Kumamoto Revival Project

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

Information
In 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 bronze 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

 * 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.
 * The statues for Brook and Chopper were completed before the COVID-19 pandemic, but the outbreak caused their unveilings to be delayed.
 * 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 November 21, 2020 at Takamori Station.
 * Roronoa Zoro - Schedule not yet released.
 * Nami - Schedule not yet released.
 * Robin - 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 Saturday, November 7 and will be in service until Wednesday, March 31, 2021.