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An exciting day for some students in the Lima area. Wednesday evening, the Lima Sister Cities Association is kicking off the new year by announcing the students that will get the opportunity to travel to and explore Japan this coming summer. After wrapping up the interviews last Sunday, the selected group of ambassadors were introduced Wednesday night amongst their peers and families as they now prepare to embark on an exciting new journey ahead of them.

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The Japanese Garden was a gift from Lima's Sister City Harima-Cho Japan full of weeping cherry trees. You can find the garden across the river from the Lima YMCA. It serves as a symbol of friendship between the two cities. This Saturday the sister city association is preparing a site at the park for some special pieces of art.

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The Sister Cities Association will be holding their first-ever walk-a-thon this Saturday, October 23rd at the Japanese Garden at the corner of Elizabeth and Eureka Streets from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. The event will raise money for the upkeep of the garden. The Japanese garden is the home of weeping cherry trees which were donated to the city by the middle school students from Harima-cho Japan, as well as other landscaping. Sister cities is looking for public help to keep the space thriving.