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!
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.
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