Ishakari Deputy Mayor Hidenobu Kamada and Campbell River Mayor Kermit Dahl exchanged gifts and signed an agreement to continue the sister city relationship between the two cities on July 6, 2013, during a trip to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the cities’ twinning relationship. Photo by Alistair Taylor/Campbell River Mirror
(From left) Ishikari, Japan, Deputy Mayor Hidenobu Kamada presented a painting as a gift to Campbell River Mayor Kermit Dahl and councillors Tanille Johnston and Susan Sinnott on July 6, 2013, during a visit by Ishikari delegates to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the two cities’ twinning relationship. Photo by Alistair Taylor/Campbell River Mirror
A Shinto Shrine ritual was held at Campbell River’s Torii Gate on Thursday, July 6, 2023, during a visit to the city by representatives of Ishikari, Japan, Campbell River’s sister city, who were here to mark the 40th anniversary of the twinning relationship. Photo by Alistair Taylor/Campbell River Mirror
A Shinto Shrine ritual was held at Campbell River’s Torii Gate on Thursday, July 6, 2023, during a visit to the city by representatives of Ishikari, Japan, Campbell River’s sister city, who were here to mark the 40th anniversary of the twinning relationship. Photo by Alistair Taylor/Campbell River Mirror
A Shinto Shrine ritual was held at Campbell River’s Torii Gate at Sequoia Park on Thursday, July 6, 2023, during a visit to the city by representatives of Ishikari, Japan, Campbell River’s sister city, who were here to mark the 40th anniversary of the twinning relationship. Photo by Alistair Taylor/Campbell River MirrorA Shinto Shrine ritual was held at Campbell River’s Torii Gate in Sequoia Park on Thursday, July 6.
The ceremony was part of a visit to Campbell River by a delegation from Ishikari, Japan, which was here to renew the two cities’ twinning relationship on the occasion of that relationship’s 40th anniversary. The delegation met with Campbell River Mayor Kermit Dahl and signed an agreement to continue the sister city relationship which has seen cultural and business exchanges as well as youths from both communities participating in visits and learning exchanges over the past 40 years.
The Torii was a gift to Campbell River from Ishikari in 1993 to mark the 10th anniversary of the twinning relationship. At the same time, Campbell River gifted Ishkari a totem pole carved by the Henderson family of the Wei Wai Kum First Nation.
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