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5 unusual facts about Mishima


53157 Akaishidake

53157 Akaishidake (1999 CP) is a main belt asteroid discovered on February 5, 1999 by Japanese astronomer M. Akiyama at Mishima, and named after Mount Akaishi in Japan.

Comparative Literature Studies

Every two years, one of the regular issues concerns East-West literary and cultural relations and is edited in conjunction with members of the College of International Relations at Nihon University located in Mishima, Japan.

Mishima-Tamachi Station

The northern terminus of the line was moved to present-day Mishima Station in 1934.

The line was connected to the former Mishima Station (present day Shimo-Togari Station) on June 15 of the same year.

Mishima, Shizuoka

Mishima received its first train connection in 1898 when the predecessor of the Izuhakone Railway established what is now Shimo-Togari Station.


Gunvalkyrie

The two playable characters are Kelly O'Lenmey, who was born in Ballymun, Ireland, daughter of Dr. Hebbel and Saburouta Mishima, grandson of one of the Samurai rebels who aided the British in conquering Japan.

Izuhakone Railway Sunzu Line

The terminus of the line was moved to Mishima Station (present day Shimo-Togari Station) on June 15, 1898 and the southern end of the line was extended to Ōhito Station on July 17, 1899.

Kaishakunin

The most recent kaishakunin of the 20th century was Hiroyasu Koga, who beheaded the novelist Yukio Mishima during Mishima's seppuku.

Kariwa District, Niigata

Prior to the split, Mishima District covers the cities of Kashiwazaki (excluding the western part of the city), village of Kariwa, Nagaoka (parts of the former towns of Oguni and Koshiji).

Ken Ogata

Ogata is well known for his roles in Peter Greenaway's The Pillow Book, Paul Schrader's Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters and Shohei Imamura's The Ballad of Narayama.

Masakatsu Morita

On 2 September in Tokyo, Morita and "Chibi Koga" recruited Hiroyasu Koga ("Furu" Koga), who was a Tatenokai member also, and he met Mishima to hear details of the plan on 9 September.

N700 Series Shinkansen

The N700 is also used on select Hikari services during the day, as well as some early-morning and late-night Kodama runs between Tokyo and Mishima/Hamamatsu.

Ōmura Bay

Opposite Ōmura city lies the largest island of the bay: Mishima (箕島), where Nagasaki Airport is located.

Sea of Fertility

The Sea of Fertility, a series of four novels by Japanese writer Yukio Mishima

Seppuku

His second, a 25-year-old named Masakatsu Morita, tried three times to ritually behead Mishima but failed; his head was finally severed by Hiroyasu Koga.

Yukiko Sakamoto

A native of Mishima, Shizuoka and graduate of the University of Tokyo, she joined the Ministry of Labor (now part of Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare) from 1972 until 2004 when she was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time.


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