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Welcome to the Denver Takayama Sister City Committee
2015 Events
High School Visit from Takayama
Cherry Creek Arts Festival
Kimiko Side Party
Wellshire Party
Arrival of delegations
Cherry Blossom Festival
City of Takayama Park clean up
Introduction to Japan trip
Setsubun
Move of yatai
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| Host families and friends gather | Mariko leads the way | Happy to be here | The group | Students, hosts, and others |
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| Students and host families | Hikaru at Rockies game | Chaperones at Go Fish | Chaperones at Go Fish,2 | Chaperones at Go Fish, 3 |
| Day 1: |
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| Waiting for the train | Waiting for the train, 2 | Day leaders confer | That's our train | |
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| At Union Station | At Union Station | At Union Station | ||
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| At Coors Field | At Coors Field | At Coors Field | ||
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| Lunch at the Old Spaghetti Factory | ||||
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| On the 16th Street mall | ||||
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| Meeting the mayor | Walking to the light rail | The big blue bear | Chaperones at Citron Bistro | Chaperones at Citron Bistro |
| Evening of Day 1 |
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| Evening activities | Hikaru and Jack at Takayama Park | Hikaru and Jack at Takayama Park | Hikaru at Takayama Park | Hikaru - burger time |
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| Hikaru - ice cream time | Hikaru with origami | Making dinner | Hiroki, Connor, and electric go-carts | We come to race! |
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| And the winner is ... | I can fly this thing | It's a tough life! | ||
| Day 2: |
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| At the zoo | At the zoo | At the zoo | Lego leopard | |
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| Lego leopard | Giraffe feeding | Lego polar bear | Real peacock | Lego crane |
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| Lego crane | Lego lion | |||
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| Lunch time game | Lunch time game | Student in a tree | Hide-san in a tree | |
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| At the Museum of Nature and Science | ||||
| Need pictures from Cherry Creek Mall here | ||||
| Shopping at Cherry Creek Mall | ||||
| Evening of Day 2 |
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| Evening activities | Barbecue at Ospina's | It's all good! | The food is good | So are the games |
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| Health food(?) | S'mores anyone? | Hiroki's light show and dance | Hiroki's light show and dance | Hiroki's light show and dance |
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| Yum - unless you're a vegetarian | Setting off fireworks | |||
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| White Fence Farm | White Fence Farm | White Fence Farm | White Fence Farm | |
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| Miyu at Mount Evans | Wildlife on Mount Evans | Miyu on top of the world | At Cave of the Winds | Adams County Fair |
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| Is that a cow or a bull? | Fair food | Got mah hands on a gun! | Check out the rifle! | I'm goin' shopping! |
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| Jet lag hits | ||||
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| Riding the Georgetown loop | Our folks + conductor! | |||
| The Sayonara party: |
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| Sayonara party - sushi boat | Mariko helps set up | The spread | Charlene chows down | |
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| Dishing up | The crowd | The crowd | The crowd | The crowd |
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| The program begins | The program | The program | The program | The program |
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| Kitty watching | Kitty, Stacey, and Monica | Hide-san tells his story | Mariko-san tells her story | Getting ready for the dance |
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| Getting ready for the dance | Students and host families dance | Students and host families dance | Winding down | |
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| Gotta' pack it all in | Getting ready | Getting ready | Passport: check! | Kotona's ready |
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| Checkng in | Students and chaperones | Everyone | Just before security | Disappearing into the crowd |
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| The Janus Art Experience tent | Follow my direction | And they all followed | A little music while you work on your origami | Rei explains it all |
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| Confusion ...Success! |
Akila has two prizes | Ways to tie an obi | Marie gets her obi | Marie in kimono |
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| Colleen in kimono | Group in kimono | Kimono backs | Osamu and Akila | Flute ensemble |
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| Kimiko In Charge | Cookin' Up A Storm | Hangin' In The Kitchen | Kobayashi Gets Dressed | Kicking Back |
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| Rodger and Gail watching it all | Hiromi fending off the paparazzi | Chika and friends | Quite a feast | Happy to be in Denver |
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| Sushi and sashimi | Armed and dangerous | Hirakawa family having a good time | Mayor Kunishima speaks | Consul General Ito speaks |
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| The Wellshire Event Center | Name tags set to go | Clarinet rehearsal | Carla Stansifer and Dan Brown | Sing-along rehearsal |
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| Takayama display | Kobayashi and Kitty | Kobayash and the Desais | Mary Lee, Hiromi, Gil, and Marc | Bert and Diane Hansen |
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| Charlene, Colleen, Meena, Maulin, Steve | Kazue, Toshi, and Ichiro | Marc Hughes and Samantha Schmitz | Mamiko and Homare Ikeda | That's the spirit! |
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| Lady in red | Steve plays emcee | Akila translates | Derek reads the Mayor's proclamation | Kunishima accepts the Mayor's proclamation |
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| A gift for Mayor Hancock | A gift from TDFA | Consul General Ito speaks | A toast: to friends, to Takayama; kanpai! | Music Book Flute Ensemble |
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| Gene Side and Minoru Nakahata | Kobayashi and Kimiko | Yuka Nakada and Barry Albright | Suzue Sato and Cleve Tidwell | The Nabeshimas and Hiromi |
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| Diane and Bert and Ron and Julie | Colleen Thum and Gayle Stallings | Let's put our heads together | Charlene Thai and Chris Arneson | Chris Rutan and Celsa Rutan |
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| Colleen and Charlene | Michael Thornton and Donna Altieri | Gail Jackson | Christina and Macy | Diane Hansen and Pam Endsley |
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| Melody and Ed Durso | France Addington-Lee, Karen Nakandakare, Tyler Rauert | Makoto and Grace Ito and Derek Okubo | Nina and Larry Rupp | Tom Taggart and Bert Hansen |
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| Jim Laurie and Macy Stephens | Maya Stephens and Ichiro Shimizu | Rose Tanaka, Jeannie Johnson, Jane Vennard | Sachiko, Sachiko, Jolie, and Rose | Teddie Throm |
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| Jo Anne, Shelley, and Tom Migaki | Jim Wagenlander and Mary Lee Chin | Gil Asakawa | Beth Hendrix and Consul General Ito | Linda and Sandy Dee |
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| Sachiko Nakahira and Britt Bayer | Linda Matarrese | Bev Little and Mo Mathews | Chris Arneson, Marie Verrett, and Akihiro Izumi | Singing 'Medeta' - traditional song |
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| Clarinet ensemble | A lesson in kimono | Charlene in kimono | Kitty in kimono | Back of Kitty's kimono |
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| Back of kimono for Colleen and Charlene | Seisuke Nakada - President of Takayama City Council | Take 3 | Imagine | Iwahata joins in |
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| Furusato | Mayor Kunishima joins in | Mary Lee and Jim follow along | Hiromi Mochizuki and Erin Yoshimura | Kanpai! |
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| Rei, Derek, Kimiko, Steve | Gail and Kobayashi | Kyoko | In front of mural |
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| Carla, Brigitte, and Sachiko | Another angle | Ready to begin | Gayle Stallings and Robin Post | Jeanna, Charlene, Colleen, , and Elisa |
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| Check out this noren |
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| Three wise men | The venerable Tom Taggart | Mapping out the plan | Mapping out the plan, 2 | Trimming |
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| Hauling | Hiroo | Trimming | Trimming | Trimming |
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| Tom supervises | Crew at work | Crew at work | Crew at work | Crew at work |
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| The whole crew |
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| Gayle, Colleen, Meena, Maulin | Meena and Maulin learn chopsticks | Family and friends of the trippers | Raw Takayama day | Kan pai! - a toast |
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| Breakfast in Takayama | Streetwalkers | Sake tasting | You don't wanna' know! | Sayonara dinner |
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More pictures on the trip site pages |
| All dressed up | Meena and Maulin in kimono | Strolling through town in kimono | At the Golden Pavillion, Kyoto | Trip site pictures |
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| Our Oni this year: Lincoln Hendrix | Another look at Lincoln Hendrix | Oni fending off beans! | All the bean throwers are ready! | Mikhayla gets into it! |
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| Kaden challenges the oni | Steve threatens the oni | In the open area | Open area from other side | Steve butts in |
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| Jane, Bridget, and Chip | Linda is ready to eat | Old friends David and Suzue | Rei, Rose, and Cleve | Mikhayla, Sasha, Tamara |
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| Debbie and Jack Kacik |
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