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unusual facts about Toki, Gifu



2004 Chūetsu earthquake

Eight out of ten cars of the Toki 325 service (a 200 Series Shinkansen train) derailed on the Joetsu Shinkansen line between Nagaoka Station in Nagaoka and Urasa Station in Yamato; no injuries were reported among the 155 passengers.

2013 corruption scandal in Turkey

On 17 December 2013, the Financial Crimes and Battle Against Criminal Incomes department of the Istanbul Security Directory detained 47 people, including officials from TOKİ (Housing Development Administration of Turkey), the Ministry of Environment and Urban Planning, and the District Municipality of Fatih.

Agigawa Dam

The same area features a number of other attractions such as Ena Gorge, Iwamura Castle (made famous in the tale of the "Castle Mistress"), Japan Taishō Village (a theme park), the cities of Toki and Mizunami, which are well known for the production of Mino ceramic ware and Oribe ware; Magome-juku and Tsumago-juku, two stations on the Nakasendō, a road that connected Kyōto and Edo; Meiji Mura, and Inuyama Castle.

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.

Blue Hearts ga Kikoenai

#"Ano Ko ni Touch", "Mirai wa Boku Nado no Te no Naka", "Bakudan ga Okkochiru Toki"

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

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.

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.

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

Ladislav Holý

Between the years 1968 and 1972, he embarked on field-trips to the Toki peoples of Zambia.

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.

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).

Saori Yuki

They toured around the country with their specialty of Japanese Children's songs and received Best Planning Award in 28th Japan Record Awards with their hit album Ano-toki, Kono-uta (あの時・この歌 (those times, these songs)).

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

Yoshiyuki Tomino

:"Zeta - Toki wo Koete (Zeta - Transcending Times)" by Maya Arukawa, composed by Neil Sedaka as Better Days Are Coming (First Opening Theme)

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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