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

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

AsteroidIwateLowell,Arizona, USASeptember 5, 1999was discovered on

, which suffered significant damage following the Great East Japan EarthquakeIwate PrefectureIt was named on May 9, 2012, in honor of

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)

a printmaker from Aomori City, Aomori Prefecture,Shiko Munakata,wasSeptember 5, 1903,as the third son of fifteen children (nine sons and six daughters) of Kokichi and Sada Munakata, who were swordsmiths.

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)

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

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

the comedy duo"Sandwichman,"ofMikio Datewas born in Izumi City, Miyagi Prefecture (now Izumi Ward, Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture), and his birthdaySeptember 5, 1974is

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