There was the 37th "yen 10 curry charity" at the restaurant named Matsumoto ro (松本楼) in the Hibiya Park (日比谷公園), Tokyo. The restaurant has 106 years of history, but in 1971 it was burnt, and restarted in 1973. To commemorate the day they started the charity. Usually it costs yen 760 for curry rice but they offer the first 1,500 dishes for the donation of more than yen 10.
Last year there came 2,099 people and they donated yen 525,949 in total. The Matumoto ro added yen 200,000 and contributed to UNICEF. During 36 years 83,997 people participated and the total amount of donation reached yen 18,005,199.
This year by 10 AM more than 2,000 people got together in front of the restaurant, though they were going to serve for the first 1,500 people from 11 AM. The average donation of this year was yen 204 which was more than yen 100 higher than last year.
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