“I began to think no one would turn up and that maybe we couldn’t do it after all, but then we decided to just go for it, thinking ‘even if only a few people come, let’s just try doing it this year!’ So we took the plunge and went ahead."

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“I began to think no one would turn up and that maybe we couldn’t do it after all, but then we decided to just go for it, thinking ‘even if only a few people come, let’s just try doing it this year!’ So we took the plunge and went ahead." - Nozato Asumi, Hitachi Pride Parade co-founder

Small City, Big Pride: Japanese Prefecture Gets Its First Pride Parade - Unseen Japan

The parade in Hitachi, Ibaraki Prefecture, shows how Japan's LGBTQ+ citizens are committed to raising awareness in smaller cities and towns.

Unseen Japan (unseen-japan.com)

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