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unusual facts about ''Amityville Horror'' saga



10744 Tsuruta

It is named for Masatoshi Tsuruta, a Japanese astronomer in Saga, Saga Prefecture, Japan.

12746 Yumeginga

It is named after the Space and Science Museum, nicknamed Yumeginga, in Takeo, Saga Prefecture, Japan.

Arita, Saga

Tozan Shrine has a porcelain archway and other items of porcelain which, at other shrines, are usually made of stone.

Edmé Samson

Imari wares, named for the Japanese port where a type of richly decorated porcelain made at Arita was shipped, were also copied by Samson.

Hatase Buemon

Nabeshima opened the first porcelain kiln in the Arita area of Iwatani Kawachi, soon he moved the kiln to Minamikawara.

Hiromi Iwanaga

A native of Arita, Saga and dropout of Chuo University, he had served in the assembly of Saga Prefecture for six terms since 1975 and was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time in 1995.

Japan National Route 263

National Route 263 is a national highway of Japan connecting Sawara-ku, Fukuoka and Saga, Saga in Japan, with a total length of 48 km (29.83 mi).

Kamimine, Saga

There is a lot of flat land in Kamimine as the town area consists largely of the Saga Plains.

Takeo, Saga

In 2011, the city government was the first in Japan to switch to using Facebook for its website.

The Amityville Curse

The Amityville Curse is the fifth installment to the Amityville Horror saga and was directed by Tom Berry, it stars Kim Coates, Cassandra Gava and Jan Rubes.

Tokuo Yamashita

Born in Imari, and a graduate of Fukuoka Middle School (present-day Fukuoka Prefectural Fukuoka High School), he studied law first at Meiji University and then at Senshu University, graduating in 1944.

Yi Sam-pyeong

He was then given to Taku Yasutoshi in the ruler of Taku in central Saga, where he started pottery but did not succeed.

He searched for kaolin, and eventually in 1616 he discovered a kaolin deposit on the Izumi Mountain in Arita, effectively starting the porcelain industry in Japan.


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