| | Hot Springs Arkansas | Residents | Sister City Program (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04) |
 | | The sister city relationship between Hot Springs and Hanamaki, Japan officially began on January 15, 1993, after a group of Hanamaki residents combed the United States and found Hot Springs to be a perfect fit. |
 | | Hanamaki is home to the late Miyazawa Kenji, Japan’s most illustrious poet, along with many other artists and poets, giving the city its rich artistic heritage. |
 | | Hanamaki officials have also attended and shown support for the Summit Arena grand opening in 2003, as well as the opening of the William Jefferson Clinton Presidential Library in Little Rock in 2004. |
| www.cityhs.net /residents-sister-city.html (636 words) |