Torrance Mayor George Chen and Oshu Mayor Jun Kuranari signed the agreement at Torrance City Hall on Tuesday, OCt. 1, with dignitaries from both cities in attendance. The agreement comes two ...

The festival made headlines in 2008 when the Oshu city government asked East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) to put up tourism posters of the Somin-sai festival at train stations and other locations.