Editing Moses Lake, Washington (section)

==Sister cities==
Moses Lake has one [[sister city]]: [[Yonezawa, Yamagata|Yonezawa, Japan]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20121105144331/http://www.ltgov.wa.gov/International/Washington%20Organizations/Sisters/ Washington State Lt. Governor's list of Washington Sister Cities]</ref> On August 7, 1978, the mayor of Moses Lake, Bob Hill, wrote a letter to Mayor Toshihide Cho of Yonezawa City, inviting Yonezawa to become a "Sister City" to Moses Lake.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=says|first=SharonZornes|date=September 5, 2009|title=About|url=https://mlsistercityexchange.wordpress.com/about/|access-date=January 5, 2021|website=Moses Lake - Yonezawa Sister City Exchange Program|language=en}}</ref> The 1981 group to visit Yonezawa City in May became the "Official Delegation" since it was during this visit that the "Sister City Agreement" between Yonezawa City and Moses Lake was signed by Mayor Bob Hill and Mayor Toshihide Cho on May 1, 1981.<ref name=":0" /> As part of the program, a small group of high school students from both cities are invited to take part in a cultural exchange. Since its inception, over 200 students and their family members from these two communities have taken part in this exchange. The two cities continue to exchange students every summer since 1981 and marked the 40th anniversary of this program on May 1, 2021.

There is a street named after Yonezawa in Moses Lake and a street named after Moses Lake in Yonezawa. The large hawk statue located on the west end of Yonezawa Boulevard is called an Otaka Poppo. These wood carvings, known as sasano bori, are special wood carvings unique to Yonezawa. These wooden dolls have been given as gifts to Moses Lake residents can be found on display around the city and on the campus of [[Big Bend Community College]]. Japanese lanterns, some which are gifts from citizens of Yonezawa, can be found around Moses Lake on Yonezawa Boulevard and inside the Japanese Garden.