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4 unusual facts about Yamagata Prefecture


14046 Keikai

It is named after Keikai, a hill north of the city of Nan'yō, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan.

44011 Juubichi

It was discovered by Tomimaru Okuni at the Nanyo Observatory in Nan'yō, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan, on October 29, 1997.

58600 Iwamuroonsen

It was discovered by Tomimaru Okuni at the Nanyo Observatory in Nan'yō, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan, on October 5, 1997.

Romidepsin

Romidepsin was first reported in the scientific literature in 1994, by a team of researchers from Fujisawa Pharmaceutical Company (now Astellas Pharma) in Tsukuba, Japan, who isolated it in a culture of Chromobacterium violaceum from a soil sample obtained in Yamagata Prefecture.


14515 Koichisato

It is named after Koichi Sato, a government official and amateur astronomer in Nan'yō, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan.


see also

Haguroyama

Mount Haguro (Haguro-san), Yamagata Prefecture, Japan, one of the sacred Three Mountains of Dewa