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12,287 Articles of interest in Japan

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  • Isuien Garden

    Isuien Garden (依水園, Isuien) is a Japanese garden located in Nara, the old capital of Japan near Kyōto. It has been preserved since its creation in the Meiji era, and is the only walking garden (kaiyushiki teien) in Nara.

  • Ishibutai Kofun

    Ishibutai Kofun (石舞台古墳) is a stone kofun tumulus of the Asuka period in the east of Shimanoshō, Asuka, Nara Prefecture, Japan. The kofun is believed to be the tomb of Soga no Umako. It occupies a space of 54 m (177 ft), and is the largest known mega…

  • Ise-Shima National Park

    Ise-Shima National Park (伊勢志摩国立公園, Ise-Shima Kokuritsu Kōen) is a national park in Mie Prefecture, Japan. It is characterized by its ria coast and islands scattered around a number of bays.

  • Iga Ueno Castle

    Iga Ueno Castle (伊賀上野城, Iga-Ueno-jō), also known as Ueno Castle (上野城, Ueno-jō) and Hakuho Castle (白鳳城, Hakuhō-jō), is a Japanese castle located in Iga, Mie Prefecture, Japan.

  • Hinohara, Tokyo

    Hinohara (檜原村 or 桧原村, Hinohara-mura) is a municipality in Nishitama District, Tokyo Metropolis, Japan. It is the only administrative unit left in the non-insular area of Tokyo that is still classified as a village.

  • Futarasan jinja

    Futarasan jinja (二荒山神社) is a Shinto shrine in the city of Nikkō, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. It is also known as Nikkō Futarasan Shrine, to distinguish it from the shrine in nearby Utsunomiya. Futarasan enshrines three deities: Ōkuninushi, Tagorihime…

  • Doai Station

    Doai Station (土合駅, Doai Eki) is a railway station on the Joetsu Line of East Japan Railway Company, located in Minakami, Gunma, Japan.

  • Bitchū Matsuyama Castle

    Bitchū Matsuyama Castle (備中松山城, Bitchū Matsuyama-jō), also known as Takahashi Castle, is a castle located in Takahashi, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. It is not to be confused with Matsuyama Castle in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture.

  • 2007 Noto earthquake

    At 9:41:58 a.m. on March 25, 2007, the Noto Peninsula Earthquake (能登半島地震, Noto hantō jishin), a magnitude 6.9 earthquake, struck the Hokuriku region of Japan, near the Noto Peninsula. The earthquake shook the city of Wajima, the city of Nanao, and t…

  • 1978 Miyagi earthquake

    The 1978 Miyagi earthquake (1978年宮城県沖地震, 1978 nen Miyagi-ken-oki jishin) occurred at 17:14 local time (08:14 UTC) on 12 June. It had a magnitude of 7.7, JMA magnitude 7.4, and triggered a small tsunami.

  • 1948 Fukui earthquake

    The 1948 Fukui earthquake (福井地震, Fukui jishin) occurred in Fukui Prefecture, Japan. The magnitude 7.3 quake struck at 5:13 p.m.(JDT) on June 28, 1948. The strongest shaking occurred in the city of Fukui, where it was recorded as 6 (equivalent to the…

  • 1946 Nankai earthquake

    The 1946 Nankai earthquake (南海地震 Nankai jishin) was a great earthquake in Nankaidō, Japan. It occurred on December 21, 1946 at 04:19 JST (December 20, 19:19 UTC). The earthquake measured between 8.1 and 8.4 on the moment magnitude scale, and was fel…

  • NACK5 Stadium Omiya

    NACK5 Stadium Omiya (ナックファイブスタジアム大宮, Nakku-faibu Sutajiamu Ōmiya) is a football (soccer) stadium located in Ōmiya-ku, Saitama city, Saitama Prefecture, Japan.

  • Yoyogi Station

    Yoyogi Station (代々木駅 Yoyogi-eki?) is a railway station in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation (Toei). It is station E-26 under Toei's numbering system.

  • Yokohama City University

    Yokohama City University (YCU) (横浜市立大学, Yokohama Shiritsu Daigaku) is a public university, in Yokohama, Japan. As of 2013, YCU has two faculties with a total of around 4,850 students, 111 of whom are foreign. YCU also has four campuses (Kanazawa-Hak…

  • Yodoyabashi Station

    Yodoyabashi Station (淀屋橋駅, Yodoyabashi-eki) is a railway station on the Osaka Municipal Subway Midosuji Line and the Keihan Railway Keihan Main Line.

  • Yamaha Stadium

    Yamaha Stadium (ヤマハスタジアム, Yamaha Sutajiamu) is a football stadium located in Iwata City, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, owned by Yamaha Motors, next to whose plant it is located, and was purpose-designed for use with soccer or rugby.

  • Watari Museum of Contemporary Art

    The Watari Museum of Contemporary Art (ワタリウム美術館, Watari-um Bijutsukan) in Shibuya, Tokyo stands together with the Mori Arts Center and the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa as one of the major institutions in Japan and in Asia in the…

  • Ueno, Gunma

    Ueno (上野村, Ueno-mura) is a village located in Tano District of southwestern Gunma Prefecture in the northern Kantō region of Japan. As of February 2015, the village had an estimated population of 1,265 and a population density of 6.96 persons per km…