Ang bantayog para sa alaala ni Dr. Jose P. Rizal sa Hibiya Park sa Chiyoda City sa Tokyo, isang 16.16-ektaryang parke sa pag-itan ng palasyo ng Emperador at ng government center ng Japan, ang pinagtutuunan ng pansin ng mga kaanib sa Lokal ng Tokyo ng Iglesia Ni Cristo (North East Asia District) kung ang pamahalaan ay nagtataguyod ng mga clean-up drive para lahukan ng mga kusangloob na mamamayan. Ang nasa gitna ng larawan sa tabi ng bantayog ay si Gng. Imee M. Yoshinaga na isang malapit na kamag-anak ni Mayor Vicente B. Amante. (Ruben E. Taningco)
What is now known as Doña Leonila (Mini-Forest) Park overlooking the Sampaloc Lake is actually a portion of the site for the City Hall Complex purchased in 1937 by the Municipal Government of San Pablo headed by President Inocencio Barleta, which was partly developed after the termination of World War II under the administration of appointed City Mayor, Dr. Fernando A. Bautista. During the incumbency of elected Mayor Lauro D. Dizon Sr., with the help of the Rotary Club of San Pablo, and under the supervision of Dr. Juan B. Hernandez, then club secretary of the local Rotary Club and Chairman of the City Beautification Committee, constructed some park structures at the park, with the fountain featuring the country lass with agriculture harvest as centerpiece. Probably, Hernandez and then City Engineer Perfecto Reyes were inspired by the figures affixed on the façade of the City Hall Building which symbolizes progress. Sometimes on April of 1961 when then President Carlos Garcia made a
It is through Inter-Country respect that this event was started. It is through Nationalism that Filipinos in Japan participated. And it is through Faith and Divine Guidance that the Iglesia Ni Cristo - Tokyo Congregation lead in pushing this event through. Douhou, Shingi o Mamoru.
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