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unusual facts about Tokorozawa, Saitama


Super Rock '84 in Japan

Super Rock '84 in Japan was a touring music festival held in Japan between 4-12 August 1984 in Nagoya, Fukuoka, Osaka and Tokorozawa.


2009 MTV Video Music Awards Japan

The MTV Video Music Awards Japan 2009 was broadcast the 8th annual awards show on Saturday, May 30, at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Saitama.

2012 Kamaishi earthquake

Some pipeworks were damaged in an old people's facility in Saitama.

Adrenaline MMA

Although the organization had yet to hold its first card, its first co-promotion effort was Yarennoka! held in Saitama, Japan on New Year's Eve, 2007.

Ali Bahjat

In 11 September 2012 Bahjat made his debut against Japan in Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama, Japan in the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification, which it was ended 0-1 loss.

Andreas Ulvo

He has with his own projects "Eple Trio", a Norwegian contemporary jazz trio playing their own original music, been on tour in Japan 2010, playing gigs in Tokyo, Chiba, Kobe, Kanazawa, Yokohama and Saitama.

Aran Hakutora

In October 2006 he won the open division of the World Amateur Sumo Championships held in Saitama, Japan, defeating Ichihara.

Boucheron

The distribution network of Boucheron is made of 34 shops located all over the world (Paris, Cannes, Saint-Tropez, Monaco, Beirut, London, San Francisco, Tokyo, Saitama, Yokohama, Fukuoka, Kyoto, Osaka, Hiroshima, Okayama, Nagoya, Taipei, Seoul, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur, Dubai, Baku, Moscow and Almaty) and over 100 certified retailers.

Chūō-ku, Saitama

Yono Station and Saitama-Shintoshin Station on the Keihin-Tōhoku Line (the latter also on the Takasaki and Tōhoku Main Lines) straddle the border between Chūō-ku and other Saitama wards, but are officially located in Urawa-ku and Ōmiya-ku respectively.

Fukiage

Fukiage, Saitama (吹上町; -machi), a town located in Kitaadachi District, Saitama, Japan

Hanno Station

Hannō Station (飯能駅) on the Seibu Ikebukuro Line in Hannō, Saitama, Japan

Kanto Tsukuba Bank

While the bank has a majority of its branches in Ibaraki Prefecture, it operates several branches outside the prefecture, notable in Tokyo, Chiba, Tochigi, and Saitama Prefectures.

Kazue Nagahori

Kazue Nagahori was born in Saitama, Japan, and began her career in 1984, when she started as a fighter in All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling.

Kensuke Kazama

Kazama later moved to Sayama (Saitama), where in 2010 he was working more with photograms, mounting both food specimens and potato crisps lightly edited to resemble faces in a specially constructed negative carrier and enlarging from this.

Kodama

Kodama, Saitama, a town located in Kodama District, Saitama, Japan

Kodama Station, a train station located in Honjō, Saitama, Japan.

Mari Hoshino

Mari Hoshino (星野 真里 Hoshino Mari, born July 27, 1981 in Kamifukuoka, Saitama) is a Japanese actress and singer.

Masahiro Kaneko

Masahiro Kaneko (金子 昌広, born 2 February 1991 in Saitama) is an Japanese footballer who plays as a midfielder for Ventforet Kofu in the J. League Division 1.

Matsugaoka

It is bordered to the south by Hachikokuyama, to the west by a golf course and amusement park operated by Seibu, to the northwest by Hatogamine Hachiman Shrine, and to the east by central Tokorozawa.

Nana Mizuki Live Formula at Saitama Super Arena

Nana Mizuki Live Formula at Saitama Super Arena is the sixth live DVD release from J-pop star and voice actress Nana Mizuki.

Nanakōdai Station

Nanakōdai Station is served by the Tobu Noda Line, and is located 25.1 km from the western terminus of the line at Ōmiya Station.

One 4 U

On May 21, it was revealed that A-Jax was set to be the opening act in Kara's last two shows of their first tour, Karasia, in Saitama, Japan.

Peter Van Der Heyden

He scored Belgium's second goal in their opening match, a 2–2 draw with Japan in Saitama.

Saitama Rapid Railway Line

In the future, the line may be extended north from Urawa-Misono through Iwatsuki-ku, Saitama to Hasuda Station (in Hasuda, Saitama) on the JR East Utsunomiya Line, but financial problems have prevented Saitama Prefecture from the construction of the extension.

The Saitama Rapid Railway line (including Urawa Misono Station) was built in time for the 2002 FIFA World Cup, which held several matches at the Saitama Stadium.

Tal Burstein

In August 2001, Burstein was a member of the Israeli Under-22 national team at the FIBA Under-21 World Championship in Saitama, Japan, where his team finished in 7th place.

Tokihiro Satō

Sato’s photographs are held throughout the world in public and private museums including the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (New York); the Los Angeles County Museum of Art; the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; The Art Institute of Chicago; the Cleveland Museum of Art; Museum of Modern Art (Saitama, Japan); Hara Museum of Contemporary Art (Tokyo); Queensland Art Gallery (Brisbane); and Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography.

Tokyo Metro 10000 series

The fleet of 10-car sets operate on the Yūrakuchō and Fukutoshin lines, including inter-running services over the Tōbu Tōjō Line between Wakōshi Station and Shinrinkōen Station, and also services over the Seibu Yūrakuchō and Ikebukuro Lines between Kotake-mukaihara Station and Hannō Station.

Yono

Yono was a town (1889-1956) and then a city (-2001) of Saitama Prefecture, Japan and currently comprises the most of Chūō-ku, Saitama.

Yoshitoshi Tokugawa

On 5 April 1911, Tokugawa piloted the inaugural flight at Japan's first permanent airfield in Tokorozawa.


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