Honolulu, Uwajima celebrate 10th anniversary of sisterhood

Honolulu, Uwajima celebrate 10th anniversary of sisterhood

HONOLULU, United States - A float used in a festival in Uwajima, Ehime Prefecture, is introduced during a ceremony to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the Uwajima-Honolulu sister-city relationship in Honolulu, Hawaii, on June 13, 2014. The relationship was established in June 2004, over three years after the the Japanese fishing boat Ehime Maru was struck by a U.S. navy submarine and sank.

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