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KIRA carries out youth exchange programs with four sister & friendship cities.
Torrance City (California State, USA)
■ Sister City News
Introduction of the 35th anniversary commemorative News letter
We co-operated with Torrance City to form a sister city relationship in February 1973. The youth exchanging program started in 1974. We exchange eight students and one adult leader every year. More than 500 young people have participated so far.
■ Photo： Torrance Students in Kashiwa in July 2010
■ Report： Kashiwa Students in Torrance in August 2010-1
■ Report： Kashiwa Students in Torrance in August 2010-2
Chengde (Kahokusyo in China)
We co-operated with Chengde in 1983 to form a sister & friendship relationship. In 1994 we started to send exchange students to each city every other year. Now Kashiwa students stay with host families in Chengde for two days.
Guam
We co-operated with Guam to form a friendship city relationship in 1991. Delegation exchanges started in 1994. Junior high school students from Kashiwa visit St. Frances School during spring vacation.
Camden
The Exchange program started in 1994. A friendship city agreement was signed in
1997. Since 1994,students of each city have visited the other city for two weeks stays during school holidays. With the merger of Shonan Town and Kashiwa City in April 2005, Camden became a Friendship city of Kashiwa.
■ Photo： Camden Students in Kashiwa(Oct.2-12)
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