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Chiryu

(Encyclopedia)Chiryu chēryo͞oˈ [key], city, Aichi prefecture, S central Honshu, Japan. The city was form...

Sayama

(Encyclopedia)Sayama säyäˈmä [key], city (1990 pop. 157,309), Saitama prefecture, E central Honshu, Japan, on Lake Sayama. It is a resort and center for various mechanical industries. ...

Seto

(Encyclopedia)Seto sāˈtō [key], city (1990 pop. 126,340), Aichi prefecture, central Honshu, Japan. It has been an important porcelain center since the 13th cent. ...

Saiki

(Encyclopedia)Saiki sīˈkē [key], city (1990 pop. 52,323), Oita prefecture, NE Honshu, Japan. It is a fishing port and agricultural market, and it produces pulp and cement. ...

Neyagawa

(Encyclopedia)Neyagawa nāyägäˈwä [key], city (1990 pop. 256,524), Osaka prefecture, SW Honshu, Japan, on the Shinyodo River. A suburb of Osaka, it produces metal products and textiles. ...

Nishio

(Encyclopedia)Nishio nēshēˈō [key], city (1990 pop. 95,197), Aichi prefecture, central Honshu, Japan. It is an agricultural market and manufacturing center for textiles and sake. ...

Takarazuka

(Encyclopedia)Takarazuka täkäˌräˈzo͞okä [key], city (1990 pop. 201,862), Hyogo prefecture, SW Honshu, Japan. It is a suburb and a resort serving the Osaka-Kobe areas. ...

Tachikawa

(Encyclopedia)Tachikawa tächēˈkäwə [key], city (1990 pop. 152,824), Tokyo Metropolis, E central Honshu, Japan. A commercial center and railway hub, it is an industrial suburb of Tokyo. ...

Kariya

(Encyclopedia)Kariya kärēˈyä [key], city (1990 pop. 120,126), Aichi prefecture, central Honshu, Japan. It is an industrial center with textile, mechanical, food-processing industries, and ceramic tile industrie...

Narashino

(Encyclopedia)Narashino närəshēˈnō [key], city (1990 pop. 151,471), Chiba prefecture, E central Honshu, Japan, on Tokyo Bay. It is a newly developed suburb of Tokyo and has a large metals industry. ...