[What day is it today? | Tohoku Edition] What day is July 19th?

The anniversary of the death of Sugae Masumi, a traveler from the Edo period (Akita Prefecture)

Sugae Masumi, a traveler and herbalist of the late Edo period, is said to have died in Kakunodate, Senboku District, Akita Prefecture on July 19, 1829 (August 18, 1829 in the Gregorian calendar), and was buried next to the grave of Kamata Masayoshi, a priest of the Koshio Shrine with whom he had a close relationship.

He is said to have been born in Mikawa Province (present-day Aichi Prefecture), but in his prime he served in the Tsugaru Hirosaki Domain, handling tasks such as medicinal herb collection. Later he served in the Kubota Domain (Akita Prefecture) and remained there ever since

Among the many travelogues he wrote, many were about Akita Prefecture. In 1957, 89 volumes of his handwritten travelogue, "Masumi's Travelogue," were designated as an Akita Prefecture Tangible Cultural Property , and in 1991, they were designated as a National Important Cultural Property

The tomb of Sugae Masumi, located in Terauchi, Akita City, was designated as Akita City's first historical site in 1962 , and was designated as an Akita Prefecture historical site in 2014

The day Cyborg 009 began serialization

"Cyborg 009," one of the representative works of Shotaro Ishinomori , who was born in Ishimori-cho, Tome-gun, Miyagi Prefecture (now Ishimori, Nakada-cho, Tome City) and was hailed as the "King of Manga" and the "Emperor of Manga, " began serialization in "Weekly Shonen King" on July 19, 1964

It was later serialized in several magazines, including Weekly Shonen Magazine, Monthly Shonen Jump, and Weekly Shonen Sunday

Since its serialization began in 1964, it has been adapted into various media formats intermittently for over 50 years, and as of October 2012, the total number of copies published has exceeded 10 million

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