{"id":4306,"date":"2013-08-05T10:36:24","date_gmt":"2013-08-05T09:36:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jlgc.org.uk\/en\/?page_id=4306"},"modified":"2024-04-23T13:18:39","modified_gmt":"2024-04-23T12:18:39","slug":"united-kingdom","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.jlgc.org.uk\/en\/projects-and-activities\/sister-city-relationships\/united-kingdom\/","title":{"rendered":"United Kingdom"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sister (Friendship) City Affiliations<\/h1>\n

United Kingdom<\/h2>\n

Updated April 2024 <\/i>\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t
Municipality<\/th>Prefecture<\/th>UK Partner<\/th>UK Area<\/th>Partnership Date<\/th>Details of the link<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Murata Town<\/td>Miyagi <\/td>Buckley Town Council<\/td>Flintshire<\/td>21 April 1989<\/td>Flintshire and North Wales\u2019 links with Japan<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kawasaki City<\/td>Kanagawa<\/td>Sheffield City Council<\/td>South Yorkshire<\/td>30 July 1990<\/td>Sheffield and Kawasaki - Celebrating 20 years of friendship<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Komatsu City<\/td>Ishikawa <\/td>Gateshead Council<\/td>Tyne and Wear <\/td>2 August 1991<\/td>Gateshead Council webpage on links with Komatsu City<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Otari Village <\/td>Nagano <\/td>Ottery St Mary Town Council<\/td>Devon<\/td>4 May 1992<\/td>Article on 25th anniversary of twinning link<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Beppu City<\/td>Oita <\/td>Bath and North East Somerset Council<\/td>Somerset<\/td>31 October 1994<\/td>Bath and Beppu Friendship Association<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kyoto Prefectural Government<\/td>Kyoto <\/td>City of Edinburgh Council<\/td>Scotland<\/td>29 August 1997<\/td>Details of the Japanese Friendship garden, gifted by the prefecture of Kyoto to Edinburgh<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Maizuru City<\/td>Kyoto <\/td>Portsmouth City Council<\/td>Hampshire <\/td>27 May 1998<\/td>Portsmouth City Council twinning page<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Yokosuka City<\/td>Kanagawa <\/td>Medway Council<\/td>Kent<\/td>26 August 1998<\/td>Yokosuka \u2013 Medway links renewed<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Yoichi Town<\/td>Hokkaido<\/td>East Dunbartonshire Council<\/td>Scotland<\/td>12 October 1998<\/td>Article about Rita Cowen, on whom the link is based<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Toyota City<\/td>Aichi<\/td>Derbyshire County Council, Derby City Council, South Derbyshire District Council<\/td>Derbyshire<\/td>16 November 1998 <\/td>Derbyshire CC information on the link with Toyota<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ito City<\/td>Shizuoka <\/td>Medway Council<\/td>Kent<\/td>9 April 1999<\/td>Annual Gillingham 'Will Adams Festival', celebrating Japan links and the 'Blue Eyed Samurai'<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hakusan City<\/td>Ishikawa <\/td>Boston Borough Council<\/td>Lincolnshire <\/td>24 May 2002 <\/td>Hakusan City Exchange on local news<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nagasaki City <\/td>Nagasaki<\/td>Aberdeen City Council<\/td>Scotland<\/td>2010<\/td>Visit to Aberdeen by Mayor of Nagasaki in 2016<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mashiko Town<\/td>Tochigi <\/td>St Ives Town Council<\/td>Cornwall<\/td>20 September 2012<\/td>St Ives and Mashiko sign declaration of friendship<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tokyo Metropolitan Government<\/td>Tokyo <\/td>Greater London Authority<\/td>Greater London<\/td>14 October 2015<\/td>Sister Cities Agreement<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kagoshima Prefectural Government<\/td>Kagoshima <\/td>London Borough of Camden<\/td>Greater London<\/td>18 July 2018<\/td>Friendship Agreement ceremony and exchange<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kagoshima Prefectural Government<\/td>Kagoshima <\/td>Manchester City Council<\/td>Greater Manchester<\/td>19 July 2018<\/td>Friendship Agreement ceremony and exchange<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Motomiya City<\/td>Fukushima<\/td>Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea<\/td>Greater London<\/td>4 April 2024<\/td>Friendship Declaration ceremony and exchange<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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