good deal of name-recognition throughout Japan due to Ise Grand Shrine.
� September 26, 1959: The Ise-wan Typhoon, Japan's strongest-recorded typhoon, hits Ise and surrounding areas.
� November 1, 2005: Ise absorbed the towns of Futami and Obata, and the village of Misono, all from Watarai District, to form a new expanded Ise City
