This trip has become an important treasure that I will never forget for the rest of my life. I am grateful to all of you. Thank you very much.
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Quite a late start for what im used to with Marathons, I definitely appreciated the extra time in bed this morning. The day was clear and still with bright sunshine, a whole world away from the windy storms I had experienced while training for this race in Wellington. I was happy the weather was on our side even if it was a lowly 9 degrees on the start line.
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Kosuke Hamada-san is the second runner to represent Sakai at the at the Wellington Marathon, came sixth and he did a great job promoting our sister city as well as the 泉州国際市民マラソン (Senshu International City Marathon).
Congratulations also to Dan Lowry, the fastest Wellingtonian male runner who will travel to Sakai, Japan in February 2018 as a Wellington ambassador to run in the Senshu Marathon.
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A recap of WSA activities for 2015-2016
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On 8 December members from Wellington Sakai Association (WSA) and Wellington Xiamen Association (WXA) joined together at Ozeki Japanese restaurant to celebrate the end of 2015.
Check out some photos of the event at: http://www.southlight.co.nz/WSA&WXA
Have a great Christmas and see you at the New Year's picnic on February 4 at Katherine Mansfield Park where we celebrate the signing of the sister-city arrangement between Wellington and Sakai.
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This year's hanami picnic was postponed a week due to bad weather on the original date. This may have lead to the smaller than usual turn out, but none the less we had a great time enjoying some lovely food catered by Yoshi Sushi and Bento, along with some beautiful bentos made by members who had attended the bento class several weeks earlier.
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After the success of a smaller class last year for JET Alumni Association (JETaa) members, Wellington Sakai Association (WSA) and JETaa joined together to present a bento making workshop, with a view to encouraging more people to make their own bentos to enjoy under the cherry blossoms at the annual WSA hanami picnic later in September.
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Congratulations to Tim Sutton, who was drawn as the lucky Wellington runner to participate in the 2016 Senshu Marathon by Wellington Mayor Celia Wade-Brown live on air at NewstalkZB at 8am on Saturday 7 November.
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