https://www.salemkawagoe.com/contact daily 0.75 2020-12-23 https://www.salemkawagoe.com/home daily 1.0 2025-10-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fe2a2eda51489058f8e1ed5/1608700391095-A7XWECAIFZA4XR9LRIS1/IMG_9946.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fe2a2eda51489058f8e1ed5/1608700851389-CZ5XWX2X60AUZBOM7R1W/118246528_2801754313258723_3857880360766851467_o.jpg Home - Our annual fundraiser: Water sale at the Oregon State Fair Every year, members of the Board, their family, their friends, students from the American Studies Program (ASP) at Willamette University/Tokyo International University of America, students from North Salem High School, and many, many others volunteer at the Oregon State Fair to sell water. These funds go to support our grants and other educational programs that promote Japanese language and culture learning and exchange. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fe2a2eda51489058f8e1ed5/1608701139269-9N6FTJBT0SSS2S0RPZL9/85162885_2346442052123287_1192329530354696192_n.jpg Home - Become a member If you have a passion for cultural exchange and learning, a desire to connect with the community, and creativity to bring Japanese language and culture to life in Salem, consider applying to become a member! Click here to contact us today about getting involved. https://www.salemkawagoe.com/mission daily 0.75 2026-03-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fe2a2eda51489058f8e1ed5/1609824616503-PPLJUIAR6JZ9BNMP9T9X/IMG_4250+%281%29.jpg Mission and History - Our mission The Salem-Kawagoe Sister Cities is dedicated to developing friendly and meaningful relations with Kawagoe City and also with Japan. This interchange between the two cities furthers international understanding at all levels on a long term basis. We sponsor international exchanges with Kawagoe for adults and schools, and promote educational programs that increase our community’s understanding of the Japanese culture. Salem-Kawagoe Sister Cities, Inc. is a 501.c3 non-profit organization dedicated to maintaining and sustaining our Sister City relationship with Kawagoe City. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fe2a2eda51489058f8e1ed5/1621557289916-4MZ1R0TCM8TRNR1EY31T/unsplash-image-bVEfJ1ep9eo.jpg Mission and History - Two cities, one community, since 1986. On August 1, 1986, Salem Mayor Sue Miller and Kawagoe Mayor Kiichi Kawai signed official documents officially creating the Salem and Kawagoe Sister City relationship. In October of that year, Mayor Miller led the first Salem citizen delegation visit to Kawagoe City. Salem and Kawagoe were not strangers before becoming Sister Cities. Willamette University and Tokyo International University (then the International College of Commerce and Economics) already had twenty years of experience as Sister Universities. They will celebrate 50 years as Sister Universities this year. Thanks to the many students participating in exchanges, the families hosting them and the efforts of sprouting friendship organizations in both cities, a strong base to support the relationship was formed. From the Willamette University and Tokyo International University relationship, has come a third University, Tokyo International University of America (TIUA). Bringing as many as 150 college students from Japan every year, TIUA has made learning about Japanese culture accessible to the Salem community. The Salem-Kawagoe Sister City organization worked with TIUA to initiate the Tomodachi program which pairs TIUA students with Salem community members enabling both to share insights on the differences and similarities of their respective cultures. Another successful program that was born from this relationship was the Kaneko Day Camp, a Japanese culture camp put on by the university students and for local kids from second grade through eighth grade. https://www.salemkawagoe.com/2025minigrants daily 0.75 2025-10-18 https://www.salemkawagoe.com/donate daily 0.75 2025-01-09