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HIROSAKI

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Originally appearing in Volume V13, Page 523 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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HIROSAKI  , a

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town of
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Japan in the
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province of Michmoku or Rikuchiu,
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north Nippon, 22 M . S.W. of Aomori by
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rail . Pop. about 37,000 . The
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fine isolated
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cone of Iwakisan, a
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mountain of
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pilgrimage, rises to the
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west . Hirosaki is a very old
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place, formerly
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residence of a
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great daimio (or daimyo) and
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capital of a vast principality, and still the seat of a high
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court with
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jurisdiction over the surrounding districts of Aomori and Akita . Like most places in north Nippon, it is built with continuous verandas extending from
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house to house, and affording a
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promenade completely sheltered from the snows of
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winter . Apples of fine flavour grow in the
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district, which also enjoys some reputation for its
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peculiar
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green
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lacquer-
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ware .

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