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12,287 Articles of interest in Japan

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  • Ryōgoku Station

    Ryōgoku Station (両国駅, Ryōgoku-eki) is a railway station in Yokoami, Sumida, Tokyo, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation (Toei).

  • Rishiri-Rebun-Sarobetsu National Park

    Rishiri-Rebun-Sarobetsu National Park (利尻礼文サロベツ国立公園, Rishiri Rebun Sarobetsu Kokuritsu Kōen) is a national park on the Rishiri Island, Rebun Island, and a coastal area from Wakkanai to Horonobe at the north-western tip of Hokkaidō, Japan. Areas of t…

  • Rifu, Miyagi

    Rifu (利府町, Rifu-chō) is a town located in Miyagi District, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. As of June 2014, the town had an estimated population of 35,489 and a population density of 793 persons per km². The total area was 44.75  km². Rifu is known for it…

  • Reigandō

    Reigandō (霊巌洞, meaning "Spirit Rock Cave") is a cave that lies to the west of Kumamoto, Japan, that became a temporary home to legendary rōnin, Miyamoto Musashi. From 1643, Musashi spent many of his last months in the cave, meditating and writing hi…

  • Oze National Park

    Oze National Park (尾瀬国立公園, Oze Kokuritsu Kōen), is an area consisting of open Greenland in Fukushima, Tochigi, Gunma and Niigata Prefectures in Japan.

  • Osaka Science Museum

    The Osaka Science Museum (大阪市立科学館, Ōsaka Shiritsu Kagakukan) is a science museum in Naka-no-shima, Kita-ku, Osaka, Japan. The museum is located between the Dōjima River and the Tosabori River, above Osaka's subterranean National Museum of Art. Opene…

  • Omotesandō Station

    Omotesandō Station (表参道駅, Omotesandō-eki) is a Tokyo Metro subway station located at the intersection of Omotesandō and Aoyama-dori in Minato, Tokyo, Japan.

  • Odani Castle

    Odani Castle (小谷城, Odani-jō) was a Sengoku period mountain-top castle located in the present day town of Kohoku in Higashiazai District, Shiga Prefecture, Japan. Only the ruins remain today. It was the home castle of the Azai clan and the mountain i…

  • Nose, Osaka

    Nose (能勢町, Nose-chō) (Japanese pronunciation: [nose]) is a town situated in Toyono District, Osaka Prefecture, Japan.

  • Nonomiya Shrine

    Nonomiya Shrine (野宮神社 Nonomiya-jinja?), or the Shrine in the Country, is a Shinto shrine in the Arashiyama district on the west side of the city of Kyoto in Kyoto prefecture, Japan. The specific site of the shrine changed somewhat over time, as the…

  • Nisshin, Aichi

    Nisshin (日進市, Nisshin-shi) is a city in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. As of 2011, the city has an estimated population of 85,892 and a population density of 2,460 persons per km².

  • Naraha, Fukushima

    Naraha (楢葉町, Naraha-machi) is a town located in Futaba District, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. As of December 2014, the town had an official registered population of 7,098 and a population density of 68.5 persons per km², although the current actual …

  • Nakashibetsu Airport

    Nakashibetsu Airport (中標津空港, Nakashibetsu Kūkō) (IATA: SHB, ICAO: RJCN) is an airport located 2 NM (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) from Nakashibetsu, Hokkaidō, Japan.

  • Nakagusuku Castle

    Nakagusuku Castle (中城城, Nakagusuku-jō) is a gusuku in the village of Kitanakagusuku, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. It is one of a number of castles built on the island of Okinawa during the Ryukyu Kingdom now in ruins. The legendary Ryukyuan commander,…

  • Nagara River

    The Nagara River (長良川, Nagara-gawa) has its source in the city of Gujō, Gifu Prefecture, and its mouth in the city of Kuwana, Mie Prefecture, Japan. Along with the Kiso River and Ibi River, the Nagara River is one of the Kiso Three Rivers of the Nōb…

  • Munakata Taisha

    Munakata Taisha (宗像大社) is a collection of three Shinto shrines located in Munakata, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. It is the head of the approximately 6,000 Munakata shrines all over the country. Although the name Munakata Taisha refers to all three shr…

  • Mount Tenpō

    Mount Tenpō (天保山, Tenpōzan) located in Minato-ku, Osaka is commonly recognized as Japan's lowest mountain. The definition of a "mountain" used here is any elevation described as a mountain on a topographic map published by the Geographical Survey In…

  • Mount Nasu

    Mount Nasu (那須岳, Nasu-dake) is a group of complex volcanoes in Japan. The tallest peak is Sanbonyari Peak at a height of 1,916.9 m (6,289 ft).

  • Mount Kusatsu-Shirane

    Mount Kusatsu-Shirane (草津白根山, Kusatsu Shirane-san) is a 2160 meter active volcano in Kusatsu, Gunma, Japan. It is called Kusatsu Shirane to differentiate it from the Mount Nikkō-Shirane on the other side of Gunma Prefecture. The summit of Kusatsu-Sh…

  • Mount Iwate

    Mount Iwate (岩手山, Iwate-san) is a stratovolcano complex located northwest of the city of Morioka in western Iwate Prefecture, Tohoku, Japan.

  • Mount Hijiri

    Mount Hijiri (聖岳, Hijiri-dake) is a mountain located in the Akaishi Mountains in both Aoi-ku, Shizuoka, Shizuoka Prefecture and Iida, Nagano Prefecture, in the Chūbu region of Japan. It is 3,013 m (9,885 ft) tall and part of the Akaishi Mountains. I…

  • Mount Aino

    Mount Aino (間ノ岳, Aino-dake), or Ainodake, is a peak of the Akaishi Mountains−Southern Alps, in Minami Alps National Park, Japan.

  • Mitake Tozan Railway

    The Mitake Tozan Railway (御岳登山鉄道, Mitake Tozan Tetsudō, "Mitake Mountain Railway") is a Japanese transport company in Ōme, Tokyo. It belongs to the Keio Group. The company operates a funicular line and a chairlift, both in Mount Mitake.

  • Misawa Airport

    Misawa Airport (三沢飛行場 Misawa Hikōjō?) (IATA: MSJ, ICAO: RJSM) is an airport in Misawa, a city in the Aomori Prefecture of Japan. It shares facilities and airport codes with the Misawa Air Base.

  • Mihama-ku, Chiba

    Mihama Ward (美浜区, Mihama-ku) is one of the six wards of the city of Chiba in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. As of April 2012, the ward had an estimated population of 149,314 and a population density of 7,060 persons per km².

  • Megane Bridge

    Meganebashi (眼鏡橋) or Spectacles Bridge, over the Nakashima River (中島川) was built in Nagasaki in 1634 by the Japanese monk Mokusu of Kofukuji Temple. It is said to be the oldest stone arch bridge in Japan and has been designated as an Important Cultu…