The Japanese community in the Essex city of Colchester held their ‘Wa’ Matsuri (summer festival) last weekend in aid of the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami. Below are pictures from the event, which included taiko drumming and Japanese food tasting.
Links between Colchester and Japan have also been strengthened in recent years by the hosting of trainee nurses from Japan at the local hospital, where last month seven nurses aged 19-36 studied English and health and social care practice.
