Sapporo Concert Hall (札幌コンサートホール, Sapporo Konsāto Hōru), also known as its nickname Kitara (キタラ), is a municipal musical venue located in Nakajima Park, Chūō-ku, Sapporo, Japan. Established in 1997, the building is owned by Sapporo City, known for h…
Saito (西都市, Saito-shi) is a city located in Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan.
Saint Maur International School, established in 1872 in Yokohama within the Greater Tokyo Area, is the oldest international school in Japan. The school, which is co-educational, caters to students of all nationalities and faiths from ages 2½ through…
Saga Castle (佐賀城, Saga-jō) is a Japanese castle located in Saga City, Saga Prefecture, Japan. It is a hiraijirō, a castle built on a plains rather than a hill or mountain, and is surrounded by a wall rather than being built above a stone base. Saga …
Ryūgasaki (龍ヶ崎市, Ryūgasaki-shi) is a city located in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan.
The Ryukyu Trench (琉球海溝, Ryūkyū kaikō), also called Nansei-Shotō Trench, is a 1398 km (868 mi) long oceanic trench located along the southeastern edge of Japan's Ryukyu Islands in the Philippine Sea in the Pacific Ocean, between northeastern Taiwan …
Rausu (羅臼町, Rausu-chō) is a town located in Menashi District, Nemuro Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan.
Palace Hotel Tokyo (パレスホテル東京) is a hotel in the Marunouchi business district of Tokyo, Japan consisting of 290 guestrooms, 10 restaurants and bars, and other facilities.
The Osaka Prefectural Government Sakishima Building (大阪府咲洲庁舎, Ōsaka fu Sakishima chōsha), or Cosmo Tower (コスモタワー, Kosumo Tawā), is the second tallest building in Osaka, and the third-tallest building in Japan.
The Shigaraki train disaster (信楽高原鐵道衝突事故, Shigaraki Kōgen Tetsudō shōtotsu jiko) was a railway accident that occurred in Shigaraki (now Koka), Shiga Prefecture, Japan on May 14, 1991. A Shigaraki Kōgen Railway (SKR) train and a West Japan Railway Co…
Okaya (岡谷市, Okaya-shi) is a city located on Lake Suwa in Nagano Prefecture, Japan.
Obama Castle (小浜城 Obama-jō?) is a mountain castle in the former Iwashiro (now Nihonmatsu), Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. The ruins of the inner tower are now part of a historical park.
Nogizaka Station (乃木坂駅, Nogizaka-eki) is an underground railway station in Minato, Tokyo, Japan, operated by Tokyo Metro.
Nishinoshima (西ノ島町, Nishinoshima-chō) is a town located on the island of Nishinoshima, in Oki District, Shimane Prefecture, Japan. As of June 2013, the town had an estimated population of 3,015 and a population density of 53.8 persons per km².
Nishi-Funabashi Station (西船橋駅, Nishi-Funabashi-eki) is a railway station in Funabashi, Chiba, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East), Tokyo Metro, and the Tōyō Rapid Railway.
Ningyōchō Station (人形町駅, Ningyōchō Eki) is a subway station on the Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line (operated by Tokyo Metro) and the Toei Asakusa Line (operated by the Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation). It is located in the Ningyōchō neighborhood…
Niimi (新見市, Niimi-shi) is a city located in northwestern Okayama Prefecture, Japan.
Nihon Minka-en (日本民家園?) is a park in the Ikuta Ryokuchi (生田緑地?) Park of Tama-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. On display in the park is a collection of 20 traditional minka (民家?) (farm houses) from various parts of Japan, especially thatche…
Nezu Shrine (根津神社 Nezu-jinja?), established in 1705, is a Shinto shrine located in Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan.
The Negoro-ji (根来寺) complex of Buddhist temples stands on the side of, and is surrounded by, the sacred peaks of the Katsuragi Mountains which dominate the horizon at the northern end of the city of Iwade, Wakayama in Japan.
United States Naval Hospital Yokosuka Japan with its eight branch clinics are US Navy medical treatment facilities catering to the medical needs of eligible Sailors, Marines, Soldiers, Airmen, family members, U.S. government employees, retired milit…
The National Theatre of Japan (国立劇場, Kokuritsu Gekijō) is a complex consisting of three halls in two buildings in Hayabusa-chō, a neighborhood in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. The Japan Arts Council, an Independent Administrative Institution of the Ministr…
Naruto University of Education (鳴門教育大学, Naruto kyōiku daigaku) is a national university in Japan. It is located in Naruto, Tokushima. The current president is Yuzo Tanaka.
Narai-juku (奈良井宿, Narai-juku) was the thirty-fourth of the sixty-nine stations of the Nakasendō, as well as the second of eleven stations along the Kisoji.
Nakagami (中頭郡, Nakagami-gun, Okinawan: Nakajan) is a district located in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.
Naka-ku (中区, lit. "central ward") is the heart of Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. Naka-ku is home to Hiroshima's central business district and Peace Memorial Park. Major attractions include the Hondori shopping arcade, a covered mall-like st…
Nagoya City University (名古屋市立大学, Nagoya shiritsu daigaku), abbreviated to Meishidai (名市大), is a public university in Japan. The main campus (Kawasumi) is located in Mizuho-ku, Nagoya City. Other three campuses (Yamanohata, Tanabe-dori and Kita Chiku…
Nagashino Castle (長篠城, Nagashino-jō) was a Sengoku period Japanese castle located in what is now Shinshiro, eastern Aichi Prefecture, Japan.
The Nagasaki National Peace Memorial Hall for the Atomic Bomb Victims (国立長崎原爆死没者追悼平和祈念館, Kokuritsu Nagasaki Genbaku Shibotsusha Tsuitō Heiwa Kinenkan) is a commemorative monument in Nagasaki, Japan, situated next to its Atomic Bomb Museum.
Nagai Ball Gall Field (大阪市長居球技場), named Kincho Stadium (キンチョウスタジアム) for J. League association football games, Top League rugby football games, and X-League American football games, is a football and rugby union stadium located in Nagai Park, Higashi…
Mōtsū-ji (毛越寺) refers to the Buddhist temple of the Tendai sect in Hiraizumi and to the historic area surrounding it containing the ruins of two older temples, Enryū-ji (圓隆寺) and Kashō-ji (嘉祥寺) in a Jōdo (Pure Land) garden. The current temple was bu…
Mukō (向日市, Mukō-shi) is a city in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan, which served as the capital city of Japan (Nagaoka-kyō) for a decade from 784 to 794. Its neighbor cities are Kyoto and Nagaokakyō. As of 2014, the city has an estimated population of 53,587…
Mount Tokachi (十勝岳, Tokachidake) is an active volcano located in Daisetsuzan National Park, Hokkaidō, Japan. It is the tallest volcano of the Tokachi Volcanic Group, with a height of 2,077 metres (6,814 ft).
Mount Myōkō (妙高山, Myōkō-san) is an active stratovolcano in Honshu, Japan. It is situated at the southwest of Myōkō city, Niigata Prefecture, and a part of Joshinetsu Kogen National Park.
Mount Miwa (三輪山, Miwa-yama) or Mount Mimoro (三諸山, Mimoro-yama) is a mountain located in the city of Sakurai, Nara Prefecture, Japan. It has been an important religious and historical mountain in Japan, especially during its early history, and serves…
Mount Inasa (稲佐山, Inasa-yama) is a hill to the west of Nagasaki which rises to a height of 333 metres (1,093 ft). The Nagasaki Ropeway allows visitors to travel to the top from Nagasaki.