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unusual facts about Akita, Kumamoto



715 series

The sets were rebuilt from surplus former 581/583 series EMU cars at JNR factories in Tsuchisaki (Akita), Kōriyama (Fukushima), Mattō (Ishikawa), and Kokura (Kitakyūshū).

Aikawa

Aikawa, Akita was a town located in Kitaakita District, Akita Japan; it was merged with other towns to form Kitaakita

Akira Tohei

For the next eight years Tohei, in addition to his teaching at the headquarters, was also an instructor at Asia University, Akita Economics University (now North Asia University), Keio University, Nihon Women's University, the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force.

Akita, Kumamoto

On February 1, 1991, Akita, along with the towns of Kawachi, Hokubu and Tenmei (all from Hōtaku District), was merged into the expanded city of Kumamoto and no longer exists as an independent municipality.

Ayako Fuji

Born in Kakunodate, Akita, Fuji graduated from Akita Prefectural Kakunodate South High School.

Cornwall Legh

In 1915, she visited Kusatsu at the strong request of a Christian belonging to the Koenkai (Light and salt society), which had been established under the influence of Hannah Riddell who had established the Kaishun Hospital for leprosy patients in Kumamoto.

Dick Jaspers

--In what way? A "Player of the Year" award or something? Please be more specific.--> He was not able to defend his title the following year, but he won the Silver Medal at the 2001 World Games in Akita, Japan.

Ecobondage

The album was inspired by Michel Foucault's book The Birth of the Clinic, and Masami Akita wrote Anagram of Perversion, his first book, during the recording of the album.

Hachirōgata, Akita

Hachirōgata is located in the coastal flatlands northeastern Akita Prefecture, bordered by the remnant of Lake Hachirōgata which lies in the west of the town.

Hananoumi Ken

Hananoumi Ken (born 6 December 1960 as Ken Sawaishi) is a former sumo wrestler from Ikawa, Akita, Japan.

Hokubu, Kumamoto

On February 1, 1991, Hokubu, along with the towns of Akita, Kawachi and Tenmei (all from Hōtaku District), was merged into the expanded city of Kumamoto and no longer exists as an independent municipality.

Ikawa, Akita

Iikawa is located in the coastal flatlands northeastern Akita Prefecture, bordered by the remnant of Lake Hachirōgata which lies in the west of the town.

Jishūkan

After the successful financial reform of Kumamoto Han, Hosokawa Shigekata started a unique school in the Edo era; it was open to any class of people, if admission was recognized, not only in Kumamoto people but also in other countries, with scholarships.

John Embree

In 1935–36, as part of his doctoral thesis, he conducted field research in a rural area of Kumamoto on the southernmost Japanese island of Kyūshū.

Judicial system of Japan

They (Sapporo, Sendai, Tokyo, Nagoya, Osaka, Hiroshima, Takamatsu, and Fukuoka) serve defined circuits of several prefectures each; there are also "branch offices" in Akita, Kanazawa, Okayama, Matsue, Miyazaki, and Naha.

Kawachi, Kumamoto

On February 1, 1991, Kawachi, along with the towns of Akita, Hokubu and Tenmei (all from Hōtaku District), was merged into the expanded city of Kumamoto and no longer exists as an independent municipality.

Kikuchi Medical Prison

was a prison in Koshi City, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan, where criminals with leprosy were imprisoned between 1953 and 1996.

Kiyoshi Akita

Akita was born in Miyoshi District, Tokushima Prefecture and was a graduate from the predecessor of Nihon University with a graduate degree in law from the predecessor of Chuo University.

Kosaka, Akita

After the start of the Meiji period, the area became briefly part of Rikuchū Province before being transferred to Akita Prefecture in 1871.

Kotoka

Kotooka, Akita (also transliterated as Kotoka), a town in Yamamoto District, Akita, Japan

Kumamoto 4th district

Sonoda's main challenger in 2012, Masayoshi Yagami, had become a Liberal Democrat (JNP→NFP→LDP) when he represented the neighbouring 5th district in the 1990s, but became an independent for his two terms as mayor of Sagara and his failed run for governor of Kumamoto in 2008.

Our Lady of Akita

Sister Agnes Katsuko Sasagawa in the remote area of Yuzawadai, near the city of Akita in Japan.

Roman Catholic Diocese of Niigata

Our Lady of Akita was formally approved in 1988 when Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger (later Pope Benedict XVI) as Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, gave definitive judgement on the Akita events and messages as reliable and worthy of belief.

Tenmei, Kumamoto

On February 1, 1991, Tenmei, along with the towns of Akita, Hokubu and Kawachi (all from Hōtaku District), was merged into the expanded city of Kumamoto and no longer exists as an independent municipality.

Tomiai, Kumamoto

On October 6, 2008, Tomiai was merged into the expanded city of Kumamoto and no longer exists as an independent municipality.

Tomishige Rihei

He took photographs of the novelist Natsume Sōseki, Hannah Riddell (who first built Kumamoto's first leprosy hospital), Nogi Maresuke (one of the most famous generals in Japan), Prince Kitashirakawa Yoshihisa (who learned photography under Tomishige), Viscount Kawakami Sōroku, Kodama Gentarō and Lafcadio Hearn (a writer).

Ueki, Kumamoto

On March 23, 2010, Ueki, along with the town of Jōnan (from Shimomashiki District), was merged into the expanded city of Kumamoto and no longer exists as an independent municipality.

Yamishibai: Japanese Ghost Stories

The series is produced by ILCA and directed by Tomoya Takashima along with script writing by Hiromu Kumamoto and narrated by Kanji Tsuda.


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