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April 2010
- The Ikata CIR launched a blog geared toward students and host families participating in this year's summer exchange program. Check out The Flying Mikan!
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March 2010
- On March 15th, 12 people came to a "kraslice" workshop, where they learned to make colorful and decorative hollow Easter eggs in the drop-pull method used in the Czech Republic.
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February 2010
- The Ikata International Exchange Association held a board meeting on February 3rd to discuss this summer's exchange program. It was tentatively decided that the Ikata group will tour Minneapolis instead of Honolulu or Los Angeles this year.
- A group of elementary school students from the Misaki area got together with the CIR to bake Valentine's Day cookies on February 13th.
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December 2009
- December 4th saw the annual illumination ceremony at Ikata's nursing home, TsuwabukićHouse. (Tsuwabuki is the name of Ikata's town plant.)
- On December 19, children and parents gathered in the community center to learn about "Winter Festivals" from the Philippines, America, India, and Israel through crafts, games, and food samples.
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November 2009
- The principals of Ikata's three junior high schools were given information about the 2010 Sister Cities International Young Artists/Young Authors Showcase, the theme for which is "Your World..." It is hoped that many more of Ikata's young people will be inspired to enter the contest this year.
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October 2009
- Ikata received news that junior high school student Saya Shinguchi received honorable mention at the international level of the Sister Cities International Young Artists Showcase competition. Her piece was titled "Striving for Human Rights" and can be viewed at the Sister Cities International website.
- The search function was adjusted so that you should now be able to jump to a page quickly just by entering a keyword such as "Seto," "Misaki," "garbage," "driving," etc.
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Summer 2009
The 2009 Exchange Program between Ikata and its sister city Red Wing was canceled at the end of May due to fears of the impact of the H1N1 virus on the cities and people involved through international travel and contact.
Other summer events in Ikata continued as usual:
- Sunday, July 26th - Kinahaiya Ikata Festival and fireworks (main summer festival in Old Ikata)
- Friday, July 31st - Machimi festival and fireworks
- Sunday, August 2nd - Seto Hanayome Festival and fireworks (summer festival featuring a bridal fashion show)
On Wednesday, July 29th, Ikata welcomed two new ALTs (Assistant Language Teacher) from the JET Programme to its schools.
