| Name of city, town and village |
City Name |
Nation name |
Tie-up date |
| 1 |
Kyoto City |
Paris |
French Republic |
June 15, 1958 |
| 2 |
Boston |
United Stats of America (Massachusetts) |
June 24, 1959 |
| 3 |
Cologne |
Federal Republic of Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) |
May 29, 1963 |
| 4 |
Firenze |
Republic of Italy (Tuscany) |
September 22, 1965 |
| 5 |
Kiev |
Ukraine |
September 7, 1971 |
| 6 |
Xi'an |
People's Republic of China (Shaanxi) |
May 10, 1974 |
| 7 |
Guadalajara |
United Mexican States (Jalisco) |
October 20, 1980 |
| 8 |
Zagreb |
Republic of Croatia |
October 22, 1981 |
| 9 |
Prague |
Czech Republic |
April 15, 1996 |
| 10 |
Maizuru City |
Nakhodka |
Russian Federation (Primorsky Krai) |
June 21, 1961 |
| 11 |
Dalian |
People's Republic of China (Liaoning) |
May 8, 1982 |
| 12 |
Portsmouth |
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
May 27, 1998 |
| 13 |
Ayabe City |
Jyojyuku |
People's Republic of China (Jiangsu) |
May 12, 1989 |
| 14 |
Jerusalem |
State of Israel |
February 9, 2000 |
| 15 |
Uji City |
Nuwara Eliya |
Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka |
April 12, 1986 |
| 16 |
XianYang |
People's Republic of China (Shaanxi) |
July 24, 1986 |
| 17 |
Kamloops |
Canada (British Columbia) |
July 1, 1990 |
| 18 |
Miyazu City |
Nelson |
New Zealand |
May 7, 1976 |
| 19 |
Del Rey Beach |
United States of America (Florida) |
September 29, 1977 |
| 20 |
Qin Huang Dao |
People's Republic of China (Hebei) |
July 6, 1987 |
| 21 |
Kameoka City |
Knittelfeld |
Austria (Steiermark) |
April 14, 1964 |
| 22 |
Jandira |
Federative Republic of Brazil (Sao Paulo) |
November 3, 1985 |
| 23 |
Stillwater |
United States of America (Oklahoma) |
November 3, 1985 |
| 24 |
Suzhou |
People's Republic of China (Jiangsu) |
December 31, 1996 |
| 25 |
Jyoyo City |
Kyongsan |
Korea (North Gyeongsang) |
January 22, 1991 |
| 26 |
Vancouver |
United States of America (Washington) |
October 30, 1995 |
| 27 |
Muko City |
Saratoga |
United States of America (California) |
November 16, 1984 |
| 28 |
Hangzhou |
People's Republic of China (Zhejiang) |
September 27, 1985 |
| 29 |
Nagaokakyo City |
Ningbo |
People's Republic of China (Zhejiang) |
April 21, 1983 |
| 30 |
Arlington |
United States of America (Massachusetts) |
September 21, 1984 |
| 31 |
Yawata City |
Milan |
United States of America (Ohio) |
August 12, 1986 |
| 32 |
Baoji |
People's Republic of China (Shaanxi) |
November 11, 1992 |
| 33 |
Nantan City |
Manila |
Republic of the Philippines (Luzon) |
August 21, 1985 |
| 34 |
Clutha District |
New Zealand |
November 7, 2002 |
| 35 |
Seika Town |
Norman |
United States of America (Oklahoma State) |
September 1, 2005 |
| 36 |
Kyotanba Town |
Hawksbury |
Australia (New South Wales State) |
June 7, 1988 |
| 1 |
Kyoto Prefecture |
Shaanxi |
People's Republic of China |
July 16, 1983 |
| 2 |
Yogyakarta Special district |
Republic of Indonesia |
July 16, 1985 |
| 3 |
Oklahoma |
United States of America |
September 20, 1985 |
| 4 |
Leningrad |
Russia Federation |
November 4, 1994 |
| 5 |
Edinburgh |
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
August 29, 1997 |