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Kofu

American  
[koh-foo, kaw-foo] / ˈkoʊ fu, ˈkɔ fʊ /

noun

  1. a city on S Honshu, in central Japan.


Kofu British  
/ ˈkəʊfuː /

noun

  1. a city in central Japan, on S Honshu: textiles. Pop: 190 098 (2002 est)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The previous record of 26 October has been seen twice before in 1955 and 2016, Yutaka Katsuta, a forecaster at Kofu Local Meteorological Office told AFP.

From BBC • Oct. 29, 2024

Researchers successfully bred mice from freeze-dried sperm shipped 200 kilometers from Kyoto to Kofu on a postcard via standard mail delivery.

From Scientific American • Nov. 7, 2021

In other matches, Vegalta Sendai beat Ventforet Kofu 3-0 while Jubilo Iwata defeated Gamba Osaka by the same score.

From Washington Times • Jun. 4, 2017

On June 4, 1984, Miho, who had dropped out of nursing school to try for a university place, left home in the central city of Kofu to study at the library.

From Reuters • Jul. 17, 2014

Again in 1607 Ieyasu, who was then at Kofu in the province of Kai awaiting the completion of his castle at Yedo, expressed a desire to see the Provincial.

From Japan by Murray, David

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