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Jichibu City
Jasing City
Jingjow City
 
 
1983. 2.16. Jubusiyuk Office
1983. 7. 6. Gangneung City Hall
 
Symbols: Bird: Pheasant Flower: Chrysanthemum Tree: Gingko Tree
Location: 240 meters above the sea in the central mountainous area 175km from Tokyo
Area: 134.02妥
Climate: Yearly average temperature: 12.6 (highest 37.2 , lowest -6.8 ) Precipitation: Yearly average 1,420妙
 
In this city, there are many traditional cultural events. Festivals (winter and summer festivals etc.) are popular. Posan reservoir, Music Park, City Traditional Museum, City Art Museum, and Stone Buddhist Image in Keumchang Temple are famous. This city is recommended as a resort city adjacent to Tokyo. Subway between the city and Igebkro in Tokyo is available (one and half hour trip).
 
1979. 11.11
When Harashima Humihiko, a member of the Jichibu city assembly, Dongsik Kim, President of Korean residents, and Jungsik Park, vice-president of Korean residents, visited Gangneung City, they and the mayor Yunsang Jung came to an agreement to arrange sistership.
1980. 3. 5
Jichibu city assembly made a unanimous decision to arrange sistership with Gangneung
1983. 9. 2
Korean government allowed the sistership
1983. 7. 6
Sistership group of Jichibu city (16 people including mayor) visited Gangneung City, and set up of sitership relationship
1984. 7. 25
Boy Baseball Team of Jichibu (25 people) visited Gangneung, and had a goodwill match with Gangneung elementary school.
1984. 11. 30
10 people including deputy mayor of Gangneung city made an inspection of advanced industry in Jichibu.
1985. 8. 20.
Football team of Noam elementary school in Gangneung visited Jichibu and had a goodwill match with Jichibu
1986. 3. 15.
12 people( including the chairman of the Gangneung Chamber of Commerce) visited Jichibu, and agreed on exchanging basketball team comprised of the mothers of the students; research on the specific medicine against harmful insects of pine tree; and football coaches exchanged.
1986. 12. 4
Players of Gangneung participated in the 6th Jichibu Marathon
1987. 5. 18
Group from Jichibu visited Gangneung in memory of the 5th anniversary.
1987. 9. 22
Players from Jichibu participated in the Marathon for the Unification sponsored by Gangneung MBC.
1988. 5. 20.
Group from Gangneung (11 people including the mayor) visited Jichibu, and participated in the Saitama Exhibition.
1989. 11. 2
Goodwill envoy of Gangneung (29 people including mayor) visited Jichibu. Students of Gangil women's high school presented coronet dance at Jichibu city and Ida city.
1990. 5. 25
Traditional performance group from Jichibu participated in Gangneung Dan-oh Festival
1991. 8. 18
Football team of Jichibu elementary school visited Gangneung and had a goodwill match.
1991. 9. 17
Goodwill group of Gangneung visited Jichibu, and made the first speech as foreigners.
1992. 3. 5
A musical ensemble group commemorating the opening of the Gangneung Culture and Art Center.
1992. 11. 27.
Players of Gangneung participated in the Jichibu City Marathon.
1993. 6. 22
Group from Jichibu visited Gangneung in memory of 10th anniversary.
1993. 11. 2
Group of Gangneung visited Jichibu in memory of 10th anniversary.
1994. 10. 6. Jichibu Basketball Team comprised of students' mothers visited Gangneung and had a goodwill match.
1995. 10. 11
President of Japan-Korea Friendship Association in Jichibu participated in the celebration of the inauguration of Kiseob Sim, the newly elected mayor.
1996. 7. 29.
12 Middle school and high school students of Jichibu visited Gangneung and stayed at the homes of youngsters.
1997. 6. 30
20 people including the president of Jichibu Japan-Korea Friendship Association visited Gangneung
1997. 10. 20
11 people (including the mayor Kiseob Sim) made a goodwill visit to Jichibu ( 3 days).
1998. 8. 26
16 people including the Minister of Educatiion of Jichibu visited Gangneung in memory of 15th anniversary(3 days)
1998. 11.5
8 people (including Jae-Ju Sim, the minister of Culture, Tour, and Welfare ) visited Jichibu to celebrate the 15th anniversary.(4 days)

1999. 6. 16.
Traditional Art Performance Group of Jichibu made two performances in Gangneung Dan-oh Festival.
1999. 10. 1
16 people (including Uchidazenichi, the mayor of Jichibu and Sdahirosi, the chairman of the Jichibu Assembly) went sightseeing at Gangneung, Sokcho, and Chuncheon including viewing of the Gangwon International Tour Exhibition (4 days).
1999. 12. 1.
11 people (including Hodon Jung, the president of Culture Hall) made an invitational trip to Jichibu Night Festival. (6 days)
2000. 5. 25.
16 people of a congratulatory envoy of Gangneung (leader: Yongduk Baek, the deputy mayor) visited Jichibu for the 50th anniversary celebrating the status upgrade of the town becoming a city, and participated in 'the 10th Northern Japan Festival). Gangneung cityhall Sa-mul-no-ri(Korean traditional music performance) Team made a special performance (6 days).
2000. 6. 5.
10 people of Jichibu Japan-Korea Friendship Association (Chairman: Harasima) visited the Gangneung Dan-oh Festival(3 days)
2000. 10. 13
The Jichibu marionette performance group "Gorogoro" (4 people including the leader Siokawa) visited Gangneung to participate in the 6th Marionette Perfomance Ceremony of East Asia & Pacific)
2001. 6. 11.
4 workers of Gangneung City Hall (including U-yong Cho, a social welfare worker) made a backpack trip to Jichibu and inspected the social welfare facilities (3 days).
2001. 6. 24
5 Jichibu city workers (leader: Hukusima Hideo) visited the Gangneun Dan-oh Festival. (2 days)
2002. 9. 25
Oginokunio, the chief of the general affairs department, visited Gangneung to observe the victim area of Typhoon Rusa and to deliver the relief money to the victims.