Iowa Sister States

Yamanashi Photo Gallery

Photos

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International Horse Archery Festival, Fort Dodge, Iowa	Representatives from Yamanashi City ( Sioux City 's sister city) visiting with ISS and IDED representatives. Besides the folks from Yamanashi City , also pictured: Mia Sudo (from Sioux City ), Charles Safris (ISS Volunteer), Brian Farrell (ISS Volunteer), Kathy Hill (IDED Staff), and Kim Johnson (ISS Staff). This took place in August of 2006.
The Yamanashi Bell, located South of the Capitol Building in Des Moines, Iowa	Yamanashi Bell in front of the Des Moines Capitol.

After typhoons in 1959 severely damaged crops, homes, and farmlands of the Yamanashi prefecture in Japan, citizens of Iowa generously sent breeding hogs and feed corn to aid that district. This program began a friendship culminating in a sister-state relationship, the first of its kind between the United States and Japan. As a sign of their appreciation, the citizens of the Yamanashi presented this monument to Iowa in 1962. The 2,000-pound temple bell of peace and friendship, as well as the structure that houses it, were made in Japan. From "Monuments of the Captiol Grounds"