After a six year-hiatus, delegates from Shiso City, Japan returned last week to its sister city Sequim to hold conversations about restarting the student exchange program that began 30-plus years ago.

It was halted in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic and other factors.

Shiso City representatives, Deputy Mayor Kenji Tomita and Satoshi Ishihara with the city’s Planning and Coordination Department, visited Sequim from Oct. 13-17 taking in the sights and meeting with various community stakeholders.

Through translator Jennie Petit with the Sequim-Shiso Sister City Association, Tomita said in an interview that due to COVID-19, they were unable to continue the student exchange program as planned.

“Coming to Sequim allows us to again re-deepen that relationship, re-strengthen that relationshi

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