Establishment of World Tsunami Awareness Day

C2293a	C2293b	C2293c

C2293d	C2293e

Issue	Establishment of World Tsunami Awareness Day
First Day	November 4, 2016
Value	¥82 x 5
Designs	C2293a - Sea around the world
	C2293b - Fire of Inamura 1
	C2293c - Fire of Inamura 2
	C2293d - Miracle Lone Pine Tree
	C2293e - Prize-winning work of second to fourth grade in elementary school, the 31st Disaster Reduction Poster Contest Award of Chairman of Disaster Reduction Council
Designer	Kaifuchi Junko(stamp designer)
Printing	Offset in 6 colors
Size	a,d,e : 25.0 x 35.5mm,vertical b,c : 28.0 x 35.5mm,vertical
Sheet	10stamps(2 x 5)	Sheet

Japanese Stamp Specialized Catalog (JSCA) & SAKURA Catalog numbers are adopted.

[Note on the Stamps]

The stamps are issued to commemorate the designation of "World Tsunami Awareness Day" as November 5 at the UN General Assembly in order to improve public understanding and increase awareness of a threat of and measures against tsunami around the world. This day comes from the story of "the Fire of Inamura (Rice Sheaves)" which told about tsunami caused by Ansei Nankai Earthquake on November 5, 1854 (old calendar).

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