From left, Peggy Heyamoto, Hiroko Ishimoto, Hiroko Hill, Kimiko Zento, Yuko Ueno and Doug Griffiths walk past a replica of the famous wooden lighthouse of Nishinomiya, Japan in the Sister Cities Connections Garden in Riverfront Park, Friday, Sept. 13, 2019. Representatives from various sister city connections, like Zento, the president of the Nishinomiya-Spokane Sister City Society, attended the ceremonial opening of the garden on the north end of the Howard Street Bridge Friday morning. The garden opens with sculptures in place representing Nishinomiya, Limerick, Ireland and local Native American tribes and there are plans for future sculptures representing Jilin, China, Jecheon, South Korea and Cagli, Italy.
Jesse Tinsley The Spokesman-Review
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