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3 unusual facts about Mino


Living Christ One Ear of Wheat Church

The founder of the Living Christ One Ear of Wheat Church, Matsubara Kazuhito, first came into contact with Christianity through the Mino Mission while a junior high student.

Mino, Kagawa

Mino had a sister city relationship with Evansville (Indiana), Unadilla (New York State), Sanyuan County in the city of Xianyang (Shaanxi China) and Florenville (Belgium).

Yamazaki Station

Mino-Yamazaki Station, on the Yoro Railway Yoro Line in Nannocho, Kaizu, Gifu, Japan


Agigawa Dam

The same area features a number of other attractions such as Ena Gorge, Iwamura Castle (made famous in the tale of the "Castle Mistress"), Japan Taishō Village (a theme park), the cities of Toki and Mizunami, which are well known for the production of Mino ceramic ware and Oribe ware; Magome-juku and Tsumago-juku, two stations on the Nakasendō, a road that connected Kyōto and Edo; Meiji Mura, and Inuyama Castle.

Camilo José Cela

He published two travel books Viaje a la Alcarria (Journey to La Alcarria, 1948), and Del Miño al Bidasoa (From the Minho to Bidasoa, 1952).

Fausto Miño

Fausto Miño was born in 1980 in Ambato, Tungurahua Province, Ecuador, son of a Quiteño (a person from Quito) father and a manabita (Chone) mother.

Flip Video

A free Mino was made available to all audience members at YouTube Live due to Flip Video's sponsorship of the event.

Hankyū Minoo Line

The Hankyū Minoo Line (阪急箕面線 Mino-o sen) is a Japanese railway line run by Hankyu Railway which links Ishibashi Station in Ikeda and Minoo.

Hiezu, Tottori

The area of present-day Hiezu appears in a Heian-period dictionary compilaed in 934, the Wamyō Ruijushō, as part of the village of Mino in Aimi District.

Juan Sánchez Miño

Juan Manuel Sánchez Miño (born 1 January 1990) is an Argentine footballer who plays as a midfielder for Argentine Primera División team Boca Juniors.

Luis Telmo Paz y Miño

Born in the then-rural parroquia of Chillogallo, in Quito, Ecuador, Gen. Paz y Miño entered military school in 1902.

Mino da Fiesole

Mino's work was influenced by his master Desiderio da Settignano and by Antonio Rossellino, and is characterized by its sharp, angular treatment of drapery.

Mino washi

During the first part of the Kamakura period, Mino washi was relatively unused and unknown; however, because of activities during the Nanboku-chō period and the Ōnin War, the low-cost Mino washi came into more widespread use.

Nōhime

In 1556, Saitō Dōsan, Nō's father, was killed in a coup in Mino Province.

Shigaraki ware

In the later half of the Heian period, Sue ware production came to an abrupt decline, with production now centralizing in the Owari, Mino, Bizen, and Omi provinces.

TAL effector

TAL (transcription activator-like) effectors (often referred to as TALEs but not to be confused with the three amino acid loop extension family of proteins) are proteins secreted by Xanthomonas bacteria via their type III secretion system when they infect various plant species.

Yamamoto, Kagawa

On January 1, 2006, Mito, along with the towns of Mino, Nio, Saita, Takase, Takuma and Toyonaka (all from Mitoyo District), was merger to create the city of Mitoyo and no longer exists as an independent municipality.


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