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unusual facts about Takayama, Gifu


Hyōka

The story is set in Kamiyama City, a fictional city in Gifu Prefecture that the author based on his real hometown of Takayama, also in Gifu.


Anna Watkins

In 2005, Watkins made her senior international debut with the Women's Eight, achieving a 5th place at the World Championships in Gifu, Japan.

Battle of Gifu

Battle of Mount Austen, the Galloping Horse, and the Sea Horse in Guadalcanal in 1943, sometimes called the Battle of the Gifu

Battle of Mount Austen, the Galloping Horse, and the Sea Horse

The Battle of Mount Austen, the Galloping Horse, and the Sea Horse, part of which is sometimes called the Battle of the Gifu, took place from 15 December 1942 to 23 January 1943 and was primarily an engagement between United States and Imperial Japanese forces in the hills near the Matanikau River area on Guadalcanal during the Guadalcanal Campaign.

Catherine Gude

She bested 45 other contestants to win the title in Gifu, Japan.

Chuno

Chūnō, the central portion of Gifu Prefecture in the Chūbu region of Japan

City Sushi

He proceeds to enact a plan to get rid of Takayama by first faking a truce and then publicly humiliating him at the school by depicting old stock photos of the atrocities Japan committed against the Chinese during the Second Sino-Japanese War, such as the Nanking massacre.

Hashima

Hashima District, Gifu (羽島郡), a nearby district in Gifu Prefecture, Japan

Hokuriku Bank

In addition to the Hokuriku region, the bank has branches in Kyoto, Osaka, Niigata, Nagano, Tokyo, Kanagawa, Gifu, Aichi, and Hokkaidō.

Japan National Route 41

The road generally follows the route of JR Central's Takayama Main Line, except for a few locations around the cities of Takayama and Hida.

Japan National Route 6

During the Ritsuryō period, roads from Kinai to the Tagajō were divided into two: the Tōkaidō eastern sea road (via Nagoya, Hamamatsu, Tokyo and Mito) and the Tōsandō eastern mountain road (via Gifu, Shiojiri, Takasaki and Utsunomiya).

Kanō Station

Gifu Station in Gifu, Gifu, originally called Kanō Station when it opened, served by Central Japan Railway

Magic 45 minutes

The Magic 45 Minutes describes the duration of one of the most rewarding sporting periods in the history of New Zealand during which four New Zealand rowing teams won gold medals in four successive finals to be the most successful country at the 2005 World Rowing Championships in Gifu, Japan.

Masataka Takayama

Takayama usually used a "vest-pocket" Kodak camera (a very compact folding model taking 127 film) with a single-element lens (a tangyoku lens in Japanese).

Miya River

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

Osaka, Aichi, and the Gifu continuous torture-murder event

And, after two men of company employee's one man (20 years old at that time) and the part-time job (19 years old at that time) were obstinately assaulted with the iron pipe etc. in Nagara river area of Gifu, it murdered it.

Prince Shōtoku

A number of institutes are named after him, such as Shotoku Gakuen University and its associated junior college (both in Gifu).

Rikiya Otaka

Today, he (alongside Hiroyuki Sanada who played Ryuji Takayama in Ringu) the most credited and popular male character in the Ringu series.

Super Hero Operations: Diedal's Ambition

Players assume the role of Gamu Takayama, a member of the fighting force XIG, as he combats evil creatures with the power of Ultraman Gaia.

Takayama Main Line

Now the line primarily functions as a way to access the scenic areas of Hida (ancient Hida Province), in the rugged mountains of northern Gifu Prefecture, such as Gero onsen (hot spring), Takayama, Shirakawa-gō, and the "Japan Rhine" (Kiso River).

Tokutaro Takayama

When he was a young man, his parents returned to Korea, leaving him to earn a living alone in Japan: "At that time," Takayama said in 1998, "I had no choice but to join the Japanese gangster world. This is because segregated people at that time had no way to survive in Japan."

Vlach Quartet

They had a Residency in 1997 in the Japanese University town of Gifu and were broadcast by NHK, Japan's principal station.

Yamazaki Station

Mino-Yamazaki Station, on the Yoro Railway Yoro Line in Nannocho, Kaizu, Gifu, Japan

Yokoya

Yokoya Station, a train station in Mizuho, Gifu Prefecture, Japan

Zac Purchase

Purchase became under-23 world champion at the 2005 world U-23 championships in Amsterdam, before taking silver at the 2005 World Rowing Championships at Gifu, Japan.

白山

Mount Haku (白山), an inactive volcano on the borders of Gifu, Fukui and Ishikawa prefectures in Japan


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