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  2. Hakodate - Wikipedia

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    Hakodate was Japan's first city whose port was opened to foreign trade in 1854, as a result of Convention of Kanagawa, and used to be the most important port in northern Japan. The city was the biggest city in Hokkaido before the Great Fire of Hakodate in 1934.

  3. Port of Hakodate - Wikipedia

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    The Port of Hakodate (函館港, Hakodate-kō) is one of the main ports in northern Japan, located in Hakodate, on the northern island of Hokkaido. The port was damaged in the March 2011 earthquake. [2]

  4. Ryūkōka - Wikipedia

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    In 1914, Sumako Matsui's song "Katyusha's song", composed by Shinpei Nakayama, was used as a theme of the rendition Resurrection in Japan. The record of the song sold 20,000 copies. [ 10 ] One theory holds that this was the first ryūkōka song, which was made by Hogetsu Shimamura 's order: "the tune between Japanese popular folk music and ...

  5. Our Lady of the Angels Trappistine Abbey - Wikipedia

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    1899 – First two Japanese applicants joined in. [1] 1905 – The two-story brick building was constructed that would be part of the main building's front side. [5] 1907 – Great fire of Hakodate occurred. At that time, some rooms were provided by Sisters of Saint Paul in Hakodate of Chartres as a refuge for orphanages who were kept eye on by ...

  6. Foreign settlement - Wikipedia

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    Japan first opened two ports to allow foreign trade, Shimoda and Hakodate after the signing the Convention of Kanagawa with the United States in 1854. It then designated five more treaty ports in 1858 with the signing of the Treaty of Amity and Commerce ., Yokohama , Kobe , Nagasaki , Osaka , and Niigata .

  7. 'Turning Japanese' & 11 Other '80s Songs That Have Aged ...

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    1. ‘Turning Japanese’ by The Vapors (1980) When “Turning Japanese” came out in 1980, some people found it offensive because they believed the song was about touching one’s private area.

  8. List of Japanese prefectural songs - Wikipedia

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    Yamaguchi Prefecture people's song) 1962: This song is the second anthem. Lyric and music: Prefectural people's favorite song: "Minna no furusato" (みんなのふるさと, lit. The native place of everyone) 1979: Lyric and music Yamanashi: Prefecture official song: "Yamanashi-ken no uta" (山梨県の歌, lit. The song of Yamanashi Prefecture ...

  9. Akai Kutsu - Wikipedia

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    Akai Kutsu (赤い靴, lit. "Red Shoes") is a well-known Japanese children's poem written in 1922 by poet Ujō Noguchi.It is also famous as a Japanese folk song for children, with music composed by Nagayo Motoori.