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Hi! I live in Billings, Montana... and I discovered that my city is sister cities with Kumamoto (熊本市), Japan!
So out of curiosity... does anyone here live in Kumamoto? And if so, please tell me about your city!

Anyone interested in knowing about where I live?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billings_Montana

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[2] mixiユーザー 06月17日 17:19

Oh I made a mistake so I delete my other comment~

My hometown, is sister city with Ashoro in Hokkaido.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashoro%2C_Hokkaid%C5%8D

this is my hometown☆
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wetaskiwin,_Alberta

boooring.

[3] mixiユーザー 06月17日 20:58

@ ☆shawna☆:

Alberta seems like a really interesting Provence!
I've never been to Alberta, but I have heard it's really beautiful there!

Oh! Hokkaido? I have a friend that lives there! That's cool! <3

[4] mixiユーザー 06月17日 21:49

I live in Austin, Texas and our sister city is Oita (大分県, 大分市) in Kyushu.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austin%2C_Texas
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%8Cita%2C_%C5%8Cita

Unfortunately, I have not hosted or even met anyone from Oita since 2001.

[6] mixiユーザー 06月17日 22:58

My hometown in Detroit, Michigan:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detroit_Michigan

And its sister city is Toyota:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota%2C_Aichi

I wonder if the cities being "Car cities" had anything to do with them paring up?

[8] mixiユーザー 06月17日 23:35

>Banna

When I was in Detroit, if you drove a Toyota you'd get your tires slashed.

[10] mixiユーザー 06月18日 01:31

I live in Seattle, which is of course sister cities with Kobe, Japan.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seattle
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kobe

[12] mixiユーザー 06月18日 04:50

I live in Houston, TX:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houston_Texas

And my sister city is Chiba:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiba%2C_Chiba

My friend's little sister actually studied in Chiba a couple summers ago.

[13] mixiユーザー 06月18日 05:14

I live in New York, sister city of... Tokyo!

[14] mixiユーザー 06月18日 07:48

I live in Yokohama, our sister city is San Diego CA. However, my hometown is Evansville, IN, and our sister city is Tochigi - Shi, Japan.

What's the deal with sister cities anyways? If I go to Tochigi will I get a free hat or something? What's a brother city?

What does it all mean?

Oh yeah Ashley, I've driven through Billings MT, really beautiful country up there.

[15] mixiユーザー 06月18日 08:00

Another Seattleite here (re: #10). Better yet, I am originally from Kobe. :)

[16] mixiユーザー 06月18日 10:37

I currently live near Baltimore, Maryland, and our sister city is Kawasaki (but I like Yokohama better

).

Maryland is also sister states with Kanagawa.

[17] mixiユーザー 06月18日 12:01

I live in San Francisco, the sister city of Osaka.

[18] mixiユーザー 06月18日 12:22

Osaka currently has 8 sister cities.

San Francisco (USA) since October 7th, 1957 (Sister Port since 1967)
San Paulo (Brazil) since October 27th, 1969
Chicago (USA) since November 9th, 1973
Shanghai (China) since April 18th, 1974 (Friendship Port 1981 & Business Partner City 1995)
Melbourne (Australia) since April 24, 1978 (Sister Port 1974 & Business Partner City 1999)
St. Petersburg (Russia) since August 16, 1979
Milan (Italy) since June 8th, 1981
Hamburg (Germany) since May 11th, 1989

[19] mixiユーザー 06月18日 12:32

Seal Pool,

So Osaka actually has two sister cities in the U.S.?

[20] mixiユーザー 06月18日 12:59

Yes, it's usually done when there is a strong trade, business or tourism connection between the cities.

I think any two cities can be sister cities if the two agree on it.

Osaka's a big place, so there are plenty of guest rooms for all the sisters to sleep in.

Tokyo has 11:
New York City United States of America February 29,1960
Beijing People's Republic of China March 14,1979
Paris French Republic July 14,1982
New South Wales Australia May 9,1984
Seoul Republic of Korea September 3,1988
Jakarta Republic of Indonesia October 23,1989
Sao Paulo Federative Republic of Brazil June 13,1990
Cairo Arab Republic of Egypt October 23,1990
Moscow Russian Federation July 16,1991
Berlin Federal Republic of Germany May 14,1994
Rome Republic of Italy July 5,1996

[22] mixiユーザー 06月18日 14:50

Wow! Interesting responses, everyone!
It's cool that some of you have met people from your sister cities. One of my friends has a College Student from Kumamoto stay with him over the summer, but I myself (to my knowing) have never met anyone from our sister cities.

Now, my original hometown was Pasadena in Los Angeles County, California---but I'd never have known had I met someone from a sister city there either, since the ethnic population is so vast.

@ Yeshua:

Yeah! Billings is nice. Montana is pretty nice overall, as long as you stay around the mountains. Otherwise it's just empty yellow grassed plains (not very attractive). The best place in Montana is probably Glacier National Park. It's really gorgeous there. If anyone gets the chance to visit Montana, definitely visit Glacier Park! It's worth a trip!

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