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Friendly/Sister-City Affiliations

Friendly/Sister-City Affiliations

Friendly/Sister Affiliations of Kanagawa Prefecture and the Municipalities
Local government Partner Country/Region

Date ties

established 

Kanagawa

Prefecture 

 State of Maryland  United States of America April 23, 1981
 Liaoning Province  People's Republic of China May 12, 1983
 Odessa Region  Ukraine Oct. 14, 1986
 State of Baden-Württemberg   Federal Republic of Germany  Nov. 24, 1989
 Gyeonggi Province  Republic of Korea April 24, 1990
 City of the Gold Coast*  Australia Aug. 14, 1990
 State of Penang  Malaysia Oct. 3, 1991

 The County of Västra Götaland 

(Province of Göteborg och Bohus) 

 Kingdom of Sweden Aug. 27, 1998
(Oct. 21, 1993) 

Yokohama City

 City of San Diego  United States of America Oct. 29, 1957
 City of Lyon  French Republic April 7, 1959
 Mumbai City  India June 26, 1965
 City of Vancouver  Canada July 1, 1965
 City of Odessa  Ukraine July 1, 1965
 City of Manila  Republic of the Philippines July 1, 1965
 Shanghai City  People's Republic of China Nov. 30, 1973
 City of Constantsa  Romania Oct. 12, 1977

Kawasaki City

 City of Rijeka

 Croatia June 23, 1977
 City of Baltimore  United States of America June 14, 1979
 City of Shenyang  People's Republic of China Aug. 18, 1981
 City of Wollongong  Australia May 18, 1988
 City of Sheffield  United Kingdom  July 30, 1990
 City of Salzburg  Austria April 17, 1992
 City of Lübech  Federal Republic of Germany May 12, 1992
 Bucheon City  Republic of Korea Oct. 21, 1996
Sagamihara City   City of Wuxi  People's Republic of China Oct. 6, 1985
 City of Toronto  Canada May 31, 1991

Yokosuka City

 City of Corpus Christi  United States of America Oct. 18, 1962
 City of Brest  French Republic Nov. 26, 1970
 City of Fremantle  Australia April 25, 1979
 Medway Conucil  United Kingdom  Aug. 26, 1998
Hiratsuka City  City of Lawrence  United States of America Sep. 21, 1990
 Kaunas City  Republic of Lithuania Nov. 25,2023

Kamakura City

 City of Nice  French Republic Nov. 9, 1966
 Dunghuang City  People's Republic of China Sep. 28, 1998
Fujisawa City  City of Miami Beach  United States of America Mar. 5, 1959
 Kunming City  People's Republic of China Nov. 5, 1981
 City of Windsor  Canada Dec. 2, 1987
 Boryeong City  Republic of Korea Nov. 15, 2002
Odawara City  City of Chula Vista  United States of America Nov. 8, 1981
Chigasaki City  City of Honolulu  United States of America Oct. 24, 2014
Miura City  City of Warrnambool  Australia July 6, 1992

 City of Honolulu

 United States of America

Dec.15,2020
Hadano City  City of Pasadena  United States of America Sep. 29, 1964
 Paju City  Republic of Korea Oct. 20, 2005
Atsugi City  City of New Britain  United States of America May 31, 1983
 Yangzhou City  People's Republic of China Oct. 23, 1984
 City of Gunpo  Republic of Korea Feb. 5, 2005
Yamato City  Gwangmyeong City  Republic of Korea Nov. 24, 2009
Isehara City  City of La Mirada  United States of America Sep. 21, 1981
Zama City  City of Smyrnna  United States of America Nov. 1, 1991

Minami-Ashigara

City

 Tilburg City  Kingdom of the Neterlands June 4, 1989
Oiso Town  City of Dayton  United States of America Sep. 19, 1968
 City of Racine  United States of America July 1, 1982
Hakone Town  Town of Jasper  Canada July 4, 1972
 Taupo Town  New Zealand Oct. 7, 1987
 City of St.Moritz  Switzerland Nov. 2,2014

Yugawara Town

 Ch'ungju City  Republic of Korea Nov. 28, 1994
 City of Port Stephens  Australia Nov. 13, 1998
 Comune of Tivoli  Italy Sep. 16, 2016
 

Friendship Agreement was concluded on August 14, 1990 between the City of the Gold Coast, Australia and Kanagawa Prefecture with the approval of the 13 municipalities along the Sagami Bay, including Yokosuka, Hiratsuka, Kamakura, Fujisawa, Odawara, Chigasaki, Zushi, Miura, Hayama, Oiso, Ninomiya, Manazuru and Yugawara.