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Japan
(Since
July 1992)
Located about 60 miles north of Tokyo, Utsunomiya is the capitol of Tochigi Prefecture
with a population of 400,000 people. Utsunomiya has given the City of Tulsa cherry
seeds with the hope that one day Riverside Drive will be lined with blooming cherry
blossoms in spring. Tulsa reciprocated by presenting redbud seeds to Utsunomiya.
The city is rich with a mixture of historical landmarks: the rock-carved
Buddhas at the Ohya Temple, and modern technology such as the Nissan plant. Japan's
most famous park, Nikko, is not far from Utsunomiya.
The youth exchange
is very important to this partnership. This year a group of 28 middle school students
from various Utsunomiya schools and 18 high school and college students were hosted
by area host families. Now, the Partnership is focusing on the outgoing exchange
that sends Tulsa area students to Utsunomiya in June. Next year, we'll begin the
process all over again. Consider your involvement to host in late March next year
and consider sending your children to Japan.
June
4-14 - Tulsa students, grades 7-12, travel to Utsunomiya
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Partnership |
Utsunomiya
representatives at the 2005 "Connecting Cultures" Sister Cities Summit.
Taken at Opening Ceremony, October 26, 2005, Williams Atrium
For more photos
of the Summit, click here. |
2007
Utsunomiya-Tulsa Student Exchange Trip
Students from
Utsunomiya, Japan, visited Tulsa March 25-April 1 for the annual student exchange
trip, coordinated by the Utsunomiya-Tulsa Sister City Partnership. While in Tulsa,
exchange students participated in a service day at the Community Food Bank of
Eastern Oklahoma, shadowed their host family children at local schools, toured
City Hall and met Mayor Kathy Taylor, Councilor and Utsunomiya Ambassador John
Eagleton and attended a farewell dinner at John Knox Presbyterian Church where
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