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4 unusual facts about Tachikawa


Aleš Veselý

1994 Doublebench, Faret Tachikawa, Tokyo, stainless steel, diorite, 240 x 240 x 70 cm

Douglas DC-5

Japanese forces captured "PK-ADA", subsequently repaired and tested it in Tachikawa and Haneda, later during 1943, operating the DC-5 in camouflage with Japanese Imperial Army Air Force markings as a transport from bases back in the Home Islands.

Tachikawa air disaster

The Tachikawa air disaster occurred on the afternoon of Thursday, June 18, 1953 when a United States Air Force (USAF) Douglas C-124 Globemaster II aircraft crashed just three minutes after takeoff from Tachikawa, Japan, killing all 129 people on board.

Tachikawa-ryu

Tachikawa-ryu ideas and influences also appeared in cultic practices with Dual Ganesha (Sōshin Kangiten) and Aizen Myō-Ō (Ragaraja), and in the other main orthodox school of mikkyo Tendai, in their Genshi Kimyōdan cult.


Junichi Inagaki

Later, he also performed in bands that entertained United States military personnel stationed in Yokosuka and Tachikawa.

Keiji Tachikawa

In 2004, Tachikawa became president of JAXA, to restructure the agency after a 2003 H-IIA rocket launch failure.

Shinnyo-en

Shinnyo-en was established in 1936 by Shinjō Itō (aka: Fumiaki Ito) and his wife Tomoji Ito in the Tokyo suburb of Tachikawa.

Tachikawa Ki-70

The Tachikawa Ki-70 "Clara" was a high speed photo reconnaissance aircraft that was tested for the Japanese Air Force in prototype form but never entered production.

Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department Public Security Bureau

Three activists of the Tachikawa Jieitai Kanshi Tentomura had been said to be prisoners of conscience by Amnesty International when they had arrested by police with the PSB investigating them for conducting anti-war activities after illegally entering an SDF housing complex in Tachikawa.


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