Anne Brown and Yukinari Nakagawa
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Background
Pictured here left to right are Sayama, Japan’s mayor, Yukinari Nakagawa, and his wife enjoying a traditional Japanese lunch with Anne Brown. As the City of Worthington Communications director, Anne participated in the 2009 mayoral delegation to Sayama.
Worthington and Sayama have been sister cities since 1999, and through the years have exchanged dozens of delegations, including groups of city officials, residents and school groups. The 2009 mayoral delegation celebrated ten years of the sister-city relationship. During exchanges between the two cities, delegations typically tour a variety of destinations including city offices, schools, libraries, businesses and more.
