Registered Host Towns (as of Aug 10, 2021) Host Town *Host Town of a Harmonious and Inclusive Prefecture Target Country/Region to be hosted Society Sapporo City* Hokkaido Ukraine, Canada Hakodate City Hokkaido Canada Kushiro City* Hokkaido Vietnam Obihiro City, Otofuke Town Hokkaido Argentina Kitami City Hokkaido Ecuador Abashiri City Hokkaido Australia, Republic of Korea Shibetsu City Hokkaido Taiwan Nayoro City Hokkaido Taiwan Nemuro City Hokkaido Russia Takigawa City* Hokkaido Argentina Noboribetsu City* Hokkaido Denmark Esashi Town* Hokkaido United States of America Eniwa City Hokkaido Guatemala Kuromatsunai Town Hokkaido Suriname Higashikawa Town Hokkaido Latvia Engaru Town Hokkaido Ireland Sobetsu Town Hokkaido Finland Mukawa Town, Abira Town, Atsuma Hokkaido Lithuania Town Hidaka Town Hokkaido Uzbekistan Aomori City Aomori Tajikistan Hirosaki City* Aomori Taiwan, Brazil Misawa City* Aomori Canada Imabetsu Town Aomori Mongolia Nishimeya Village Aomori Italy Morioka City Iwate Mali Morioka City, Shiwa Town Iwate Canada Miyako City Iwate Namibia Tono City* Iwate Brazil Hachimantai City Iwate Rwanda Iwate Town Iwate Ireland Nishiwaga Town Iwate Cote d'Ivoire Ichinohe Town* Iwate Paraguay Sendai City* Miyagi Italy Sendai City, Tagajo City Miyagi Cuba Shiroishi City, Shibata Town Miyagi Belarus Tome City* Miyagi Poland Zao Town Miyagi Palau Marumori Town Miyagi Zambia Akita Pref., Odate City*, Senboku Akita Thailand City*, Misato Town Akita City, Akita Pref. Akita Fiji Noshiro City* Akita Jordan Yokote City, Akita Pref. Akita Indonesia Kazuno City Akita Hungary Nikaho City Akita Liberia Ogata Village, Akita Pref. Akita Denmark
1 Yamagata City Yamagata Samoa, Taiwan, Thailand Yonezawa City Yamagata Hong Kong Tsuruoka City*, Nishikawa Town Yamagata Germany, Moldova Sakata City* Yamagata New Zealand Shinjo City Yamagata Taiwan Sagae City, Yamagata Pref. Yamagata Republic of Korea Kaminoyama City Yamagata Poland Murayama City* Yamagata Bulgaria Nagai City Yamagata Tanzania, Liechtenstein Tendo City, Yamagata Pref. Yamagata Turkmenistan Higashine City* Yamagata Germany Nanyo City Yamagata Barbados Shirataka Town Yamagata China Fukushima City* Fukushima Switzerland,Vietnam Aizuwakamatsu City Fukushima Thailand Koriyama City Fukushima Netherlands, Hungary Iwaki City Fukushima Samoa Nihonmatsu City Fukushima Denmark Tamura City Fukushima Nepal Otama Village Fukushima Peru Minamiaizu Town Fukushima Armenia Inawashiro Town* Fukushima Ghana Ibaraki Pref. Ibaraki Belgium Ibaraki Pref., Hokota City Ibaraki Vietnam Hitachi City Ibaraki Russia Yuki City Ibaraki Kazakhstan Koga City Ibaraki United States of America Cuba, Thailand, Guam, Fiji, Vanuatu, Ryugasaki City Ibaraki United States of America Shimotsuma City Ibaraki Burundi Thailand, Ethiopia, Taiwan, United States Kasama City Ibaraki of America, France Tsukuba City Ibaraki Switzerland Taiwan, Sweden, Belgium, Finland, Itako City* Ibaraki Namibia, Norway Moriya City Ibaraki Niger Hitachiomiya City Ibaraki Palau Bando City Ibaraki Lithuania Inashiki City Ibaraki Australia Sakuragawa City Ibaraki Bulgaria, Mongolia Namegata City Ibaraki Mongol Kamisu City Ibaraki Tunisia Shirosato Town Ibaraki Mongolia Sakai Town Ibaraki Argentina Tochigi Pref., Ashikaga City, Tochigi City, Oyama City, Yaita City, Sakura Tochigi Hungary City Oyama City Tochigi Nigeria Nasushiobara City* Tochigi Austria Shimono City Tochigi Republic of Cyprus Takanezawa Town Tochigi Lesotho
2 Hungary, SriLanka, Colombia, Belarus, Maebashi City Gunma South Sudan Takasaki City Gunma Poland, Uzbekistan Oota City Gunma Australia, Malawi Numata City Gunma Germany Shibukawa City* Gunma New Zealand, Mauritania Tomioka City* Gunma France, Micronesia Midori City* Gunma Hong Kong Ueno Village Gunma Bhutan Kanra Town Gunma Nicaragua Katashina Village Gunma Honduras Kawaba Village Gunma United States of America Ora Town* Gunma Tonga Saitama Pref., Tokorozawa City Saitama Italy Saitama Pref., Kazo City Saitama Colombia Saitama Pref., Ageo City, Ina Town Saitama Australia Saitama Pref., Niiza City Saitama Brazil Saitama City Saitama Netherlands Kawagoe City Saitama Thailand Chichibu City Saitama Columbia Honjo City* Saitama Turkey Higashimatsuyama City Saitama Cuba Soka City Saitama Colombia Toda City Saitama Australia Kitamoto City* Saitama Algeria Fujimi City* Saitama Serbia Misato City Saitama Greece Satte City Saitama Benin Tsurugashima City Saitama Myanmar Yoshikawa City Saitama Macau Miyoshi Town* Saitama Netherlands, Malaysia Yokoze Town Saitama Andorra Yorii Town Saitama Bhutan Chiba Pref. Chiba Netherlands Choshi City Chiba Taiwan Ichikawa City Chiba Bulgaria Funabashi City Chiba United States of America Tateyama City Chiba Netherlands Kisarazu City Chiba Nigeria Matsudo City Chiba Dominican Republic, Romania Narita City* Chiba Ireland Sakura City, Narita City, Inzai City Chiba United States of America Sakura City Chiba Botswana, Peru Asahi City Chiba Germany, Zambia Kashiwa City* Chiba United Kingdom Ichihara City, Kimitsu City Chiba New Zealand Nagareyama City Chiba Netherlands Abiko City Chiba Slovenia United Kingdom, Slovakia, France, Urayasu City* Chiba Netherlands Shiroi City Chiba Burkina Faso Sammu City Chiba Sri Lanka Isumi City Chiba France Yokoshibahikari Town Chiba Belize Nagara Town Chiba Russia
3 Minato Ward Tokyo Republic of Zimbabwe Bunkyo Ward Tokyo Germany, Refugee Paralympic Team Sumida Ward Tokyo Bolivia Shinagawa Ward Tokyo Columbia Meguro Ward Tokyo Kenya Ota Ward Tokyo Brazil Setagaya Ward* Tokyo United States of America Suginami Ward Tokyo Italy, Uzbekistan Toshima Ward Tokyo Bangladesh, Saint Lucia Kita Ward Tokyo Hungary Arakawa Ward Tokyo Aruba Itabashi Ward Tokyo Italy Nerima Ward* Tokyo Ecuador, Denmark Adachi Ward* Tokyo Netherlands Edogawa Ward* Tokyo Netherlands Hachioji City Tokyo United States of America,Taiwan Tachikawa City Tokyo Belarus Musashino City* Tokyo Romania Mitaka City* Tokyo Chile Oume City Tokyo Germany Fuchu City Tokyo Austria, Australia Chofu City Tokyo Saudi Arabia Machida City* Tokyo South Africa, Indonesia Hino City Tokyo Ukraine Higashimurayama City Tokyo China Kokubunji City* Tokyo Vietnam Musashimurayama City Tokyo Mongolia Tama City Tokyo Iceland Hamura City Tokyo Kyrgyzstan Nishitokyo City* Tokyo Netherlands Kanagawa Pref*.,Fujisawa City* Kanagawa Portugal, El Salvador, Egypt Kanagawa Pref., Odawara City*, Oiso Kanagawa Eritrea, Bhutan, Myanmar Town*, Hakone Town* United Kingdom, Tunisia, Israel, Benin, Yokohama City* Kanagawa Botswana, Cote d'Ivoire, Morocco, Bulgaria, Algeria Kawasaki City* Kanagawa United Kingdom Sagamihara City Kanagawa Brazil, Canada Yokosuka City Kanagawa Israel Hiratsuka City*, Kanagawa Pref.* Kanagawa Lithuania Kamakura City Kanagawa France Odawara City Kanagawa Maldives, Australia Chigasaki City Kanagawa North Macedonia Zushi City Kanagawa Spain Atsugi City* Kanagawa New Zealand Hayama Town Kanagawa United Kingdom
4 Niigata Pref., Niigata City, Nagaoka City,Tsubame City, Gosen City, Yahiko Niigata Mongolia Village Niigata City Niigata France,Russia Nagaoka City*, Niigata Pref. Niigata Australia Sanjo City Niigata Republic of Kosovo Kashiwazaki City Niigata Montenegro, Serbia Ojiya City Niigata American Virgin Islands Kamo City Niigata Russia Tokamachi City Niigata Croatia Myoko City Niigata Slovakia Joetsu City Niigata Germany Uonuma City Niigata Cayman Islands Takaoka City Toyama Poland kurobe City Toyama India New Zealand, Brazil, United Kingdom, Ishikawa Pref., Komatsu City* Ishikawa France, Canada, Mozambique, Norway, Slovenia Ishikawa Pref., Shika Town* Ishikawa Azerbaijan Ishikawa Pref., Shika Town Ishikawa Georgia Ishikawa Pref., Anamizu Town Ishikawa Russia Kanazawa City* Ishikawa France, Russia Komatsu City* Ishikawa Brazil, United Kingdom, France, Canada Kaga City Ishikawa Portugal, Taiwan Shika Town Ishikawa Albania Fukui City* Fukui Slovenia Tsuruga City Fukui Poland Ono City Fukui Timor Leste Sabae City Fukui China Echizen Town Fukui Canada Kofu City Yamanashi France Fujiyoshida City Yamanashi United States of America Fujiyoshida City, Yamanashi Pref. Yamanashi France Yamanashi City Yamanashi Germany Yamanashi City* Yamanashi Kyrgyzstan Otsuki City Yamanashi Nepal Nirasaki City Yamanashi Czech Republic Hokuto City Yamanashi France Fuefuki City Yamanashi Thailand Koshu City Yamanashi France Tsuru City Yamanashi France NishiKatsura Town Yamanashi France Oshino Village Yamanashi France Yamanakako Village Yamanashi France Fujikawaguchiko Town*, Narusawa Yamanashi France Village Kosuge Village Yamanashi Palestina
5 Nagano Pref., Nagano City, Ueda City, Suzaka City, Iiyama City, Shimosuwa Nagano China Town, Yamanouchi Town Nagano City Nagano Denmark Okaya City Nagano Canada Ina City Nagano Timor Leste Komagane City Nagano Venezuela, Nepal Saku City Nagano Estonia Chikuma City Nagano Hungary Tomi City Nagano Moldova Azumino City Nagano Austria Tateshina Town Nagano Uganda Matsukawa Town Nagano Costa Rica United Kingdom, France, United States of Gifu Pref., Takayama City, Gero City Gifu America Gifu City* Gifu Slovakia Gifu City*,Gifu Pref.* Gifu Canada Gifu City,Seki City Gifu Cote d'lvoire Nakatsugawa City Gifu United States of America Hashima City Gifu Sri Lanka Ena City Gifu Poland Kagamihara City, Gifu Pref. Gifu Netherlands Gujo City Gifu Colombia, Madagascar Yaotsu Town Gifu Israel Shizuoka City* Shizuoka Spain, Taiwan, Mauritius, France Hamamatsu City* Shizuoka Brazil Numazu City Shizuoka Canada Atami City Shizuoka Brunei Darussalam Mishima City Shizuoka United States of America Fujinomiya City Shizuoka Spain Shimada City Shizuoka Mongolia, Singapore Fuji City Shizuoka Switzerland, Latvia Yaizu City* Shizuoka Mongolia Kakegawa City Shizuoka Taiwan, Mauritius Fujieda City Shizuoka Italy Gotenba City Shizuoka Taiwan、Republic of Korea, Italy Fukuroi City Shizuoka Ireland Shimoda City Shizuoka United States of America Kikukawa City Shizuoka Bahrain Izunokuni City* Shizuoka Mongolia Makinohara City Shizuoka China, United States of America Oyama Town Shizuoka Taiwan
6 Nagoya City Aichi France Nagoya City* Aichi Canada, Uzbekistan Toyohashi City* Aichi Germany, Lithuania Okazaki City Aichi China, Mongolia Ichinomiya City Aichi United States of America Handa City Aichi China Kariya City Aichi Canada Toyota City Aichi United Kingdom Anjo City Aichi Canada Inazawa City Aichi Greece Mihama Town Aichi Singapore Kota Town Aichi Haiti Mie Pref,Tsu City Mie Canada Mie Pref,suzuka City* Mie Canada, United Kingdom Yokkaichi City Mie Canada Ise City* Mie Laos Kumano City Mie Taiwan Shima City* Mie Spain Shiga Pref., Otsu City Shiga Denmark, New Zealand Shiga Pref., Hikone City Shiga Spain Shiga Pref., Koka City* Shiga Singapore Moriyama City*, Shiga Pref. Shiga Turkey Maibara City, Shiga Pref. Shiga New Zealand Maizuru City Kyoto Uzbekistan Kameoka City Kyoto Austria Republic of Korea, Australia, Spain, Kyotango City Kyoto Portuguese Republic Oyamazaki Town Kyoto Switzerland Kyotanba Town Kyoto New Zealand Osaka City Osaka Australia Sakai City Osaka Argentina Ikeda City* Osaka Russia, France Takatsuki Osaka Australia Kaizuka City Osaka Taiwan Moriguchi City* Osaka Gambia Ibaraki City Osaka Australia, Italy Izumisano City Osaka Uganda, Mongolia Daito City* Osaka Columbia Izumi City Osaka Senegal Minoh City Osaka New Zealand
7 Hyogo Pref., Himeji City Hyogo France Hyogo Pref., Amagasaki City Hyogo Belarus, Greece, Ukraine Hyogo Pref., Miki City Hyogo France United Kingdom, Australia, Croatia, Kobe City* Hyogo Canada, Nepal, New Zealand, France Akashi City* Hyogo Republic of Korea, Taiwan Toyooka City Hyogo France, Germany, Switzerland Kakogawa City* Hyogo Brazil, Tuvalu Nishiwaki City Hyogo Australia Miki City* Hyogo Nepal Tanba Sasayama City Hyogo Bahamas, Puerto Rico, Taiwan Kami Town Hyogo France Nara City,Nara Pref Nara Australia Yamatokoriyama City*, Nara Pref. Nara Singapore, Hong Kong Tenri City,Nara Pref Nara France, Egypt Kashihara City, Nara Pref. Nara Kazakhstan,Ukraine Kawanishi Town Nara Puerto Rico Tawaramoto Town* Nara Guatemala Wakayama Pref., Wakayama City Wakayama Australia, Canada Wakayama Pref., Nachikatsuura Town, Wakayama Turkey Kushimoto Town Tottori Pref.*, Tottori City* Tottori Jamaica Matsue City Shimane Ireland Masuda City* Shimane Ireland Okuizumo Town Shimane India Ohnan Town* Shimane Finland Ama Town, Okinoshima Town, Shimane Micronesia Nishinoshima Town, Chibu Village Okayama City Okayama Bulgaria Okayama City* Okayama Taiwan Kurashiki City Okayama New Zealand Tsuyama City Okayama Monaco Soja City Okayama Guinea-Bissau Akaiwa City Okayama New Zealand, Canada Maniwa City* Okayama Germany Mimasaka City Okayama Vietnam Yakage Town Okayama Italy
8 Hiroshima Pref., Hiroshima City, Kure City, Takehara City, Mihara City, Onomichi City, Fukuyama City, Fuchu City, Miyoshi City, Shobara City, Otake City, Higashihiroshima City, Hatsukaichi City, Akitakata City, Hiroshima Mexico Etajima City, Fuchu Town, Kaita Town, Kumano Town, Saka Town, Akiota Town, Kitahiroshima Town, Osakikamijima Town,Sera Town, Jinsekikougen Town
Hiroshima City Hiroshima Australia,Cuba, Belgium Fukuyama City, Onomichi City, Fuchu Hiroshima Paraguay City, Jinsekikougen Town Etajima City Hiroshima Greece Kitahiroshima Town Hiroshima Dominican Republic Yamaguchi Pref., Yamaguchi City, Ube Yamaguchi Spain city* Ube City* Yamaguchi Madagascar Shimonoseki City Yamaguchi Turkey Hagi City Yamaguchi United Kingdom Hofu City Yamaguchi Serbia Kudamatsu City Yamaguchi Vietnam Iwakuni City Yamaguchi United States of America Nagato City Yamaguchi Tonga, Brazil Tokushima Pref., Tokushima City Tokushima Cambodia, Nepal Tokushima Pref.*, Naruto City* Tokushima Georgia Tokushima Pref., Naruto City, Naka Tokushima Germany Town Kagawa Pref., Marugame City, Sakaide Brazil, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Kagawa City Norway, Canada, Hungary, Croatia Takamatsu City* Kagawa Taiwan Higashikagawa City Kagawa Hong Kong Mitoyo City, Kotohira Town Kagawa Belgium Tonosho Town Kagawa Malta Ehime Pref*., Matsuyama City* Ehime Taiwan Ehime Pref.*, Matsuyama City*, Ehime Mozambique Nihama City, Iyo City Ehime Pref., Matsuyama City, Tobe Ehime Malaysia Town Nihama City, Ehime Pref. Ehime Saudi Arabia Saijo City, Ehime Pref. Ehime Austria Imabari City, Ehime Pref. Ehime Panama Matsuno Town, Ehime Pref. Ehime British Virgin Islands Ikata Town, Ehime Pref. Ehime Bermuda
9 Kochi Pref. Kochi Kyrgyzstan Kochi Pref., Kochi City Kochi Tonga Kochi Pref., Kochi City, Nangoku City Kochi Singapore Kochi Pref., Kochi City, Suzaki City Kochi Czech Republic Kochi Pref., Suzaki City Kochi Australia Kochi Pref., Sukumo City Kochi Netherlands Tosa Town, Motoyama Town, Suzaki Kochi Hungary City, Kochi Pref. Nakatosa Town, Kochi Pref. Kochi Trinidad and Tobago Fukuoka Pref., Fukuoka City Fukuoka Sweden, Norway Fukuoka Pref., Kurume City Fukuoka Kenya,Kazakhstan American Samoa, Palau, Cook Islands, Papua New Guinea, Federated States of Fukuoka Pref., Yanagawa City, Miyama Fukuoka Micronesia, Samoa, Fiji, Solomon Islands, City, Miyako Town, Chikujo Town* Guam, Tonga, Kiribati, Tuvalu, Marshall Islands, Vanuatu, Nauru Thailand, Columbia, United Kingdom, Kitakyushu City* Fukuoka Germany Omuta City Fukuoka Georgia, Afghanistan Iizuka City* Fukuoka South Africa Tagawa City* Fukuoka Germany, Belarus Okawa City* Fukuoka Peru Fukutsu City, Koga City Fukuoka Romania Munakata City Fukuoka Bulgaria, Russia Saga Pref. Saga Thailand, Finland Saga Pref., Saga City, Ureshino City Saga Netherlands, Fiji, New Zealand Saga City Saga Finland Karatsu City Saga Serbia Nagasaki Pref., Nagasaki City Nagasaki Laos Nagasaki Pref., Nagasaki City, Sasebo City, Shimabara City, Isahaya City, Omura City, Iki City, Unzen City, Nagasaki Vietnam Minamishimabara City, Kawatana Town Nagasaki Pref., Nagasaki City, Omura Nagasaki Portugal City Nagasaki Pref., Sasebo City, Nagasaki Spain Shimabara City Nagasaki Pref., Shimabara City* Nagasaki Germany Nagasaki Pref., Isahaya City Nagasaki Philippines Kumamoto Pref. Kumamoto Indonesia Kumamoto City Kumamoto Germany Yatsushiro City Kumamoto Taiwan Tamana City Kumamoto Angola
10 Oita Pref. Oita New Zealand Portugal, Russia, Italy, United States of Oita Pref., Oita City Oita America, Hungary, Romania, Ukraine Oita Pref., Oita City, Beppu City Oita Fiji Oita Pref., Nakatsu City* Oita Malaysia Oita City* Oita Switzerland Oita City Oita Uruguay Beppu City* Oita New Zealand, Laos, Czech Saiki City* Oita Vietnam Usa City Oita Mongolia Miyazaki Pref., Miyazaki City, Nobeoka Miyazaki Germany City, Kobayashi City Miyazaki Pref., Miyazaki City* Miyazaki United Kingdom, Canada Miyazaki Pref., Miyazaki City, Nichinan Miyazaki Italy City, Saito City Miyakonojo City Miyazaki Mongolia Nobeoka City Miyazaki Myanmar Hyuga City Miyazaki United States of America,Togo Aya Town Miyazaki Seychelles Kagoshima City Kagoshima South Africa Kanoya City Kagoshima Slovenia, Thailand Nishinoomote City Kagoshima Portugal Satsumasendai City Kagoshima China, Argentina Osaki Town Kagoshima Taiwan, Trinidad and Tobago Tatsugo Town* Kagoshima Taiwan Mishima Village Kagoshima Guinea Tokunoshima Town Kagoshima Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Amagi Town Kagoshima Saint Christopher and Nevis Isen Town Kagoshima Bosnia-Herzegovina Wadomari Town Kagoshima Dominica China Town Kagoshima Grenada Yoron Town Kagoshima Antigua and Barbuda Ishigaki City Okinawa San Marino, Luxembourg Okinawa City Okinawa New Zealand Tomigusuku City Okinawa Hungary Miyakojima City Okinawa Australia Kitanakagusuku Village Okinawa Sao Tome and Principe Nakagusuku Village Okinawa Cabo Verde Yaese City Okinawa Solomon Islands Taketomi Town Okinawa San Marino
11 “Arigato” Host Town for Supporting Reconstruction Host Town *Host Town of a Harmonious and Inclusive Prefecture Target Country/Region to be hosted Society Miyako City Iwate Singapore Ofunato City Iwate United States of America Hanamaki City Iwate United States of America, Austria Kitakami City Iwate Serbia Kuji City Iwate Lithuania Tono City* Iwate Brazil Rikuzentakata City* Iwate Singapore Kamaishi City Iwate Australia Ninohe City Iwate Gabon Shizukuishi Town Iwate Germany Yahaba Town Iwate Austria Otsuchi Town Iwate Taiwan, Saudi Arabia Yamada Town Iwate Netherlands Noda Village Iwate Taiwan Sendai City* Miyagi Italy Ishinomaki City Miyagi Tunisia Kesennuma City Miyagi Indonesia Natori City Miyagi Canada Iwanuma City Miyagi South Africa Higashimatsushima City Miyagi Denmark Watari Town Miyagi Israel kami town* Miyagi Chile Shirakawa City Fukushima Qatar Kitakata City Fukushima United States of America Nihonmatsu City Fukushima Kuwait Djibouti, Taiwan, United States of Minamisoma City Fukushima America, Republic of Korea Date City Fukushima Guyana Motomiya City Fukushima United Kingdom Kitashiobara Village Fukushima Taiwan Hirono Town Fukushima Indonesia Naraha Town Fukushima Greece Naraha Town, Hirono Town, Fukushima Argentina Kawamata Town Iitate Village Fukushima Laos
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