(Encyclopedia) KishiwadaKishiwadakēshēwäˈdä [key], city (1990 pop. 188,563), Osaka prefecture, SW Honshu, Japan, on Osaka Bay. It is an industrial and residential suburb of Osaka, producing lumber,…
(Encyclopedia) KomakiKomakikōmäˈkē [key], city (1990 pop. 124,441), Aichi prefecture, Honshu, Japan, on the Nobi Plain. A suburb of Nagoya, it has industries that produce pottery, rubber, machines,…
(Encyclopedia) KoshigayaKoshigayakōshēˈgäyä [key], city (1990 pop. 285,259), Saitama prefecture, central Honshu, Japan, on the Motoara River. A suburb of Tokyo noted for its peach orchards, Koshigaya…
(Encyclopedia) ImaichiImaichiēmīˈchē [key], former city, Tochigi prefecture, central Honshu, Japan. An agricultural market and tourist center near Nikko National Park, it was merged into the city of…
(Encyclopedia) ToyohashiToyohashitōyōˈhäˈshē [key], city (1990 pop. 337,982), Aichi prefecture, central Honshu, Japan. It is a leading cotton and silk production center. Toyohashi was formerly an…
(Encyclopedia) ShibataShibatashĭbäˈtä [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…
(Encyclopedia) Abashiri Abashiri äˌbäˈshĭrē [key], city, Hokkaido prefecture, E Hokkaido, Japan, on the Sea of Okhotsk and the Abashiri River, lying on the Abashiri plain.…
(Encyclopedia) TsuchiuraTsuchiurats&oobreve;chēˈ&oomacr;rä [key], city (1990 pop. 127,471), Ibaraki prefecture, central Honshu, Japan. A suburb of the Tokyo-Yokohama Metropolitan Area, it is…
(Encyclopedia) TsuruokaTsuruokats&oomacr;r&oomacr;ˈôkä [key], city (1990 pop. 99,889), Yamagata prefecture, NE Honshu, Japan. An agricultural center, Tsuruoka produces candles, textiles, sake…
