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unusual facts about Achi, Nagano



1997–98 Calgary Flames season

Fleury also represented Canada at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.

2007 Asian Championship of Ski Mountaineering

It had the official partnerships of Otari village authorities, Tsugaike Kōgen Ski Resort, Nagano mountaineering federation and other groups.

Achí, Bolívar

The municipality of Achí is bordered by the municipality of Magangué to the north; the municipalities of Pinillos and Tiquisio to the east; the municipalities of Montecristo and San Jacinto del Cauca to the south; and the Sucre Department to the west with the municipalities of Majagual and Guaranda.

Achi, Enugu

Achi town in surrounded by some other towns namely Isuochi (in Abia State), Inyi (also part of Oji River LGA of Enugu State, Ugbo, and Obeagu (Awgu LGA of Enugu State) and Some parts of Udi LGA of area of Enugu State.

The oldest Secondary educational institutions in Achi include Corpus Christi College (founded in 1960), Girls Secondary School (founded in 1962).

Achi, Nagano

On March 31, 2009 the village of Seinaiji, also in Shimoina District, was merged into Achi.

Achi was the birthplace of the photographer and illustrator Motoichi Kumagai, who worked as a teacher in the village and photographed its life; the village has a permanent gallery of Kumagai's work, Kumagai Motoichi Shashin Dōgakan.

Andreja Koblar

She was most notably consistent in the individual event ever since where she claimed three World Cup victories (1995-96 in Osrblie, 1996/97 in Nozawa Onsen and 1997/98 in Östersund).

Armen Keteyian

He served as a reporter for CBS's coverage of the 1998 FedEx Orange Bowl, the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano and has been the host and co-writer of the Tour de France (2001–05).

Dahesh

Dr. Dahesh, real name Salim Moussa Achi, founder of Daheshism

E7 Series Shinkansen

The trains will first enter regular passenger service from the start of the revised JR East timetable on 15 March 2014, with three trainsets introduced on Asama services on the Nagano Shinkansen between Tokyo and Nagano.

Erben Wennemars

During the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano where Wennemars was qualified for the 500, 1000 and 1500 m, he dislocated his shoulder when Grunde Njøs from Norway fell and collided with Wennemars during the second 500 m race.

Esashi oiwake music

Oiwake was originally a horseman's song (Mago-uta) from Oiwake village from Nagano Prefecture but spread throughout Japan during the Edo period.

Ghassan Gedeon-Achi

Ghassan currently attends the Green Mountain Valley School in Waitsfield, Vermont.

Gord Broseker

He also worked the 1996 World Cup of Hockey and the 1998 Nagano Olympics, including the Bronze Medal Game.

Hokuriku Bank

In addition to the Hokuriku region, the bank has branches in Kyoto, Osaka, Niigata, Nagano, Tokyo, Kanagawa, Gifu, Aichi, and Hokkaidō.

Inao

Inao Station, a railway station in Ōmachi, Nagano Prefecture, Japan

Japanese Olympic Committee

Japan has held the Olympic Games three times: the Summer Olympics once (1964 Summer Olympic Games, Tokyo) and the Winter Olympics twice (1972 Winter Olympics, Sapporo, and the 1998 Winter Olympic Games, Nagano).

Karin Säterkvist

Competing in two Winter Olympics, she had her best finish of seventh in the 4 x 5 km relay at Albertville in 1992 and her best individual finish of 25th in the 15 km event at Nagano in 1998.

Kate Gulbrandsen

Her version of Jørn Hansen's "Med gullet for øyet" was the official song of the 1998 Winter Paralympics in Nagano, Japan.

Kazuo Aoki

Aoki was born to a farming family in Sarashina District, Nagano prefecture (now part of the city of Nagano), and was trained as a lawyer, graduating from the Law School of Tokyo Imperial University in 1916.

Ksenia Smetanenko

She is married to professional hockey player Sergei Gonchar of the Ottawa Senators, whom she met at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.

Nagano Prefecture

In addition to its natural scenic beautiy and rich history, dating back to the neolithic, Nagano was host to the 1998 Winter Olympics, which gained the prefecture international recognition as a world-class wintersport destination, and a Shinkansen line to Tokyo.

Nagano has some of the world`s most impressive highland areas, including most of the Kita-Alps Northern Alps, Chu-Alps, and Southern Alps, which extend into the neighboring prefectures.

NHL 98

NHL 98 took the NHL series ahead by introducing full national teams, although EA could not get the Nagano Olympic Tournament license due to lack of IIHF license, which Gremlin Interactive acquired.

Oji River

After the Nigeria - Biafra civil war (in which over 1 million people died, mainly children of the Igbo tribe who were killed by the Nigeria government policy with the help of the British government), the thermal power station was upgraded to 30MW, supplying electricity the immediate area and also some parts of Udi, Achi area.

Ōmachi Station

Shinano-Ōmachi Station, a station on the JR East Ōito Line in Ōmachi, Nagano Prefecture, Japan

Palaeoloxodon naumanni

Some fossils were found around Lake Nojiri (Nagano, Japan) together with a lot of stone tools or bone tools.

Peter McNab

He was also a TV announcer on NBC as an analyst on NHL on NBC during the 2006 Winter Olympic games in Torino, Italy, and as a color analyst on TNT for the Olympic games in Nagano, Japan.

Rabinal

The town's annual fiesta patronal takes place in late January each year and is famous for its dances, including one that recreates a legendary battle between the Achi and the K'iche Maya, declared a UNESCO World Heritage Cultural monument, known as The Rabinal Achí.

RBC Olympians

Jennifer Botterill, Ice Hockey, Gold Medal: 2006 Winter Olympic Games (Torino), Gold Medal: 2002 Winter Olympic Games (Salt Lake City), Silver Medal: 1998 Winter Olympic Games (Nagano)

Semisulcospira

"野尻湖層産カワニナ胎児殼化石について : 現生カワニナとの比較研究 "On the fossil embryonic shell of Semisulcospira libertina (GOULD) (Mesogastropoda: Pleuroceridae) from the latest Pleistocene Nojiri-ko Formation, Nagano Prefecture, Central Japan: A comparative study of recent and fossil Semisulcospira".

Shigeichi Nagano

In 1964 Nagano worked on the cinemaphotography for Ichikawa Kon's film Tokyo Olympiad, and he then moved to work in film and television, particularly television commercials.

Shigeno

Shigeno Station, railway station of Shinano Railway Line in Tōmi City, Nagano Prefecture, Japan

Shinshu University

The University has five campuses in Matsumoto, Nishi-nagano (Nagano), Wakasato (Nagano), Ueda and Minami-Minowa, and 8 faculties with a total of around 10,000 students.

Stratton Mountain School

Ross Powers ('97) won a bronze medal (snowboarding halfpipe) at the 1998 winter games held in Nagano, Japan, and a gold medal at the 2002 games held in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Takeyuki Nakayama

Takeyuki Nakayama (中山竹通, Nakayama Takeyuki; born December 20, 1959 in Ikeda, Nagano) was a Japanese world-class marathon runner.

Tommy Spaulding

After graduating from East Carolina, Spaulding became the Business Partner Sales Manager at IBM/Lotus Development and a member of the Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) program where he worked with the staff of the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.

Toru Takemitsu Composition Award

For the third 3-year cycle (2003-2005), George Benjamin (2003), Magnus Lindberg (2004) and John Adams (2005 • cancelled) were nominated by recommendation from the Advisors (Hiroyuki Iwaki, Oliver Knussen, Kent Nagano, Kazushi Ohno, Simon Rattle, Esa-Pekka Salonen and Hiroshi Wakasugi) and preceding judges.

Trinity Benedictine Monastery

Trinity Benedictine Monastery is a small community of Benedictine monks in the town of Fujimi, Nagano Prefecture, Japan.

William Charles Achi

After the annexation of Hawaii by the United States, Achi was elected in November 1900 one of the first senators to new Legislature of the Territory of Hawaii.

和田

Wada, Nagano, former village in Chiisagata District, Nagano, Japan


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