Culver City Sister Committee to Host Public Dinners for Japanese Marathon Runners

The Culver City Sister Committee is extending and invitation to the entire Culver City community to take part in their Mystery Welcome American BBQ event on Fri. March 15.

RSVP’s are required. If you wish to attend, please call Alice Impaliazzo at 310- 642-7604 to make your reservation and the 6:30 p.m. dinner location will then be revealed.

Two qualified marathon runners, Mr. Daiki Nitta and Ms. Hiroko Hamada will come to Culver City and run in this Sunday’s L.A Marathon. Two years ago Daiki Nitta was supposed to run the L.A. Marathon as part of Culver City’s annual Sister City trade with Kaizuka.  However, he was called back into service following the Japanese tsunami.

Nitta and Hamada are set to arrive on Thurs. March 14 and they will stay in town until Tues. March 19. During their visit they will stay with the same runners that represented Culver City in the Senshu Marathon in Osaka representing Kaizuka; Tim Petersen and Michelle Hendrickson.

The Kaizuka runners will be accompanied by several Culver City runners during the marathon.

On Monday, March 18, there will be a second opportunity to meet the Japanese runners and say Sayonara at yet another mystery location farewell dinner party in their honor.

RSVP’s are also required to find out the Culver City address for the dinner. Again, please call Alice at 310-642-7604.

The Culver City Sister City Committee has had an on-going runners’ exchange since 2000 and each year the committee looks for qualified runners to represent the Culver City community overseas. For more information, visit www.culvercitysistercitycommittee.org

Culver City Sister City Committee Marathon Chairman, Allison Burns can be reached by email at ahburns119@gmail.com for additional information regarding the Kaizuka visitors.

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