My hometown of Matsuyama City has been the sister city of the German city of Freiburg for 25 years, which is located in the south-western part of Germany. I've been to the city twice. The city is near the border with Switzerland and France, and so I visited Basel crossing into Switzerland and also Alsace-Lorraine Province and its capital of Strasbourg, stepping into France. Naturally I began to feel some affinity for Freiburg and southern Germany.
By the way, do you know Jazz Chor Freiburg, a chorus group consisting of the citizens of Freiburg. The group's Japan Tour was conducted this year and they dropped in at my city after a three years' interval. On the occasion of their visit, Matsuyama City held a PR event for Germany and particularly Freiburg. I was asked to take part in the event as a member of the Matsuyama-Freiburg Association. My task was to chat with people who were interested in Germany and if possible to collect new members. As you see in the following pictures, there were several concessions which sold various goods related to Germany. Some members of Jazz Chor Freiburg suddenly appeared at a corner of the event park and performed a few cuts from their concert just before the opening of the concert.
I heard that Matsuyama City would dispatch a municipal official envoy to Freiburg marking the 25th anniversary of their sister city treaty and recruit its members. I wonder if I should apply for it.
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