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unusual facts about Toyama, Toyama


Some Punkins

While on Tinian it was used on 13 training and practice missions and five combat missions to drop pumpkin bombs on industrial targets on Toyama, Ōgaki, Shimoda, Yokkaichi, and Nagoya.


Ishida Station

Dentetsu-Ishida Station, a railway station in Toyama, on the Toyama Chihō Railway Main Line

Kitaguni

Major stops along the Kitaguni route included Shin-Osaka, Kyoto, Maibara, Tsuruga, Fukui, Kanazawa, Toyama, Naoetsu, and Nagaoka.

Makoto Ōoka

What the Kite Thinks: A Linked Poem, by Makoto Ooka, Wing Tek Lum, Joseph Stanton, and Jean Yamasaki Toyama (Manoa: University of Hawaii Press, 1994)

Miya River

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

Okaji no Kata

She was either Ōta Dōkan's adopted daughter, Tōyama Naokage's daughter, or Edo Shigemichi's daughter.

Shūdōkan

In 1924 Toyama moved his family to Taiwan where he taught in an elementary school and studied Chinese Ch'uan Fa, which included Taku, Makaitan, Rutaobai, and Ubo.

Takaoka, Toyama

Takaoka borders four cities in Toyama Prefecture (Himi, Oyabe, Tonami, and Imizu) and two towns in Ishikawa Prefecture (Tsubata and Hondatsu Shimizu)

Tateyama

Mount Tate (立山), a mountain range in Toyama Prefecture, Japan

Tateyama Sabō Erosion Control Works Service Train

All liaison offices (equivalent to stations) are located in Tateyama, Toyama.

Tim Toyama

Toyama teamed up with Aaron Woolfolk to write the play Bronzeville, about Los Angeles's Little Tokyo during World War II when African Americans became the primary residents there after Japanese Americans were relocated to internment camps.

Toyama Shogyo High School

Toyama Shogyo boasts several athletic championships throughout its history, including a victory at Koushien, Japan’s national high school baseball tournament, and participation in the 2005 Japanese national sumo convention.

Twilight Express

Trains for Sapporo depart Osaka at 11:50, and call at Shin-Ōsaka, Kyoto, Tsuruga, Fukui, Kanazawa, Takaoka, Toyama, Naoetsu, and Nagaoka, with the final passenger pick-up made at Niitsu at 19:39.


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