| Gwangju Metropolitan City |
Quanzhou City |
Yokohama City |
2014 |
Culture City of East Asia |
| Cheongju City |
Qingdao City |
Niigata City |
2015 |
Culture City of East Asia |
| Jeju Special Self-Governing Province |
Ningbo City |
Nara City |
2016 |
Culture City of East Asia |
| Daegu Metropolitan City |
Changsha City |
Kyoto City |
2017 |
Culture City of East Asia |
| Busan Metropolitan City |
Harbin City |
Kanazawa City |
2018 |
Culture City of East Asia |
| Incheon Metropolitan City |
Xi'an City |
Toshima Ward, Tokyo Metropolis |
2019 |
Culture City of East Asia |
| Suncheon City |
Yangzhou City |
Kitakyushu City |
2020 |
Culture City of East Asia |
| Suncheon City |
Shaoxing City & Dunhuang City |
Kitakyushu City |
2021 |
Culture City of East Asia |
| Gyeongju City |
Jinan City & Wenzhou City |
Oita Prefecture |
2022 |
Culture City of East Asia |
