Greetings all! Things area starting to heat up in Sakai and it looks like another hot summer - I can say this before the rainy season (tsuyu) has even arrived! There’s still plenty to do in Sakai through the summer though, despite the heat.
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On 23rd August 2014, in recognition of the 20 year sister city relationship between Sakai and Wellington, a symbolic giant kimono was erected as the centrepiece for the Wellington Japan Festival held at the TSB Arena. This kimono was a collaborative piece of art created by school students and youth groups in the Greater Wellington and Kansai areas.
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An official delegation from Hutt City Council will visit Minoh in the first week of October. They plan to leave New Zealand on September 30 and leave Japan on October 6. The visit is during our school holidays.
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On February 4, Wellington Sakai Association celebrated with a shin-nen-kai 新年会 (party to celebrate the start of the New Year) summer evening picnic to celebrate the 21st anniversary of our sister-city relationship with Sakai in Katherine Mansfield Park where a number of trees and a mini kofun garden donated from Sakai are planted.
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Spring at Harvest Hill means strawberries—and lots of them! Get down to Sakai’s premier agricultural leisure park for all you can eat strawberry picking with three types of strawberries, strawberry based cooking classes, and more!
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Welcome to Tottori
Tottori Prefecture is located in western Japan, along the coast of the Sea of Japan, about two and a half hours away from Osaka. Tourism in Tottori can be divided into four main areas of interest: nature, manga, delicious food, and hot springs.
Sakai City Government is holding “HOBBIT EXHIBITION”. (Sakai is an imaginary sister city of the Shire) The exhibition is from 11 to 25 December, at Sakai City Government Building. The Hobbit movie 3 has been screening in Japan from 13 Dec.
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