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unusual facts about Hirogawa, Wakayama



Hirogawa, Wakayama

Thanks to the story called Inamura no Hi: The Burning Rice Fields" by Tsunezo Nakai (translated and published in English by Sara Cone Bryant) and Lafcadio Hearn's Gleanings in Buddha-Fields(1897), Hirogawa (then Hiro-Mura) is often referred to the home of "A Living God" : Goryo Hamaguchi (1820-1885).

In 1907, Mr. George Trumbull Ladd, assisting Marquis Ito (Hirofumi), visited the school and later published his journal "Rare Days in Japan" (1910) in the U.S.

Ito

Ito District, Wakayama, a district located in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan

J. japonica

Julia japonica, a sea snail species found in Wakayama, Honshū, Japan

Kōshō Tateishi

Kōshō Tateishi establishes "Shugen-Honshu Furaisan Shōkakuin" (a section of Kinbusen temple) in Oyama 1256 Kumanogawa-chō, Shingū, Wakayama to feel the elements and to experience, and trains day and night.

Nagata Station

Kii-Nagata Station (紀伊長田駅) - in Kinokawa, Wakayama, on the JR West Wakayama Line

Nankai Wakayamakō Line

The purpose of the line is to provide a railway link to Wakayama Port that has ferry service to Tokushima in Shikoku.

Tatsuya Tanimoto

A native of Wakayama, Wakayama and graduate of the University of Tokyo, he was elected for the first time in 2005 after working as a bartender and an aide to Representative Toshihiro Nikai, and serving in a locally assembly in Wakayama Prefecture.

Yukawa

Yukawa Station, a train station in Nachikatsuura, Higashimuro District, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan

北山

Kitayama, Wakayama, exclave village of Wakayama on the Mie–Nara border, Japan


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