The first official event of the delegation was to attend the opening of the Spring Festival.
Just walking out of a gate of the Anchorage.
The Spring Festival was newly held
at the Anniversary Park this year.
Suspicious guys waiting
for the opening ceremony.
A girl welcomed the delegation from Ako in Japanese and sang "Advance Australia Fair".
Mr. Danny Stent, President of
South Coast Regional Chamber of Commerce
Cr. Barry Sammels
Mayor of the City of Rockingham
Takashi Nagasaki, Deputy Mayor of Ako City,
tried to give a speech in English and
was successful to have the audience laugh three times.
A fashion show was being held on the same stage after the official opening.
Festival site
Festival site, too
You can see a big carnival ride.
Cr. Kometani talked about his memories
during the World War II.
We visited the Rockingham Visitor Centre in late afternoon to attend the opening ceremony for a "Japanese themed garden".
The entrance of the Visitor Centre
"Japanese themed garden"
People from Ako and Rockingham jointly celebrated the opening of the renewed garden.
Landscape painting of Ako is to be drawn
on the wall in the near future.
A plate was found on a stone...
Inside of the Centre
People who attended the opening of Japanese themed garden returned to the Festival site.
Fire works were done in this football field.
Dinner before fire works
Fire works had started.
Let's call out in Japanese "Tamayah !"
"What's that ?", "A bird !", "An airplane !",
"No, it's Superman !"
Meanwhile, the Festival was still continuing.
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