October 30, 1963.

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The four-day festival starting on November 16 seeks to enhance mutual understanding of culture, cuisine, and tourism between the citizens of the two localities.

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Many young people gather together at the Quang Ninh planning, fair, and exhibition palace to participate in various activities during the event.

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Street art performances attract thousands of visitors as they snap photos with robots, cartoon characters, and manga cosplayers.

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Bumblebee is a fictional robot character who appears in the Transformers franchise.

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The character is a member of the Autobots, a group of sentient, self-configuring, modular extraterrestrial robotic lifeforms.

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Tourists enjoy taking photos with people transforming into fishermen and miners.

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Doraemon, a famous character in the Japanese manga series with the same name, is associated with the childhood of Vietnamese children for many generations.

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Participants enjoy Yosakoi dances during the event.

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With 100 booths, the Vietnam-Japan trade, culture, and culinary exhibition contributes to promoting handicrafts, tourism, and fashion products from both countries.

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The exhibition features interesting cultural activities such as Origami paper folding and mask decoration.

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A special space with snow is set up for visitors to experience the atmosphere of being in Hokkaido.

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Visitors try on the traditional Japanese outfit Kimono.

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Furthermore, some conferences on investment promotion, tourism, human resources development, and green growth agriculture also take place, promising comprehensive co-operation between the two localities of Vietnam and Japan.