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Tsugaru Roman Day (Aomori Prefecture): October is the harvest season, and the date is chosen based on the wordplay of "Tsu (2) garu (6)". JA Zen-Noh Aomori designates October 26th as Tsugaru Roman Day, a brand of rice from Aomori Prefecture...
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The birthday of Showa-era photographer Ken Domon (Yamagata Prefecture): Ken Domon, a photographer active during the Showa era, was born on October 25, 1909, in Takamachi, Sakata-machi, Akumi-gun, Yamagata Prefecture (present-day Aioi-cho, Sakata City)...
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Tennyo Day (Kawamata Town, Fukushima Prefecture): October 24th is designated as Tennyo Day by the "Tennyo Summit Joint Declaration Municipalities," a group of municipalities associated with celestial maidens, based on the wordplay "ten (10) nyo (24)"...
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Tsugaru Dialect Day (Aomori Prefecture) In commemoration of the death anniversary of dialect poet Kyozo Takagi, the Tsugaru Dialect Day Yarubeshi Association established October 23rd as "Tsugaru Dialect Day." Since 1988, it has been celebrated every year...
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Akita Station opened on October 21, 1902 (Meiji 35). Akita Station was established with the opening of the Gojome-Akita section of the government-run Ou-Hoku Line.
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The Bandai-Azuma Lake Line opened on this day (Fukushima Prefecture). The Second Bandai-Azuma Road, a 13.1 km long road, runs from Azumayama, Wakamiya, Inawashiro-machi, Yama-gun, Fukushima Prefecture to Kengamine, Hibara, Kitashiobara-mura...
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Bansui Memorial Day (Miyagi Prefecture): Doi Bansui, a poet and English scholar from the Meiji to Showa periods, born in Kitakajimachi, Sendai Prefecture (present-day Kimachidori, Aoba Ward, Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture), was commemorated in 1952 (Showa 27)...
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Morioka Reimen Day (Iwate Prefecture) At the Nippon Noodle Summit held on October 17, 1986, the predecessor of Pyonpyonsha, a famous reimen restaurant that is still famous today, was...
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The day when the Kamaishi Steel Works in Kamaishi City succeeded in producing pig iron for the first time (Iwate Prefecture) Kamaishi City, Iwate Prefecture, the birthplace of modern Japanese steelmaking and known as the "town of steel," celebrates its symbolic...
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Nitobe Inazo's Death Anniversary (Iwate Prefecture) Nitobe Inazo, whose portrait was featured on the 5,000 yen bill issued from 1984 to 2007, died on August 8, 1862 (September 1862).
