Kyoto sister city initiation commenced with the city of Paris, in France in 1958. Since then, Kyoto has signed sister city relations with eight other cities, namely Boston, in the United States; Cologne, in Germany; Florence, in Italy; Kiev, in Ukraine; Xi’an, in China; Guadalajara, in Mexico; Zagreb, in Croatia; and Prague, in Czech.

During these years, various exchange programmes such as cultural, artistic, economical and educational ones have been carried out in respective cities.

One of the highlights of these programmes is the celebration of the10th anniversary commemoration. During this occasion several events are held with the participation of the citizens of both cities.