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[What day is it today? | Tohoku Edition] What day is June 23rd?
The Tohoku Shinkansen opened on June 23, 1982 (Showa 57). At that time, the line operated from Omiya Station to Mori...

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The Tohoku Shinkansen opened on June 23, 1982 (Showa 57). At that time, the line operated from Omiya Station to Mori...

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Tohoku University's Founding Anniversary (Miyagi Prefecture) June 22nd is the founding anniversary of Tohoku University, whose headquarters are located at 1-1 Katahira 2-chome, Aoba-ku, Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture. Tohoku University was Japan's third imperial university...

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Hayashi Shihei's Birthday and Death Anniversary (Miyagi Prefecture): Hayashi Shihei, a political economist of the late Edo period and one of the "Three Eccentrics of the Kansei Era," was born on June 21, 1738 (August 6, 1738 in the Gregorian calendar)...

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June 19th is known as the Cherry Blossom Memorial Day, and it is the birthday and anniversary of the death of novelist Osamu Dazai. On June 19th, 1909, in Kitatsugaru County, Aomori Prefecture,...

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Scallop Day (Aomori Prefecture) June 18th is "Scallop Day," established by the Aomori Prefectural Fisheries Cooperative Association and the Mutsu Bay Fisheries Promotion Association. The "ho" in "scallop" (hotate) is broken down to "juhachi" (18), meaning June is the month of scallops.

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The Meiji Sanriku Earthquake and Tsunami occurred on June 15, 1896 (Meiji 29), at 7:32:30 PM, with its epicenter off the coast of Sanriku, 200 km east of Kamaishi Town, Kamihei District, Iwate Prefecture (present-day Kamaishi City)...

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The first edition of "Tono Monogatari" (Tales of Tono) was published on June 14, 1910 (Meiji 43) in Iwate Prefecture. It is a collection of folk tales from the Tono region of Iwate Prefecture, recounted by Kizen Sasaki, a folk tale collector and novelist from Tsuchibuchi Village in Tono...

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Hayabusa Day (Asteroid Explorer) is a commemorative day established by the Galactic Federation, an organization of five cities and two towns that began interacting through a research facility run by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). *The name of the San...

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Miyagi Prefectural Disaster Prevention Day (Miyagi Prefecture) The Miyagi Offshore Earthquake occurred at 5:14:25 PM on June 12, 1978 (Showa 53), with its epicenter off the coast of Miyagi Prefecture at latitude 38°9.0 minutes north and longitude 142°10.0 minutes east.

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Yamagata Airport (Yamagata Prefecture) opened on June 8, 1964 (Showa 39) as Jinmachi Airport, with a 1,200m runway.

