[What day is it today? | Tohoku Edition] What day is October 16th?

The day when Kamaishi Steel Works in Kamaishi City succeeded in producing pig iron for the first time (Iwate Prefecture)

In Kamaishi City , Iwate Prefecture, known as the "Iron Town" and the birthplace of modern ironmaking in Japan , the Kamaishi Mine Tanaka Ironworks (now the Kamaishi area of ​​Nippon Steel's North Japan Works) became a symbol of the industry

In 1883 (Meiji 16), Chobei Tanaka, a rice merchant with a shop in Kitakonyacho, Kyobashi, Tokyo, was approached by Masayoshi Matsukata, who was then the Minister of Finance, and began thethe government-owned Kamaishi Ironworks,.

After numerous failures, on October 16, 1886 (Meiji 19) , on their 49th attempt, they finally succeeded in producing pig iron for the first time .

To commemorate this event, October 16th was designated as the founding anniversary of the Kamaishi Steel Works

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