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hiding under the protection of Juan Goto, a local
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In 2013 a new dam was scheduled to be completed a little downstream called the Isawa Dam. When this dam is completed the
Ishibuchi Dam and reservoir will be completely flooded. Many local residents are opposed to the construction of such a large dam as the water is being impounded to provide drinking
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The
Tokugawa Shogunate banned Christianity in 1613, and by 1620 persecutions of Christians began to be seen in the fief of Sendai. In the Winter of 1623, a Portuguese priest named Diego de Carvalho and eight Japanese men were arrested on the upper reaches of the Isawa River where they had gone into
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established Fort Isawa on the south side of the Isawa River where it joins the
Kitakami. The location was in the very heart of the Isawa band of Emishi's territory. The Japanese invaders generally built their forts to the south of east or west flowing streams that empty into the Kitakami. The ruins
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and irrigation water for use in other places. Another fear is that the great weight of the water will trigger an earthquake destroying the dam and causing a major flood. One worker on the new dam was killed by a rockslide in the
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defeated the
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1005:Yamato River
985:Kumano River
965:Choshi River
947:Minami River
920:Nagara River
905:Shōnai River
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890:Tenryū River
885:Sakawa River
860:Tedori River
835:Kurobe River
807:Chūbu region
782:Sumida River
777:Sagami River
739:Kantō region
724:Takase River
714:Oirase River
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1060:Asahi River
1035:Dōton River
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845:Jinzū River
815:Agano River
762:Kanda River
719:Omono River
709:Ōhata River
674:Iwaki River
491:Rumoi River
472:Anano River
283:tonomi-saku
173:Isawa River
148:Ōshū, Iwate
51:Native name
22:Isawa River
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1265:Kuma River
1250:Arie River
1230:Rivers of
1184:Sako River
1142:Rivers of
1095:Saba River
1075:Hino River
1042:Yura River
1030:Kizu River
1025:Kamo River
1015:Yasu River
1010:Yodo River
1000:Muko River
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942:Kita River
937:Miya River
915:Kiso River
895:Toyo River
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825:Seki River
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787:Tama River
772:Naka River
767:Kuji River
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640:Rivers of
592:Saru River
567:Akan River
430:Rivers of
352:References
319:Douaizenji
1275:Ōno River
1090:Oze River
1085:Ōta River
1080:Hii River
970:Ibo River
925:Ibi River
875:Abe River
850:Shō River
752:Edo River
337:Eitoku-ji
204:Ōshū City
185:Isawagawa
880:Ōi River
582:Mu River
432:Hokkaido
293:(前九年合戦,
71:Location
63:Japanese
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367:県営初の発電所
253:History
76:Country
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1232:Kyushu
642:Honshu
279:Emishi
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