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4 unusual facts about Karuizawa


Karuizawa International Curling Championship

The Karuizawa International Curling Championship is a curling bonspiel held annually since the Olympic Games in Nagano at the SCAP Karuizawa Arena in Kariuzawa, Japan.

Kunio Tsuji

Tsuji died of cardial infarction at a hospital in Karuizawa, Nagano.

Lidiya Skoblikova

In Karuizawa, conditions were excellent, and Skoblikova won all four races, setting a new 1000 m world record in the process.

Paul Bryan

Bryan was born in Karuizawa, Japan, the seventh of nine children of The Rev Ingram Bryan.


JNR Class EF62

A total of 54 Class EF62 DC electric locomotives were built between 1962 and 1969 for use hauling passenger and freight on the Shinetsu Main Line and particularly over the extreme 66.7 gradient of the Usui Pass between Yokokawa and Karuizawa.

JNR Class EF63

A total of 25 Class EF63 locomotives were built between 1962 and 1976 exclusively for use as bankers on the steeply-graded Usui Pass section of the Shinetsu Main Line between Yokokawa and Karuizawa.

Stephen Caudel

Toured extensively (Britain, Germany and Japan) including Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club, Markneukirchen Guitar Festival, Karuizawa Music Festival and 3 nights at London’s Royal Albert Hall as Special Guest of Art Garfunkel.

Toyo Eiwa Jogakuin

In 1965, facilities were expanded to include a location at Oiwake, Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture and camp was established in 1970 at Lake Nojiri.


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