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Tsuchiura, is located on the shores of Lake Kasumigaura in eastern Japan. The city is well known for its dramatic lakeside setting, popular water activities, and its "Kijo" castle built in the 17th century.
Palo Alto and Tsuchiura City officially entered into a sister city relationship in March 2009. In 2019, our Mayor and delegation from Neighbors Abroad visited to celebrate 10 years as sister cities. However, Palo Alto’s relationship with that part of Japan started as early as 1993 when local parents started a student exchange program. This exchange program has seen over 242 Japanese students and chaperones visit Palo Alto and over 201 Palo Alto residents visit Japan. Tsuchiura reminds us that of their appreciation of Palo Alto as a community that supports her children through strong families and community engagement. Due to the continuing pandemic, the 2021 middle school student exchange program will not be recruiting applicants during the Fall of 2020. The exchange program usually hosts Japanese students in March and travels to Japan in June. Palo Alto and other sister cities hope to protect the health of the students, chaperones and host families by postponing further travel until conditions improve. 
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