Kisa, Futami, Hiroshima

Kisa town is a farming community of about 5000 people located 65 miles north-east of Hiroshima City. The town is divided into about a half dozen village level units, each with its own elementary and nursery schools. Okuda Genzo, a famous Japanese painter, was born in a small farmhouse in Kisa in the first half of the 20th century. The town received its name when an emperor stopped off in Kisa on the way to an island in the Sea of Japan after he was sent there by the government for instigating a rebellion.

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