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unusual facts about ''shindo'' scale



2007 Chūetsu offshore earthquake

The city of Kashiwazaki and the villages of Iizuna and Kariwa registered the highest seismic intensity of a strong 6 on Japan's shindo scale, and the quake was felt as far away as Tokyo.

Kaneto Shindo

When asked by Benicio del Toro what the most important thing he had learned from Kenji Mizoguchi was, Shindo replied that the most important thing he had learned from Mizoguchi was never to give up.

According to his son Jiro, Shindo gave up his hobbies of Mahjong, Shogi, and baseball at the age of eighty to concentrate on film-making.

Mitsuo Shindō

Shindō has designed over 1,000 album and single cover arts for artists including Yumi Matsutoya, Pizzicato Five, Mr. Children, Misia, Hikaru Utada and Glay.

Pir Mangho Urs

Some Afro-Arab style festivals and dances like Gowaati, Lewa, Dhamaal, beating Omani style shindo, jabwah, and jasser drums are still popular in Manghopirs Lyari locale.

Shindo Ryu

When developing the Yagyu Shingan Ryu, the founder Takenaga Hayato was clearly influenced by the Shindō-ryū of Ushu Tatewaki (Shindo Tatewaki) of which he mastered.


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