- 2005. 11. 19
(Due to the merger of Shikaraki, the exchange partner
since 1999, after the merger, the sisterhood was
setup with Kooka in 2005)
General Status
- Location: Shiga-hyun, Japan
- Size: 481.69
- Population: 95,161
- Principal products: Ceramic, Alcohol, Green tea,
Rice cake, Mushroom
Icheon's Bird - Magpie
Exchange middle school homestay
between Icheon city and Kooka city -2005
(Period of time 2005.12.10 ~ 12.13 / 12 people from
Icheon, 12 people from Kooka
-2006 (Period of time 2006.6.10 ~ 6.13 / 11 people
from Icheon, 11 people from Kooka
Relationship establishment date
(Sister city)
- 2006. 4. 20
General Status
2005 Icheon ceramic
participated to produce the memorial sculpture for
the Japan International Exhibition *
2005 Japan International Exhibition (Aichi Expo)
- Period: 2005. 3. 25 ~ 9. 25
- Place: Seto city, Aichi-hyun, Japan (1730000 ㎡)
- Title: Foresight of Nature
- Participating Nations: 125 countries with 8 international
organizations
Principal Exchange Status
Exchange middle
school homestay between Icheon city and Kooka city -2005
(Period of time 2005.12.10 ~ 12.13 / 12 people from
Icheon, 12 people from Kooka
-2006 (Period of time 2006.6.10 ~ 6.13 / 11 people
from Icheon, 11 people from Kooka
General Status
- Location: Fukushima-hyun,
Japan
- Size: 757.06
- Population: 337000
- Special feature: It is an agricultural city with
rice production totalling about 239.40 hundred
million yen (ranks 19thin the nation)
and also a hot spring city with around 20 hot springs.
It is known as the "Port
of Land" as the site of Shingansen Station,
major highways, and Fukushima
Airport
- Principal products: Rice, fat, cake, pulse
Principal Exchange Status
Soccer exchange programme of
elementary students between Icheon city/Koriyama
city
- Year 2004 Soccer exchange
(Time period 2004.7.31~8.2, participated-Janghowon
Elementary School, Bubal Sports Complex)
- Participated in Koriyama Soccer Festival
- Year 2005
(Icheon Elementary School participated,
2005.3.24-3.28, Koriyama West Soccer Field)
- Year 2006
(Icheon Elementary School participated,
2006.3.23-3.27, Koriyama West Soccer Field)
