List of sister cities in Japan

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These cities in Japan have sister city relationships with foreign communities.

See also the list of twin towns and sister cities.

• Anjo, Aichi - Huntington Beach, California, USA
• Chiba, Chiba - North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (1969 twinning)
• Chitose, Hokkaido - Anchorage, Alaska, USA (1969 twinning); Ibusuki, Kagoshima (1994 twinning)
• Daisen, Tottori - Temecula, California, USA (1994)
• Fukuoka - Auckland, New Zealand; Ipoh, Malaysia, Oakland, California, USA
• Funabashi, Chiba - Odense, Denmark
• Hachinohe, Aomori - Federal Way, Washington, USA
• Hakata-ku, Fukuoka - Auckland, New Zealand
• Hakodate, Japan - Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
• Hamamatsu, Shizuoka - Rochester, New York, USA (1996)
• Hanamaki, Iwate - Rutland, Vermont, USA
• Higashimurayama, Tokyo - Independence, Missouri, USA
• Hikone, Shiga - Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
• Himeji, Hyogo - Adelaide, Australia (1982); Curitiba, Brazil
• Hiroshima - Montreal, Canada
• Ibusuki, Kagoshima - Chitose, Hokkaido (1994 twinning)
• Ichihara, Chiba - Mobile, Alabama, USA (1993 twinning); Port Townsend, Washington, USA
• Imabari, Ehime - Lakeland, Florida, USA (1993)
• Ishikari, Hokkaido - Campbell River, British Columbia Canada (1983 twinning)
• Izumi, Osaka - Bloomington, Minnesota, USA
• Joyo, Kyoto - Vancouver, Washington, USA
• Kadoma, Osaka - São José dos Campos, Brazil
• Kaga, Ishikawa - Dundas, Ontario, Canada (1967)
• Kagoshima, Kagoshima - Perth, Western Australia, Australia
• Kakegawa, Shizuoka - Eugene, Oregon, USA
• Kakogawa, Hyogo - Waitakere, New Zealand
• Kamakura, Kanagawa - Nice, France
• Kanazawa, Ishikawa - Ghent, Belgium; Buffalo, New York, USA
• Kanegasaki, Iwate - Amherst, Massachusetts, USA (1993)
• Kariya, Aichi - Mississauga, Ontario, Canada (1981 twinning)
• Kasugai, Aichi - Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada (1981)
• Kawanishi - Bowling Green, Kentucky, USA
• Kawasaki, Kanagawa - Sheffield, United Kingdom
• Kiyosato, Yamanashi - Madison County, Kentucky, USA
• Kobe, Hyogo - Seattle, Washington, USA; Barcelona, Spain; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Marseille, France; Brisbane, Australia; Riga, Latvia; Tianjin, China
• Kochi, - Fresno, California, USA; Buku or Wuhu, People's Republic of China; Surubaya, Indonesia
• Komaki, Aichi - Wyandotte, Michigan, USA
• Konan, Shiga - DeWitt, Michigan, USA
• Kooga, Shiga - Marshall, Michigan, USA
• Kori, Fukushima - Elizabethtown, Kentucky, USA
• Kōtō, Tokyo - Surrey, British Columbia, Canada
• Kumagaya, Saitama - Invercargill, New Zealand
• Kumamoto - San Antonio, Texas, USA
• Kurashiki, Okayama - Christchurch, New Zealand
• Kusatsu, Shiga - Pontiac, Michigan, USA
• Kyoto, Kyoto - Boston, USA; Paris, France; Cologne, Germany; Florence, Italy; Prague, Czech Republic; Zagreb, Croatia; Kiev, Ukraine; Xi'an, China; Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico;
• Makino, Shiga - Petoskey, Michigan, USA
• Matsudo, Chiba - Whitehorse, Victoria, Australia
• Matsuyama, Ehime - Sacramento, California, USA (1981 twinning); Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany (1989 twinning)
• Memuro, Hokkaido - Tracy, California, USA
• Miharu, Fukushima - Rice Lake, Wisconsin, USA
• Misato, Miyagi - Winona, Minnesota, USA
• Misawa, Aomori - Wenatchee, Washington, USA
• Mito, Ibaraki - Anaheim, California, USA
• Miyazaki - Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA
• Moriguchi - New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada (1963)
• Moriyama, Shiga - Adrian, Michigan, USA
• Muko, Kyoto - Saratoga, California, USA (1983)
• Nagaizumi-cho - Wanganui, New Zealand (1988)
• Nagakute, Aichi - Waterloo, Belgium (1992)
• Nagano, Nagano - Clearwater, Florida, USA
• Nagaoka, Niigata - Fort Worth, Texas, USA (1987)
• Nagasaki - Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA (1955)
• Nagoya, Aichi - Sydney, Australia; Turin, Italy
• Nara - Canberra, Australia
• Narita - San Bruno, California, USA
• Nayoro, Hokkaido - Lindsay, Ontario, Canada (1967)
• Neyagawa, Osaka - Newport News, Virginia, USA
• Niigata, Niigata - Galveston, Texas, USA (1965); Khabarovsk, Russia (1965); Harbin, China (1979); Vladivostok, Russia (1991); Birobidenzhan, Russia (2005)
• Niiza, Saitama - Jyväskylä, Finland (1997)
• Nishinomiya, Hyogo - Spokane, Washington, USA (1961)
• Nishio, Aichi - Porirua, New Zealand
• Ohmi Hachiman, Shiga - Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
• Okayama, Okayama - San Jose, California, USA (1957)
• Okazaki, Aichi - Uddevalla, Sweden; Newport Beach, California, USA; Huhhot, People's Republic of China
• Osaka - Melbourne, Australia; Chicago, Illinois, USA, San Francisco, California, USA; Milan, Italy; Saint Petersburg, Russia; São Paulo, Brazil; Shanghai, China
• Ota, Gunma - Burbank, CA, USA
• Otaru, Hokkaido - Dunedin, New Zealand
• Otsu, Shiga - Lansing, Michigan, USA
• Ritto, Shiga - Birmingham, Michigan, USA
• Ryuou, Shiga - Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan, USA
• Saga - Glens Falls, New York, USA
• Saitama - Hamilton, New Zealand
• Sakai, Osaka - Wellington, New Zealand
• Sanda, Hyogo - Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia
• Sannohe, Aomori - Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia
• Sapporo, Hokkaido - Portland, Oregon, USA
• Sasebo, Nagasaki - Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
• Sendai, Miyagi - Riverside, California, USA; Rennes, France; Minsk, Belarus; Acapulco, Mexico; Changchun, People's Republic of China; Dallas, Texas, USA; Gwangju, South Korea
• Setagaya, Tokyo - Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada (1970 twinning)
• Seto, Aichi - Limoges, France; Nabeul, Tunisia; Jingdezhen, China (PRC)
• Shigaraki, Shiga - Sturgis, Michigan, USA
• Shimada, Shizuoka - Richmond, California, USA
• Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi - Istanbul, Turkey
• Shinagawa, Tokyo - Auckland, New Zealand (Friendship relationship)
• Shizunai - Lexington, Kentucky, USA
• Tahara, Aichi - Georgetown, Kentucky, USA
• Tateyama, Chiba - Bellingham, Washington, USA (1958)
• Tenri - La Serena, Chile (1966)
• Tobetsu, Hokkaido, - Leksand, Sweden
• Tokyo - New York City, New York, USA (1960)
• Tomakomai, Hokkaido - Napier, New Zealand
• Tomi, Nagano - Madras, Oregon, USA (1994)
• Toyohashi, Aichi - Toledo, Ohio, USA (2000)
• Tsuchiyama, Shiga - Traverse City, Michigan, USA
• Uji, Kyoto - Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada
• Utsunomiya, Tochigi - Manukau, New Zealand
• Wakayama, Wakayama - Richmond, British Columbia, Canada (1972 twinning); Bakersfield, California, USA; Jeju-do, South Korea
• Yachiyo, Chiba - Tyler, Texas, USA
• Yamagata, Yamagata - Kitzbühel, Austria (1963); Boulder, Colorado, USA; Swan Hill, Victoria, Australia (1980)
• Yamaguchi - Pamplona, Spain
• Yasu - Clinton Charter Township, Michigan (1993)
• Yokohama, Kanagawa - San Diego, California, USA; Shanghai, China; Mumbai, India; Manila, Odessa, Ukraine; Constanţa, Romania; Philippines; Lyon, France; and Vancouver, Canada
• Yokaichi, Shiga - Marquette, Michigan, USA
• Yuasa, Wakayama - Kerikeri, New Zealand