October 20, 2013
Translator: Lymhwa Kim
Large screens within and outside the auditorium projected a live feed of True Mother while she spoke at Nagano despite the heavy rain.
True Mother made a stop at Nagano on October 20th, as part of the continuation of “The Rally for 55th Anniversary of Missionaries in Japan – Joshinetsu region.” Approximately 3,000 people participated in this event, including a current member of the House of Representatives in Nagano region, a municipal official, a provincial councilor, leaders of local organizations, blessed families and peace ambassadors.
Despite the heavy rain, the participants from Nagano, Niigata and Gunma filled the auditorium. These three regions together are called Joshinetsu.
The Nagano headquarters prepared a big tent in front of the headquarters main building with a connected TV that displayed live activities in the auditorium. The participants listened to True Mother’s speech from outside of the auditorium despite heavy rain.
Even though the day of the event was part of the festival season when the Japanese people go to the temple to make offerings, people still came to listen to True Mother’s talk. Some people travelled six hours to get to the auditorium. Priests of the Japanese traditional religion, called Shinto, came to the event wearing traditional Japanese clothes.
True Mother gave the speech with the theme of “My hometown.” She said, “I thought about Heavenly Parent’s hometown on the way to Nagano. The hometown is the place that has beautiful memories of parents, siblings and neighbors. When people leave their hometown, they feel homesick. I wish for Nagano to become the leader who will find the Heavenly Parent’s hometown.”
She also talked to the government leaders and said, “The mother nation of Japan received the mission to embrace all humanity. If the people leading Japan think only about their own sake, it means, they will be going against the providence. Geopolitically, Japan and Korea should become one. Heaven will accomplish the harmony of humanity and peace.” She also emphasized that in order for to Japan to become an admired nation, Japan needs to inherit True Parents’ ideology. Furthermore, Japan’s mission as the mother nation is to bring 127,000,000 people in Japan to Heavenly Parent.