Hokkaido ~ onlinetravelsites

Saturday, January 1, 2011

Hokkaido is promoting exchanges with northern regions overseas with which it shares similar climatic conditions and membership in the Northern Regions Forum, including the province of Alberta in Canada (sister affiliation since 1980), Heilongjiang Province in China (friendship affiliation since 1986), the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the U.S.A. (sister affiliation since 1990), and Sakhalin in Russia (friendship and economic cooperation affiliation since 1998).

In addition, Hokkaido is promoting exchanges with regions centered on East Asia, such as South Korea (especially Pusan and Kyongsang-namdo), China, and the Russian Far East.