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2 unusual facts about Kawakami


Minamimaki mayoral election, 2007

The main issue was the proposed merger of the village with neighboring Kawakami.

Twenty-Two Shrines

It became the middle shrine (nakasha) only after the shrine in Shimoichi and Kawakami were united with it.


Chindōgu

Chindōgu and its creator Kenji Kawakami also became a regular feature on a children's television show produced by the BBC called It'll Never Work, a show in a similar vein as the BBC's Tomorrow's World; however, It'll Never Work usually focused more on wacky and humorous gadgets than on serious scientific and technological advances.

Kalaviṅka

Kawakami Sadayakko (Sada Yacco), billed as the first overseas Japanese actress, late in her life, built a villa located at Unumahōshakujichō, Kagamihara, Gifu.

Kenshin Kawakami

A video game version of Kawakami helped Wade McGilberry from Mobile, Alabama win $1 million as part of the Major League Baseball 2K10 Perfect Game Challenge.

McGilberry used Kawakami to pitch a perfect game in Major League Baseball 2K10, and won the contest by being the first person to do so in accordance with the contest rules.

Tsuru Aoki

Born in Tokyo, Japan, Aoki emigrated to Los Angeles, California in 1903 with her aunt and uncle, Otojirō Kawakami, who had previously owned a theatrical group called "Kawakami-za" in Japan.

Yasuhiro Kawakami

Kawakami frequently collaborated with fellow composer Ryuji Sasai.

Yasuhiro Kawakami left Sega and joined Square (now Square Enix) in 1991 where he was assigned to compose the 1992 title Final Fantasy Mystic Quest (known as Mystic Quest Legend in Europe) alongside Ryuji Sasai.


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