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unusual facts about Oku-Komyo-En Sanatorium


1934 Muroto typhoon

The surviving patients were transferred to other sanatoriums and then later were transferred to Oku-Komyo-En Sanatorium.


Cameroonian forest shrew

It is found in the Montane forests of Western Cameroon around Mount Oku and Lake Manengouba, and in Southeastern Nigeria in the Gotel Mountains or Adamawa Plateau.

Centre for Scientific Research into Plant Medicine

In the early sixties, the President, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah sent Dr. Oku Ampofo and others to China to benefit from the Chinese experience in herbal medicine.

Dub poetry

Linton Kwesi Johnson (LKJ)'s album Dread Beat an' Blood first appeared in 1978, then Oku Onuora's Reflection In Red in 1979, followed by Benjamin Zephaniah's Rasta, and many others in the early 1980s onwards.

Emperor Go-Kōmyō

1652 (Keian 5, 5th month): Nihon Ōdai Ichiran is first published in Kyoto under the patronage of the tairō Sakai Tadakatsu, lord of the Obama Domain of Wakasa Province.

Emperor Kōmyō

In the Shōhei Reunification, Kōmyō and his companions were placed under house arrest in Yamato Province, in what is today the village of Nishiyoshino, Yoshino District, Nara.

Empress Kōmyō

Kōmyōike Station in southern Osaka Prefecture takes its name from a nearby artificial lake named after Empress Kōmyō.

Hanako Oku

In 2004, Oku began to perform on the streets of Tokyo, mainly in Shibuya ward, but once sold 402 CDs in four hours outside Kashiwa railway station.

Kōmyō-ji

Kōmyō-ji is the name of numerous Buddhist temples in Japan.

Oku-sama wa Mahō Shōjo: Bewitched Agnes

The title of the series pays homage to the popular 1960s sitcom Bewitched, known in Japan as Oku-sama wa Majo ("My Wife is a Witch"), which heavily influenced the first magical girl anime, Sally the Witch.

Princess Ōku

Oku was born on 8th Day of the 1st Month of the Saimei's era 7 (661), in the cabin of the Imperial ship which dropped anchor at the sea of Ōku on the Empress Kōgyoku's way to Kyushu.

Sora's Diary

Yosa Buson drew an illustration of Oku no hosomichi showing Basho on the horseback accompanied by Sora.


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