A group of students and teachers from Saitama, Hamilton's Japanese sister city, have been in the Waikato this week.
A 63-strong Saitama Junior High School delegation arrived as part of an ongoing educational connection between Saitama and Hamilton's Melville Intermediate School.
The sister city relationship between Hamilton and Saitama was formalised in 1984, with the primary focus of fostering and enhancing economic development and education opportunities, cultural ties and sporting contacts and exchanges.
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