Sister City Delegation Returns from Japan Anniversary Celebration

Mayor, city manager join ceremonies marking 40 years of Stillwater-Kameoka partnership

Chris Peters

Oct 07, 2025 - 5 min read

Stillwater Mayor Will Joyce, left, and City Manager Brady Moore pose with a previous Kameoka delegate who visited Stillwater in 1998, Stillwater resident Larry Jones and Jacie Gray, an Oklahoma State University graduate who works in Kameoka's international relations department, during ceremonies marking 40 years of the Stillwater-Kameoka sister city partnership in Kameoka, Japan. – Provided

Sister City Delegation Returns from Japan Anniversary Celebration — Stillwater Mayor Will Joyce, left, and City Manager Brady Moore pose with a previous Kameoka delegate who visited Stillwater in 1998, Stillwater resident Larry Jones and Jacie Gray, an Oklahoma State University graduate who works in Kameoka's international relations department, during ceremonies marking 40 years of the Stillwater-Kameoka sister city partnership in Kameoka, Japan. – Provided

Mayor Will Joyce and City Manager Brady Moore returned this week from a weeklong trip to Japan, where they celebrated 40 years of friendship between Stillwater and its sister city of Kameoka.

The visit coincided with Kameoka's 70th anniversary as an incorporated city, bringing together representatives from sister cities in Austria, Brazil and Taiwan for ceremonies that included tree plantings, cultural performances and a traditional sake barrel ceremony.

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