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Ōmori, Ōta, Tokyo

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is a district located a few kilometres south of Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan accessed by rail via the Keihin Tohoku line, or by road via Dai Ichi Keihin. [1]

28 relations: Ōfuna prisoner-of-war camp, Ōmori High School, Ōta, Tokyo, Bon Festival, Chlorine, Festival, German School of Tokyo Yokohama, Germany, Isuzu Motors, Japan, Keihin-Tōhoku Line, Keikyu, Louis Zamperini, Mikoshi, Mutsuhiro Watanabe, Nori, Odaiba, Prisoner-of-war camp, Richard O'Kane, Seaweed, Shinagawa, Shinto, Shinto shrine, Tokyo, Tokyo High School, Tokyo Metropolitan Government Board of Education, Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption, Yokohama.

Ōfuna prisoner-of-war camp

The was an Imperial Japanese Navy installation located in Kamakura, outside Yokohama, Japan during World War II, where high-value enlisted and officers, particularly pilots and submariner prisoners of war were interrogated and incarcerated by Japanese naval intelligence--> Richard O'Kane, Louis Zamperini and Gregory Boyington were among the prisoners held at Ōfuna.

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Ōmori High School

is a Japanese high school located in the Ōmori area of Ōta, Tokyo.

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Ōta, Tokyo

is a special ward located in Tokyo Metropolis, Japan.

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Bon Festival

or just is a Japanese Buddhist custom to honor the spirits of one's ancestors.

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Chlorine

Chlorine is a chemical element with symbol Cl and atomic number 17.

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Festival

A festival is an event ordinarily celebrated by a community and centering on some characteristic aspect of that community and its religion or cultures.

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German School of Tokyo Yokohama

The (German: Deutsche Schule Tokyo Yokohama - DSTY) is an officially approved German school in Tsuzuki-ku, Yokohama, Japan.

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Germany

Germany (Deutschland), officially the Federal Republic of Germany (Bundesrepublik Deutschland), is a sovereign state in central-western Europe.

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Isuzu Motors

, trading as Isuzu, is a Japanese commercial vehicle and diesel engine manufacturing company headquartered in Tokyo.

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Japan

Japan (日本; Nippon or Nihon; formally 日本国 or Nihon-koku, lit. "State of Japan") is a sovereign island country in East Asia.

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Keihin-Tōhoku Line

The, is a railway line in Japan which connects the cities of Saitama, Kawaguchi, Tokyo, Kawasaki, and Yokohama.

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Keikyu

(), also known as or, more recently,, is a private railroad that connects inner Tokyo to Kawasaki, Yokohama, Yokosuka and other points on the Miura Peninsula in Kanagawa Prefecture.

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Louis Zamperini

Louis Silvie Zamperini (January 26, 1917 – July 2, 2014) was a US prisoner of war survivor in World War II, a Christian evangelist and an Olympic distance runner.

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Mikoshi

A is a divine palanquin (also translated as portable Shinto shrine).

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Mutsuhiro Watanabe

Mutsuhiro Watanabe (渡邊睦裕, 1 January 1918 – 1 April 2003) – nicknamed by his prisoners as "the Bird" – was an Imperial Japanese Army corporal in World War II who served at POW camps in Omori, Naoetsu (present day Jōetsu), Niigata, Mitsushima (present day Hiraoka) and at the Civilian POW Camp at Yamakita.

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Nori

is the Japanese name for edible seaweed (a "sea vegetable") species of the red algae genus Pyropia, including P. yezoensis and P. tenera.

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Odaiba

is a large artificial island in Tokyo Bay, Japan, across the Rainbow Bridge from central Tokyo.

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Prisoner-of-war camp

A prisoner-of-war camp is a site for the containment of enemy combatants captured by a belligerent power in time of war.

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Richard O'Kane

Richard Hetherington "Dick" O'Kane (February 2, 1911 – February 16, 1994) was a United States Navy submarine commander in World War II, who received a Medal of Honor for his service on the, leading Tang to the most successful record of any U.S. submarine ever.

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Seaweed

Seaweed or macroalgae refers to several species of macroscopic, multicellular, marine algae.

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Shinagawa

is a special ward in Tokyo, Japan.

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Shinto

or kami-no-michi (among other names) is the traditional religion of Japan that focuses on ritual practices to be carried out diligently to establish a connection between present-day Japan and its ancient past.

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Shinto shrine

A is a structure whose main purpose is to house ("enshrine") one or more kami.

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Tokyo

, officially, is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan and has been the capital since 1869.

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Tokyo High School

Tokyo High School (東京高等学校 Tōkyō Kōtōgakkō) is an independent high school in Ōta, Tokyo, Japan.

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Tokyo Metropolitan Government Board of Education

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government Board of Education (東京都教育委員会 Tōkyō-to Kyōiku Iinkai) is the board of education in Tokyo, Japan.

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Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption

Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption is a 2010 non-fiction book by Laura Hillenbrand, author of the best-selling book Seabiscuit: An American Legend (2001).

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Yokohama

, literally "Port to the side" or "Beside the port", is the second largest city in Japan by population, after Tokyo, and the most populous municipality of Japan.

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Redirects here:

Ohmori, Omori, Omori POW camp, Omori, Ota, Tokyo, Oomori, Ōmori, 大森.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ōmori,_Ōta,_Tokyo

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