Please join your fellow Rotarian, Al Zdrazil, for a discussion about an upcoming Rotary trip to Japan in October!
The Rotary Club of Nagasaki and the Rotary Club of St. Paul have one of the longest lasting sister club relationship in all of Rotary. This started in 1975 when the Rotary International Convention was held in Minneapolis. Jim Aldrich of our club and Dr. Iwanaga of the Rotary Club of Nagasaki met and talked about how our our cities had been sister cities since 1955. They thought that our clubs should be come sister clubs. That was the start of 48 years of friendship.
We had intended to send a delegation to Nagasaki to celebrate this friendship in 2020. We all remember what happened that year. Travel to Japan has now opened up and we have been invited by the Nagasaki Rotarians to visit this October. We will have activities with our fellow Rotarians but we shall also see and experience the Okunchi Festival. This is one of the premier festivals in Japan. A link to learn about it is at the end of this article.
This trip is open to any Rotarian and family or friends that wants to go. We are still working on details but you can expect to be in Nagasaki from October 5 to October 10. Of course, your trip can be combined with an extended trip to other parts of Japan.
More information will be forthcoming but start to think about this opportunity to visit Japan and being hosted by Nagasaki Rotarians.
Feel free to contact Al Zdrazil if you have any questions at this time.
Al Zdrazil
Zdra0004@umn.edu
651-675-9838
Here is the link to the Okunchi Festival
https://nagasaki-kunchi.com/