Mount Takamagahara
Mount Takamagahara (高天原山, Takamagahara-yama) is a mountain in the Gunma Prefecture of Japan, near Ueno village.
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Kegon Falls (華厳滝, Kegon Taki) is located at Lake Chūzenji (source of the Oshiri River) in Nikkō National Park near the city of Nikkō, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. The falls were formed when the Daiya River was rerouted by lava flows.
Kasumigaseki
Kasumigaseki (霞が関, 霞ヶ関 or 霞ケ関, literally Barrier/gate of Fog) is a district in Chiyoda Ward in Tokyo, Japan. It is the location of most of Japan's cabinet ministry offices.
Chiba University
Chiba University (千葉大学, Chiba Daigaku) and it is also abbreviated as Chibadai (千葉大) is a national university in the city of Chiba, Japan. It offers Doctoral degrees in education as part of a coalition with Tokyo Gakugei University, Saitama Universit…
Belle experiment
The Belle experiment is a particle physics experiment conducted by the Belle Collaboration, an international collaboration of more than 400 physicists and engineers investigating CP-violation effects at the High Energy Accelerator Research Organisat…
Ōura Church
Ōura Church (大浦天主堂, Ōura Tenshudō) is a Roman Catholic church in Nagasaki, Japan, built soon after the end of the Japanese government's Seclusion Policy in 1853. It is also known as the Church of the 26 Japanese Martyrs.
Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation
Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation (讀賣テレビ放送株式会社, Yomiuri Terebi Hōsō Kabushiki Gaisha, YTV, ytv, Yomiuri TV (読売テレビ)) is a TV station in Osaka Business Park, Osaka, Japan, which serves the Kansai region, and is affiliated with the Nippon News Network (N…
Tsushima Strait
Tsushima Strait (対馬海峡, Tsushima Kaikyō, also known as the Tsu Shima Strait or Tsu-Shima Strait); (Korean: 쓰시마 해협 sseu-si-ma hae-hyeop) is the eastern channel of the Korea Strait, which lies between Korea and Japan, connecting the Sea of Japan and th…
Tama Art University
Tama Art University (多摩美術大学, Tama bijutsu daigaku) or Tamabi (多摩美) is a private art university located in Tokyo, Japan.
Takushoku University
Takushoku University (拓殖 大学; Takushoku Daigaku, abbreviated as 拓大 Takudai) is a private university in Japan. It was founded in 1900 by Duke Taro Katsura (1848–1913). The university is located in Tokyo and has two campuses: the main campus in the Bun…
Sportsland SUGO
Sportsland SUGO (スポーツランドSUGO?) is a motorsports facility located in the town of Murata, Shibata District, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. It opened in 1975 and is one of the largest motorsports facilities in Japan, with a total area of 2.1 million m². It …
Shonan Monorail
The Shonan Monorail (湘南モノレール, Shōnan Monorēru) is a suspended SAFEGE monorail in the cities of Kamakura and Fujisawa in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.
Shirakami-Sanchi
Shirakami-Sanchi (白神山地, lit. white god mountain area) is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in northern Honshu, Japan. This mountainous, unspoiled expanse of virgin forest straddles both Akita and Aomori Prefectures.
Osaka Bay
Osaka Bay (大阪湾 Ōsaka-wan) is a bay in western Japan. As an eastern part of the Inland Sea, it is separated from the Pacific Ocean by the Kii Channel and from the neighbor western part of the Inland Sea by the Akashi Strait.
Mount Zaō
Mount Zaō (蔵王山, Zaō-san) is a complex volcano on the border between Yamagata Prefecture and Miyagi Prefecture in Japan. It consists of a cluster of stratovolcanoes and is the most active volcano in northern Honshu. The central volcano of the group i…
Level-5 Stadium
Level-5 Stadium (formerly Hakatanomori Football Stadium, renamed on March 1, 2008 for Naming rights), located in the Hakata ward of Fukuoka city is the home ground of Avispa Fukuoka football (soccer) club.
Kongōbu-ji
Kongōbu-ji (金剛峯寺) is the ecclesiastic head temple of Koyasan Shingon Buddhism, located on Mount Kōya (高野山, Kōya-san), Wakayama prefecture, Japan. Its name means Temple of the Diamond Mountain.
Kansai University
Kansai University (関西大学, Kansai Daigaku), or Kandai (関大), is a private non-sectarian and coeducational university located in Suita, Osaka, Japan and in two other locations: Osaka City; and Takatsuki, Osaka.
JJY
JJY is the call sign of a low frequency time signal radio station.
Hase-dera (Kamakura)
Hase-dera (海光山慈照院長谷寺, Kaikō-zan Jishō-in Hase-dera), commonly called the Hase-kannon (長谷観音) is one of the great Buddhist temples in the city of Kamakura in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, famous for housing a massive wooden statue of Kannon.
Chūō-ku, Osaka
Chūō-ku (中央区, Chūō-ku) is one of 23 wards of Osaka, Japan.
Canal City Hakata
Canal City Hakata is a large shopping and entertainment complex in Fukuoka, Japan.
Asahikawa Airport
Asahikawa Airport (旭川空港, Asahikawa Kūkō) (IATA: AKJ, ICAO: RJEC), is a single-runway regional airport in Hokkaidō, Japan, straddling the cities of Asahikawa and Higashikagura.
1993 Hokkaidō earthquake
The 1993 southwest-off Hokkaido earthquake (北海道南西沖地震, Hokkaidō Nansei Oki Jishin) occurred at 13:17:12 UTC on 12 July 1993 in the Sea of Japan near the island of Hokkaido. It had a magnitude of 7.7 on the moment magnitude scale and a maximum felt in…
1933 Sanriku earthquake
The 1933 Sanriku earthquake (昭和三陸地震, Shōwa Sanriku Jishin) occurred on the Sanriku coast of the Tōhoku region of Honshū, Japan on March 2. The associated tsunami caused widespread damage.
1707 Hōei earthquake
The 1707 Hōei earthquake, which occurred at 14:00 local time on October 28, 1707, was the largest earthquake in Japanese history until the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake surpassed it. It caused moderate to severe damage throughout southwestern Honshu, Shiko…
Tōkai Nuclear Power Plant
The Tōkai Nuclear Power Plant (東海原子力発電所, Tōkai genshi-ryoku hatsuden-sho, Tōkai NPP) was Japan's first commercial nuclear power plant.
Tokyo Dome City
Tokyo Dome City (東京ドームシティ?), referred to as Big Egg City before January 1, 2000, is an entertainment complex in Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan.
Sōka University
Soka University (創価大学, Sōka Daigaku) is a private university in Hachiōji, Tokyo, Japan.
Odawara Station
Odawara Station (小田原駅, Odawara-eki) is a railway station in Odawara, Kanagawa, Japan.
Mode Gakuen Spiral Towers
Mode Gakuen Spiral Towers (モード学園スパイラルタワーズ, Mōdo gakuen supairaru tawāzu) is a 170-metre (558 ft), 36-story educational facility located in Nakamura-ku, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan.
Miyako Islands
The Miyako Islands (宮古列島, Miyako Rettō) are a group of islands in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, east of the Yaeyama Islands.
Ministry of the Environment (Japan)
The Ministry of the Environment (環境省, Kankyō-shō) is a Cabinet-level ministry of the government of Japan responsible for global environmental conservation, pollution control, and nature conservation.
Kōenji
Kōenji (高円寺) is an area of Tokyo in Suginami ward, west of Shinjuku.
Kii Peninsula
The Kii Peninsula (紀伊半島, Kii Hantō) is the largest peninsula on the island of Honshū in Japan.
Kanazawa Castle
Kanazawa Castle (金沢城, Kanazawa-jō) is a large, well-restored castle in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan.