Sydney-Nagoya Sister City Relationship
Sydney-Nagoya Sister City Relationship
Sydney and Nagoya have had a highly valued sister city relationship since 1980 and we will celebrate the 30 year milestone anniversary in 2010.
From 1986 to 2003 the Sydney-Nagoya Sister City Committee supported the Nagoya City Council staff trainee secondment to City of Sydney for 12 months. It has also supported reciprocal visits by high school rugby union teams and primary and high school bands and dance ensembles and participated in various fairs in Nagoya. For many years, Committee members, at their own expense, have attended the annual Nagoya Festival and Sister City Parade.
The Committee also supports the student exchange agreement between the NSW Department of Education and Training and the Nagoya Board of Education and is involved in the sister zoo relationship between Taronga Zoo, Sydney and Nagoya Higashiyama Zoo.
The Committee organised the production of a Japanese language brochure for visitors depicting the history of the Sydney Town Hall, has assisted the Lord Mayor of Sydney with hosting and hospitality for visiting official delegations and specific individual visitors from Nagoya and in 2004 initiated a substantial upgrade of the Nagoya Gardens in Hyde Park, Sydney.
While Nagoya will organise their own spectacular celebrations, to coincide with the city’s 400 year anniversary of its founding, plans for the celebrations in Sydney in 2010 include a photographic exhibition at Parliament House, Sydney highlighting the animals of Taronga Zoo, Sydney and Nagoya Higashiyama Zoo.
His Worship the Mayor of Nagoya, Mayor Takehisa Matsubara celebrates the 25th Anniversary of the Sydney-Nagoya Sister City relationship with the Lord Mayor of Sydney, Clover Moore MP. Sydney Town Hall, 2005.
More information
For more information on the Sydney-Nagoya Sister City relationship, contact:
Toola Andrianopoulos
Protocol Project Coordinator
Tel: (02) 9246 7602
Email: tandrianopoulos@cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au
