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unusual facts about Ōishida, Yamagata



Haguroyama

Mount Haguro (Haguro-san), Yamagata Prefecture, Japan, one of the sacred Three Mountains of Dewa

Jelger Wiegersma

That season, he made the top eight of four Grand Prix across three continents, finishing 3rd at Grand Prix Barcelona and Yamagata, 8th at Grand Prix Toronto, and fifth at Grand Prix Malmö.

Nishikawa, Yamagata

Nishikawa is located in mountainous central Yamagata and includes Mount Gassan and Mount Asahi within its borders.

Ōishida, Yamagata

The area of present-day Ōishida was part of ancient Dewa Province and is mentioned in the Engishiki records as the location of a fortified settlement on the highway connecting Akita Castle on the Sea of Japan with Tagajo on the Pacific coast.

Yamagata dialect

Yamagata-ben was used for comic effect in the Japanese film Swing Girls, 2004, to suggest that the film was set in a rural, 'backward' location.

Yamagata, Gifu

The name, Yamagata, has already existed in one of the oldest Japanese family registry which was published in 702 and has been stored in Shosoin, Nara.


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