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Shinpei Goto's birthday (Iwate Prefecture)

Shinpei Goto , a physician, bureaucrat, and politician of the Meiji era, was born on July 24, 1857 (June 4, 4th year of the Ansei era in the Gregorian calendar) in Shiogama Village, Izawa District, Mutsu Province (present-day Mizusawa, Oshu City, Iwate Prefecture) as the eldest son of Sanetaka and Rie Goto, retainers of the Rusu family, a branch of the Sendai Domain.

He was nicknamed "the grandiose man" due to the sheer scale of his plans , and he held various positions including Chief of Civil Affairs of the Governor-General of Taiwan, first president of the South Manchuria Railway (Mantetsu), Minister of Communications, Minister of Home Affairs, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and the 7th mayor of Tokyo

Aizu-Tajima Gion Festival (Fukushima Prefecture)

Every year, the Aizu Tajima Gion Festival is held for three days from July 22nd to 24th in Tajima, Minamiaizu Town, Fukushima Prefecture

The Nanahokai procession, known as the largest bridal procession in Japan, is famous. It consists of about 30 women dressed in the Edo period bridal attire of "long-sleeved kimono with their hair covered by a tsunokakushi (a type of bridal headdress) and styled in a bunkin takashimada hairstyle," along with over 100 relatives and retainers of the Otoya group, who march toward the shrine to offer seven offerings.

On the final day , July 24th , the festival concludes with the performance of the traditional "Dadai Okagura" at the Kagura Hall shared by Tadeuga Shrine and Kumano Shrine

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