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2 unusual facts about Takeo


Prey Veng Province

In early Christian era, the province was a major center of the kingdom of Fu-nan, between economic and political capitals of the country what were Oc Eo (now in the Vietnamese province of An Giang) and Angkor Borey (in the Cambodian province of Takeo).

Takeo, Saga

In 2011, the city government was the first in Japan to switch to using Facebook for its website.


12746 Yumeginga

It is named after the Space and Science Museum, nicknamed Yumeginga, in Takeo, Saga Prefecture, Japan.

A Certain Woman

Directed by Shirō Toyoda and starring Machiko Kyō in the role of Yōko, Masayuki Mori, who was the son of the author Arishima Takeo, played the role of the journalist, and Eiji Funakoshi played the role of Kimura.

Fujinokawa Takeo

Fujinokawa Takeo (born 26 September 1946 as Takeo Morita) is a former sumo wrestler from Otofuke, Hokkaido, Japan.

Japanese aircraft carrier Zuikaku

Zuikaku rolled over and sank stern-first at 14:14, taking the lives of Rear Admiral (promoted from captain ten days earlier) Kaizuka Takeo and 842 of the ship's crew; 862 officers and men were rescued by the destroyers Wakatsuki and Kuwa.

Miyanomori Art Museum

The museum collection also includes about 3000 photographs from the artist Daidō Moriyama, which were taken since the 1950s, as well as works by such artists as Lucio Fontana, Frank Stella, Jasper Johns, Yoshishige Saito, Lee Ufan, Guillaume Bottazzi, Sadamasa Motonaga, Takeo Yamaguchi, and Kumi Sugai.

Super Tokkyū

The service is proposed by GCTs using the Hakata to Shin-Tosu section of the Kyushu Shinkansen, then the narrow gauge line to Takeo Onsen, then the new West Kyushu Shinkansen line for the final section of the trip.

Takeo Takei

There is a memorial museum dedicated to Takeo Takei: The ILF Doga Museum (イルフ童画館・長野県岡谷市, located in Okaya, Nagano, since 1998) .


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