learn more about the two thousand and thirteen letter first of all occurring february ninth inning a part from eleven to four at c id b i a dot org thank you for watching adventure t v cultural festivals at city hall we attend the sixteenth annual two thousand and twelve seattle sister cities reception seattle and kobe are the first sister cities for each of our respective cities so kobe's seattle's first seattle is kobe's purse and we had tied up its sister cities in one thousand nine hundred fifty seven we're celebrating our fifty fifth anniversary this year and we're really proud of the lawn and rich history of exchanges that we have had for many many years what are some of city and are interesting going to be interesting to the viewers that might actually go there well it seems seattle and kobe actually have a lot in common in terms of their geography in the topography we both have mountains and the ocean and a lot of lakes and rivers and so there's definitely a lot of green mountains and i kind of blue water in both of our cities both seattle and kobe are large international port cities in addition to our sister city relationship we have a sister port relationship that also spans forty five years and when people go to kobe if they're visiting from see ya well they really do go wow it feels like seattle own there's so much green and it's just a beautiful place the people are very laid back so it's a whole range of things that make seattle and kobe kind of have a lot in common what are some of the japan and so there's a lot of really wonderful kind of fun shopping districts to visit there's a large pearl industry large shoes a lot of fashion kobe's definitely a modern city but also has a blend still a lot of old traditional one of my favorite places to go and visit the id month hot springs on the other side of the mountain which is a lovely kind of old fashioned village style with a lot of really wonderful hot springs to visit and definitely because the local mountain range is right in the middle of the city there is opportunity to write on cable cars and get a really wonderful view from several locations so those are a couple of the things that i would recommend and i forgot to ask about the performance had so many people from seattle that went and lived in kobe so i was one of those and i lived and worked for the mayor of kobe for three years i'm a fluent japanese speaker i had been there as an exchange student several times and so i lived and work kobe for three years it's like my second home and definitely have a great affinity for kobe and its people and i'm actually going to be traveling there for our fifty fifth sister city anniversary next week and i'm really excited about being amazing ties between our two cities and you can learn more about us at our website which is w w w dot seattle kobe dot org and that's s e a t t l e k o b e dot org so we hope you the you're trying to also get out the door i has wonderful medical facilities very exciting young place to visit it's also one of the most diverse communities anywhere i find i people live on lots of russian and lots  org slash node slash two six five five eight slash list shows well my website is being updated or shoot me an email and i'll send you the link and as always thank you for watching adventure t v cultural festivals