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unusual facts about Owari-Yokosuka Station


Owari-Yokosuka Station

It is located 13.7 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Jingū-mae Station.


Imagawa Ujichika

Ujichika is remembered for sending three of his six sons to various temples to become monks and for building Nagoya Castle in Owari in 1525 - both of which were considered somewhat unusual - the latter because the Imagawa had only the most tenuous of holds over Owari Province.

Matsudaira Katamori

Though the Takasu domain was small, it had a high level of prestige due to its status as a branch family of the Tokugawa clan (through the gosanke house of Owari).

Nagi Yanagi

Yanagi collaborated with composer Jun Maeda of Key to produce the original concept album Owari no Hoshi no Love Song released in April 2012.

Naitō Jōsō

Originally, he was a samurai from Owari, but he had to leave military service due to ill health.

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.


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