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OTA, Gunma -- People dressed in traditional attire paraded here on Oct. 13 to reenact a local event passed down from the Edo period (1603-1867), which was held for the first time in 10 years. The "Ota ...
Takayama Ukon, a Roman Catholic Christian daimyo who was exiled from the country due to the anti-Christian edicts of the Edo shogunate and died overseas, has been officially approved for beatification ...