This year's Student Ambassadors, Aisha Washington and Tracy Pa, enthusiastically departed on July 27th for their three-week stay in Osaka.

We hope you will all be joining us in the Fall when we plan a gathering to hear all about their experience!

Although we were unable to welcome the winner of the Osaka - San Francisco Sister City Association President's Award last year, we are delight to hear from Osaka that the winner of said Award at The 44th Annual English Speech Contest will be visiting us. Please click here for more information.

Please join us in welcoming Osaka City Vice Mayor Kitayama back to San Francisco.

He will be hosting two seminars:

July 13th - Breakfast Seminar on "Green Osaka" [Flyer]
July 14th - Luncheon Seminar on "Osaka / Kansai Tourism" [Flyer]

Please see the flyers below for details and sign up at the Osaka Chicago webpage.

Hope to see many of you at the seminars.

Misako Sack
Executive Director

In conjunction with the Osaka booth to be exhibited at the Inter Solar Exhibition July 12-14, Osaka Vice Mayor Keizo Kitayama will be returning to San Francisco. Tentative plans for a breakfast seminar on "Green Osaka" on the 13th, and a lunch seminar on "Osaka-Kansai Tour" on the 14th are being made. Please stay tuned for more details.

Misako Sack
Executive Director

The Training Vessel "Kashima", part of the Training Squadron of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, will call on the Port of San Francisco from Tuesday, June 21st until Friday, June 24th as part of its 2011 training cruise and will be docked at Pier 27. The vessel will be open to the public on Wednesday, June 22nd.

2011 is the 60th anniversary of the San Francisco Peace Treaty and the original US - Japan Security Treaty, and events are planned to celebrate this milestone year.

The public is cordially invited to the following three special events described below. Further information about the Training Squadron is also available here: More Information

Sharing the kind invitation from San Francisco-Krakow Sister City Association:

Come join us at Noon on June 29th aboard the tall ship America to welcome her to the Bay Area, and to celebrate the 235th anniversary of the 1776 founding of San Francisco. We will have birthday cake and coffee, tour the vessel and learn of her history and her role in the upcoming America's Cup events. The America is a beautiful 139' schooner and replica of the original America, the first winner of what became known as the America's Cup. In America's Cup racing circles, she is also known as USA1.

Your children are welcome. The cost is $10 per person. Please register by June 22 at the SFKrakow.org website: Register

Here are the directions for driving and parking: Directions

Written in 1776 by the founders of San Francisco: “I do believe that, if we could be well populated, as in Europe, there would be nothing more pretty in the world; for this place has the best accommodations for founding on it a most beautiful city.” Here is a link to the quote and the history of San Francisco’s founding: History

Special thanks to Deborah Novachick, President of Strategic Automation Consulting (dnovachick@strategicautomation.com) and the owners of the America for making this event a reality.