富田林市・ベスレヘム市　姉妹都市交流（English)

Programs of Association

　　

Exchange student program

This is the system, in which either city alternately dispatches its students tothe other city during summer holidays. Therefore the students learn the differences of culture, tradition and lifestyle through home stay.

English Oratorical Contest

English Oratorical contest is held every year for three grades including　junior high school students, high school students and general public.It will be the 34thcontest this year, 2004.

Support and assistant to the close exchange forged by the citizens

When citizen of either city will visit the other city, and exchange its own culture and so on, the Association will give some advice and support it.

Why don’t you join in the programs held by the Association?

The Sister City Association hopes that many citizens will participate in the programs,in order to promote a mutual understanding and cultural exchange of both cities at the popular level.For details, please contact the Secretariat of Association.(Civil Activities Support & Coproduction Promotion Division of Tondabayashi City Hall)

History of sister city relationship

1959

Priest Kenneth E. Heim visited Tondabayashi City

1964

The Sister City Relationship was established.

1971

Mr. Yoshinaga Sakon made the Japanese Garden in Bethlehem City.

1972

The Bethlehem-Tondabayashi Sister City Commission was established.

1972

The first English Oratorical Contest was held.

1973

The first exchange students were dispatched.

1976

The Tondabayashi-Bethlehem Sister City Association was established.

1994

The seedlings of cherry were donated to Bethlehem City.

2001

The commemorative ceremony for Sister City Relationship was held in Bethlehem City.

2004

The 40th commemorative ceremony of Sister City Relationship was heldin Tondabayashi City.