Continuing Longmont’s longstanding relationship with Japan, visitors from the Japanese city of Chino spent last weekend in Boulder County to learn more about life in Longmont.
Friday through Wednesday, four Chino representatives immersed themselves in Longmont by attending events and city meetings. The group included the mayor of Chino, Atsushi Imai. Chino is a mountainous city in the Nagano Prefecture of central Japan.
The visit was coordinated by the Longmont Sister Cities Association, which sends student ambassadors in the St. Vrain Valley School District on trips each summer. In addition to Chino, Longmont is a sister city with Ciudad Guzman in Mexico and the Northern Arapaho of the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming…