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Himeji

(Encyclopedia)Himeji hēmāˈjē [key], city, Hyogo prefecture, SW Honshu, Japan. A railroad and market cen...

Hadano

(Encyclopedia)Hadano hädäˈnō [key], city, Kanagawa prefecture, E central Honshu, Japan. An important co...

Hagi

(Encyclopedia)Hagi häˈgē [key], city, Yamaguchi prefecture, W Honshu, Japan, on the delta of the Abu Riv...

Goto-retto

(Encyclopedia)Goto-retto gōtōˈ-rĕtˈtō [key], group of more than 125 islands, 249 sq mi (645 sq km), Nagasaki prefecture, in the East China Sea, off W Kyushu, Japan. Fukue is the largest island. Whaling and fi...

Fuji

(Encyclopedia)Fuji fo͞oˈjē [key], city, Shizuoka prefecture, S central Honshu, Japan, on Suruga Bay. It ...

Fukuyama

(Encyclopedia)Fukuyama fo͞oko͞oˈyämä [key], city, Hiroshima prefecture, W Honshu, Japan, on the Ashida River. ...

Ichihara

(Encyclopedia)Ichihara ēchēˈhärä [key], city, Chiba prefecture, central Honshu, Japan, on Tokyo Bay. Part ...

Tokorozawa

(Encyclopedia)Tokorozawa tōkōˌrōˈzäwä [key], city (1990 pop. 303,040), Saitama prefecture, central Honshu, Japan. It is a suburb of Tokyo and an agricultural market for locally grown green tea. It is the bas...

Otaru

(Encyclopedia)Otaru ōtäˈro͞o [key], city (1990 pop. 163,211), SW Hokkaido, Japan, on Ishikari Bay. A major port and Hokkaido's main commercial and industrial center, Otaru is the site of the Asarigawa Spa and t...

Beppu

(Encyclopedia)Beppu bāpˈpo͞o [key], city, Oita prefecture, NE Kyushu, Japan, on Beppu Bay. It is a major...