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19-483: Mabuchi (written: 馬渕 or 馬淵) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: Choko Mabuchi ( 馬淵 テフ子 , 1911-1985) , Japanese aviator Eitaro Mabuchi ( 馬淵 鋭太郎 , 1867–1943) , Japanese politician Erika Mabuchi ( 馬渕 英里何 , born 1979) , Japanese actress Hideo Mabuchi (born 1971), American physicist Kanoko Tsutani-Mabuchi ( 津谷-馬淵 鹿乃子 , born 1938) , Japanese Olympic diver Kaoru Mabuchi, pen name of

38-587: A Japanese manufacturing company [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with the surname Mabuchi . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mabuchi&oldid=973145737 " Categories : Surnames Japanese-language surnames Hidden categories: Articles containing Japanese-language text Articles with short description Short description

57-536: A Physical Education teacher at Ferris Girls' School in Yokohama , and won many medals as a discus thrower , dreaming to compete in the 1932 Summer Olympics . Mabuchi was nominated as a discus thrower at the Los Angeles Olympics, remained to the final selection but was defeated. While she was having a hard time to overcome depression, Kiyoko Nagayama, her friend from college, asked her and try out for

76-477: Is a large mountainous peninsula with a deeply indented coastline to the west of Tokyo on the Pacific coast of the island of Honshu , Japan . Formerly known as Izu Province , Izu peninsula is now a part of Shizuoka Prefecture . The peninsula has an area of 1,421.24 km (548.74 sq mi) and its estimated population in 2005 was 473,942 people. The peninsula's populated areas are located primarily on

95-641: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Choko Mabuchi Born on 5 June 1911 in Hirosaki , Aomori Prefecture , and moved between many cities when she was very young due to her father's job in the military, she entered a girls' school in Osaka. As a girl 168 cm tall and weighed 62 kg, she was a large figure as a woman during the 1920s, and she entered the Japan Women's College of Physical Education in 1931. She started working as

114-1016: Is served by numerous expressways. By car, it is 103.3 km (64.2 mi) from the Yōga Interchange (用賀インター Yōga Intā ) on the Tokyo end of the Tōmei Expressway to Numazu. To get to the eastern side, a branch at Atsugi leads to the Odawara-Atsugi Road , which continues past Odawara to Yugawara, Atami , and Shimoda. Izu Peninsula is also served by Japan National Route 135 , Japan National Route 136 , and Japan National Route 414 . Izu also offers two scenic roads, called " Izu Skyline " (伊豆スカイライン) and " Western Izu Skyline " (西伊豆スカイライン) that offer beautiful views on nature and Mt. Fuji. Both skyline roads are favorite spots of car and motorcycle enthusiasts. The Odakyu Electric Railway runs local bus services from Odawara and Hakone , and there

133-530: The Kano River in the north, flows through a graben valley created by plate tectonics. As a result of its underlying geology, the peninsula is prone to frequent earthquake swarms and tsunamis , and it abounds in hot springs . All of Izu Peninsula is within Shizuoka Prefecture . It is administratively divided into eight cities and five towns: A popular resort region for tourists from

152-644: The Kantō region , the Izu peninsula is primarily known for onsen hot spring resorts in Atami , Shuzenji , and Itō. The area is also popular for sea bathing, surfing, golfing and motorcycle touring. The peninsula abuts Mount Fuji and is a part of Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park . The southwest coast of Izu, from the municipalities of Matsuzaki, Nishiizu and Minamiizu was designated a National Place of Scenic Beauty in 1937. Aside from tourism, agriculture and fishing are

171-618: The Tōkaidō Shinkansen , which has stations in both Atami in the northeast and Mishima in the northwest. JR Itō Line and the Izu Kyūkō Line provides service along the east coast of the peninsula to Shimoda, however given the lack of population, these services are less regular. Central Izu is served by the Sunzu Line as far as Shuzenji. The west coast of the peninsula is less developed, and has no train service. Izu Peninsula

190-575: The Asia Aviation School together in May, 1933. The school was opened that year by a pioneer pilot Kinjirō Īnuma, who expanded his business of aircraft manufacture to train pilots. Eventually, Mabuchi met Kiku Nishizaki (née Matsumoto) at the aviation school who transferred from 安藤飛行機研究所 ( Andō Hikōki Kenkyusho , Ando Airplane Laboratory ) , and they would be chosen to fly to celebrate the new founding Manchuria. In March, 1934, Mabuchi

209-684: The Japanese screenwriter Takeshi Kimura (1912–1988) Brothers Kenichi and Takaichi Mabuchi, founders of Mabuchi Motor company Ryo Mabuchi ( 馬淵 良 , born 1933) , Japanese Olympic diver, husband of Kanoko Satoko Mabuchi ( 馬渕 智子 , born 1982) , Japanese softball player Toshiki Mabuchi (born 1950), Japanese mathematician Sumio Mabuchi ( 馬淵 澄夫 , born 1960) , Japanese politician Yoshino Mabuchi ( 馬淵 よしの , born 1966) , Japanese Olympic diver, daughter of Kanoko and Ryo See also [ edit ] Kamo no Mabuchi ( 賀茂 真淵 , 1697–1769) , Japanese poet and philologist Mabuchi Motor ,

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228-747: The World War II. Mabuchi taught at a number of girls' schools all through her latter life. Choko Mabuchi died on 23 February 1985 at Itō, Shizuoka , at the age of 73. She rests in Tama Cemetery in the suburb of Tokyo. Choko Mabuchi is a recipient of the Harmon Trophy in October 1934 as one of the two first Japanese female pilots to cross the Sea of Japan on an overseas flight. Izu Peninsula The Izu peninsula ( 伊豆半島 , Izu-hantō )

247-418: The aviation school, before departing on an overseas friendship flight bound to Manchuria . It was on 26 October 1933 when she and Kiku Nishizaki departed Tokyo to Manchuria, each of them aboard Salmson 2. Her plane was named Yellow Butterfly, after her first name Choko, while Nisizaki's was White Chrysanthemum after her first name Kiku. Mabuchi was the pilot in command with a first officer, carrying messages from

266-499: The central and northern portions consist of numerous highly eroded volcanoes . The Amagi Mountain Range dominates the center of the peninsula with Mount Amagi (1,406 metres (4,613 ft)) and Mount Atami (773 metres (2,536 ft)) in the east and Mount Daruma (982 metres (3,222 ft)) in the west, with the eastern and western portions of the range extending underwater into Sagami Bay and Suruga Bay . The peninsula's major river,

285-566: The heroines to complete an international flight. Her career as a pilot did not last long due to the onset of the Second Sino-Japanese War , and her flying plan to Germany was cancelled when female pilots were banned to fly airplanes in 1937. Mabuchi taught physical education classes and supported Nagayama who was paralyzed on one side surviving a plane crush. As the air raid in Tokyo intensified, they evacuated to Shizuoka prefecture in 1944, where they stayed together after

304-453: The mainstays of the local economy. Izu is one of the biggest producers of wasabi in Japan, and the local cuisine offers dishes flavored with wasabi . Nevertheless, these industries are not lucrative enough to prevent a heavy loss of population to Greater Tokyo and Shizuoka, particularly among the young. The northern parts of Izu peninsula is easily accessible from Tokyo and points west via

323-461: The mayor of Kanagawa Prefecture , mayor of Yokohama as well as writings and paintings by elementary school pupils. It took her nine days to cross the Sea of Japan and arrive at Manchurian ja:新京 ( Changchun ) on 5 November, later than expected as her airplane broke down and she made an emergency landing on the way. Nizhisaki had arrived the previous day. Mabuchi returned to Japan and treated as one of

342-729: The north and east. Tectonically, the Izu peninsula results from the Philippine Sea Plate colliding with the Okhotsk Plate at the Nankai Trough . The Philippine Sea Plate, the Amurian Plate , and the Okhotsk Plate meet at Mount Fuji , a triple junction . The peninsula itself lies on the Philippine Sea Plate. The southern portion of the peninsula is composed largely of breccia , and

361-573: Was licensed second class pilot, the 13th or the 18th among female pilot. One month later in April, she flew solo to Kurotake mountain on Izu Peninsula as part of her training, and personally to pay condolence to her senior pilot Park Kyung-won . In July, Mabuchi and Kiku Nishizawa asked two other second class female pilots to found 日本女子飛行士俱樂部 ( Nihon Joshi Hikoshi Kurabu ) (Japan Women Aviatoers' Club). She flew Salmson 2 to Kazuno, Akita and thanked her grandmother who supported her tuition to go to

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