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Mino city, Gifu prefecture, Japan

Mino City, Gifu prefecture, Japan

Signed International walking city exchange city agreement on November 1, 2007

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  • City name Mino city, Gifu prefecture, Japan
  • Location It is located in the middle of Japan, and famous for Mino washi.
  • Population approximately 215 million
  • Scale 117.05㎢
  • Climate annual mean temperature15.1℃, precipitation 2,500㎜
  • Specialty Famous for Mino washi with its 1300 years of history, and also the hometown of traditional washi beautiful "Utazh (firewall)". The city holds Mino Washi Lamp festival every October.
Map of Mino city, Gifu prefecture, Japan image enlargement

Mino (美濃市) is a city located in the Gifu Prefecture of central Japan, founded on April 1, 1954.
As of July 2011, the city has an estimated population of 22,447 and a population density of 190 persons per km². The total area is 117.05 km².

The city is renowned for traditional Japanese Mino washi paper and its streets, which are in the style of the early Edo period (1603-1868).

History of sisterhood

  1. 2009. 9. 10.
    • Mino mayor and delegation participated in Wonju Hanji festival
  2. 2010. 7.
    • Mino city officer made informal visit to Wonju
  3. 2010. 9. 9.
    • Mino delegation made formal visit to Wonju, proposed participation and exchange for Hanji festival
  4. 2010. 10. 8.
    • Wonju delegation made formal visit to Mino, signed “Hanji and Washi exchange protocol”
  5. 2011. 2. 18.
    • Mino city officer made informal visit to Wonju, surveyed exhibition spot of Washi in Hanji Theme park
  6. 2011. 3. 14.
    • Mino display team exhibited Washi at permanent exhibition room in Hanji Theme Park
  7. 2011. 3. 16.
    • Vice mayor of Mino and delegation visited Wonju, participated at opening ceremony of Washi permanent exhibition room
  8. 2011. 9. 28.
    • Mino delegation participated in the 13th Hanji festival
  9. 2011. 10. 7.
    • Wonju delegation visited the Mino Washi Lamp festival
  10. 2012
    • Exchange deferred due to Japan's illegal claim to Dokdo ownership
  11. 2013. 9. 5.
    • Mino delegation participated in the 15th Hanji festival
  12. 2013. 10. 11.
    • Wonju delegation visited the 20th Mino Washi Lamp festival
  13. 2014. 9. 26.
    • Mino delegation including mayor participated in the 16th Hanji festival
  14. 2016. 10.
    • Twenty people from Wonju visited Mino City for Washi paper lamp festival. (Oct)
  15. 2018. 5.
    • Eight representatives from Mino City visited Wonju to attend the 20th Wonju Hanji Cultural Event. (May)
  16. 2018. 10.
    • Twelve representatives from Wonju City visited Mino city to attend Mino Washi Festival. (Oct)