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Kasugai

(Encyclopedia)Kasugai käso͞oˈgī [key], city (1990 pop. 266,599), Aichi prefecture, central Honshu, Japan. It is a suburb of Nagoya and the site of paper, silk, and textile industries. ...

Kawaguchi

(Encyclopedia)Kawaguchi käwäˈgo͞ochē [key], city (1990 pop. 438,680), Saitama prefecture, central Honshu, Japan, on the Ajikawa and Kizagawa rivers. A Tokyo suburb, it has ironworks, textile mills, and breweri...

Tsuchiura

(Encyclopedia)Tsuchiura tso͝ochēˈo͞orä [key], city (1990 pop. 127,471), Ibaraki prefecture, central Honshu, Japan. A suburb of the Tokyo-Yokohama Metropolitan Area, it is a commercial and cultural center. ...

Tsuruoka

(Encyclopedia)Tsuruoka tso͞oro͞oˈôkä [key], city (1990 pop. 99,889), Yamagata prefecture, NE Honshu, Japan. An agricultural center, Tsuruoka produces candles, textiles, sake, and agricultural machines. ...

Takaoka

(Encyclopedia)Takaoka täkäˈôkä [key], city (1990 pop. 175,466), Toyama prefecture, W central Honshu, Japan, on the Sho River. A center for the Japanese aluminum industry, Takaoka also produces paper, copper, a...

Toyohashi

(Encyclopedia)Toyohashi tōyōˈhäˈshē [key], city (1990 pop. 337,982), Aichi prefecture, central Honshu, Japan. It is a leading cotton and silk production center. Toyohashi was formerly an important castle town...

Urawa

(Encyclopedia)Urawa o͞oräˈwä [key], city (1990 pop. 418,271), capital of Saitama prefecture, central Honshu, Japan. A suburb of the Tokyo-Yokohama Metropolitan Area, it is a commercial and industrial center. ...

Shibata

(Encyclopedia)Shibata shĭbäˈtä [key], city (1990 pop. 78,170), Niigata prefecture, W central Honshu, Japan, on the Kaji River. It is a distribution point for rice and a center for iron, steel, and chemical indu...

Abashiri

(Encyclopedia)Abashiri äˌbäˈshĭrē [key], city, Hokkaido prefecture, E Hokkaido, Japan, on the Sea of Okhotsk and the Abashiri River, lying on the Abashiri plain. It is an importan...

Dōgen

(Encyclopedia)Dōgen dōˈgĕn [key], 1200–1253, Zen master (see Zen Buddhism) and founder of the Sōtō Zen school in Japan. After studying in China, he received the seal of enlightenment and succession to the T...