Hyogo and Washington established their sister state/prefecture relationship in October 1963.

By working closely on shared government agendas and issues, we can simultaneously gain valuable insight and share key information to further strengthen our sister state ties and advance the lives of our cites.

12 shared sister cities include:

#	Washington	Sister-City Association Est.	Hyogo
1	Seattle	1957 - Oct	Kobe
2	Spokane	1961 - Sept	Nishinomiya
3	Auburn	1968 - July	Tamba (Kasuga)
4	Renton	1969 - July	Nishiwaki
5	Kent	1969 - Nov	Tamba (Kaibara)
6	Walla Walla	1972 - Aug	Sasayama
7	Olympia	1981 - Apr	Kato (Yashiro)
8	Pullman	1989 - Nov	Kasai
9	Kittitas County	1992 - Apr	Sanda
10	Sequim	1993 - June	Shisho (Yamasaki)
11	Chelan	1996 - Nov	Kato (Tojo)
12	Port Townsend	2002 - Oct	Ichikawa
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