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Jul 2, 2025

Sister cities

I love the concept of sister cities, to promote friendship or trade links between countries. I got curious about it today, and our local area of Minamiuonuma has three sister cities -- Ashburton in New Zealand, Sölden in Austria, and Lillehammer in Norway. I know Lillehammer from when they hosted the Winter Olympics back in 1994, even though I was only a kid at the time.


Additionally, my home city of Melbourne in Australia is sister cities with Osaka!

Sister cities photo

I think Osaka and my home city of Melbourne in Australia have a bit in common, especially the foodie culture!


There's a pretty comprehensive list on Wikipedia here, so I think it's fun to look and see if your location here has any sister cities, or maybe your country of origin has some sister cities in other places in Japan.

genkidesu

genkidesu

Love to travel, interested in J-beauty products and consider myself a convenience store snack aficionado. Navigating the ever-present challenges of expat life, particularly about my TCK's (third culture kids).


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