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12,287 Articles of interest in Japan

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  • Taishibashi-Imaichi Station

    Taishibashi-Imaichi Station (太子橋今市駅, Taishibashi-Imaichi-eki) is a railway station serving two lines of the Osaka Municipal Subway in Asahi-ku, Osaka and Moriguchi in Osaka prefecture, Japan.

  • Taiki, Mie

    Taiki (大紀町, Taiki-chō) is a town located in Watarai District, Mie Prefecture, Japan. As of September 2012, the town had an estimated population of 9,543 and a population density of 40.9 persons per km².

  • Taga-taisha

    Taga-taisha (多賀大社) is a Shinto shrine located in Taga, Shiga Prefecture, Japan dedicated to Izanagi and Izanami. It is associated with long life, successful marriage and good fortune. The shrine is frequently referred to as O-taga-san (お多賀さん) by loc…

  • Tadami, Fukushima

    Tadami (只見町, Tadami-machi) is a town located in Minamiaizu District, Fukushima Prefecture, in northern Honshu, Japan. As of September 2014, the town has an estimated population of 4,559 and a population density of 6.1 persons per km². The total area…

  • Tachibana castle

    Tachibana Castle (立花城, Tachibana-jō) was a Japanese castle in Chikuzen Province, in the north of Kyūshū; it is located at the peak of Tachibana Mountain, extending in part into the Higashi-ku in Fukuoka.

  • Sōfuku-ji (Gifu)

    Sōfuku-ji (崇福寺) is a Buddhist temple located in Gifu, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. The temple has strong ties to both Saitō Dōsan and Oda Nobunaga. Gifu's Sōfuku-ji is famed throughout Japan for both the number of monks it produces and for its "Blood Cei…

  • Sōbudai-mae Station

    Sōbudai-mae Station (相武台前駅, Sōbudai-mae-eki) is a railway station on the Odakyu Odawara Line in Zama, Kanagawa, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Odakyu Electric Railway.

  • Sugimoto-dera

    Sugimoto-dera (大蔵山観音院杉本寺, Taizō-zan Kannon-in Sugimoto-dera) is a Buddhist temple in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, one of the oldest temple in Kamakura and, together with Hōkai-ji, the only one of the Tendai denomination. The temple is Numbe…

  • St. Marianna University School of Medicine

    St. Marianna University School of Medicine (聖マリアンナ医科大学, Sei-marianna ika daigaku) is a private university in Miyamae-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Established in 1971, it is a medical school affiliated with the Roman Catholic Church. In …

  • Sonohyan-utaki

    Sonohyan-utaki (園比屋武御嶽, Okinawan: Sunuhyan-utaki) is a sacred grove of trees and plants (utaki) of the traditional indigenous Ryukyuan religion. It is located on the grounds of Shuri Castle in Naha, Okinawa, a few paces away from the Shureimon castl…

  • Sojo University

    Sojo University (崇城大学, Sōjō daigaku) is a private university in Nishi-ku, Kumamoto, Japan. The predecessor of the school was founded in 1949, and it was chartered as a junior college in 1965. After becoming a four-year college in 1967, it adopted th…

  • Social Insurance Agency

    The Social Insurance Agency (社会保険庁, Shakaihoken-chō) was an agency administered by the Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare. After a scandal involving millions of lost pension records, on January 1, 2010 it was abolished and replaced by the Japan …

  • Siebold Memorial Museum

    Siebold Memorial Museum (シーボルト記念館, Shīboruto Kinenkan) was opened in Nagasaki city in 1989 in honour of Philipp Franz von Siebold's great contributions to the development of modern science in Japan.

  • Shōwa, Yamanashi

    Shōwa (昭和町, Shōwa-chō) is a town located in Nakakoma District, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. As of July 2012, the town had an estimated population of 16,626 and a population density of 221 persons per km².

  • Shōwa, Gunma

    Shōwa (昭和村, Shōwa-mura) is a village located in Tone District of central Gunma Prefecture in the northern Kantō region of Japan. As of February 2015, the village had an estimated population of 7,229 and a population density of 113 persons per km².

  • Shōmyō Falls

    Shōmyō Falls (称名滝, Shōmyō-daki) are located in the town of Tateyama, Toyama Prefecture, Japan. Shōmyō-daki is the highest waterfall in Japan at 350 m (1,148 ft). The falls have four stages: the first 70 m, the second 58 m, the third 96 m and the las…

  • Shōhō-ji (Gifu)

    Shōhō-ji (正法寺) is a Buddhist temple of the Ōbaku school of Buddhism in Gifu, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. It is a branch temple of Mampuku-ji in Uji, Kyoto Prefecture. The temple has many aspects of the Ōbaku school, but its building style and sacraments…

  • Shizutani School

    The Shizutani School (閑谷学校, shizutani gakkō) was a school for the common people opened by the Okayama Domain in the early Edo period. It is located in Bizen in the Okayama Prefecture of Japan.

  • Shizuoka Gakuen School

    Shizuoka Gakuen School (静岡学園中学校・高等学校, Shizuoka Gakuen Chūgakkō・Kōtōgakkō) is a private coeducational junior and senior high school located in Suruga-ku, Shizuoka, Japan.

  • Shitara, Aichi

    Shitara (設楽町, Shitara-chō) is a town located in Kitashitara District, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. As of 2010, the town had an estimated population of 5,747 and a population density of 21 persons per km².