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Iwata

(Encyclopedia)Iwata ēwäˈtä [key], city, Shizuoka prefecture, central Honshu, Japan, on the estuary of t...

Izumi

(Encyclopedia)Izumi ēzo͞oˈmē [key], city, Osaka prefecture, S Honshu, Japan. It is a residential and co...

Izumisano

(Encyclopedia)Izumisano ēzo͞omēˈsänō [key], city, Osaka prefecture, S Honshu, Japan, on Osaka Bay. It is a ...

Ina

(Encyclopedia)Ina ēˈnä [key], city, Nagano prefecture, central Honshu, Japan, on the Tenryu River. It is...

Ichinomiya

(Encyclopedia)Ichinomiya ēchĭnōˈmēyä [key], city, Aichi prefecture, central Honshu, Japan. It is an industrial ...

Honjo

(Encyclopedia)Honjo hōnˈjō [key], city, Saitama prefecture, central Honshu, Japan, on the Tone River. It...

Higashimatsuyama

(Encyclopedia)Higashimatsuyama hēgäˈshēmätso͞oyäˈmä [key], city, Saitama prefecture, E central Honshu, Japan. It is a subu...

Abiko

(Encyclopedia)Abiko äˌbēˈkō [key], city, Chiba prefecture, central Honshu, Japan. It is an important railway junction, a resort town, and a residential suburb NE of Tokyo. ...

Niitsu

(Encyclopedia)Niitsu nēˈtso͞o [key], city (1990 pop. 63,999), Niigata prefecture, W central Honshu, Japan. Niitsu is an important transportation hub and commercial center. ...

Matsudo

(Encyclopedia)Matsudo mätso͞oˈdō [key], city (1990 pop. 456,210), Chiba prefecture, E central Honshu, Japan. A suburb of Tokyo, it has several ironworks factories. ...