Ibaraki info: Famous Ibarakians

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September 2009
Land reclamation from ponds as early as the 18th century !
September 2009
Toemon Nakajima
Powdered Konnyaku for you !
September 2009
Shinkichi Minema
When life got better for school teachers...
September 2009
Kazuo Higo
A man that knows his history.
September 2009
Seiko Okuhara
A female artist who trained Okakura Tenshin
May 2009
Toshi Sakuraoka
Horse-breeding master in Daigo
May 2009
Tojiemon Tabizawa
The father of Yamizo Forest
April 2009
Kashio Nemoto
Hitachi's Furyu-Mono tradition is saved!
April 2009
Hajime Kuroda
Okukuji Apples' Founder
January 2008
Bokusen Numajiri
Inventor of the umbrella globe
November 2006
Sekisui Nagakubo
Geographer, sinologist and astronomer
September 2006
Takayuki Yamaoka
First governor in Ibaraki's history
Yoshinobu Tokugawa
The last shogun
August 2006
Suiken Tachihara
Ibaraki and recording Japan's history
Senseki Takami
Western culture in Ibaraki's past
Nariaki Tokugawa
The 9th Mito Lord
Touko Fujita
"Reverence for the Emperor and the expulsion of (barbarian) foreigners"
January 2006
Jinzo Matsumura
What does wasabi have in common with Ibaraki?
Mito Kōmon
What is all the hype about?