Tainan Mayor Huang Weizhe (right) presented an orchid spray-painted with the city emblem to Kaga Mayor Gong Yuanlu (left).

(Photo provided by Nanshi Government)

[Reporter Cai Wenju/Tainan Report] Hatta, Kanazawa Mayor Yamataku and Kaga Mayor Miya Yuanroku from Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan, led a delegation to visit Tainan Mayor Huang Weizhe today.

Huang Weizhe said that this is Mayor Taku Murayama's first visit to Tainan, and it is also Mayor Gong Yuanlu's first visit to Tainan after the epidemic. He hopes that the fate of Hatta and Kazuki will be further strengthened after the epidemic, so that Tainan, Kanazawa and Kaga in Japan City become closer friends.

The Mayor of Kaga, Gong Yuanlu, expects that Taiwan-Japan exchanges will move towards higher-level exchanges such as national security.

Hatta Yoichi, who was born in Ishikawa County, was the designer of the construction of the Jianan Dazhen and Wushantou Reservoirs. Tainan thus opened exchanges with Kanazawa City and Kaga City in Ishikawa County and established a deep friendship.

Since the completion and opening of the "Hata Yoichi Memorial Park" in 2011, Kanazawa City has led a delegation to participate in the Hatta Yoichi memorial service every year except during the epidemic period.

Kaga City is Friendship City in Nanshi City. Mayor Gong Yuanlu came to visit today, accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Huang Kunhu, Counselor of the Presidential Office, and Cai Shumei, CEO of the Taiwan Friends Association.

In 2021, Mayor Gong Yuanlu will launch the "Japan-Taiwan Co-Prosperity Chiefs Alliance" with the heads of other friendly Taiwanese local leaders in Japan and serve as the first chairman.

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Mayor Gong Yuanlu of Kaga said that the last time he visited Tainan was in 2019, and he was very happy to meet Mayor Huang again.

The two cities have had formal exchanges for nearly 10 years. International exchanges are based on sincerity and enthusiasm. He also hopes that the exchanges between Japan and Taiwan can move towards higher-level exchanges such as national security.

Presidential Counselor Huang Kunhu said that the mayor of Kaga, Gong Yuan, is a staunch international friend of Taiwan, and he hopes that the two cities will move forward in exchanges of agricultural products and culture in the future.

Kanazawa Mayor Murayama Taku said that Kanazawa would lead a delegation to Tainan every May to commemorate Hatta and hold a special exhibition of sightseeing and crafts together. Unfortunately, due to the epidemic, it had to be interrupted for several years. Now, with the renewed enthusiasm of physical exchanges, we look forward to communicating with each other Can be deeper and more diverse.

Huang Weizhe said that the "Kanaze Week in Tainan" event has been loved by many citizens and friends, and he is very much looking forward to working with Mayor Murayama, who is visiting for the first time, to become closer friends.

Tainan Mayor Huang Weizhe met with a visiting delegation from Kanazawa, Japan.

(Photo provided by Nanshi Government)