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unusual facts about Takaoka, Toyama



Imizu, Toyama

Trams run along the Manyōsen Shinminato Harbor Line between Koshinokata Station in the north of Imizu and Rokudōji Station in the northwest, from which there is a connecting line to Takaoka.

Ishida Station

Dentetsu-Ishida Station, a railway station in Toyama, on the Toyama Chihō Railway Main Line

Kitaguni

Major stops along the Kitaguni route included Shin-Osaka, Kyoto, Maibara, Tsuruga, Fukui, Kanazawa, Toyama, Naoetsu, and Nagaoka.

Makoto Ōoka

What the Kite Thinks: A Linked Poem, by Makoto Ooka, Wing Tek Lum, Joseph Stanton, and Jean Yamasaki Toyama (Manoa: University of Hawaii Press, 1994)

Miya River

Jinzū River, a major river in Gifu and Toyama prefectures that is often called the "Miya River"

Okaji no Kata

She was either Ōta Dōkan's adopted daughter, Tōyama Naokage's daughter, or Edo Shigemichi's daughter.

Sadowara, Miyazaki

On January 1, 2006, Sadowara, along with the town of Tano (also from Miyazaki District), and the town of Takaoka (from Higashimorokata District), was merged into the expanded city of Miyazaki and no longer exists as an independent municipality.

Shūdōkan

In 1924 Toyama moved his family to Taiwan where he taught in an elementary school and studied Chinese Ch'uan Fa, which included Taku, Makaitan, Rutaobai, and Ubo.

Some Punkins

While on Tinian it was used on 13 training and practice missions and five combat missions to drop pumpkin bombs on industrial targets on Toyama, Ōgaki, Shimoda, Yokkaichi, and Nagoya.

Takaoka clan

Sasaki clan are descended directly from Emperor Uda (868-897) by his grandson Minamoto no Masazane (920-993) (Uda Genji), Takaoka Muneyasu (1255–1326), grandson of Sasaki Yoshikiyo, is the first who took the name of Takaoka from his domain in Takaoka-mura, Enya-no-sato, Kamdo-gun, Izumo province.

Mononobe clan are descended directly from god of Nigihayahi-no-mikoto (Legend age) by his descendant Mononobe no Arakabi (Kofun period), Takaoka Sadamochi, descendant of Mononobe no Arakahi, is the first who took the name of Takaoka.

Takaoka Muneyasu

1287(Kōan10th) The territory Takaoka-mura, Enya-no-sato, Izumo Province, ingot was succeeded among his father Yasukiyo's inheritances.

Takaoka, Miyazaki

On January 1, 2006, Takaoka, along with the towns of Sadowara and Tano (both from Miyazaki District), was merged into the expanded city of Miyazaki and no longer exists as an independent municipality.

Takaoka, Toyama

Takaoka borders four cities in Toyama Prefecture (Himi, Oyabe, Tonami, and Imizu) and two towns in Ishikawa Prefecture (Tsubata and Hondatsu Shimizu)

Mirandópolis is situated roughly 600 km northwest of São Paulo, Brazil.

The present-day suburbs of Takaoka formed the provincial capital of the former Ecchu Province, and Ōtomo no Yakamochi took position as a government official in this area.

Tano, Miyazaki

On January 1, 2006, Tano, along with the town of Sadowara (also from Miyazaki District), and the town of Takaoka (from Higashimorokata District), was merged into the expanded city of Miyazaki and no longer exists as an independent municipality.

Tateyama

Mount Tate (立山), a mountain range in Toyama Prefecture, Japan

Tateyama Sabō Erosion Control Works Service Train

All liaison offices (equivalent to stations) are located in Tateyama, Toyama.

Tim Toyama

Toyama teamed up with Aaron Woolfolk to write the play Bronzeville, about Los Angeles's Little Tokyo during World War II when African Americans became the primary residents there after Japanese Americans were relocated to internment camps.

Toshinari Takaoka

Toshinari Takaoka (高岡 寿成; born 24 September 1970 in Yamashiro, Kyoto) is a Japanese long-distance runner who specializes in the 5000 metres, 10,000 metres and the marathon race.

Toyama Shogyo High School

Toyama Shogyo boasts several athletic championships throughout its history, including a victory at Koushien, Japan’s national high school baseball tournament, and participation in the 2005 Japanese national sumo convention.

Twilight Express

Trains for Sapporo depart Osaka at 11:50, and call at Shin-Ōsaka, Kyoto, Tsuruga, Fukui, Kanazawa, Takaoka, Toyama, Naoetsu, and Nagaoka, with the final passenger pick-up made at Niitsu at 19:39.


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