[What day is it today? | Tohoku Edition] What day is September 5th?

The day Iwate (asteroid) was discovered (Iwate Prefecture)

Asteroid Iwate was discovered on September 5, 1999 Lowell , Arizona, USA

It was named on May 9, 2012, after Iwate Prefecture , which suffered major damage following the Great East Japan Earthquake

The following 11 asteroids were also named and announced at the same time for the same reasons as Iwate

• Aizu
• Miyagi
• Aomori
• Ibaraki
• Tochigi
• Chiba Prefecture
• Hamadori
• Nakadori
• Rikuzentakata
• Sakae Village
• Tsunan Town

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Shiko Munakata's birthday (Aomori Prefecture)

Munakata Shiko, a printmaker from Aomori City, Aomori Prefecture, was September 5, 1903, as the third son of swordsmiths Munakata Kokichi and Sada, who had 15 siblings (nine boys and six girls).

He called his prints "woodblock prints" and consistently created works that made the most of the characteristics of woodblock prints, making him a world-renowned woodblock artist and one of the great figures representing Aomori Prefecture

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Anniversary of the death of Torii Tadamasa, the first lord of the Iwaki-Taira Domain (Fukushima Prefecture)

Torii Tadamasa , the second son of Torii Mototada, a famous retainer of Tokugawa Ieyasu, and the first lord of the Iwaki-Taira Domain in Mutsu Province, died on September 5, 1628

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Birthday of Takeshi Tomizawa of the comedy duo "Sandwichman" (Miyagi Prefecture)

Mikio of the comedy duo "Sandwichman" was born in Izumi City, Miyagi Prefecture (currently Izumi Ward, Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture) and his birthday is September 5, 1974

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