Society Prefectural matchmaking event flooded with applications

[thomas]

The Aichi Prefectural Government's matchmaking event scheduled for 7 October has seen 2,249 singles looking to tie the knot applying—some 5.6 times the 400 participants organisers sought. The government will hold the event at Expo 2005 Aichi Commemorative Park, the location of Ghibli Park, in Nagakute, near Nagoya.

Participants must be between 20 and 39 years old and either live, study or work in Aichi Prefecture. The prefectural government planned the event to provide an opportunity to meet people in response to the decrease in the number of face-to-face events held by private companies amid the coronavirus pandemic. The participants will be divided into groups of three men and three women, and they will engage in activities such as looking for Ghibli-related objects across the park while conversing with each other.

2,249 singles apply for central Japan Pref. matchmaking event - The Mainichi

NAGOYA -- A total of 2,249 singles looking to tie the knot applied for a matchmaking event the Aichi Prefectural Government has scheduled for Oct. 7 -

mainichi.jp

I have read about similar events organised by South Korean municipalities. They are popular but hardly ever result in participants tying the knot.

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[Mikawa Ossan]

Based on my (dated) experience in Aichi, I'd expect that the plans will need to be modified slightly. There will almost certainly be more men attending than women.