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2 unusual facts about Takashima


Joseph Heco

One of the partners, K.R. Mackenzie, asked Heco to help acquire the rights to the Takashima coal mine.

Takasu, Hokkaido

Takasu has a domestic school exchange program with Takashima Town in Nagasaki Prefecture.


Fushitsusha

After the departure of Shiraishi, Ayuo joined briefly in 1979 before Fushitsusha became a trio with the addition of Jun Hamano (bass) and Shuhei Takashima (drums).

Imazu

Imazu, Shiga, town located in former Takashima District, Shiga, Japan

Ōmi-Imazu Station, railway station on the Kosei Line of West Japan Railway Company in Takashima, Shiga Prefecture, Japan

Kinnara Taiko

The original members of Kinnara were: Rev. Masao Kodani, George Abe, Johnny Mori, Clark Nakashita, Wilbur Takashima, George Yamashita, and May Sugano.

Rica Takashima

After graduating with a Design Degree from Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, Takashima worked as a stage set artist and a freelance illustrator before she founded and launched the avant-garde street art show troupe and studio Aozora Art on Tokyo’s Harajuku Pedestrian Street.

Toju Nakae

He taught that the highest virtue was filial piety (kō), and acted upon this, giving up his official post in 1634 in order to return to his home in Takashima, Ōmi to care for his mother.

Yamishibai: Japanese Ghost Stories

The series is produced by ILCA and directed by Tomoya Takashima along with script writing by Hiromu Kumamoto and narrated by Kanji Tsuda.


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