Sister City Relationship Citizens' Delegation Program

1. Process
  Our exchange activities were started in 1987. The exchange home stay program between Wako Kokusai High School and Mark Morris High School of Longview was the trigger of our sister city relationship. The Wako Rotary Club established a sister club relationship with the Longview Rotary Club. The city of Wako Government has continued to send the teachers' delegation to Longview since 1990 and had started to send the students' delegation since 1993. And more, the Citizen's delegation was started and has been continued since 1996.

  Longview is located in southwestern Washington State and more than 30,000 residents live in this city. In 1923, when the city of Longview 

Government was established, they decided to build a planned  city. The land of the city has  been zoned by usage. It looks  very beautiful with an orderly arrangement. Around Civic Center, there is a large park  with a lake. Squirrel, deer and  other wild animals coexist with  humans. Being blessed with  Nature, you can live comfortably in a safe place.

2. Purpose and Contents of this project
In this trip, the members of the delegation visit City Hall, the Library and other facilities. Each of members donate two Japanese books to the library every year. 　According to members' wishes, we arrange special tours. For example, a tour of the hospice　and a short visit to someone's home etc......

3. Schedule of this program
We usually send the citizens' delegation to the City of Longview from the end of September to the beginning of October.　( 5 stays and 7 days　) Last visit , the members of the delegation stayed in Vancouver for 2 nights, then they moved to Longview and stayed there for 3 nights. For the former two nights of the trip, the destination will be changed every year.