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unusual facts about Kushimoto, Wakayama


Japanese destroyer Okikaze

In April 1942, Okikaze was recalled to the Yokosuka Naval District, where it was assigned anti-submarine patrols of the entrance of Tokyo Bay for the duration of the war, making only an occasional convoy escort run along the coast of Japan to Kushimoto, Wakayama or patrols of the coast of northern Honshū through the end of 1942.


Ito

Ito District, Wakayama, a district located in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan

J. japonica

Julia japonica, a sea snail species found in Wakayama, Honshū, Japan

Kōshō Tateishi

Kōshō Tateishi establishes "Shugen-Honshu Furaisan Shōkakuin" (a section of Kinbusen temple) in Oyama 1256 Kumanogawa-chō, Shingū, Wakayama to feel the elements and to experience, and trains day and night.

Kushimoto, Wakayama

Kushimoto (or specifically, Shiono-Misaki) was the epicenter of the Great Nankai Earthquake, a magnitude 8.0 earthquake that struck the area on December 21, 1946 at 4:19am.

The surrounding wetlands and coastal areas in Kushimoto are designated areas of conservation through the Ramsar Convention of 1971.

Nagata Station

Kii-Nagata Station (紀伊長田駅) - in Kinokawa, Wakayama, on the JR West Wakayama Line

Nankai Wakayamakō Line

The purpose of the line is to provide a railway link to Wakayama Port that has ferry service to Tokushima in Shikoku.

Tatsuya Tanimoto

A native of Wakayama, Wakayama and graduate of the University of Tokyo, he was elected for the first time in 2005 after working as a bartender and an aide to Representative Toshihiro Nikai, and serving in a locally assembly in Wakayama Prefecture.

Yukawa

Yukawa Station, a train station in Nachikatsuura, Higashimuro District, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan

北山

Kitayama, Wakayama, exclave village of Wakayama on the Mie–Nara border, Japan


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