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There are 22 Sister City relationships between cities in New England and Japan and three Sister State relationships.

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Connecticut

  • New Britain - Atsugi (Kanagawa) May 31, 1983

  • Wethersfield - Nagayo-cho (Nagasaki) May 19, 1997

 

Maine

  • Portland - Shinagawa-ku (Tokyo) Oct. 13, 1984

  • Bath - Tsugaru (Aomori) Sep. 6, 1993

 

Massachusetts

  • Boston - Kyoto (Kyoto) Jun. 24, 1959

  • Medford - Nobeoka (Miyazaki) Aug. 29, 1980

  • Cambridge - Tsukuba (Ibaraki) May 8, 1984

  • Arlington - Nagaokakyo (Kyoto) Sep. 21, 1984

  • Springfield - Takikawa (Hokkaido) Sep. 22, 1987

  • Fairhaven/New Bedford - Tosashimizu (Kochi) Dec. 2, 1987

  • Plymouth - Shichigahama (Miyagi) Oct. 3, 1990

  • Salem - Ota-ku (Tokyo) Nov. 18, 1991

  • Amherst- Kanegasaki (Iwate) Aug. 18, 1993

  • Concord - Nanae-cho (Hokkaido) Nov. 15, 1997

  • Marlborough - Akiruno-shi (Tokyo) Nov. 3, 1998

  • Gloucester - Tamano-shi (Okayama) Jul. 23, 2004

  • Revere - Date-shi (Fukushima) August 2, 2016

 

New Hampshire

  • Portsmouth - Nichinan (Miyazaki) Sep. 5, 1985

  • Hanover - Nihonmatsu-shi (Fukushima Jul. 30, 1999

 

Rhode Island

  • Newport - Shimoda (Shizuoka) May 5, 1958

 

Vermont

  • Rutland - Hanamaki (Iwate) Oct. 6, 1986

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  • Maine (state) - Aomori May 25, 1994

  • Massachusetts (state) - Hokkaido February 7, 1990

  • Vermont (state) - Tottori July 18, 2018

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