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unusual facts about Toride, Ibaraki



Akizuki clan

The movie director Akira Kurosawa directed a movie about the Akizuki clan, "The Hidden Fortress" (隠し砦の三悪人 Kakushi-toride-no-san-akunin), in 1958.

Celes Kobayashi

Celes Kobayashi (セレス小林, born Shoji Kobayashi on February 27, 1973) is a former professional boxer from Ibaraki, Japan.

Corky Quakenbush

Apart from his filmmaking, Quakenbush is also an instructor in the art of Aikido and founder of Kakushi Toride Aikido.

E231 series

17 10-car sets (101 to 117) and 19 5-car sets (121 to 139) based at Matsudo Depot for use on Jōban Line services between Ueno and Toride, and also Narita Line services to Narita, replacing the earlier 103 series fleet.

Ibaraki Airport

At the time of opening, Ibaraki offered two flights, an Asiana service to Seoul, South Korea, and to Kobe in western Japan, by Skymark Airlines.

Ibaraki-dōji

A young beautiful girl was on the road, worried, so Watanabe no Tsuna made her ride on a horse, but the girl suddenly transformed into an oni, and grasped Tsuna’s hair, flew in the air, and took him to Mount Atago.

Concerning Shuten-doji, there are stories that he was born at the base of Mount Ibuki among other famous stories, but concerning Ibaraki-doji, there are stories that he was born in Amagasaki, Hyogo, and Ibaraki, Osaka among other places, and documented from various sources like the Settsu Meisho Zue (摂津名所図会), Settsuyou Kendan (摂陽研説), and Setuyou Gundan (摂陽群談).

Imperial Open

It was played at the Seve Ballesteros Golf Club in Chiba from 1990 to 1992 and at the Caledonian Golf Club in Ibaraki in 1993.

Iwama

Iwama, Ibaraki, former town in Nishiibaraki District, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan

Iwama Station, train station in Kasama, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan

Japan National Route 6

Major cities and villages it passes through include: Kashiwa, Toride, Tsuchiura, Ishioka, Mito, Hitachi, Iwaki, Tomioka, Ōkuma, Sōma, Watari, Iwanuma

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.

Mikawashima Station

The crash occurred about 350 meters east of Mikawashima Station when an Ueno-bound passenger train (train number 2000H) crashed into the wreckage of a crash between a Toride-bound passenger train (2117H) and a Mito-bound freight train (number 287) as well as a crowd of evacuating passengers from 2117H.

Nicollet Island

The south end of the island is home to the Nicollet Island Pavilion event center and the Bell of Two Friends, a gift from the city of Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan.

Sanuki

Sanuki Station, a train station located in Ryūgasaki, Ibaraki, Japan

Tokyo Metropolitan Ordinance Regarding the Healthy Development of Youths

According to Anime News Network (ANN), at the New Manga Creators Awards ceremony Kazuhiko Torishima, senior managing director and editor, said he wanted "new manga authors to produce manga that would blow away Tokyo Governor Shintaro Ishihara" and Masahiko Ibaraki, editor-in-chief of its third editorial department, added that he did not want the increased regulations to have a chilling effect on their content and they would still feature anything that was exciting.

Tsukuba International School

The school is located in the Kamigo region of Tsukuba Science City and the closest stations are Banpaku Kinen Koen on the Tsukuba Express Line and Mitsuma on the Joso Line.


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