Odisha: Japanese tourists soak in the Rath Yatra festival in Puri. Bhubaneswar News – Times of India

Puri: The India-Japan Friendship Centre, a voluntary organization working to promote tourism between the two countries, has brought a group of 15 tourists. Japan To Puri to feel them Chariot Festival And frequent travel,
Kanako Yamura said, “We had planned to visit Puri in 2020 and 2021 but were forced to cancel our trips due to Covid. It was a pleasure to see Rath Yatra and Bahuda Yatra this time. We saw the festival on TV was.” One of the tourists from Nagasaki.
This was the second visit to Puri for Masao Nishina. Nishina said, “I had visited Puri a few years back and witnessed the Rath Yatra. I was happy to see no change in tradition and culture. Though it was difficult to interact with the huge crowd, I managed to catch a glimpse of the deities. doing.” , which is from Tokyo.
Tourists express their condolences after the assassination of the former Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe and visited Grand Road in Puri to participate in Bahuda Yatra.
President of India-Japan Friendship Center Shrimant Kumar Das said that they have been facilitating the participation of Japanese tourists in the Rath Yatra for the past few years. “We had been bringing them to Puri for six years. They used to pull chariots on Chakratirtha road all those years,” Das said.