On 7 May, Governor of Wakayama prefecture Yoshinobu Nisaka visited Sydney for a promotion seminar on Wakayama, making a presentation on his home prefecture’s beautiful foods and tourist hotspots. Wakayama has many traditional rural products, Umeshu (Japanese plum wine), soy sauce, vinegar, Umeboshi (pickled plum) among others.
In the field of tourism, the Governor promoted Wakayama’s world heritage sites Koyasan and Kumanokodo. A large audience attended this event and admired the places and foods on offer.
Members of Wakayama Prefectural Assembly also visited Sydney and attended this seminar. During their trip, they had a chance to visit many places which related to some of Wakayama’s policy goals. CLAIR also gave the Members a presentation on Australia and its political and economic system.
Wakayama’s mission concluded on a successful note with concerted effort from many quarters, including CLAIR. We hope Japanese local products, including Wakayama products, will be spread more in Australia in the near future.
-Tomohiko Okuno, Assistant Director
