On 19 April, a reception was held at the Intercontinental Hotel Sydney by the Union of Kansai Governments which included the Governor of Kyoto Prefecture, Mr. Keiji Yamada, and the Governor of Shiga Prefecture, Mr. Taizo Mikazuki. The reception was held to welcome the visiting government officials and to promote tourism in the Kansai region. The visiting officials exchanged views and opinions with Australian travel agents and media stakeholders that were invited to the event.
A group of samurai actors from the Toei Kyoto Studio performed a samurai sword sequence for the attendees and even got some volunteers from the audience to participate in the performance. Overall, the reception was a great success.
Prior to the attending the reception event, members of the delegation visited CLAIR Sydney and were briefed by Director Katsunori Kamibo on the Australian government system and economy. After the briefing, delegates visited the neighbouring GPO heritage building.
On 20 April, the delegation of the Union of Kansai Governments departed for Auckland to participate in the opening ceremony of the 2017 World Master Games as Kansai will be hosting the next games in 2021.