炭燒秋刀魚籌款支援大地震復元

Recently the Mainichi News reported the following:
「サンマは目黒に限る」のオチで知られる古典落語の演目にちなんだ恒例の「目黒のさんま祭り」が４日、東京都品川区の目黒駅前商店街で開かれた。毎年サンマを提供してきた岩手県宮古市が東日本大震災に見舞われ、一時は開催が危ぶまれたが、山本正徳市長が「宮古にとっても大切な祭り。（復興支援の）恩返しのためにも必ずお届けする」と申し出て、旬のサンマ約７０００匹が無事届けられた。
　例年は無料で炭火焼きのサンマがふるまわれるが、震災の復興支援をテーマに掲げる今年は「お代は募金箱へ」と義援金を募った。ＪＲ目黒駅そばの会場は最大約１キロの大行列ができる大人気で、同商店街振興組合専務理事の池田周さん（６４）は「祭りが少しでも復興の後押しになれば」と話した.
(試譯文)
The "Pacific saury festival of Meguro", a traditional festival named after the classical rakugo performance's known punch line of "restricting a Pacific saury to Meguro" was opened on the 4th in the shopping center in front of Meguro Station in Shinagawa District, Tokyo. Iwate which had offered the Pacific saury every year was hit by the East Japan great earthquake; and although at one time there was the worry of whether to hold it, Mayor Masanori Yamamoto said "the festival is important for Miyako, it was also for requital of a favor (reconstruction assistance), we certainly send them to you", and about 7000 seasonal Pacific sauries were sent safely.

Although the char-broiled Pacific saury was served every year for free, this year a contribution was collected by "Making donation to the collection box" as it was linked up with the theme of assisting the earthquake disaster reconstruction. The gathering place, located next to the JR Meguro Station, was extremely popular with the largest line-up of up to about 1-km; noting that the shopping center promotion union representative director Mr. Shu Ikeda (64) said " if the festival can be of a small help to the recovery".

In Japan many activities are held with a theme that is related to helping the earthquake recovery.