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Kobe's Sister Cities

As our world become more interdependent, sister city relationships are becoming more important when it comes to promoting cross-cultural understanding and economic opportunities.  Kobe has six sister cities:

Seattle, WA, USA (1957)
Marseille, France (1961)
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (1969)
Riga, Latvia (1974)
Brisbane, Australia (1985)
Barcelona, Spain (1993)
Incheon, South Korea (2010)


In addition, Kobe established two sister ports in 1967:

Port of Seattle, USA
Port of Rotterdam, Netherlands


Last but not least, Kobe has some other special relationships and formal friendships:

Tianjin Port (Friendship)
Tianjin, China (Friendship)
Philadelphia, USA (Partnership City)
Daegu, South Korea (Friendship)

Did You Know...?

The Kobe Municipal Arboretum has several miniature sister city "forests" in their park.