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Butterbur Shoot Day (Miyagi Prefecture) The "Furusato Plaza" in Furukawa City (now Osaki City), Miyagi Prefecture, is promoting the appeal of butterbur, a wild vegetable that grows in early spring, and helping people feel the arrival of spring at the dinner table.
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Sendai City Astronomical Observatory Day (Miyagi Prefecture) On February 1, 1955, the privately run Sendai Astronomical Observatory was built and opened at Nishi Park in Aoba Ward, Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture, with donations from the public. To commemorate this, Sendai Astronomical Observatory Co., Ltd.
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Aloha Day (Fukushima Prefecture) Today, January 31st, is a special event held by Iwaki City, Fukushima Prefecture, the Iwaki Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and Tokiwa Kosan Co., Ltd., operator of the Iwaki City leisure facility "Spa Resort Hawaiians.".
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Sakuzo Yoshino's Birthday (Miyagi Prefecture) Sakuzo Yoshino, a political scientist and thinker from Miyagi Prefecture who was active mainly during the Taisho era, was born on January 29, 1878, in Ogaki Village, Shida District, Miyagi Prefecture (...
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The opening of the Konan Railway Owani Line (Aomori Prefecture) The Konan Railway Owani Line is a railway line that runs from Owani Station in Owani Town, Minamitsugaru District, Aomori Prefecture to Chuo Hirosaki Station in Hirosaki City, Aomori Prefecture. It opened in January 1952 (Showa 27).
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Shotaro Ishinomori's Birthday (Miyagi Prefecture) To commemorate the birthday of Shotaro Ishinomori, a famous Showa-era manga artist who was described as the "King of Manga" and "Emperor of Manga," the "Shotaro Ishinomori Birthday Anniversary" is celebrated.
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National School Lunch Week (school lunches originated in Yamagata Prefecture) National School Lunch Week is held every year from January 24th to January 30th, and is a time to learn about the significance and role of school lunches...
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Mount Hakkoda Day (Aomori Prefecture) January 23rd is designated as Mount Hakkoda Day, commemorating the Hakkoda Snow March Disaster (1902, Meiji 35) that occurred on Mount Hakkoda in Aomori Prefecture.
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Anniversary of the death of Mogami Yoshiaki, the first lord of the Yamagata domain (Yamagata Prefecture) Mogami Yoshiaki, the 11th head of the Mogami clan and the first lord of the Yamagata domain, died on January 18, 1614 (February 2, 1614).
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Oshirasama Festival Oshirasama is a household deity belief that remains particularly strong in Aomori and Iwate prefectures in the Tohoku region. Dolls with the faces of men, women, or horses carved into the ends of mulberry sticks and dressed in multiple layers of cloth are considered sacred objects...
