Zheng Chenggong's ancestral temple Fucheng Chenggong Lantern Festival exhibited hand-painted lanterns sent from Yamagata, Japan.

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[Reporter Hong Ruiqin/Tainan Report] Takao Nozaki, who is also an advisor to Tainan's urban diplomacy and "Yamagata City-Tainan City Exchange Promotion" advisor, was invited to give a speech in Yamagata City, Japan, Friendship City, Tainan, attracting the participation of local political figures and local enterprises. Consultant Nozaki In addition to analyzing the situation in Taiwan in 2023, the speech also introduced the city scenery of Tainan. Tainan Mayor Huang Weizhe also made a special pre-recorded video to greet friends from all walks of life in Yamagata, looking forward to a more exciting future for exchanges between Taiwan and Japan.

Huang Weizhe expressed his gratitude to Takao Nozaki for his long-term active assistance in the exchanges between Tainan and Yamagata. There are so many friends in Yamagata who care about Taiwan and Tainan, which shows the deep friendship between Yamagata City and Tainan City. Not long ago, the Zheng Chenggong Ancestral Temple in Tainan was also hung high The lanterns hand-painted by Yamagata students commemorate the friendship between the two sides, and hope that this year after the epidemic, the exchanges between Tainan and Yamagata will be more active.

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The city government stated that after Tainan and Yamagata officially established friendship cities in December 2017, exchanges in sports, culture, agriculture, and economics and trade have been very frequent. , Recording videos, sending each other hand-painted lanterns to each other's cities for display, and helping each other set up city introduction booths at local events, etc., and strive to maintain friendship.

As the epidemic is expected to come to an end this year, in addition to the Yamagata hand-painted lanterns currently on display at Zheng Chenggong’s Ancestral Temple, Tainan’s Jincheng Junior High School baseball team will go to Yamagata again in August this year for baseball exchanges. In November, Yamagata Mayor Takahiro Sato will lead an economic delegation to the During my visit to Tainan, I believe that through these practical exchanges, the relationship between the two sides will be further improved, and the friendship between Taiwan and Japan will be closer.

Takao Nozaki, Tainan's city diplomatic adviser, introduced Tainan in a speech in Yamagata City, Japan.

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Tainan Mayor Huang Weizhe pre-recorded a video for the Yamagata lecture, looking forward to visiting friends from all walks of life in Yamagata.

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