This year was and still is a special year for Hamburg. The reason? 35 years ago, in 1989, Hamburg and Osaka started their city partnership making them sister cities. As part of this celebration, we welcomed a delegation from Osaka to Hamburg this summer, including Mayor Hideyuki Yokoyama. Japamburg used this opportunity to host an exclusive dialogue event between both towns and start-ups under the motto of "Business Opportunities for Start-ups". Participants from both Hamburg and Osaka presented their businesses and talked about the importance of each other's cities as part of their growth opportunities. And some of you may remember that this was already our second sister city dialogue between Hamburg and Osaka, with the first one taking place back in 2021. A heartfelt thank you to our partners in both cities who support these endeavors: Osaka International Business Promotion Center (IBPC Osaka), Handelskammer Hamburg, Hamburg Invest, and Impact Hub Hamburg, to name just a few.
Congratulations, 35 years is a fine milestone and a long story full of experience, excitement, and partnership 🇩🇪🇯🇵