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Teen Japanese folk star serenades Victoria city hall in thanks for support during 2011 tsunami

Teen Japanese folk star serenades Victoria city hall in thanks for support during 2011 tsunami: Teen Japanese folk star serenades Victoria city hall in thanks for support during 2011 tsunami



Teen Japanese folk star serenades Victoria city hall in thanks for support during 2011 tsunami

VICTORIA, B.C.: February 21, 2014 - Misaki Usuzawa, a junior high student from one of the coastal towns that was devastated in 2011 by Japan�s most powerful earthquake and the following tsunamis, performs to a crowd at Victoria City Hall. Usuzawa was recently celebrated as one of Japan�s up and coming musicians and sings to show gratitude for the support Victoria offered to Japan in 2011.
Photograph by: ADRIAN LAM , TIMES COLONIST

A teenage folksinging sensation from Japan had the Victoria mayor, councillors and guests clapping along in city chambers Friday as she sang about her homeland.

Misaki Usuzawa’s performance was a thank-you to B.C.’s capital after it supported her hometown following its destruction in the 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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