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Program Background

The mutual exchange program between Tsugaru City and Bath, Maine, began in 1990 when 39 people visited Bath for the very first time. The following year, 32 people from Bath came to visit the former Village of Shariki (now Tsugaru City).

　

The program has continued for more than a decade, and as of 2006, 470 people from Tsugaru City and the former Village of Shariki have visited Bath while 240 members of the Bath community have come to Japan.

Each year on the program, students spend two weeks touring, experiencing, and living the culture of their sister city while staying at the home of a host family.

Participant Data

Year	Shariki/Tsugaru to Bath	Bath to Shariki/Tsugaru	Notes
1990	39		Inaugural Cheseborough Cup
1991		32	(held yearly)
1992	30 (March), 30 (December)	10
1993	43	26	Sister City Resolution Signed
1994	46	22
1995	38	13
1996	39	14
1997	34 (March), 28 (December)	15
1998	38	14
1999	19	15
2000	18	11
2001	12	15
2002	11	17
2003	11	10
2004	12	11
2005	22	15
Total	470	240