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26/02/09Ambassador Urabe Visits Izumo City![]() ![]() On February 26, Ambassador Urabe visited Izumo City in Shimane Prefecture. Izumo is where the Irish national team held their training camp during the 2002 Soccer World Cup. Since then, grass-roots exchanges have developed into a “Declaration of Friendship” between the cities of Izumo and Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown. During his visit, Ambassador Urabe paid a courtesy call on Mayor Nishio (then) of Izumo City, and gave the citizens of Izumo a lecture on the Japanese-Irish relations at the city hall. The lecture attracted a large audience, who through lively questions and answers session expressed their interest in Ireland. |