Articles in Japan ( 12,287 )

12,287 Articles of interest in Japan

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  • Megijima

    Megijima (女木島) (めぎじま) is an island located in the Seto Inland Sea of Japan, north of the city of Takamatsu, and is part of Kagawa Prefecture.

  • Matsumae Castle

    Matsumae Castle (松前城, Matsumae-jō) is a castle located in Matsumae in Hokkaido, Japan, and is the northernmost castle in Japan. It was the home of the Matsumae Han of the Matsumae clan.

  • Matsukawa derailment

    The Matsukawa derailment (松川事件, Matsukawa jiken) occurred at 0309 AM on August 17, 1949 when a Tōhoku Main Line passenger train derailed and overturned between Kanayagawa and Matsukawa stations in Fukushima Prefecture Japan, killing three crew membe…

  • Makomanai Open Stadium

    The Makomanai Sekisui Heim Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Sapporo, Japan. During the 1972 Winter Olympics, it hosted the opening and closing ceremonies and the speed skating events.

  • MOA Museum of Art

    The MOA Museum of Art (MOA美術館 MOA Bijutsukan?) is a private museum in the city of Atami, Japan. It was established in 1982 by the Mokichi Okada Association (MOA) to house the art collection of their founder, multimillionaire and religious leader Mo…

  • Lake Saroma

    Lake Saroma (さろま湖, Saroma-ko) also Saroma Lagoon is a body of brackish water in Saroma, Kitami, and Yūbetsu Hokkaidō, Japan. It is located in Abashiri Quasi-National Park.

  • Kōrakuen Station

    Kōrakuen Station (後楽園駅, Kōrakuen-eki) is a subway train station in Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan, operated by the Tokyo subway operator Tokyo Metro. It is directly connected by an underground pedestrian passage to the Toei-operated Kasuga Station.

  • Kyu Shiba Rikyu Garden

    The Kyū Shiba Rikyū Garden (旧芝離宮恩賜庭園), also known as Kyū Shiba Rikyū Onshi Teien ("Former Shiba Villa Gardens") is a public garden and former imperial garden in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. The garden is one of two surviving Edo period clan gardens in mode…

  • Kuramae Kokugikan

    Kuramae Kokugikan (蔵前国技館, Kuramae Kokugi-kan) was a building situated in the Kuramae neighborhood of Taitō, Tokyo which was built by the Japan Sumo Association and opened in 1950. The Association needed a permanent venue to hold sumo tournaments as …

  • Kuon-ji

    Kuon-ji (久遠寺) is a major temple in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. Founded by Nichiren in 1281 it is today the head temple of Nichiren Shū.

  • Kumejima Airport

    Kumejima Airport (久米島空港, Kumejima Kūkō) (IATA: UEO, ICAO: ROKJ) is an airport in Kumejima, a city and island in the Okinawa Prefecture of Japan.

  • Kumagaya Station

    Kumagaya Station (熊谷駅, Kumagaya-eki) is a railway station in Kumagaya, Saitama, Japan, operated jointly by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and the Chichibu Railway

  • Kokusai-Tenjijō Station

    Kokusai-Tenjijō Station (国際展示場駅, Kokusai-Tenjijō-eki, lit. "International Exhibition Centre Station") is a railway station on the Rinkai Line in Kōtō, Tokyo, Japan, operated by Tokyo Waterfront Area Rapid Transit (TWR).

  • Koishikawa Botanical Gardens

    The Koishikawa Botanical Gardens (小石川植物園, Koishikawa Shokubutsuen, 40 acres, 16 hectares) are botanical gardens with arboretum operated by the University of Tokyo Graduate School of Science.

  • Kohama Island

    Kohama Island (小浜島, Kohama-jima) (Yaeyama: Kumoo Okinawan: Kubama), or Kohama Island, is an island in the Yaeyama Islands group at the southwestern end of the Ryukyu Islands chain, and part of Taketomi, Yaeyama District, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. T…

  • Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium

    Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Kobe Sports Park, Suma-ku, Kobe, Japan. It is currently used mostly for soccer matches. The stadium holds 45,000. It was built in 1985 for the 1985 Summer Universiade. It hosted the 200…

  • Kitadaito Airport

    Kitadaitō Airport (北大東空港, Kitadaitō Kūkō, (IATA: KTD, ICAO: RORK)) is located on the island of Kitadaitōjima in the village of Kitadaitō, Shimajiri District, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.

  • Kita-ku, Sapporo

    Kita-ku (北区, lit. "north ward") is a ward of Sapporo composed of residential neighborhoods mostly arranged in grid patterns, and each built surrounding a train station, broken up by areas of farmland and some light-industrial areas. Kita-ku is locat…

  • Kimpusen-ji

    Kimpusen-ji (金峯山寺, Kinpusen-ji) is the head temple of a branch of the Shugendō religion called Kimpusen-Shugendō in Yoshino district, Nara Prefecture, Japan.

  • Keio University Shonan Fujisawa Campus

    Keio University Shonan Fujisawa Campus (慶應義塾大学湘南藤沢キャンパス, Keio Gijuku Daigaku Shonan-Fujisawa kanpasu), also known as “Keio SFC” is a research-oriented campus of Keio University located in the city of Fujisawa, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. The campus …

  • Kawamata, Fukushima

    Kawamata (川俣町, Kawamata-machi) is a town in Date District, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. As of December 2014, the town had an estimated population of 14,287 and a population density of 112 persons per km².