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    An ōtsuchi (大槌, lit. large hammer or mallet) is a large wooden war mallet used by the samurai class of feudal Japan. The ōtsuchi had a shaft of about...
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    Ōtsuchi (大槌町, Ōtsuchi-chō) is a town located in Kamihei District, Iwate Prefecture, in the Tōhoku region of northern Japan. As of 1 March 2020[update]...
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    Wind phone (category Ōtsuchi, Iwate)
    wind phone (風の電話, kaze no denwa) is an unconnected telephone booth in Ōtsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, Japan, where visitors can hold one-way conversations...
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    Ōtsuchi Station (大槌駅, Ōtsuchi-eki) is a Sanriku Railway Company station located in Ōtsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, Japan. Ōtsuchi Station was served by the...
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    Iwate – 0.50 metres (1 ft 8 in) Yamada, Iwate – 0.53 metres (1 ft 9 in) Ōtsuchi, Iwate – 0.35 metres (1 ft 2 in) Kamaishi, Iwate – 0.66 metres (2 ft 2 in)...
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    which empties into Ōtsuchi Bay. Both have small floodplains that allow for development and agriculture. Iwate Prefecture Ōtsuchi to the north Tōno to...
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  • corbin Flail (weapon) Horseman's pick Kanabō Lucerne hammer Mace (bludgeon) Ōtsuchi Poleaxe Totokia Sargeaunt, Bertram Edward (1908). Weapons, a brief discourse...
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    Jane White, Neofolk singer As a youth, Ken Sasaki noted that his home, Ōtsuchi, Japan, is located on the same latitude as Fort Bragg and in 2001 he contacted...
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    Prefecture, with 19 inches (482.6 mm) in Kuji and 12.6 inches (320.0 mm) in Otsuchi—nearly double the average for August—led to controlled releases from the...
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    Prefecture, Japan. From 2005, the district consists only of the town of Ōtsuchi, which as of June 1, 2019 had an estimated population of 11,106 with a...
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