Shigeru Miyamoto to Receive “Honorary Citizen of Nantan City, Kyoto” By Hometown

The first proposal for “Honorary Citizen of Nantan City, Kyoto Prefecture” was passed on December 20, granting the honor to the video game designer as well as former Ambassador to Ukraine, Mutsuo Mabuchi, former cabinet secretary – once touted as the “shadow Prime Minister to Japan” – the late Hiromu Nonaka, who presided over the role during the 1995 Sarin Gas Attack, and the 7th Chief Justice of Japan, the late Ekizo Fujibayashi.

In October, Miyamoto was awarded the “Person of Cultural Merit” Award, the highest honor a person in a creative field can receive in Japan, and on December 20, he was elected as an “Honorary Citizen of Nantan City, Kyoto Prefecture.”

Nantan City in Kyoto Prefecture is a newly merged township of multiple cities in the general area, which included Miyamoto’s hometown of Sonobe.