On 29 July 2017, UNHCR and Mariupol City Administration co-hosted the Opening Ceremony of "Mitten" Mural by Japanese artist Miyazaki Kensuke together with displaced and local children.

Famous Japanese artist Miyazaki Kensuke visited Ukraine in July 2017 in the framework of his global project “Over the Wall”. His visit to Ukraine is dedicated to the first anniversary of the “City of Solidarity” initiative launched in Mariupol and the 25th anniversary of establishing diplomatic relations between Japan and Ukraine. During his mission, Mr. Miyazaki Kensuke created wall paintings in Kyiv and Mariupol together with local, refugee and displaced children from eastern Ukraine.