The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Wednesday, July 17, 1996              TAG: 9607160162
SECTION: VIRGINIA BEACH BEACON   PAGE: 08   EDITION: FINAL 
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FUN IN ANY LANGUAGE

ILLUSTRATION: Staff photo by D. KEVIN ELLIOTT

A delegation of eight city officials from Miyazaki, Japan, one of

Virginia Beach's sister cities, has been in town for a two-week

visit to check out Virginia Beach and the surrounding area. Among

other things, the travelers visited the Virginia Marine Science

Museum and the Russell House retirement community, and met with

their counterparts in the local city government to see how things

are done here. On Thursday, Yumiko Sato, left, and Tomoko Kate

watched river otters as they played in the Owl's Creek Salt Marsh

Pavilion. by CNB