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2 unusual facts about Shimotsu, Wakayama


16th Bombardment Group

Flying unescorted in the face of severe enemy attack, the 16th bombed the Maruzen Oil refinery at Shimotsu on the night of 2 July 1945; the Mitsubishi refinery and Kawasaki oil installations at Kawasaki on the night of 12–13 July 1945, and the coal liquefication plants at Ube on 22–23 July 1945.

331st Air Expeditionary Group

Despite the hazards of bad weather, fighter attacks, and heavy flak, the 331st bombed the coal liquefaction plant at Ube, the Mitsubishi-Hayama petroleum complex at Kawasaki, and the oil refinery and storage facilities at Shimotsu, in July and August 1945, and received a Distinguished Unit Citation for the missions.


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.

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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