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[What day is it today? | Tohoku Edition] What day is October 21st?
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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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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Akita Bank Founding Date (Akita Prefecture) Headquartered in Akita City, Akita Bank is one of Akita Prefecture's leading regional banks. It was established on October 20, 1941 (Showa 16), becoming the third of the four commercial banks in Akita Prefecture.

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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).

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The day Rikuzentakata (asteroid) was discovered (Iwate Prefecture) The asteroid Rikuzentakata was discovered in 1999 at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, USA.

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The day the asteroid Taihaku was discovered (Miyagi Prefecture) The asteroid Taihaku was discovered on October 13, 1988, by Masahiro Koishikawa, an astronomer from Miyagi Prefecture, at the Aiko Observatory of the Sendai Astronomical Observatory.

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Basho Memorial (Anniversary of Matsuo Basho's Death) Matsuo Basho, famous for his travelogue "Oku no Hosomichi," describes his journey from Edo (present-day Tokyo) with his disciple Kawai Sora, through the Tohoku region and Hokuriku to Ogaki in Mino Province.

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Sendai Sasakama/Abe Kamaboko Store Founding Anniversary (Miyagi Prefecture) October 10th marks the founding anniversary of Abe Kamaboko Store, known affectionately as "Abe Kama," a renowned store of "Sasakamaboko," a Sendai/Miyagi specialty.

