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[What day is it today? | Tohoku Edition] What day is November 11th?

Kiritanpo Day (Akita Prefecture)

Kiritanpo hotpot
Kiritanpo hotpot

Every year on November 11th , the Kazuno Kiritanpo Club in Kazuno City, Akita Prefecture, established "Kiritanpo Day" because the way the "tanpo" (rice cakes) are roasted upright over a hearth resembles the number "1111." This day has been recognized by the Japan Anniversary Association.


Enka singer Yoshi Ikuzo's birthday (Aomori Prefecture)

Enka singer and singer-songwriter Ikuzo Yoshi was born on November 11, 1952, in Kase Village, Kitatsugaru District, Aomori Prefecture (now Goshogawara City)

Actually, his stage name when he debuted in 1973 was Eiji Yamaoka , and he changed it to Ikuzo Yoshi in 1977

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