Kumamoto Revival Project

The ONE PIECE Kumamoto Revival Project is a service project in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan started by Eiichiro Oda.

Information
On April 14, 2016, Eiichiro Oda donated ¥800,000,000 to help reconstruct his home city of Kumamoto, Japan after it was struck by two earthquakes. Eiichiro Oda wrote supportive messages, and drew art for local products. After rebuilding Kumamoto, the governor Ikuo Kabashima announced that they would build statues of the Straw Hat Pirates to thank Eiichiro Oda for his help. Here is the information about when other characters are going to be built:

Statue Schedule
The statue construction phase is known as Straw Hat Pirates "Hino Country" Reconstruction Arc (麦わらの一味 「ヒノ国」復興編). The name refers to the ancient Hi Province of Japan, which was located within the present-day Kumamoto Prefecture; It is also likely intended to reference "Wano Country".

The statues for Brook and Chopper were completed before the COVID-19 pandemic, but the outbreak caused their unveilings to be delayed.


 * Monkey D. Luffy - Unveiled in November 2018, Located at the Kumamoto Prefectural Government office.
 * Sanji - Unveiled on December 7, 2019 in the town of Mashiki.
 * Usopp - Unveiled on December 8, 2019 in front of Aso Station.
 * Tony Tony Chopper - Originally scheduled for March 28, 2020. Unveiled on November 7, 2020 at the main gate entrance of the Kumamoto City Zoological and Botanical Gardens.
 * Brook - Originally scheduled for March 29, 2020. Unveiled on November 8, 2020 at Fureai Hiroba Square in Mifune Town.
 * Franky - Unveiled on November 21, 2020 at Takamori Station.
 * Nami - Unveiled on July 31, 2021 in the Nishihara village.
 * Robin - Unveiled on October 9, 2021 on former Tokai University Campus in Aso.
 * Roronoa Zoro - Schedule not yet released.
 * Jinbe - Schedule not yet released.

Promotion
To promote the unveiling of Chopper's statue, the city of Kumamoto wrapped a train with decals of the Straw Hat Pirates. The train would travel through the city to the Kumamoto City Zoo and Botanical Garden where Chopper's statue was dedicated. It was installed on November 7, 2020 and was in service until March 31, 2021.

Episode of Kumamoto


Episode of Kumamoto is an animated webseries that was posted to YouTube in April of 2021. It shows Monkey D. Luffy and Buggy arriving at Kumamoto and going on a treasure hunt there alongside the prefecture's mascot, Kumamon. They visit multiple Kumamoto landmarks, and and each time Kumamon will press a button that gives the viewers information about that landmark, as well as damage the landmark suffered in the earthquake and efforts to restore it. The episode is split up into multiple segments that are only a few minutes long, and new segments are continuing to be released as of now.

Trivia

 * Two color spreads have paid tribute to the project and featured the mascot of the Kumamoto Prefecture, Kumamon.