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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Andrew Wharton has won the trip to Sakai to represent Wellington at the Senshu International Cities Marathon in February.
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The Cherry Blossom Picnic hasn't happened for a few years but following feedback from WSA members that they would like to see this event return, on Thursday 25 September a group of about 20 WSA members, friends and family came together.
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Sakai city has published its latest edition of its City Life newsletter this month
There is even an article about the Japan Festival.
WANTED! A Wellington-based marathon runner who can represent Wellington City in the 2015 Senshu International City marathon in Osaka, on 15 February 2015.
Our successful representative will travel FREE to Japan, staying three nights in a hotel and three nights in a Japanese homestay. This wonderful opportunity comes from Wellington's link with Sakai City,
one of the host cities for the Senshu marathon.
Applications close 31 October 2014.
Our Wellington Sakai Association has had another busy year. Since our last AGM which was held on Tuesday 10 September last year, your committee have held a number of functions and participated in many events (see attachment). As the list is too long for me to report on every event, I shall report on a few highlights of the year.
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Wellington Sakai Association again had a stall at this years Wellington Japan Festival on 23 August 2014. The WSA Committee bought some traditional "chusen" material from sister-city Sakai, and cut this into squares for use in a "furoshiki" experience on the WSA stall.
Read More$2 entry or FREE for WSA members, space is limited so RSVP to jkaiwanz@gmail.com
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