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Higashimatsuyama

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

Honjo

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

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 ...

Tajimi

(Encyclopedia)Tajimi täˌjēˈmē [key], city (1990 pop. 94,036), Gifu prefecture, central Honshu, Japan. It is one of the country's leading producers of ceramics. ...

Takasago

(Encyclopedia)Takasago täkäsäˈgō [key], city (1990 pop. 93,273), Hyogo prefecture, SW Honshu, Japan. It is an industrial center, producing chemicals, ceramics, and paper. ...

Soka

(Encyclopedia)Soka sōˈkä [key], city (1990 pop. 206,132), Saitama prefecture, E central Honshu, Japan. It is a suburb of Tokyo that produces pulp, leather, and metal. ...

Aioi

(Encyclopedia)Aioi ī-oiˈ [key], city, Hyogo prefecture, W Honshu, Japan, on the Inland Sea and Aioi Bay. It is a major port with a good natural harbor. ...

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. ...