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3 unusual facts about Kure


Japan National Route 185

National Route 185 is a national highway of Japan connecting Kure, Hiroshima and Mihara, Hiroshima in Japan, with a total length of 68.4 km (42.5 mi).

Japan National Route 375

National Route 375 is a national highway of Japan connecting Kure, Hiroshima and Ōda, Shimane in Japan, with a total length of 163.4 km (101.53 mi).

Tatsuro Hirooka

Tatsuro Hirooka (広岡 達朗, Hirooka Tatsurō born February 9, 1932 in Kure, Hiroshima, Japan) is a retired Japanese professional baseball player and manager.


Asymphorodes dimorpha

It is found in Niihau, Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, Maui, Lanai, Hawaii, Nihoa, Necker Island, Pearl and Hermes Reef, Midway, Kure, Wake island, Canton island, Jarvis island, but is probably much more widely distributed in the Pacific.

Hellenic Force in Cyprus

In Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six, the character Kure Galanos is the daughter of an ex-ELDYK sharpshooter.

Japanese food supply ship Irako

In January 1942, she started sailing between the Japanese homeland (Kure and Yokosuka) to the front, including Saipan, Truk, and Davao.

Japanese seaplane carrier Nisshin

The Nisshin had departed from Kure with the Hagikaze and Arashi on July 10, on the 15th they were joined by the cruiser Mogami and the light cruisers Agano and Oyode and the destroyer Isokaze, steaming on for Rabaul where more troops were collected.

Kure Beach, North Carolina

On the night of July 24/25, 1943, a German U-boat fired at least three shells to attack the "Ethyl-Dow Chemical Company" plant at "Kure's Beach" (post-war: Kure Beach), but instead hit the Cape Fear River.

Super Dash Novel Rookie of the Year Award

Original novel series released under the label include Read or Die by Hideyuki Kurata, Happy Seven by Hiroyuki Kawasaki, Ginban Kaleidoscope by Rei Kaibara, Kure-nai by Kentarō Katayama, and Akikan! by Riku Ranjō.


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