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12,287 Articles of interest in Japan

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  • Usuki, Ōita

    Usuki (臼杵市, Usuki-shi) is a city located on the east coast of Ōita Prefecture, Japan. It is famous for its Usuki Stone Buddhas, a national treasure, and its soy sauce production. Recently it has become known for having the look and feel of a Japanes…

  • University of Tokushima

    The University of Tokushima (徳島大学, Tokushima Daigaku) is a national university in the city of Tokushima, Japan, with seven graduate schools and five undergraduate faculties. The university was founded in 1949, by merging six national education facil…

  • Ukyō-ku, Kyoto

    Ukyō-ku (右京区) is one of the eleven wards in the city of Kyoto, in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. The word Ukyō (右京, right capital), as opposed to Sakyō (左京, left capital), refers to the western half of the ancient capital of Heiankyō (Kyoto) – the palace …

  • USS Sea Fox (SS-402)

    USS Sea Fox (SS-402), a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the sea fox, a large shark, also called the thresher shark, which frequents the coast of Europe and the Americas.

  • Tsukiji Station

    Tsukiji Station (築地駅, Tsukiji-eki) is a subway station on the Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line in Tsukiji, Chūō, Tokyo, Japan, operated by the Tokyo subway operator Tokyo Metro.

  • Tottori University

    National University Corporation Tottori University (国立大学法人鳥取大学, Tottori Daigaku), abbreviated to Toridai (鳥大), is a national university in Japan. The main campus is located in Koyamachō-Minami, Tottori City, Tottori Prefecture.

  • Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography

    The Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography (東京都写真美術館 Tōkyō-to Shashin Bijutsukan?) is an art museum focused on photography. The museum was founded by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, and is located in Meguro-ku, a short walk from Ebisu station …

  • Tokugawa Art Museum

    The Tokugawa Art Museum (徳川美術館, Tokugawa Bijutsukan) is a private art museum, located on the former Ōzone Shimoyashiki compound in Nagoya, central Japan.

  • Togakushi Shrine

    The Togakushi Shrine (戸隠神社, Togakushi Jinja) is a Shinto shrine in Togakushi, Nagano Prefecture, Japan. The shrine is located at the base of Mount Togakushi (1,904 metres (6,247 ft)) within Jōshin'etsu Kōgen National Park.

  • Takizawa, Iwate

    Takizawa (滝沢市, Takizawa-shi) is a city located in Iwate Prefecture, Japan. As of February 2014, the city had an estimated population of 55,153 and a population density of 303 persons per km².

  • Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka

    Sumiyoshi-ku (住吉区) is one of 24 wards of Osaka, Japan. It is located on the southern part of the Uemachi Plateau, in the southernmost part of Osaka City, and is separated from Sakai City's Sakai-ku and Kita-ku by the Yamato River. There are six rail…

  • Suminoe-ku, Osaka

    Suminoe-ku (住之江区) is one of 24 wards of Osaka, Japan. Stretching along the south-west border of Osaka, it is adjacent to Minato-ku, Taisho-ku and Nishinari-ku to the north and Sumiyoshi-ku to the east.

  • Shiodome Station

    Shiodome Station (汐留駅, Shiodome-eki) is a railway station in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. It serves as an interchange for the Toei Ōedo Line (E-19) and Yurikamome (U-02).

  • Shinobazu Pond

    The Shinobazu Pond (不忍池, Shinobazu no Ike) is a pond within Ueno Park (a spacious public park located in the Ueno section of Taitō, Tokyo, Japan), and a historically prominent Shitamachi feature often appearing in history and works of art. The park …

  • Seisen International School

    Seisen International School (SIS) is an all-girls, Catholic school located in Setagaya-ku, in Tokyo, Japan. Students and faculty from over sixty countries are represented at Seisen, with English being the main language of instruction. It offers the …

  • Saga-Arashiyama Station

    Saga-Arashiyama Station (嵯峨嵐山駅, Saga-Arashiyama-eki) is a railway station on the West Japan Railway Company (JR West) Sanin Main Line (Sagano Line) in Ukyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan.

  • Rumoi Subprefecture

    Rumoi Subprefecture (留萌振興局, Rumoi-shinkō-kyoku) is a subprefecture of Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan. As of 2011, it had a population of 52,627 and an area of 4,019.97 square kilometres (1,552.12 sq mi). The population density of the subprefecture, 13 p…

  • Rokkō Island

    Rokkō Island (六甲アイランド, Rokkō Airando) is the second major artificial island in Higashinada-ku, Kobe, Japan located in the southeast region at Port of Kobe. The island was constructed from reclaimed land between 1973 and 1992. It has a 3.4 km by 2 km…

  • Rinku Town

    Rinku Town (りんくうタウン, Rinkū Taun) is a commercial development in Izumisano, Osaka, Japan, adjacent to Kansai International Airport.

  • The Open University of Japan

    The Open University of Japan (放送大学, Hōsō Daigaku, formerly The University of the Air) is a distance learning university which has students all over Japan; it accepted its first students in 1985.

  • Nōbi Plain

    The Nōbi Plain (濃尾平野, Nōbi Heiya) is a large plain in Japan that stretches from the Mino area of southwest Gifu Prefecture to the Owari area of northwest Aichi Prefecture, covering an area of approximately 1,800 square kilometres (695 sq mi). It is …