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Koga, Ibaraki
Koga is a city in Ibaraki Prefecture in the Kanto region of Japan, formerly in Shimousa province. In 1455 Ashikaga Shigeuji, driven from Kamakura, made it his base, and his line ruled from there as the Koga kubo until the late 16th century. In the Edo period it was a castle town and post station on the road north from Edo.
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