Asaka (朝霞市, Asaka-shi?) is a city located in Saitama Prefecture, Japan. It was named (as Asaka Town) in 1932 after Prince Asaka who was an honorary chairman of the Tokyo Golf Club, which relocated to the area at that time. Asaka Town became a city on March 15, 1967.
Population: 128,058
Latitude: 35° 48' 16.99" N
Longitude: 139° 36' 6.98" E
Earthquake Research Institute, University of Tokyo (ERI; 東京大学地震研究所 Tokyo Daigaku Jishin Kenkyu-jo) is the institute in affiliation with University of Tokyo. It was founded in 1925. Many fellows research on various topics about Seismology and volcano…
The Denkikan (電気館?) was the first dedicated movie theater in Japan. Originally a hall built in Asakusa's Rokku theater district to present spectacles featuring electricity ("denki" in Japanese), it was converted into a movie theater in October 1903 …
Chūō-ku (中央区, lit. "Central ward") is one of the ten wards of Saitama City, Japan. As of June 2012, the ward has a population of 95,890. It is surrounded by Sakura-ku (to the west), Minami-ku (to the south), Urawa-ku (to the east) and Ōmiya-ku (to t…
Chitose-Karasuyama Station (千歳烏山駅, Chitose-karasuyama-eki) is a railway station on the Keio Line in Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Keio Corporation. It is the westernmost station of the Keio Line in the 23 special w…
The Battle of Bubaigawara (分倍河原の戦い, Bubaigawara no tatakai) was part of the decisive Kōzuke-Musashi Campaign during the Genkō War in Japan that ultimately ended the Kamakura Shogunate. Fought in present day Fuchū on May 15 and 16, 1333, it pitted th…
Bakuro-yokoyama Station (馬喰横山駅, Bakuro-yokoyama-eki) is a subway station on the Toei Shinjuku Line in Chūō, Tokyo, Japan, operated by Toei Subway.
Ageo Station (上尾駅, Ageo-eki) is a railway station on the Takasaki Line operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) in Ageo, Saitama, Japan.
Abiko Station (我孫子駅, Abiko-eki) is a railway station in Abiko, Chiba Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Ōwada Station (大和田駅, Ōwada-eki) is a railway station on the Tobu Urban Park Line in Minuma-ku, Saitama, Saitama Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Tobu Railway.
Ōizumi-gakuen Station (大泉学園駅, Ōizumi-gakuen-eki) is a railway station on the Seibu Ikebukuro Line in Nerima, Tokyo, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Seibu Railway.
Zasshi Kiji Sakuin (雑誌記事索引, "Japanese Periodicals Index"), often called Zassaku in short, is a searchable database of scholarly articles in Japanese. The database, produced by the National Diet Library (NDL) in 1948, catalogs selected articles from …
Yushima Station (湯島駅, Yushima eki) is a subway station on the Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line in the Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan, operated by the Tokyo subway operator Tokyo Metro.
Yashio Station (八潮駅, Yashio-eki) is a railway station in Yashio, Saitama Prefecture, Japan.
The Yamatane Museum (山種美術館, Yamatane Bijutsukan) is a museum in Japan specializing in the nihonga style of Japanese watercolour painting.
Yaho Station (谷保駅, Yaho-eki) is a railway station on the Nambu Line operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Ushigome-yanagichō Station (牛込柳町駅, Ushigome-yanagichō-eki) is a subway station on the Toei Oedo Line in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan, operated by the Tokyo subway operator Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation (Toei).
Ushigome-kagurazaka Station (牛込神楽坂駅) is a subway station in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan. Its station number is E-05.
Saitama City Komaba Stadium (さいたま市浦和駒場スタジアム, Saitama-shi Urawa Komaba Sutajiamu) is an athletic stadium in Urawa-ku, Saitama, Saitama, Japan.