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Fukuoka
This year is the 38th anniversary of Fukuoka prefecture and Hawaii State sister state relationship . It’s all started when Mr. George Ariyoshi, a Japanese American from Fukuoka Prefecture, was appointed Governor of Hawaii. Since then the two states have conducted cultural exchanges in various forms.