Outlines the past 25 years of Sister City relations between the City of Stillwater, Oklahoma and Kameoka, Kyoto, Japan.

1. Celebrating 25 Years!!!
Sister Cities
Kameoka, Kyoto, Japan
and
Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA

2. Creating the
Relationship
Kameoka
November 3, 1985

3. Stillwater Delegation in
Kameoka
for the Official Signing

4. The 2nd Anniversary
Celebration!!
Stillwater
November 1987

5. Mayor Anthony
with guests from Kameoka

6. Creating Sister Schools
Taisei Junior High School,
Kameoka
and
Stillwater Middle School,
Stillwater

7. Signing
the Sister
Schools
Affiliation
1989

8. Stillwater Middle School Principal and
Kameoka Superintendent of Schools

9. Sister Schools Signing Activities

10. Kameoka Delegation
visits Stillwater
for our
Centennial Celebration,
Spring 1989

11. Visit to Kameoka Trail

12. Sightseeing in Stillwater

13. Dinner during the
Centennial Celebration

14. Talking with
Mayor Taniguchi

15. Stillwaterland
Kameoka

16. Kameoka Koen

17. Kameoka Student
is a
Worldwide Winner
in the
Youth Art Competition,
1989.
Congratulation Tsubasa Nakano!!

18. Four Kameoka Adults and Twelve
Taisei Junior High School Students
visit Stillwater,
January 1990.

19. Taisei J.H. School Students
at the
Stillwater Middle School.

20. Four Stillwater School
Teachers and Administrators and
Twelve Middle School Students
visit
Kameoka,
October 1990.

21. Stillwater Middle School
Students Enjoying Kameoka

22. Stillwater
Middle
School
Student
in
Kameoka
in 1990

23. A Seven Member
Delegation from
Stillwater attended
the
5th Anniversary
Celebration
in Kameoka.
November 1990

24. Stillwater Delegation in Kyoto
with Kameoka’s
Mayor Taniguchi.

25. Delegation of Seven Adults
and
23 Junior High School Students
from Kameoka
visited Stillwater,
March 1991.

26. Reception at
Brentwood Clubhouse
for Guests from Kameoka

27. Adult and Taisei JHS Delegation in OKC

28. Kameoka and Stillwater
Received the Award for
Best Overall Youth
Program,
Chicago Conference,
July 1991
Congratulations
Kameoka and Stillwater!!

29. OSU- KOpens Its Doors
September 1991

30. Mayor Taniguchi and President Campbell,
Opening Ceremonies in Kameoka

31. OSU- KOpening Ceremonies

32. Stillwater
hosts
Kameoka
Social Welfare Foundation
Delegation,
June 1993

33. Visiting Kameoka Koen

34. Kameoka Social Welfare Delegation
Visit Kameoka Koen

35. Kameoka Student in Stillwater,
1994

36. Kameoka, Jandira and
Stillwater
receive grant for
Sister Cities International
Trilateral Exchange
Program

37. Trilaterial Program
Participants
in Stillwater

38. Trilaterial Exchange
Activities

39. Delegation
from
Betsuin Junior High School
Visit Stillwater,
March, 1995

40. Student from Betsuin JHS

41. The 10th Anniversary
Celebration
Stillwater

42. Kameoka Delegation in Stillwater
Getting Ready for the
Walkaround

43. The OSU Homecoming
Parade

44. Kameoka Delegation Visiting
Kameoka Trail

45. 10th Anniversary Activities

46. Mayor Taniguchi and
Commissioner Brown

47. City Manager, Carl Weinaug
with Kameoka Visitors

48. OSU Students, the Shigeta
Sisters from Kameoka
Mayor Taniguchi

49. The 10th Anniversary
Celebration
Kameoka

50. Stillwater Delegation
in Kameoka

51. Master Calligraphers!!

52. Modeling Kimonos

53. Having Fun in
Stillwaterland!

54. A Tree Planting Ceremony

55. A Visit to Taisei JHS

56. Stillwater Elementary School
Teachers visit Kameoka,
June 1996

57. Kyoto Governor Aramaki
visits Stillwater,
September 1996

58. Kameoka Landscape Gardeners
in Stillwater to Create a
Beautiful Japanese Garden

59. Creating the Garden

60. International Friendship Garden
Stillwater

61. Kameoka and Stillwater
Delegates
attend
SCI Conference in
San Diego
July 1997

62. Kiyomi Kojima and Yukio Hayashita
visit Stillwater after attending
San Diego Conference

63. Stillwater Middle School
Teacher and Students
visit
Kameoka’s Taisei JHS,
November 1998

64. Middle School Delegation
at the
Kameoka Festival
with
Mayor Taniguchi

65. Stillwater Delegation
Visits Kameoka
for the Dedication of
Galleria Kameoka
November, 1998

66. Mayor Henson and
Mayor Taniguchi

67. Galleria
Kameoka
Ceremonies

68. Sightseeing after
Galleria Kameoka Dedication

69. Stillwater
Middle School
hosts
delegation
from
Kameoka JHS.
March, 2000

70. 15th Anniversary
Celebration!!
Stillwater
October 2000

71. Kameoka Delegation
at the
Oklahoma City Bombing Memorial

72. Kameoka’s
Terenno Tono Ensemble
Perform Ocarina Concert
in
Stillwater
January 2001

73. Torino Tono Ensemble

74. Breakfast
with the
Ensemble

75. Stillwater Middle School
Delegation Visit
Ikushin JHS in Kameoka
October, 2003

76. Stillwater Middle School
Delegation at Kinkaku- ji

77. 20th Anniversary
Celebration!!!
Kameoka
November 2005

78. Stillwater Delegation at
Stillwaterland

79. Former Mayor Taniguchi, Cindy Petree, Mr.
Hayashida

80. Reception with the
Gardeners

81. Mayor Lacy and Councilman Dugger
in Kameoka

82. 20th Anniversary
Celebration!!
Stillwater
October 2006

83. Mayor Kuriyama
and
Mayor McMillian
During
Formal Ceremonies

84. Kameoka Guests with
Former Mayor Lacy and Wife, Gloria

85. In the Japanese Garden at
the
OSU Botanical Garden

86. Mayor Kuriyama with Former
U.S. Congressman Wes Watkins

87. Mayor Kuriyama with OSU
President at OSU Football Game

88. Kameoka Friends in Stillwater

89. Stillwater Citizen’s
Delegation Travel to Kameoka
and
Throughout Western Japan,
Oct 2007

90. Citizens Group at
Former OSU- K

91. Reception at
Kameoka City Hall

92. Rotary Exchange
Student,
Takeshi Kusuhara,
from Kameoka to
Stillwater in 1989
at the Reception
in Kameoka with
his Children.

93. Mr. Kuriyama and Ms.
Yasui

94. Scholarship for Student from
Kyoto Prefecture
Stillwater Sister Cities Council
and the
International Relations Committee
of the
OSU Emeriti Association
presented a scholarship to
Hideyoshi Shigeta from Kameoka

95. Presenting Scholarship to
Hideyoshi Shigeta from Kameoka

96. Our Year of
Celebration!!!
Celebrating our 25th
Anniversary

97. Consul Yonezawa with City Officials

98. Class on Japanese Gardens as part
of Osher Lifelong Learning Course.

99. Japanese Storytelling

100. Young Artist and Author
Winners Reception

101. Stillwater Delegation at 2010 SCI Conference with
Mary Eisenhower, Granddaughter of President Eisenhower

102. It’s been an exciting
25 years
and
we look forward to
continuing the
exciting journey!!!