Since March 4, 1999, the village of Ōhara located in the japanese province of Mimasaka cradle of Miyamoto Musashi is twinned with the inhabitants of Gleizé in the presence of Sensei Tadashi Chihara tenth descendant of Miyamoto Musashi under the mandate of Ōhara Mayor Yuki Hiroshi, as well as the mayor of Gleizé Mrs. Élisabeth Lamure.