by Kazu
We finished the party thrown for Hokkaido by the Consulate General of Japan in Honolulu and went to a Japanese-style bistro in Waikiki for "after party".
All of them were so satisfied with the response from the guests invited to the reception by the Consulate General. We got to know some tourists from Hokkaido there and kept in touch for years, even after the regions established a sister-state affiliation.
to be honest, JTB Hokkaido worked wonders to establish a stable, caring, beneficial and everlasting relationship between the regions. Do you know that The Honolulu Festival held in every March is run by mainly JTB Hawaii ?