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5 unusual facts about Ashiya


Hoshino Tenchi

After his house was destroyed in the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake, he moved to Ashiya, Hyōgo, near Kobe, where he continued to teach Japanese calligraphy.

Karl Joseph Wilhelm Juchheim

Both Karl and Elise Juchheim are now buried in the cemetery in Ashiya.

Morinosuke Kawaguchi

Morinosuke Kawaguchi (川口盛之助, b. May 1, 1961 in Ashiya, Japan) is a Japanese futurist and innovation expert.

Tatiana Stepanova

Inside the choreographic work of Tatiana Stepanova emphasizes its Diptych of Ashiya, formed by Suite of works of Marius Petipa, that she reordena of magisterial form, reinterpreting the pieces and managing to join its steps with the of the master one galoruso, in an inverse osmosis, where is dificil to distinguish the parts of the two choreographers.

Since 1985, is a Teacher of Ballet, giving classes in Odessa (Ukraine), Saratov and Saint Petersburg (Russia), Madrid, Valencia, Puertollano and Lugo (Spain) and Ashiya and Nishinomiya (Japan)


Hidehiko Yamabe

Hidehiko Yamabe was born on August 22, 1923 in the city of Ashiya, belonging to the Hyōgo Prefecture, the sixth son of Takehiko and Rei Yamabe.

Mizuki Sano

Mizuki Ashiya and Izumi Sano, the two main characters in the manga Hanazakari no Kimitachi e, are named after him.

Yoshinori Okada

Hanazakari no Kimitachi e (TV Special, 2008) (as Ashiya Shizuki, Ashiya Mizuki's brother)

Hanazakari no Kimitachi e (TV, 2007) (as Ashiya Shizuki, Ashiya Mizuki's brother)


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