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The day Fukushima Airport opened (Fukushima Prefecture)

Fukushima Airport terminal building
Fukushima Airport terminal building

Fukushima Airport,March 20, 1993 (Heisei 5)opened on

Located across Sukagawa City in Fukushima Prefecture and Tamagawa Village in Ishikawa District,the only airport in Japan, excluding remote islands, that is located in a village.

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Anniversary of the death of Uesugi Kagekatsu, the first lord of the Yonezawa domain (Yamagata Prefecture)

Uesugi Kagekatsu Source: Wikipedia
Uesugi Kagekatsu Source:Wikipedia

the first lord of the Yonezawa Domain and one of the Five Great Elders of the Toyotomi regime, was bornUesugi Kagekatsuon November 27, 1556 (January 8, 1556) in Sakado Castle town, Ueda-sho, Uonuma District, Echigo Province (present-day Minamiuonuma City, Niigata Prefecture), as the second son of Nagao Masakage, head of the Ueda Nagao family. He was adopted by his uncle,Uesugi Kenshin, and changed his name to Uesugi Kagekatsu.

March 20, 1623(April 19, 1623), at the age of 69. He was buried at Hōonji Temple, the Uesugi family's ancestral temple, in Yonezawa City, Yamagata Prefecture.

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Wikipedia:Uesugi Kagekatsu


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