「せんだい地球フェスタ」は、国際交流、国際協力、多文化共生等の活動をする市民団体が集い、市民の国際理解の促進を目的として1992年に開始いたしました。以来、多くの関係者の皆様の協力をいただきながら毎年開催し、市民の皆様に国際理解と交流の場を提供してまいりました。 

2020年度は新型コロナウイルス感染拡大防止のため開催を中止としたところですが、今年度に入っても感染の終息が見えず、「せんだい地球フェスタ」の再開も困難な状況が続いております。また、事務局を務める仙台観光国際協会といたしましては、仙台市内の外国人住民が増え、求められる役割が変化している中、外国人が地域の一員として共生し、活躍できる事業に力を入れていくため、外国語情報の提供や、日頃から交流できる機会を増やしていくことが急務となっています。そこで、過去に実行委員となっていただいた皆様と協議を続けた結果、せんだい地球フェスタ事業を終了とさせていただきたくこととなりました。 

これまで長らく「せんだい地球フェスタ」に足をお運びいただき、ご協力いただきました皆様に、厚くお礼申し上げます。引き続き、本市の国際交流及び多文化共生事業にご理解をいただきますようお願い申し上げます。 

Regarding the End of Sendai World Festa (Announcement) 

 With the goal of promoting international understanding among citizens, Sendai World Festa was first held in 1992 as a place where citizen groups active in areas including international exchange, international cooperation, and multiculturalism could gather. Ever since then, Sendai World Festa was held yearly thanks to the cooperation of a great number of supporters, and we were able to provide a place where citizens could engage in international understanding and exchange. 

Sendai World Festa was cancelled in 2020 in an effort to reduce the number of COVID-19 infections, although even now we find ourselves in a situation where restarting the event this year remains difficult due to the fact that the end of this pandemic still seemed far off as we entered the middle of 2021. On the part of the Sendai Tourism, Convention and Association which acts as the executive office of Sendai World Festa, we feel there is  a pressing need to increase the amount of multilingual information we provide and create more opportunities for daily exchange among citizens, as the number of foreign-born residents increases in Sendai and our needed role continues to change, in order for foreign residents to live together as fellow members of the local community, and so that we are able to put forth the proper amount of effort into programs that these citizens can make use of. Therefore, as a result of continual deliberations with planning committee members which were involved in past events, it was decided to bring an end to the Sendai World Festa program. 

We would like to deeply thank each and every person who visited and cooperated with Sendai World Festa over these many years. Our organization hopes that the citizens of Sendai will continue to appreciate international exchange and multicultural events around the city in the future. 

新型コロナウイルス感染症の拡大防止のため、令和２年９月２１日（月・祝日）開催予定だった「せんだい地球フェスタ」を中止します。
例年、地球フェスタには多数の市民の皆様にご来場いただいているところでございます（昨年の来場者数：約7,500人）。昨今の新型コロナウイルス感染症の不安が払拭できない社会的情勢をふまえ、ご来場いただく市民の皆様、出店していただく皆様、運営スタッフ等における「安心・安全」の担保が非常に困難であると判断し、開催を断念することとしたものです。
楽しみにしていただいた皆様には、このようなご報告をすることはとても残念でなりませんが、ご理解の程よろしくお願いいたします。

2020 Sendai World Festa Cancelled in order to Prevent the Spread of Novel Coronavirus COVID-19

The 2020 Sendai World Festa, scheduled to take place on September 21, 2020, has been cancelled to prevent the further spread of Novel Coronavirus infections.
Every year a large number of citizens come to the Sendai World Festa, with approximately 7,500 people visiting the event. Currently, based on the social situation where apprehensions surrounding the novel coronavirus cannot be dispelled, it has been judged very difficult to guarantee the safety and security of citizens, participating organizations, and event staff. We have therefore come to the decision to abandon our plans to hold the World Festa.
It is with much regret that we inform this news to those who had been looking forward to this event, however we ask for your understanding on this matter.

外国人住民との交流活動に取組むガイドたちと一緒に、広瀬川・仙台国際センター周辺を巡って、世界との繋がりや歴史を楽しむツアーを開催します。 
You can go on a tour around the Hirose river and Sendai International Center area along with guides who actively engages with foreign residents living in Sendai, while enjoying both connecting globally and history. 

たくさんのお申し込みありがとうございました。
フェスタについてのお問い合わせは、せんだい地球フェスタ実行委員会事務局までお知らせください。