Over 200
passionate clients and collectors participated in today’s charity
auction at the Italian embassy in Tokyo to collect money for the city of
Ishinomaki, which was severely hit by the earthquake in Japan last
March. The auction was a great success, where some shirts, signed by the
Scuderia Ferrari and the first FF on the Japanese market, were auctioned
off. Ferrari Chairman Luca di Montezemolo, the Italian ambassador
Vincenzo Petrone, the Japanese Minister of Industry Banri Kaieda and
Ishinomaki’s mayor Hiroshi Kameyama participated in the event. The FF
was won at the auction by an architect from Tokyo, who offered more than
the other bidders. With the over 500,000 euros collected, Ferrari will
build a school for the children of Ishinomaki. This initiative is a
first and was also used to celebrate the first 35 years of Ferrari in
Japan. |