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| | View from the Rising Sun by Masanori Horie--Yoshihiro Tajiri |
 | | He was born in Tamana City, Kumamoto Prefecture on Tuesday, September 29, 1970. |
 | | Tamana City is centrally located in Kyushu island in Japan and has a Kumamoto Prefectural National Park, the well-known Tamana Hot Spring Spa, which boasts a 1,300 year history, and Rengei-In, a temple widely known for the largest bell in the world, as well as Mitsui Greenland, the largest theme park in western Japan. |
 | | Tamana City also concluded a sister-city relationship with Clarinda, Iowa (the birthplace of Big Band-leader |
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