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unusual facts about Iwate Prefecture


Kamaishi Seawaves

Kamaishi Seawaves is a Rugby union football club in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, Japan.


Hiroaki Murakami

Born in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, he enrolled in Hosei University but withdrew when he successfully auditioned for a part in Kamen Rider.

Iwate 1st district

It is located in central Iwate and consists of the majority of the prefectural capital Morioka (the whole city without the former village of Tamayama) and Shiwa county.

Kesen meteorite

The Kesen Meteorite is a meteorite that fell on June 13, 1850, landing in a swamp in the outskirts of the City of Rikuzentakata, Kesen District in Iwate Prefecture, Japan.


see also

Esashi

Esashi, Iwate, previously a city, now a ward in Ōshū city, Iwate Prefecture

Takuboku Ishikawa

1886 - Born at Joko Temple, Hinoto-mura (presently named Hinoto, Tamayama-mura), Minami-Iwate-gun, Iwate Prefecture, to Ittei, the father, who was the priest of the temple, and Katsu, the mother.