Kelowna-Kasugai Sister City Association promote and enhance the sister city relationship between the Cities of Kelowna and Kasugai in Japan.
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Welcome
Welcome to the Kelowna-Kasugai Sister City Association website. We are excited about this website because it will give us the opportunity to show the citizens of both Kelowna and Kasugai, Japan what the association does inside the communities. I look forward to sharing the history, the exchange of ideas, culture, education, and events relating to the celebration and concerns of our two cities. We have strong ties and work together to bring awareness of each other's culture to the people of both cities by way of school exchanges, cultural exchanges, civic exchanges, and more. Enjoy our website and please feel free to join our association if anything interests you.
News & Events
Asian Heritage Month Kelowna 2012
Throughout the Month of May, Asian Canadians will celebrate their contribution to Canada’s multicultural diversity. Watch for different activities and events that celebrate Asian Heritage throughout our community! Almost anywhere you go you will be able to experience the influence that Asian culture has on Kelowna.
Feature Story of the Month
Roy Tanaka
Roy was born in 1915 in Steveston (near Vancouver), BC of Japanese immigrant parents. He was employed in commercial fishing and at B.C. Packers as camp foreman. He was ordered to evacuate in 1942, and re-located to Minto (near Bridge River). In 1946 he moved to Keremeos, BC to do orchard work. In 1948 he married Sachiko Tomiyama and moved to Kelowna to farm, raising 5 children together (Rae, Kay, Peggy, Herb, and Dorothy). He continued to farm and sell their produce until the early 1980’s.
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