Yamanashi prefecture has since repaid the kindness of the hog lift . In 1962 the people of Yamanashi sent Iowa a “ Bell of Friendship ” and a bell house which currently sits south of the State Capitol building in Des Moines . Furthermore , when Iowa suffered from the Great Flood of 1993 , Yamanashi prefecture sent $ 300,000 in flood aid relief
Great Flood of 1993
Great Flood of 1993
Iowa Hog Lift