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unusual facts about Ichiu, Tokushima



Asa Line

Asa Kaigan Railway Asatō Line, a railway line connecting Tokushima Prefecture and Kōchi Prefecture, Japan

ATOK

It is occasionally taken to stand for Awa-TOKushima, site of the headquarters of JustSystems, or ASCII TO Kanji.

Ichiu, Tokushima

"Akabane Taishi no Enoki" is the oldest hackberry tree in Japan at an estimated 800 years old; it has a circumference of 8.7 meters.

Japan National Route 439

National Route 439 is a national highway of Japan connecting Tokushima, Tokushima and Shimanto, Kōchi in Japan, with a total length of 341.2 km (212.01 mi).

Kaifu

Kaifu, Tokushima (海部町; -cho), a town in Kaifu District, Tokushima, Japan

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.

Shibaemon-tanuki

There are theories that reality of the legend of Shibaemon-tanuki is that it was an excuse for the Kougo Jihen, a struggle that broke out between Sumoto and Awa, or that it was a Dutch person who washed ashore to Japan and hid himself in a castle, and was thought of by the people beneath the castle, who have never seen foreigners before, as a tanuki who disguised as a human, among other theories.

In the Edo period, at the base of Mount Seimi (勢見山) in Awa Province (now Tokushima prefecture), there was a theater business at the grounds of Kan'on-ji, and it earned great popularity.

Yoshinari

Yoshinari Station, train station in Tokushima, Tokushima Prefecture, Japan


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