February 14th, 2025
The Honorable Rob Newsom Jr
Mayor of City of San Mateo
International Exchange Program related to Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan Dear Mayor Newsom,
We would like to take this opportunity to express our sincere appreciation for your continued support of our sister city exchange activities.
With regard to the international exchange program related to Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan for which we have already requested your cooperation, we will invite participants from the general public from San Mateo City to our city in July 2025 for a face-to face exchange program.
As Osaka Prefecture, where our city is located, is hosting a major international event, we would like to celebrate this event with the people of San Mateo, our sister city, and make it a legacy project for future sister city exchanges.
Therefore, we are planning to hold a welcome ceremony and official events as follows, and would be very happy if you could visit Japan for the development of sister city exchange between the two cities.
Programs are as follows:
1. Schedule *All dates and times are Local Japan time.
July 16, 18:00 Courtesy visit hosted by Toyonaka city
July 16, 20:00 Welcome Party hosted by Sister Cities Association July 17 School visit, hosted by city and in cooperation with the sister city association July 18: Visiting facilities in the city, hosted by Toyonaka City July 19: Tour of the Exposite,
hosted by Toyonaka city and in cooperation with the sister city association July 20 Environmental study workshop
July 21, morning: Presentation of results and farewell ceremony
2. Requests
We would like to receive a greeting from the Mayor of San Mateo during the courtesy call by the Mayor of Toyonaka City on July 16.
We look forward to meeting you
Sincerely yours,
Shigeki Osanai
Mayor of Toyonaka City
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