Bridging cultures through understanding.
News & Events
SPNSCC Calendar 2025
January
19 Shinnenkai at Blatchley’s
12 -19 Hamline trip to Nagasaki
February
1-12 delegation to Nagasaki
March
Children’s Day with Cha Ami?
International Festival in Minneapolis
April
10-24 Sansei Yonsei Kai to Nagasaki
Cherry blossom contest
May
3 Cherry Blossom Festival: celebrating the gift of trees/Mayor Taue visit
St. Ben’s /St. John’s trip to Nagasaki
June
10 Free tour of Kyoto glass exhibit at Minneapolis Institute of Arts
July
June 23 to July 1 Saint Paul Civic Symphony to Nagasaki
August
September
Returning the Sword published
Sister Cities International to honor Nagasaki and St. Paul
October
7-9 Okunchi Festival in Nagasaki
November
Mondale Gala
Annual business meeting
December
Celebration dinner
Regular business meetings are held on the third Wednesday of the month, either by Zoom or in person. Contact spnscc AT gmail DOT com for more information.
Supporting cultural exchanges and education.
The Saint Paul-Nagasaki Sister City Committee is committed to cultural understanding and appreciation, through both public and members-only events, and the continual development of our sister city relationship with Nagasaki, Japan.
Our first programs helped the city of Nagasaki recover from the damage it sustained from nuclear bombing during World War II. Today, we continue to connect Japanese and American cultures through grass-roots ambassadorship and to promote Japanese culture in the greater Twin Cities metro area.
What We Do
The Saint Paul-Nagasaki Sister City Committee (SPNSCC) was commissioned as the first Japanese-American city partnership in 1955, predating the International Sister City Affiliation enacted by Congress during the Eisenhower administration. Its purpose was, and continues to be, to promote beneficial relationships between the American and Japanese people in the two cities, and to promote the cause of peace.
Who We Are
Hello, World!
“…our faith in the great promise of people-to-people and sister city affiliations in helping build the solid structure of world peace.”
— President Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Contact
Feel free to contact us with any questions.
Email
spnscc AT gmail DOT com