Heure Actuelle à Itako, Japon — JST.

Itako , also known as ichiko (市子) or ogamisama (オガミサマ), are blind women who train to become spiritual mediums in Japan. Training involves severe ascetic practices, after which the woman is said to be able to communicate with Japanese Shinto spirits, kami, and the spirits of the dead. Itako perform rituals tied to communication with the dead and divination. The practice has been on the decline. As of 2009, there were only 20 living itako in Japan, all more than 40 years old.

From Itako the nearest of our reference hubs are Tokyo (~86 km), Singapore (~5,393 km), Sydney (~7,840 km), while São Paulo sits about 18,475 km away — useful framing when someone needs a feel for whether a meeting is a regional hop or an intercontinental call.

Itako sits inside Japon — the Eastern Asia subregion, capital Tokyo, languages Japanese, currency JPY (¥).

Katori-shi (6 km), Sawara (7 km), Kashima-shi (9 km), Namegata (10 km) are the nearest cities WorldClockTools indexes around Itako — that's the cluster to use when scheduling spills past the city limits.

Upcoming country holiday signals around Itako: Shōwa Day, Constitution Memorial Day, Greenery Day. Bake those into launch, on-call, and travel windows for Japon.

Closest curated airport references from Itako: NRT Narita (23 km), HND Tokyo (81 km), SDJ Natori (247 km).

In 2015, A baseball game between the Baltimore Orioles and the Chicago White Sox sets the all-time low attendance mark for Major League Baseball. Zero fans were in attendance for the game, as the stadium was officially closed to the public due to the 2015 Baltimore protests.