KYOTO AS SISTER CITY?
Our city was not bombed in 1945 because our city was so beautiful and historic. The Americans also did not send any other kinds of bombs. Our shrines, temples, gardens are palaces are still standing. Kyoto is a city on the island of Honshu. We have many mountains on our island like the Hida, the Kiso and the Akaishi called by tourists the Japanese Alps. Tourists like our alps because of the alpine weather. Also our island has the volcano Fuji mount which is famous. We have also lakes on our island and grow much rice, fruit and very special vegetables. Kyo yasai are traditional vegetables in Kyoto. They have unusual shapes, vivid colors and are very nutritional. For these reasons Kyoto vegetables are highly valued and Kyoto is famous for our cuisine. Our island has lakes and rivers like river Shinano which is the longest river in Japan. Kyoto is very, very old. We are a UNESCO world heritage site called the Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto. The first human beings were here in 10,000 BC. We hosted the conference on greenhouse gas emissions in 1997. Companies like Kyocera, Murata and Nintendo are in Kyoto. Kyoto University is one of the top universities in our country like the University of Virginia. Kyoto Institute of Technology is also very famous like Virginia Polytechnic Institute. Our only sister city in the United States is Boston and we would like Charlottesville to be sister city of Kyoto.
Ladies in Kyoto are treated very special, not like in Tokyo. Even Kyoto geisha would not involve in the vulgar conversation as Tokyo geisha. Geisha is a lady who is skilled in dance, music and especially artful, erotic conversation. It was in Kyoto's Shimabara pleasure neighborhood that "ukiyo" or floating world was named. We do not think Mr. Caravati would like Kyoto. We are much different from Americans. Confrontation is frowned upon and avoided in Japanese society, especially with ladies. We would like your nice ladies to come to Kyoto. Thank you.
