Delegates from Hanamaki, Japan, were treated with a taste of home during their annual visit to Hot Springs last week, touring the new Origami Sake facility, 2360 E. Grand Ave., complete with a sampling of the products made there.
Hot Springs is welcoming an 18-person delegation from its sister city in Hanamaki, Japan, today that will culminate in a floating lantern celebration Sunday evening.
The sixth annual Arkansas Cherry Blossom Festival, now in its third year as a statewide event, gets underway Sunday in Hot Springs and organizers expect the largest crowd yet, with all seven of its workshops already completely booked.
In celebration of the 30th anniversary of the Hot Springs Sister City Program, principals in the program, city leaders and elected officials gathered Sunday at the newly established sake brewery, Origami Sake, in Hot Springs to raise a toast to the agreement with their counterparts in Japan.
As the 30-year anniversary of its sister city partnership with Hanamaki, Japan, approaches, the city of Hot Springs and the Hot Springs National Park Sister City Foundation have begun planning a celebration to take place in January.