[What day is it today? | Tohoku Edition] What day is February 20th?

Ishikawa Takuboku's birthday (Iwate Prefecture)

February 20tha poet and tanka writer from the Meiji eraIshikawa Takuboku,the birthday of

Takuboku Ishikawawas born on February 20, 1886, in Hito Village, Minami-Iwate District, Iwate Prefecture (present-day Hito, Morioka City, Iwate Prefecture). His real name was Hajime Ishikawa.

After dropping out of the former Morioka Junior High School, he distinguished himself as a romantic poet, contributing to "Myojo" (a monthly literary magazine focusing on poetry), and after working as a newspaper proofreader in Tokyo, he gained fame as a poet with his first collection of poems, "A Handful of Sand," published in 1910

He died of tuberculosis on April 13, 1912, at the age of 26

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The day when Hachinohe Enburi is held (Aomori Prefecture)

Hachinohe Enburi-harvest ritual (a ceremony in which the general outline of farming work is performed in advance to pray for a bountiful harvest) that originates from the "eburi," a farming tool used to level fields. Itpreめannuallyう儀式のこと）で、例年from February 17th to 20this held

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The day Wakabayashi (asteroid) was discovered (Miyagi Prefecture)

AsteroidWakabayashi,February 20, 1989was discovered on

It was named after Wakabayashi Ward, one of the administrative districts of Sendai City

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