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3 unusual facts about Ishikawa Prefecture


Ishikawa Prefecture

Takeshi Kaga, an actor in Japan who is probably best known internationally for his portrayal of Chairman Kaga in the Japanese television show Iron Chef produced by Fuji TV, is from Ishikawa.

Schindler Group

On October 31, 2012, a 63-year-old woman at a hotel in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, was crushed to death between the ceiling and the floor, when the Schindler elevator started moving while the door was still open.

Yukine Honami

A native of Ishikawa, Japan - Yukine Honami was born on March 17 (year unknown), is currently residing in Ishikawa and her star sign is Pisces.


Albalophosaurus

It was described in 2009 from remains found in 1997 by Yoshinori Kobayashi from the Kuwajima Formation of central Japan, outcropping in Hakusan in the Ishikawa Prefecture.

Daishōyama Naoki

Daishōyama Naoki (born 7 July 1966 as Naoki Yamazaki) is a former sumo wrestler from Anamizu, Ishikawa, Japan.

Mizuno Open

It was played at the Setonaikai Golf Club in Okayama from 1998 to 2006 and also in 2011 and at the Tokinodai Country Club in Ishikawa from at least 1985 to 1997.

Prince Arisugawa Takehito

On December 11, 1880, Prince Arisugawa married Maeda Yasuko (March 15, 1864–June 30, 1923), the fourth daughter of Maeda Yoshiyasu, the last daimyō of Kaga Domain (modern Ishikawa prefecture), by whom he had three children.

Uryū Sotokichi

Born to a samurai family in the Kaga Domain (present day Kanazawa in Ishikawa prefecture), Uryū became one of the first cadets of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy but did not graduate; instead, he was then sent to the US Naval Academy in Annapolis on 9 June 1875, returning on 2 October 1881.


see also

Fujioka, Gunma

Fujioka has sister cities in Hakui (Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan), Regina (Canada), Jiang Yin (China) and Bend (Oregon, United States).

Hayakawa Senkichirō

Hayakawa, a prominent lay Buddhist, and student of the Zen abbot of Engaku-ji, Suzuki Daisetsu, also founded the Kochokan, a boarding house for samurai-descended students from Ishikawa Prefecture in Tokyo.

Takaoka, Toyama

Takaoka borders four cities in Toyama Prefecture (Himi, Oyabe, Tonami, and Imizu) and two towns in Ishikawa Prefecture (Tsubata and Hondatsu Shimizu)