Clarinda officials welcomed a delegation from Clarinda's sister city, Tamana, Japan, with a formal reception and ceremony Wednesday at Clarinda City Hall.
Clarinda Mayor Craig Hill, left, gives a 30th anniversary sister city plaque to Tamana, Japan Mayor Takahiro Kurahara on Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2026, at Clarinda City Hall.
Bryan Clark
Tamana, Japan, Mayor Takahiro Kurahara and Clarinda Mayor Craig Hill thank each other for the gifts they gave each other during a ceremony celebrating 30 years of Clarinda and Tamana being sister cities. Hill is wearing his gift. In Kurahara's left hand is his, a homemade business card holder.
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The Clarinda mayor and Clarinda City Council pose for a photo with the mayor and city officials from Tamana, Japan, as well as the students from Tamana that are part of the delegation on Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2026, during the 30th anniversary celebration of the two communities becoming sister cities at Clarinda City Hall.
Bryan Clark
Clarinda Mayor Craig Hill, right, and Tamana, Japan, Mayor Takahiro Kurahara pose together for a picture in front of a cake honoring the celebratory reception and ceremony between the two sister cities on Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2026, at Clarinda City Hall.
Bryan Clark
Clarinda Mayor Craig Hill (left, with plaque) and members of the Clarinda City Council (left of Hill) join Takahiro Kurahara, mayor of Tamana, Japan, (right, with plaque) and city officials from Tamana on Wednesday, Oct.14, 2026, during a reception celebrating 30 years of the two communities being sister cities at Clarinda City Hall.
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Southwest Iowa Herald
Students from the delegation from Tamana, Japan, check out the food during sister city 30th anniversary celebration Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2026, at Clarinda City Hall.
