Japanese migration in the region began as two Japanese entrepreneurs, Kyosaburo Otta and Yoshizo Furokawa, were finding better agricultural lands for building abaca and coconut plantations in the region.

In the mid 1930s the Norwegian State Railways ( Norges Statsbaner or NSB ) ordered altogether eighteen powerful superheated four-cylinder compound 1 ' D2 '- h4v ( 2-8-4 ) passenger locomotives for express and passenger train service on its single main line between Oslo and Trondheim, on the northern section between Otta and Trondheim.

Otta as a placename came to be in 1896 when the railroad came to terminate here for a decade and some, until continuing to Dombås in 1912, ultimately being completed all the way to Trondheim in 1922 ; Before this location was called " Åmot " meaning " rivers against " signifying the meeting of the 2 major rivers.

And the focus of activity lay 4-5km further north where there in the 16-1800's was a copper and iron works, servicing the various mines up in the hills, this is also where the present day church " Sel Kirke " is located ; Today the de facto town-church, Otta itself being one of very few towns in Norway, without a central church.

The Norwegian victory over the Scots is celebrated in Otta and Dovre to this day.

Ota ( alternatively spelled Otta ') is a town in Ogun State, Nigeria, and has an estimated 163, 783 residents living in or around it Ota is the capital of the Ado-Odo / Ota Local Government Area.

Otta is a largely industrially geared town, having a number of factories ; including a windowframing plant, production of a high quality slate, woodmill ( 40, 000M3 / a ) and a large printing plant.

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Selsverket was the copper works from the 18th century which was located approximately 2 kilometers north of Otta.

Situated 110 kilometers North from Lillehammer, it spans the valley floor where Ottadalen branches of Gudbrandsdal and the largely glacial fed, most of its 4000km ^ 2 watershed being in a very arid region, Otta ( river ) merges into Gudbrandsdalslågen

The river Otta begins in Skjåk municipality and flows into Vågåvatn Lake.

The Otta River leads up to the historically important Vågå and Lom regions and the passes to the west over Jotunheimen.

A statue depicting Pillarguri is located in the community of Otta, Norway.

1612-In the Battle of Kringen, near Otta in Gudbrandsdalen, local peasants defeated a Scottish mercenary army.

mountains near OttaThe town of Otta

* Kringen-In 1612, a peasant militia ambushed Scots marching to support Sweden at Kringen ( the narrowest part of the Gudbrandsdal valley, just below the confluence of the Otta and the Gudbrandsdalslågen ).

After the German invasion of April 1940, while King Haakan and the Norwegian government were moving from Elverum to the west coast, the King and Crown Prince Olaf arrived in Otta on the night of April 13.

It was not until the evening of the 21st that the King was able to travel by road from Otta to Lesja on the east-west watershed and then down the narrow Romsdal to Åndalsnes.

The old Norse saga ( Conversion of Dale-Gudbrand ) relates that after King Olaf stayed several nights in Lesja, he proceeded south across the uplands to the Ottadal, and the beautiful hamlet lying there on both sides of the Otta river.

Otta is also an important link on the Dovre Line, since Otta Station is the only station in the valley where every single passing passenger train stops.

On his way to Otta the King passed through Dombås on 13 April, only five hours before the German paratrooper attack took place.

The valley runs northwest from the village of Sjoa on Highway E-6, some 10 km before the community center of Otta.

It is also said to be Freyja's human lover, Otta, in disguise, and is the reason why Loki consistently accuses her of being " wanton " by riding her lover in public.

* In Norse mythology, Hildisvini, also known as " Otta the Simple ", who was Freya's lover.

* Otta, Norway, a Norwegian town in Gudbrandsdal.

* The Otta River in Norway.

* Otta ( weapon ), a curved stick used in the Indian martial art of Kalarippayattu.

Otley's name is derived from Othe, Otho or Otta, a Saxon personal name and leah, a woodland clearing in Old English.

The municipality lies along the Otta river between the mountainous areas of Breheim and Reinheim.

Exiting Vågåvatn at Vågåmo, the river continues its journey through the Ottadalen valley leaving Vågå municipality to meet the Gudbrandsdalslågen at Otta in the municipality of Sel.

The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Otta.

Otta, named after the Otta River, is the population center.

Otta lies at the point where the Otta River joins the Gudbrandsdalslågen from the west.

Particularly heavy fighting took place in places like Tretten, Fåvang, Vinstra, Kvam, Sjoa and Otta.

: Otta, Norway 1940, Withdrawal to Escaut, Defence of Arras, French Frontier 1940, Ypres-Comines Canal, Dunkirk 1940, St. Valery-en-Caux, Normandy Landing, Tilly sur Seulles, Odon, Fontenay Le Pesnil, Caen, Bourguebus Ridge, Troarn, Mont Pincon, St Pierre La Vielle, Gheel, Nederrijn, Aam, Venraij, Rhineland, Schaddenhof, Brinkum, Bremen, North-West Europe 1940 and 1944 – 45, Jebel Defeis, Keren, Ad Teclescan, Abyssinia 1940 – 41, Gazala, Cauldron, Mersa Matruh, Defence of Alamein Line, El Alamein, Mareth, Wadi ZigZaou, Akarit, North Africa 1940 – 42, 1942 – 43 and 1943, Banana Ridge, Medjez Plain, Gueriat el Atach Ridge, Tunis, Djebel Bou Aoukaz 1943, North Africa 1943, Primasole Bridge, Landing in Sicily, Lentini, Sicily 1943, Minturno, Anzio, Campoleone, Rome, Monte Ceco, Italy 1943 – 44 and 43 – 45, Sittang 1942, Pegu 1942, Paungde, Yenangyaung 1942, North Arakan, Maungdaw, Defence of Sinzweya, Imphal, Bishenpur, Kanglantonbi, Kohima, Meiktila, Capture of Meiktila, Defence of Meiktila, Rangoon Road, Pyawbwe, Arakan beaches, Chindits 1944, Burma Campaign ( 1942 – 44 ).

It also makes a fine introduction to the international art form with good examples of Italian and English madrigals plus several French `` chansons ''.

Motivation usually makes the difference between " good " and " bad ," but motivation also includes the aspect of ignorance ; so a well-intended action from an ignorant mind can easily be " bad " in that it creates unpleasant results for the " actor.

In the later play Frogs, Aristophanes softens his criticisms, but even so it may be only for the sake of punning on Agathon's name ( ἁγαθός = " good ") that he makes Dionysus call him a " good poet ".

It makes a good compromise between file size and quality.

Once again, however, there is a lack of archaeological proof for this reconstruction, and the sheer number of brochs, sometimes in places with a lack of good land, makes it problematic.

While firing a higher quantity of smaller bullets makes it easier to hit a target ( and is therefore good for beginner marksmen ), it offers very little to more advanced marksmen.

However, firing a pistol effectively at any significant range requires good training, since the absence of a buttstock makes precise ranged aim difficult.

Fittingly, it makes a good companion plant for cucumbers.

It makes it possible for these students to still learn and to be able to get a good education.

Something is ' good in itself ' when it is intrinsically good, and ' good without qualification ' when the addition of that thing never makes a situation ethically worse.

Hafnium's large neutron capture cross-section makes it a good material for neutron absorption in control rods in nuclear power plants, but at the same time requires that it be removed from the neutron-transparent corrosion-resistant zirconium alloys used in nuclear reactors.

For example, he expresses a subjectivistic idea when he says to Rosencrantz: " there is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so ".

The American Association for the Advancement of Science also recognized the need for increased understanding between scientists and lawmakers in its newsletter on Science and Technology in Congress, " Although most individuals would agree that sound science is preferable to junk science, fewer recognize what makes a scientific study ' good ' or ' bad '.

I neither did nor do I now makes a good example on how to answer the question without letting the asker interrupt and misshape the response.

Leviticus rests in two crucial beliefs: the first, that the world was created " very good " and retains the capacity to achieve that state although it is vulnerable to sin and defilement ; the second, that the faithful enactment of ritual makes God's presence available, while ignoring or breaching it compromises the harmony between God and the world.

The situation on the east coast also makes it a good place for observing migrating birds arriving from the east, including large numbers of Redwing and Fieldfare, and also scarcer Siberian birds including regular annual Yellow-browed Warblers.

The interpretation of this relationship between price and quantity demanded of a given good assumes that, given all the other goods and constraints, the set of choices which emerges is that one which makes the consumer happiest.

The absence of substitutes makes the demand for the good relatively inelastic enabling monopolies to extract positive profits.

MRI provides good contrast between the different soft tissues of the body, which makes it especially useful in imaging the brain, muscles, the heart, and cancers compared with other medical imaging techniques such as computed tomography ( CT ) or X-rays.

In fact, their ability to rapidly take in calcium for later release makes them very good " cytosolic buffers " for calcium.

The good guy / bad guy approach is typically used in team negotiations where one member of the team makes extreme or unreasonable demands, and the other offers a more rational approach.

In 1573, for instance, a Venetian visitor to the Ottoman Empire observed that many of the Turkish natives of Constantinople regularly drink a " certain black water made with opium " that makes them feel good, but to which they become so addicted that if they try to go without they will " quickly die.