10th Anniversary of Sister City Partnership: Ulsan and Kumamoto Host Youth Friendly Soccer Match in Japan

Ulsan City and Kumamoto City in Japan will hold a youth friendly soccer match to commemorate the 10th anniversary of their sister city partnership.

Soccer players from Hakseong Middle School in Ulsan will visit the Kosamachi Stadium in Kumamoto City at 10 a.m. on the 18th to play a friendly match against the Roasso Kumamoto Junior Youth team.

A delegation of 19 people, including city officials and players, will pay a courtesy visit to the Vice Mayor of Kumamoto City on the 17th, attend the soccer match on the 18th, and participate in a welcoming event where they will discuss ways to promote exchange and cooperation in sports and tourism between the two cities with the Kumamoto Football Association president and others.

Since signing the sister city agreement on April 26, 2010, Ulsan City and Kumamoto City have engaged in various exchanges in fields such as international marathon participation and Korea-Japan friendship concerts until 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic.

There was a historical conflict between Ulsan and Kumamoto 425 years ago. Kato Kiyomasa, the warlord (daimyo) of Kumamoto and the vanguard commander during the Japanese invasions of Korea, occupied Dosan Fortress in Ulsan during the second invasion and fought fiercely against the allied Joseon-Ming forces.

Ulsan City Hall.

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