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unusual facts about Kotohira, Kagawa



Brian Costello

Performing with Ken Kagawa, the show features interviews with an assortment of guests ("People who are interesting" as Costello described them in the Chicago Tribune) and live music.

Junya Ogawa

He ran for a third time in 2009 and was elected for Kagawa's 1st district.

Kagawa clan

Throughout the course of the Sengoku period, the Kagawa family had very strong bonds with the powerful clan of Chōsokabe, in which they had at many times received members from the Chosokabe family as used for adoptive survival.

Kate MacGarry

Francis Upritchard represented New Zealand at the Venice Biennale in 2009 and has had solo exhibitions at the Vienna Secession in 2010, Nottingham Contemporary in 2012 and MIMOCA in Kagawa, Japan in 2013.

Kotohira Jinsha v. McGrath

Judge J. Frank McLaughlin found the Attorney General’s office had no basis on which to exercise the Trading with the Enemy Act, moreover since 1945 Japan had abolished state religion under Douglas MacArthur and by judicial order return seized property to Kotohira Jinsha.

Kotohira, Kagawa

The town tree is the Rhodoleia, and the town flower is the blossom of the cherry tree.

Levir Culpi

With such players as Kagawa, Inui, Akihiro Ienaga, Hiroshi Kiyotake, Adriano Ferreira Martins, and Luís Fernando Martinez, the team finished 3rd in 2010 and qualified for the AFC Champions League.

Mitami Shrine

Deities enshrined here include Ame-no-Koyane no mikoto (天児屋根命), Kumano no ookami (熊野大神), Itsukushima no ookami (厳島大神), Ookuninushi no mikoto (大国主命), Tenjin (Sugawara no Michizane, 菅原大神), Hachiman (八幡大神), Kotohira ookami (琴平大神), Susanoo no mikoto (素盞鳴男命) and Mikumari no kami (天水分大神).

Ooshima Seishoen Sanatorium

Ooshima Seishōen Sanatorium, or National Sanatorium Ooshima Seishōen is a sanatorium for leprosy or ex-leprosy patients, situated in a small island called Ooshima, Takamatsu-shi, Kagawa-ken, Japan which was established in 1909.

Sanuki

Sanuki Province, a former province of Japan with the same boundaries as modern Kagawa Prefecture

Sanuki udon

Sanuki udon are named after the previous name of the Kagawa Prefecture, Sanuki Province.

Shinji Kagawa

On 18 July 2012, Kagawa was handed a two-minute appearance to mark his Manchester United debut in Durban, South Africa, against AmaZulu in a pre-season friendly match.

Kagawa also scored a goal and provided an assist for Dortmund against rivals Bayern Munich in the 2012 DFB-Pokal Final.

Takahashi Yuichi

In 1879, he entered a contest sponsored by the Kotohira-gū shrine in Shikoku for ceiling panel paintings, donating all of the paintings to the shrine after the contest.

Wakamisugi Akiteru

Wakamisugi Akiteru (24 September 1937 - 2 November 1983) was a sumo wrestler from Kagawa, Japan.


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