The 2025 Ehime Prefectural International Center (EPIC) summer interns, Alexandra (Allie) St. Sauveur and Jeffrey Toko, recently met with Governor Tokihiro Nakamura of Ehime Prefecture. Their meeting was featured in a local newspaper and on a local TV.

In the TV interview, Allie mentioned wanting to learn and experience more of Ehime’s food and culture, and Jeffrey said he would like to like to go to Dōgo Onsen and improve his Japanese.You can watch the local TV coverage here: https://newsdig.tbs.co.jp/articles/itv/1987036?display=1

Jeffrey Toko and Allie St. Sauveur with Ehime Governor Tokihiro Nakamura

Hawaiʻi and Ehime has maintained a sister-state relationship since 2003, after the Ehime Maru tragedy in 2001.