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Inamura-no-Hi Museum

Wakayama · · Culture & History

Japanese name: 稲むらの火の館

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Inamura-no-Hi Museum
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WHAT TO DOInamura-no-Hi Museum

A centre in Hirogawa on Goryo Hamaguchi, who saved the villagers in the Ansei earthquake by setting fire to rice sheaves.

WHEREWakayama

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A centre in Hirogawa on Goryo Hamaguchi, who saved the villagers in the Ansei earthquake by setting fire to rice sheaves.

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The Fire of Rice Sheaves (稲むらの火, Inamura no Hi) is a story based on the events of the 1854 Nankai earthquake's tsunami.

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