SISTER CITY PROGRAM
Sister and Friendship Cities Program
We are working to deepen relationships with Kusatsu's sister and friendship cities, as well as with Shiga Prefecture's sister state, Michigan.
Promoting Friendship with Sister Cities and Friendship Cities
Kusatsu City has sister city and friendship city agreements with two foreign cities and three domestic cities. Together with Kusatsu City, we have been conducting exchange programs, such as sending and receiving delegations, to strengthen our ties with these five cities.
Shiga-Michigan Sister State Goodwill Mission
In 1976, a delegation of 165 people from Shiga Prefecture visited Michigan to commemorate the 200th anniversary of U.S. independence. This was the beginning of the mutual dispatch of goodwill missions between the Shiga and Michigan
Reporter Program on Sister Cities and Friendship Cities [KIFA members only]
KIFA members who travel to one of Kusatsu's five sister and friendship cities will receive 3,000 yen. For details, please contact the KIFA office.
(1) The first one person/per year/per sister and friendship city will receive the subsidy.
(2) After visiting the city, please write a report in about 400 words and submit it to KIFA. The report will be published in the KIFA newsletter.
