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unusual facts about Hiroshima Prefecture



Masaichi Niimi

Niimi was born in what is now Asakita Ward, Hiroshima City, in Hiroshima Prefecture, as the second son to a farming and soy sauce producing family.

Miyao Castle

The site of Miyao castle is located in Hamano-cho on the island of Miyajima, Hatsukaichi city, Hiroshima Prefecture.

Mochizuki Keisuke

Mochizuki was born on Ōsakikamijima, an island in the Seto Inland Sea, now part of Hiroshima Prefecture, where his father was an entrepreneur and ship owner.

Tomotaka Tasaka

Born in Hiroshima Prefecture, he began working at Nikkatsu's Kyoto studio in 1924 and eventually came to prominence for a series of realist, humanist films made at Nikkatsu's Tamagawa studio in the late 1930s such as Robō no ishi and Mud and Soldiers, both of which starred Isamu Kosugi.


see also

Furuichi Station

Furuichibashi Station, a station on the JR West Kabe Line in Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan

Shamoji

It is said to have been first devised by a monk on Itsukushima, Hiroshima Prefecture.