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Hirosaki


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Hirosaki

Place Type
inhabited place
Description
Located in plain of the Iwaki river near Mt. Iwaki; the center for silk culture & fruit growing; manufactures special kind of lacquer.
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Thesaurus of Geographic Names
Source
Times Atlas of the World (1994); Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988);

Born

Amano Kunihiro (Japanese, born 1929)

Shima Tamami (Japanese, 1937–1999)

Takagi Shirō (Japanese, 1934-1998)

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