24 Feb 2007	Impressions En route home from Osaka. Yes, it’s true, it does cost $11 for a cup of coffee at the Ritz Carlton in Osaka and $31 for a gift melon, perfectly round with nary a blemish. Of course, this reporter had neither and still enjoyed every moment of...
23 Feb 2007	A Day in Kyoto Forty-eight hours after Mayor Gavin Newsom landed in Osaka, the San Francisco-Osaka sister-city delegation was saying “sayonara” to him at lunch on Tuesday. Newsom said his first visit to Japan exceeded all his expectations. Arriving...
22 Feb 2007	Basketball Diplomacy Our delegation, led by Mayor Gavin Newsom, was greeted by applause as we entered Osaka City Hall to meet officially with Osaka Mayor Junichi Seki. (Newsom later commented it would be great if all this applause could greet him every morning in San Francisco’s City Hall!)
21 Feb 2007	The Meeting of the Mayors Three hours after arriving in Osaka, Mayor Gavin Newsom put on the official San Francisco- Osaka Sister City happi coat and presented the mayor of Osaka, Junichi Seki, with a San Francisco Giants jersey.

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