Posted on 12:09 am, Monday, November 4, 2013. Tags: ohshima island, sister city, typhoon wipha
MEDIA RELEASE Typhoon Wipha ravaged coastal towns along Japan’s east coast on Oct. 16, and the hardest hit place was Ohshima Island, a sister city of Hawaii County. Wipha brought torrential rains – a record-breaking 33 inches in 24 hours – that caused flooding and mudslides that destroyed nearly 300 homes. According to the most […]
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Posted on 2:34 am, Tuesday, October 16, 2012. Tags: art taniguchi, billy kenoi, oshima island, sister city
MEDIA RELEASE A delegation from Hawaii County Sister City Oshima Island visited the office of Mayor Billy Kenoi on Friday, delivering a gift in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Sister City relationship. In Japanese, Oshima means “big island†– so it’s fitting that Oshima Island’s only international Sister City relationship is with Hawaii’s […]
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Posted on 12:52 am, Tuesday, September 13, 2011. Tags: billy kenoi, choukou taira, kumejima, sister city
County enters sister city relationship with island off Okinawa
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