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unusual facts about Takahata, Yamagata



Fragile Dreams: Farewell Ruins of the Moon

Bitmob writer Jasmine Rea called Fragile Dreams an "experience rather than a game", citing that it had an emotional impact similar to that of Isao Takahata's adaptation of Akiyuki Nosaka's novel Grave of the Fireflies.

Haguroyama

Mount Haguro (Haguro-san), Yamagata Prefecture, Japan, one of the sacred Three Mountains of Dewa

Jelger Wiegersma

That season, he made the top eight of four Grand Prix across three continents, finishing 3rd at Grand Prix Barcelona and Yamagata, 8th at Grand Prix Toronto, and fifth at Grand Prix Malmö.

Masatoshi Nei

He also trained many graduate students and postdoctorals who later became leading figures in molecular evolutionary biology including Margaret Kidwell, Wen-Hsiung Li, Ranajit Chakraborty, Shozo Yokoyama, Aravinda Chakravarti, Dan Graur, Fumio Tajima, Naruya Saitou, Chung-I Wu, Naoyuki Takahata, Takashi Gojobori, Pekka Pamilo, Austin Hughes, Andrey Rzhetsky, Jianzhi (George) Zhang, and Sudhir Kumar.

Nishikawa, Yamagata

Nishikawa is located in mountainous central Yamagata and includes Mount Gassan and Mount Asahi within its borders.

Takahata, Yamagata

The area of present-day Takahata was part of ancient Dewa Province.

Yamagata dialect

Yamagata-ben was used for comic effect in the Japanese film Swing Girls, 2004, to suggest that the film was set in a rural, 'backward' location.

Yamagata, Gifu

The name, Yamagata, has already existed in one of the oldest Japanese family registry which was published in 702 and has been stored in Shosoin, Nara.


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