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Otaru

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is a city and port in Shiribeshi Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan, northwest of Sapporo. [1]

77 relations: Ainu people, Akaigawa, Hokkaido, Akiko Yamanaka, Asari Station (Hokkaido), Azalea, Chiaki Kawamata, Cities of Japan, Commuter town, Dunedin, Gangseo District, Seoul, Gennosuke Fuse, Hakodate Main Line, Handicraft, Hideharu Miyahira, Hideo Murota, Hirokazu Yagi, Hokkaido, Hokkaido College of Pharmacy, Hokkaido Railway Company, Ichiro Yamaguchi, Ishikari Subprefecture, Ishikari, Hokkaido, Japan Standard Time, Kazumi Yamashita (artist), Kōtetsuyama Toyoya, Kutchan, Hokkaido, List of regions of Japan, Maki Murakami, Masaki Kobayashi, Masaru Konuma, Minami-ku, Sapporo, Minami-Otaru Station, Miyoshi Umeki, Motosaburo Masuyama, Mount Tengu, Music box, Nakhodka, Natsuhiko Kyogoku, Nobuko Miyamoto, Nobuo Nakamura, Otaru Station, Otaru Tenguyama Ropeway, Otaru University of Commerce, Otaru-Chikkō Station, Port, Prefectures of Japan, Ranshima Station, Rising Sun Rock Festival, Sakanaction, Sakhalin, ..., Sapporo, Sawao Yamanaka, Sea of Japan, Sei Itō, Seiji Aochi, Shōgun, Shioya Station (Hokkaido), Shiribeshi Subprefecture, Studio glass, Sushi, Takiji Kobayashi, Takiko Mizunoe, Teine-ku, Sapporo, Tetsuya Mizuguchi, Tetsuya Okabe, The Pillows, United Kingdom, United States, Victorian architecture, Yōko Asagami, Yoichi District, Hokkaido, Yoichi, Hokkaido, Yoko Takahashi (fighter), Yoshiya Tanoue, Yukie Kawamura, Zenibako River, Zenibako Station. Expand index (27 more) »

Ainu people

The Ainu or the Aynu (Ainu アィヌ ''Aynu''; Japanese: アイヌ Ainu; Russian: Айны Ajny), in the historical Japanese texts the Ezo (蝦夷), are an indigenous people of Japan (Hokkaido, and formerly northeastern Honshu) and Russia (Sakhalin, the Kuril Islands, and formerly the Kamchatka Peninsula).

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Akaigawa, Hokkaido

is a village located in Shiribeshi, Hokkaido, Japan.

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Akiko Yamanaka

is a Special Ambassador for Peacebuilding of Japan.

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Asari Station (Hokkaido)

is a railway station in Otaru, Hokkaido, Japan, operated by Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido).

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Azalea

Azaleas are flowering shrubs in the genus Rhododendron, particularly the former sections Tsutsuji (evergreen) and Pentanthera (deciduous).

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Chiaki Kawamata

is a Japanese science fiction writer and critic.

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Cities of Japan

A is a local administrative unit in Japan.

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Commuter town

A commuter town is a town whose residents normally work elsewhere but in which they live, eat and sleep.

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Dunedin

Dunedin (Ōtepoti) is the second-largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the principal city of the Otago region.

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Gangseo District, Seoul

Gangseo District (Gangseo-gu) (Hangul: 강서구, Hanja: 江西區) is one of the 25 wards (gu) of Seoul, South Korea.

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Gennosuke Fuse

was a Japanese anatomist of the Meiji period.

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Hakodate Main Line

The is a railway line connecting the cities of Hakodate and Asahikawa via Sapporo in Hokkaido, Japan.

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Handicraft

A handicraft, sometimes more precisely expressed as artisanal handicraft or handmade, is any of a wide variety of types of work where useful and decorative objects are made completely by hand or by using only simple tools.

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Hideharu Miyahira

(born 21 December 1973) is a Japanese former ski jumper.

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Hideo Murota

was a Japanese actor who appeared in over 100 films.

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Hirokazu Yagi

(born 26 December 1959) is a Japanese former ski jumper.

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Hokkaido

(), formerly known as Ezo, Yezo, Yeso, or Yesso, is the second largest island of Japan, and the largest and northernmost prefecture.

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Hokkaido College of Pharmacy

is a private university in Otaru, Hokkaidō, Japan, established in 1974.

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Hokkaido Railway Company

The is one of the constituent companies of the Japan Railways Group (JR Group), and is often referred to using its official abbreviation of.

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Ichiro Yamaguchi

, is a Japanese musician.

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Ishikari Subprefecture

is a subprefecture of Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan, located in the western part of the island.

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Ishikari, Hokkaido

is a city located in Ishikari Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan.

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Japan Standard Time

is the standard timezone in Japan, 9 hours ahead of UTC (i.e. it is UTC+09:00).

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Kazumi Yamashita (artist)

is a Japanese manga artist.

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Kōtetsuyama Toyoya

(July 9, 1942 – April 14, 1996), born, was a sumo wrestler from Otaru, Hokkaidō, Japan.

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Kutchan, Hokkaido

is a town located in Shiribeshi Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan.

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List of regions of Japan

The regions of Japan are not official administrative units, but have been traditionally used as the regional division of Japan in a number of contexts.

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Maki Murakami

is a Japanese manga artist most famous for the boys love manga Gravitation, which, in addition to the Gravitation novel, is published in the U.S. by Tokyopop.

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Masaki Kobayashi

was a Japanese film director, best known for the epic trilogy The Human Condition (1959–1961), the samurai film Seppuku (1962), and Ghost Stories (1964).

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Masaru Konuma

is a Japanese film director known for his Roman Porno films for Nikkatsu during the 1970s.

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Minami-ku, Sapporo

is one of the 10 wards in Sapporo, Hokkaidō, Japan.

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Minami-Otaru Station

is a railway station on the Hakodate Main Line in Otaru, Hokkaido, Japan, operated by Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido).

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Miyoshi Umeki

Bernstein, Adam.

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Motosaburo Masuyama

was a Japanese statistician who championed the ideas of R.A. Fisher and went on to influence the fields of quality control and biometrics.

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Mount Tengu

is a 2,646m mountain on the border of Chino and Koumi of Nagano in Japan.

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Music box

A music box or musical box is an automatic musical instrument in a box that produces musical notes by using a set of pins placed on a revolving cylinder or disc to pluck the tuned teeth (or ''lamellae'') of a steel comb.

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Nakhodka

Nakhodka (p) is a port city in Primorsky Krai, Russia, located on the Trudny Peninsula jutting into the Nakhodka Bay of the Sea of Japan, about east of Vladivostok, the administrative center of the krai.

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Natsuhiko Kyogoku

is a Japanese mystery writer, who is a member of Ōsawa Office.

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Nobuko Miyamoto

is a Japanese actress.

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Nobuo Nakamura

was a Japanese actor, who made notable appearances in the films of Akira Kurosawa and Yasujirō Ozu in the 1950s and 1960s.

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Otaru Station

is a railway station in Otaru, Hokkaido, Japan, operated by the Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido).

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Otaru Tenguyama Ropeway

The is Japanese aerial lift line in Otaru, Hokkaidō, operated by.

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Otaru University of Commerce

is a national university in Japan.

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Otaru-Chikkō Station

is a railway station on the Hakodate Main Line in Otaru, Hokkaido, Japan, operated by the Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido).

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Port

A port is a maritime commercial facility which may comprise one or more wharves where ships may dock to load and discharge passengers and cargo.

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Prefectures of Japan

Japan is divided into 47, forming the first level of jurisdiction and administrative division.

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Ranshima Station

is a railway station on the Hakodate Main Line in Otaru, Hokkaido, Japan, operated by Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido).

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Rising Sun Rock Festival

Rising Sun Rock Festival is an annual rock festival held in Ishikari, Hokkaido, Japan.

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Sakanaction

, stylised as sakanaction, are a Japanese rock band from Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan.

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Sakhalin

Sakhalin (Сахалин), previously also known as Kuye Dao (Traditional Chinese:庫頁島, Simplified Chinese:库页岛) in Chinese and in Japanese, is a large Russian island in the North Pacific Ocean, lying between 45°50' and 54°24' N.

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Sapporo

is the fifth largest city of Japan by population, and the largest city on the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido.

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Sawao Yamanaka

(born December 7, 1968) is the frontman of the bands: The Pillows, with Yoshiaki Manabe and Shinichiro Sato, and The Predators, with drummer, Shinpei, from Straightener, and bassist, Jiro, from Glay.

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Sea of Japan

The Sea of Japan (see below for other names) is a marginal sea between the Japanese archipelago, Sakhalin, the Korean Peninsula and Russia.

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Sei Itō

a.k.a. (January 16, 1905 in Hokkaidō – November 15, 1969) was a Japanese poet, novelist, and translator.

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Seiji Aochi

(June 21, 1942 – August 14, 2008) was a Japanese ski jumper who competed in the early 1970s.

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Shōgun

The was the military dictator of Japan during the period from 1185 to 1868 (with exceptions).

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Shioya Station (Hokkaido)

is a railway station on the Hakodate Main Line in Otaru, Hokkaido, Japan, operated by Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido).

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Shiribeshi Subprefecture

is a subprefecture of Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan.

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Studio glass

Studio glass is the modern use of glass as an artistic medium to produce sculptures or three-dimensional artworks.

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Sushi

is a Japanese dish of specially prepared, usually with some sugar and salt, combined with a variety of, such as seafood, vegetables, and occasionally tropical fruits.

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Takiji Kobayashi

was a Japanese author of proletarian literature.

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Takiko Mizunoe

, born was a Japanese actress, film producer, and radio and TV presenter.

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Teine-ku, Sapporo

is one of the 10 wards in Sapporo, Hokkaidō, Japan.

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Tetsuya Mizuguchi

is a Japanese video game designer, producer, and businessman.

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Tetsuya Okabe

is a Japanese former alpine skier who competed in the 1988 Winter Olympics, and 1992 Winter Olympics.

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The Pillows

are a Japanese alternative rock band formed in 1989.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed with some organisations, including the and preferring to use Britain as shorthand for Great Britain is a sovereign country in western Europe.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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Victorian architecture

Victorian architecture is a series of architectural revival styles in the mid-to-late 19th century.

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Yōko Asagami

is a Japanese voice actress who is represented by Aksent.

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Yoichi District, Hokkaido

is a district located in Shiribeshi Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan.

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Yoichi, Hokkaido

is a town located in the Shiribeshi Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan.

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Yoko Takahashi (fighter)

is a Japanese female mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter and kickboxer and former boxer and professional wrestler.

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Yoshiya Tanoue

Yoshiya Tanoue (Japanese: 田上義也, Tanoue Yoshiya) is Japanese architect.

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Yukie Kawamura

is a Japanese gravure idol, tarento, and actress signed to Japan Art.

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Zenibako River

The Zenibako River (銭函川) runs from Otaru, Hokkaidō, Hokkaidō, Japan and ends in the Sea of Japan.

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Zenibako Station

is a railway station on the Hakodate Main Line in Otaru, Hokkaido, Japan, operated by Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido).

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otaru

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