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Los Angeles-Nagoya Sister City Affiliation New Year's Luncheon

  • Saturday, February 09, 2013
  • 12:00 PM
  • Miyako Hotel (Los Angeles, CA)

Saturday, February 9, 2013 12:00noon

Miyako Hotel Los Angeles
328 E. 1st Street, 2nd Floor Banquet Room
Little Tokyo, Los Angeles, CA 90012
213-617-2000

The cities of Los Angeles and Nagoya became sister cities in 1959‑‑the first such relationship for each city‑‑under the stimulus of President Eisenhower's People‑to‑People Program. Factors in this tie‑up included an equivalent ranking in size (at that time) in their respective countries and similar port operations bordering the Pacific Ocean. At the outset, the sister city organization on the Los Angeles side, initially consisted of a small number of interested citizens. Robert Wilkinson with the Port of Los Angeles became the first Chairman of this committee. One of the first tests of the sister city relationship came in late 1959 when the Nagoya area was devastated by the Ise Bay Typhoon. Los Angeles sister city members organized and shipped to Japan relief supplies for the citizens of Nagoya. The City of Nagoya responded in kind during the Northridge Earthquake in 1994.

Celebrate the New Year with LANSCA to meet old and new members and friends.

Luncheon Cost
$45.00 per person

Please RSVP by February 4, 2013 to:
Mr. Peter Langenberg
213-613-2827
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