Articles in Japan ( 12,287 )

12,287 Articles of interest in Japan

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  • Tokorozawa Aviation Museum

    The Tokorozawa Aviation Museum (所沢航空発祥記念館, Tokorozawa Kōkū Hasshō Kinenkan) is a museum located in the city of Tokorozawa, Saitama dedicated to the history of aviation in Japan. It contains aircraft and other displays (many of which are interactive)…

  • Tohoku Gakuin University

    Tohoku Gakuin University (東北学院大学, Tōhoku Gakuin Daigaku) is a private university in Sendai, Japan. It was founded under a Christian background (specifically the German Reformed Church, which later was known as the Reformed Church in the United State…

  • Toa Domestic Airlines Flight 63

    Toa Domestic Airlines Flight 63, registration JA8764, was a NAMC YS-11A-217 en route from Chitose Airport near Sapporo, Japan to Hakodate Airport. The plane left Chitose Airport on a scheduled flight at 08:30. After arriving in Hakodate airspace, th…

  • The Peninsula Tokyo

    The Peninsula Tokyo is a 24 story luxury hotel located in Yurakucho, Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. The hotel is owned by The Peninsula Hotel Group, and is the only Peninsula branded Hotel in Japan. It opened on September 1, 2007, and is managed by Malcolm …

  • Technocosmos

    Technocosmos, later renamed Technostar, was an 85-metre (279 ft) tall giant Ferris wheel, originally built for the Expo '85 World Fair in Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.

  • Tatebayashi, Gunma

    Tatebayashi (館林市, Tatebayashi-shi) is a city located in southeastern Gunma Prefecture in the northern Kantō region of Japan. As of February 2015, the city had an estimated population of 75,560 and a population density of 1260 persons per km². Its to…

  • Tama-Center Station

    Tama-Center Station (多摩センター駅, Tama-sentaa-eki) is a station on the Keiō Sagamihara Line, the Odakyū Tama Line, and the Tama Toshi Monorail Line located in Tama, Tokyo, Japan.

  • Tama Hills

    Tama Hills (多摩丘陵, Tama-kyūryō) is an area of hills stretching across southwest Tokyo and northeast Kanagawa Prefecture in the Kantō Plain on Honshū, Japan. Its total area is approximately 300 km2.

  • Takinoue, Hokkaido

    Takinoue (滝上町, Takinoue-chō) is a town located in Monbetsu District, Okhotsk Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan. As of December 31, 2011, the town has an estimated population of 3,037 and a population density of 3.96 persons per km².

  • Takao Station (Tokyo)

    Takao Station (高尾駅, Takao-eki) is a railway station in Hachiōji, Tokyo, jointly operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and the private railway operator Keio Corporation.

  • Tadasu no Mori

    Tadasu no Mori (糺の森), which literally means "Forest of Correction," is a sacred grove associated with an important Shinto sanctuary complex known in Japanese as the Kamo-jinja, situated near the banks of the Kamo River just north of where the Takano…

  • Sōfuku-ji (Nagasaki)

    Sōfuku-ji (崇福寺) is an Ōbaku Zen temple that was built by the Chinese monk Chaonian in 1629 as the family temple of the Chinese from Fujian Province who settled in Nagasaki.

  • Spiral (bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton)

    The Spiral is a bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track located in Iizuna village, located north of Nagano, Japan. Used for the bobsleigh and luge competitions for the 1998 Winter Olympics, it is the only permanent bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track in…

  • Kobe Sports Park Baseball Stadium

    Kobe Sports Park Baseball Stadium (神戸総合運動公園野球場, Kōbe Sōgō-Undō-Kōen Yakyūjō) is a baseball park in Kobe Sports Park, Kobe, Japan. It is primarily used for baseball, and is one of two home fields for the Orix Buffaloes, the other being the Kyocera Do…

  • Siege of Nara

    Following the 1180 Battle of the Uji, in which Minamoto no Yorimasa fought a small Taira army with the help of monks from the Mii-dera and other temples, the victorious Taira, angry at being opposed, decided to assault and burn the Miidera, before m…

  • Shizuhama Air Base

    Shizuhama Air Base (静浜基地, Shizuhama-kichi) (ICAO: RJNY) is a Japan Air Self-Defense Force base located in the city of Yaizu, Shizuoka Prefecture, in central Japan.

  • Shiraoi, Hokkaido

    Shiraoi (白老町, Shiraoi-chō) is a town located in Shiraoi District, Iburi, Hokkaido, Japan. As of 31 May 2008, the town had a population of 20,371 The town was established in 1867 by the feudal lords of Sendai.

  • Shinonoi Line

    The Shinonoi Line (篠ノ井線, Shinonoi-sen) is a railway line in Nagano Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

  • Shimajiri District, Okinawa

    Shimajiri District (島尻郡, Shimajiri-gun, Okinawan: Shimajiri) is a district located in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. Modern translation of Shimajiri means "Butt of the island" which may refer to its southerly position on the island of Okinawa.

  • Shikine-jima

    Shikine-jima (式根島) is a volcanic Japanese island in the Philippine Sea. The island is administered by Tōkyō and located approximately 160 kilometres (99 mi) south of Tōkyō and 36 kilometres (22 mi) south of Shimoda Shizuoka Prefecture. It is one of …

  • Yurtec Stadium Sendai

    Yurtec Stadium Sendai (ユアテックスタジアム仙台) is a football stadium in the Nanakita Park, Izumi-ku, Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. It was built in 1997 and is home to the J. League club Vegalta Sendai and the Japan Football League club Sony Sendai F.…

  • Seibu Tamagawa Line

    The Seibu Tamagawa Line (西武多摩川線, Seibu Tamagawa-sen) is an 8.0 km railway line in the western suburbs of Tokyo operated by the private railway operator Seibu Railway. The line connects Musashi-Sakai Station on the Chūō Main Line with Koremasa Statio…

  • Sapporo JR Tower

    Sapporo JR Tower (Japanese: JRタワー) is a skyscraper, shopping mall and office complex in Sapporo, Hokkaidō, Japan. The Tower is located above JR Sapporo Station South entrance, and the height of the tower is 173 m (568 ft) with 38 stories. Officially…