40,000 Revelers Celebrate Mississauga Japan Festival and the 35th Anniversary
of The Sister City Relationship Between Mississauga & Kariya
Greetings by Consul-General Yasunori Nakayama at the ceremonyfor 35th anniversary of Mississauga and Kariya's sister city relationship
On July 10th, the cities of Mississauga and Kariya, Aichi Prefecture, celebrated the 35th anniversary of their sister city relationship at Celebration Square in Mississauga. Consul-General Yasunori Nakayama, Mississauga Mayor Bonnie Crombie and former Mississauga Mayor Hazel McCallion attended the commemorative ceremony along with Mississauga Japan Festival Committee Chairman Teruyuki Wakasa. Mississauga is home to a large number of Japanese companies and many of them participated in the festival, helping to make the event a huge success.
The festival was the largest Japan-related festival in Canada and had an estimated 40,000 visitors, one of the largest crowds at an event at Celebration Square. It was a great success for the sponsor booths and Japanese food vendors. The festival was the largest Japanese festival in Canada and had an estimated 40,000 visitors, and the largest number of attendees for an event at Celebration Square. At the festival, the Consulate-General of Japan presented a concert by J-pop group ”Niji no Conquistador (Nijicon)” to introduce pop culture from Japan. Also at the Consulate-General of Japan booth Ministry of Foreign Affairs magazine "Nipponica" were distributed.
Greetings by Mississauga City Mayor Bonnie Crombie
Former Mayor Hazel McCallion, who signed the sister city relationship in Kariya City 35 years ago,had the foresight to start and develop a successful relationship between the two cities
Pop culture concert by “Niji no Conquistador (Nijicon)”
A massive number of spectators came out to enjoy the J-pop concert
