Flying unescorted in the face of severe enemy attack, the 16th bombed the Maruzen Oil refinery at Shimotsu on the night of 2 July 1945; the Mitsubishi refinery and Kawasaki oil installations at Kawasaki on the night of 12–13 July 1945, and the coal liquefication plants at Ube on 22–23 July 1945.
Despite the hazards of bad weather, fighter attacks, and heavy flak, the 331st bombed the coal liquefaction plant at Ube, the Mitsubishi-Hayama petroleum complex at Kawasaki, and the oil refinery and storage facilities at Shimotsu, in July and August 1945, and received a Distinguished Unit Citation for the missions.
2009 3rd Tanabe Benkei Film Festival: Jury's Special Award, Cinematic Jury's Award
Ito District, Wakayama, a district located in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan
The film addresses the problem of whale and dolphin killing in Taiji, Wakayama, Japan.
In April 1942, Okikaze was recalled to the Yokosuka Naval District, where it was assigned anti-submarine patrols of the entrance of Tokyo Bay for the duration of the war, making only an occasional convoy escort run along the coast of Japan to Kushimoto, Wakayama or patrols of the coast of northern Honshū through the end of 1942.
Kōshō Tateishi establishes "Shugen-Honshu Furaisan Shōkakuin" (a section of Kinbusen temple) in Oyama 1256 Kumanogawa-chō, Shingū, Wakayama to feel the elements and to experience, and trains day and night.
Released in 2009, the film aims to bring worldwide attention to the yearly killing of dolphins in Taiji, Wakayama, Japan.
He was featured in the Academy Award-winning film, The Cove (2009), which used covert techniques to expose the yearly dolphin drive hunting that goes on in Taiji, Japan.
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The 2009 film centers on Taiji, Wakayama, Japan, drawing attention to the hunt of about 2,000
Kitayama, Wakayama, exclave village of Wakayama on the Mie–Nara border, Japan
Wakayama | Taiji, Wakayama | Wakayama Prefecture | Shimotsu, Wakayama | Tanabe, Wakayama | Manami Wakayama | Kushimoto, Wakayama | Kumanogawa, Wakayama | Kitayama, Wakayama | Ito District, Wakayama | Genzō Wakayama |
Julia japonica, a sea snail species found in Wakayama, Honshū, Japan
Kii-Nagata Station (紀伊長田駅) - in Kinokawa, Wakayama, on the JR West Wakayama Line
The purpose of the line is to provide a railway link to Wakayama Port that has ferry service to Tokushima in Shikoku.
A native of Wakayama, Wakayama and graduate of the University of Tokyo, he was elected for the first time in 2005 after working as a bartender and an aide to Representative Toshihiro Nikai, and serving in a locally assembly in Wakayama Prefecture.
Yukawa Station, a train station in Nachikatsuura, Higashimuro District, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan