Articles in Japan ( 12,287 )

12,287 Articles of interest in Japan

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  • Hase-dera

    Hase-dera (長谷寺) is the main temple of the Buzan sect of Shingon Buddhism. The temple is located in Sakurai, Nara Prefecture, Japan.

  • Hachiōji Station

    Hachiōji Station (八王子駅, Hachiōji-eki) is a railway station in the city of Hachiōji, Tokyo, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

  • HTTR

    The high-temperature test reactor (HTTR) is a graphite-moderated gas-cooled research reactor in Oarai, Ibaraki, Japan operated by the Japan Atomic Energy Agency.

  • Gotanda Station

    Gotanda Station (五反田駅, Gotanda-eki) is a railway station in Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East), the private railway operator Tokyu Corporation, and the Tokyo subway operator Toei.

  • Ganryū-jima

    Ganryū-jima (巌流島, formerly Funa-jima 船島) is an island in Japan located between Honshū and Kyūshū, and accessible via ferry from Shimonoseki Harbor (下関港). It is famous for the duel between Miyamoto Musashi and Sasaki Kojirō.

  • Fukue Island

    Fukue Island (福江島 Fukue-jima?) is the largest and southernmost of the Gotō Islands in Japan. It is part of the city of Gotō in Nagasaki Prefecture. Gotō-Fukue Airport is on this island.

  • Fukue Airport

    Fukue Airport (福江空港, Fukue Kūkō) (IATA: FUJ, ICAO: RJFE), is a third class airport located 1.7 NM (3.1 km; 2.0 mi) southwest of Gotō, Nagasaki Prefecture, off the western coast of Kyūshū, Japan. The airport also serves the city of Fukue.

  • Fukuda Denshi Arena

    Fukuda Denshi Arena (フクダ電子アリーナ, Fukuda Denshi Ariina), known commonly as Fuku-Ari (フクアリ), is a football stadium in Chiba city, Japan. It was completed in 2005 and is home to the J. League club JEF United Ichihara Chiba following their move from the …

  • Etajima

    Etajima (江田島) is an island in Hiroshima Bay located in southwestern Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. From the city of Hiroshima, the island is about 7 km (4.3 mi) out at sea. The island is about 6 km (3.7 mi) from the city of Kure.

  • Edo River

    The Edo River (江戸川, Edogawa) is a river in the Kantō region of Japan. It splits from the Tone River at the northernmost tip of Noda City in the Sekiyado district, crosses through Nagareyama and Matsudo, and empties into Tokyo Bay at Ichikawa, Chiba …

  • Chūbu-Sangaku National Park

    Chūbu-Sangaku National Park (中部山岳国立公園, Chūbu Sangaku Kokuritsu Kōen) is a national park in the Chūbu region, Honshū, Japan. It was established around the Hida Mountains and encompasses parts of Nagano, Gifu, Toyama and Niigata prefectures.

  • Cabinet Legislation Bureau

    Japan's Cabinet Legislation Bureau (内閣法制局, naikakuhōseikyoku), headed by the Director-General of the Cabinet Legislative Bureau, advises Cabinet members on drafting legislation to be proposed to the Diet. It acts as legal counsel for the Cabinet by …

  • Big Hat

    The Big Hat (ビッグハット, Biggu Hatto) is an indoor ice hockey arena in Nagano, Japan with a capacity of 5,000 seated spectators. Its official name is the Nagano Wakasato Tamokuteki Sports Arena.

  • Azabu-Jūban Station

    Azabu-Jūban Station (麻布十番駅, Azabu-Jūban eki) is a subway station in Minato, Tokyo, Japan, jointly operated by the two Tokyo subway operators Tokyo Metro and Toei Subway.

  • Ayabe, Kyoto

    Ayabe (綾部市, Ayabe-shi) is a city located in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. The city was founded on August 1, 1950. As of 2008, the city has an estimated population of 36,814 and a population density of 110 persons per km².

  • Atami Station

    Atami Station (熱海駅, Atami-eki) is a railway station in Atami, Shizuoka, Japan, jointly operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central).

  • Ashiya Air Field

    Ashiya Air Field (芦屋飛行場, Ashiya Hikōjō) (ICAO: RJFA) is a military airdrome of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force Ashiya Airbase (芦屋基地, Ashiya Kitchi).

  • Asakusa Station (Tsukuba Express)

    Asakusa Station (浅草駅, Asakusa-eki) is an underground railway station on the Tsukuba Express line in the Asakusa district of Taito, Tokyo, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Metropolitan Intercity Railway Company.

  • Aoyama-itchōme Station

    Aoyama-itchōme Station (青山一丁目駅, Aoyama-itchōme-eki) is a subway station in Minato, Tokyo, Japan operated by Tokyo Metro and Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation (Toei).

  • Amarube Viaduct

    The Amarube Viaduct (余部橋梁 Amarube Kyōryō?) is a railway bridge in the town of Kami, Mikata District, Hyōgo Prefecture, on JR West's Sanin Main Line between the stations of Yoroi and Amarube.

  • Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium

    Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium (愛知県体育館, aichi ken taiikukan) is an all-purpose gymnasium in Nagoya, Japan, built in 1964. Located on the site of the secondary enclosure of Nagoya Castle, it is host to numerous concerts and events.

  • Aguni Airport

    Aguni Airport (粟国空港, Aguni Kūkō) (IATA: AGJ, ICAO: RORA) is an airport serving Aguni, a city in the Shimajiri District of the Okinawa Prefecture of Japan.

  • Adashino Nenbutsu-ji

    Adashino Nenbutsu-ji (化野念仏寺, Adashino Nenbutsuji) is a Buddhist temple in Ukyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan. In 811 Kūkai is said to have founded a temple, then Honen altered it to the present Nenbutsuji. Situated high on a hill overlooking the city from the no…

  • 1998 Ryukyu Islands earthquake

    The 1998 Ryukyu Islands earthquake (石垣島南方沖地震, Ishigakijima nanpō-oki jishin) occurred on May 4, 1998 at 08:30 local time (UTC+9) (on May 3 at 23:30 UTC) in the Philippine Sea region with Mw 7.5 (USGS) and M7.7 (JMA). The epicenter was 260 km (162 mi…

  • 1984 Otaki earthquake

    The 1984 Otaki earthquake hit Nagano Prefecture, Japan on September 14, 1984 at 08:48 local time (September 13, 1984 at 23:48 UTC). Registering a magnitude of Ms 6.3, the earthquake destroyed Otaki (Japanese: 王滝(おうたき)), and elicited landslides.