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Description acceptable. In a 19th century disaster from this town's history, Mayugoro the sandal maker's bathroom caught on fire, which burned down a local shrine and its ancient documents. This town's Miyamizu family has a tradition of offering a bottle of kuchikamizake at a shrine. A braided cord used by (15[1])a resident from this town was passed along to a Tokyo resident aboard a subway train. This town’s (15[1])lake was particularly rich in iron due to its creation (15[1])1200 years ago by an astronomical event known as (*) Tiamat. After the destruction of this town, many survivors moved to Tokyo where they experienced massive flooding a few years later. Traditions recounted the blurring of worlds at a crater near this town, resulting in strange encounters at twilight called kataware-doki that may involve body switching. For 10 points, name this Japanese town that was evacuated without loss of life on October 4, 2013, when it was struck (-5[1])by fragments of a passing comet. ■END■ (10[3])

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