2024年1月30日 · Created by sculptor Munehiro Komeno in 2009, the Girl in Red Shoes also stands in the U.S., in the Shelter Island neighborhood of San Diego, California. The location was chosen for its...

There is also a bronze sculpture, “The Girl in Red Shoes,” by Munehiro Komeno, which was placed on June 2, 2009. It’s from a popular Japanese children’s story, and a similar sculpture stands in Yamashita Park on Yokohama’s waterfront.

2018年5月22日 · [By Lydia Velarde, San Diego] This bronze sculpture, “The Girl in Red Shoes,” stands in front of the Japanese Friendship Bell on Shelter Island in San Diego. It’s from a popular Japanese children’s story, and a similar sculpture stands in …

2010年6月26日 · Framed picture, 21 x 17 inches, of the famous statue in Yamashita Park in Yokohama - 'The Little Girl with Red Shoes On'. The statue represents the subject of a book which captures the story of a shoemaker and an orphan girl in Yokohama, Japan, and a song that is one of the most famous songs in Japan.

THE GIRL WITH RED SHOES. San Diego and Yokohama, sister cities located on opposite sides of the Pacific Ocean, share another link—a statue of THE GIRL WITH RED SHOES. The statue was inspired by the famous Japanese nursery rhyme, 赤い靴 "Red Shoes” written in 1922 by Japanese poet Ujō Noguchi, and then composed into song by Nagayo Motoori.

2023年11月7日 · On Shelter Island, in San Diego, you will find a bronze statue of a little Japanese Girl. Her name was Iwasaki Kimi. But you might easily miss seeing her, as the bronze statute is only three...

2023年5月8日 · San Diego signed its first-ever Sister City Agreement with this city in Tokyo Bay — the first such affiliation on the West Coast. The friendship was cemented with the Yokohama Friendship Bell on Shelter Island in May 1958, and the “ …

2023年2月15日 · In Tokyo’s upscale Azabu-Jūban district, a sculpture of a young girl, called Kimi-chan, bears a tragic backstory. “The Red Shoes” is a popular children’s song known for its hauntingly ...

"The bronze sculpture 'The Girl in Red Shoes' by Munehiro Komeno was presented to the citizens of San Diego by the citizens of Yokohama for eternal friendship and to commemorate the 150th Anniversary of the Yokohama Port Opening, June 2, 2009.

Description: A 160cm bronze statue of Kimi Chan, the “girl with the red shoes”. Kimi Iwasaski, was a little girl who was adopted by an American Misionary couple in the 1920s because her parents could not afford to keep her.