Strengthening Sister City Ties through the Shoyoen Japanese Garden

Minokamo in Gifu and Dubbo in NSW began their sister city exchange after signing a sister cit…

Kurashiki City borders the Seto Inland Sea and is located between Osaka and Hiroshima. The city has a population of about 480,000. Historically, Kurashiki deve…

Obu City is a medium sized city located in central Japan, Aichi prefecture with a population of around 90,000. In close proximity to the Nagoya metropolitan area…

The Centre of Japan
Tatsuno Town is located in the centre of Nagano Prefecture and is surrounded by nature. It has been featured on TV as the geographical centre of …

Ube City is an industrial city with an area of approximately 287 square kilometres and a population of approximately 160,000, and is the third largest city in Yam…

Located near the centre of Ishikawa Prefecture, Nonoichi is the smallest city in the area with just 13.56 square kilometres of land. Yet it is well populated and d…

Susono is a city in eastern Shizuoka Prefecture that stretches out along the foot of Mount Fuji. It is an industrial city surrounded by nature, with Mount Hakone G…

Kumagaya City is located in the northern part of Saitama Prefecture, approximately 50 to 70km from central Tokyo. Two major rivers, the Arakawa and Tone Rivers, …

Toyama Prefecture is located almost equal distance from Tokyo, Osaka, and Nagoya. It is approximately two hours on the Hokuriku Shinkansen between Tokyo and To…

World Masters Games, an International Multi-sport Event for Lifetime Sports

The World Masters Games (WMG) is an international multi-sport athletic competit…