First group to visit BANDAI for the official signing of the  sister city agreement .

We were treated like royalty, we soon learned how to bow  as well as shake hands, the  food was excellent and different, very formal  with the men being seated 1st.

JAPANESE culture, punctuality is an obsession, if  dinner was at 7:00 we would meet in another lounge at 6:30 and served tea, so  that we entered the dining room at 7:00 precisely.

I remember the day when the dignitaries from our group were going to the  Canadian embassy, there a limo was about 2 mins. late, I thought the Bandai  officials were going to have heart attacks.

Ernie Race says  “It was wonderful”