55th Anniversary Lyon

©marie_perrin, Lyon Tourism and Conventions

The year 2014 marks the 55th anniversary of the conclusion in 1959 of sister-city relations between the cities of Yokohama and Lyon, France.

ญี่ปุ่น From its opening until WWII, the port of Yokohama was one of the major points of การส่งออก of raw silk in ศูนย์กลาง Exports of raw silk แบบ Yokohama soon became very important to the silk goods ภาคอุตสาหกรรม of Europe, with Lyon at its It is with this historical bond through silk as background that the cities established friendly relations.

ความเกี่ยวข้อง Both cities concentrated efforts toward economic, cultural, and civic exchanges in deepening their cooperative On the occasion of this 55th anniversary, the cities would like to look back on the history and outcomes of these many exchanges, to further deepen the cooperation and connection between people in fields such as business, culture and tourism, and to link the endeavors to future growth for both cities.

To promote commemorative events and spark ความมุ่งมั่น throughout the city, Yokohama came up with a commemorative logo. This logo can be used freely until December 31st, 2014 ( under certain rules ) by event operators to link up their event as a celebration of the 55th anniversary.

The official logo can be downloaded on this การทำแบบญี่ปุ่นหน้า created for this commemoration.

Many activities will be held in Yokohama throughout the year to celebrate this 55th anniversary. A fine example of this is the opening of the Month of France in Yokohama. “ Institut français du Japon – Yokohama " (IF) holds a อนุกรม of event every year under the banner of " Month of France." cities. As this year coincides with the important anniversary for Lyon and Yokohama, IF has decided to join efforts for certain events that have to do with the relationship between the 2

For example, an artist แบบ Lyon will be featured for the concert of June 1st marking the opening of the 47-day festival. In addition, on June 12th will be held a การประชุม and debate on the use of decommissioned or disused sites toward urban revitalization ends. การประชุม Both events are free, and although knowledge of French or การทำแบบญี่ปุ่น is necessary to participate to the the concert is definitely an event that can be enjoyed by any music or art lover regardless of language!

Please see below for links to IF ' s webpage (การทำแบบญี่ปุ่น French and ) for more details. And การคิดเงินค่าอาหารข้างนอก the การทำแบบญี่ปุ่น site as links to more and more events will be added as they come.

From Industrial Wasteland to Artist Residence (เว็บไซต์ภายนอก)

(Cette หน้า en français)

Note: The events on this หน้า have concluded in 2014