A sister castle or twin castle relationship is the castle equivalent of sister city, between two geographically distinct castles, usually by agreement between two local governments famous for castles.
Some Japanese castles establish sister relationships with not only domestic castles but also European castles.
Details
editOn 26 March 2015, Conwy Castle in Wales was twinned with Himeji Castle. Both castles are World Heritage Sites.[1][2]
The term friendship castle alliance (友好城郭) is also used, but it is distinguished from sister castle(姉妹城) like the examples of Himeji Castle and Osaka castle.[citation needed]
List of sister castles and friend castles
edit| Sister castle relationship(姉妹城) | |
| Friendship castle alliance(友好城郭) |
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See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Conwy and Himeji castles' twinning starts 'beautiful friendship'".
- ^ "【お城TOPICS】姫路城とコンウィ城が姉妹城に".
- ^ "彦根市について" (in Japanese).
- ^ a b c d e "大阪城天守閣九十年の歴史" (in Japanese).
- ^ "レファレンス事例詳細" (in Japanese).
- ^ "越前 丸岡城" (PDF) (in Japanese).
- ^ a b "姉妹都市（海外・国内）/姉妹城" (in Japanese).
- ^ a b c "姫路市の海外姉妹・友好都市、姉妹城、観光交流城" (in Japanese).
- ^ "「姉妹城・友好城郭紹介」パネル展示コーナーに「スフォルツェスコ城」が加わりました" (in Japanese).