HONOULU (KHON2) — The strong ties between Japan and Hawaiʻi will be reaffirmed when Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi makes his first official foreign visit in two weeks.
The busy commercial center, Shibuya, is the newest sister city of Honolulu. Hiroshima, on the opposite coast, is the oldest.
Honolulu has a new Sister City
Blangiardi will visit both on an official visit that will coincide with an important anniversary — it was 80 years ago when the Enola Gay flew over Hiroshima with its cataclysmic payload.
“You think about what that meant, dropping the atomic bomb and the devastation, it wasn’t insignificant in the history of the world so I’m honored to represent Honolulu in this circumstance,” the mayor said…