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

Ishikawa Takuboku 's Birthday (Iwate Prefecture)

February 20th the birthday of Ishikawa Takuboku, a poet and tanka poet from the Meiji period

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

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)

The Hachinohe Enburi celebration ceremony to pray for a good harvest, originating from the "eburi," a farming tool used to level the fields. (The ceremony involves performing the outline of farm work in advance, praying for a smooth rice harvest and a good harvest. ) held from February 17th to 20th

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

Asteroid Wakabayashi was discovered on February 20, 1989 ,

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

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