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Shizuoka (city)

Index Shizuoka (city)

is the capital city of Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, and the prefecture's second-largest city in both population and area. [1]

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  1. 331 relations: &Team, Abe River, Abolition of the han system, Akaishi Mountains, Alcea rosea, Aoi-ku, Shizuoka, Aoshima Bunka Kyozai, Arata Isozaki, Archaeological site, Artistic director, Arts centre, Association football, Ōi River, Ōigawa Railway, Ōita Prefecture, Ōshika, Nagano, B.League, Bandai, Basketball, Battle of Okehazama, Battle of Sekigahara, Beppu, Bombing of Shizuoka in World War II, California, Cannes, Central business district, Central Japan Railway Company, Chamaecyparis obtusa, Chanson V-Magic, Chūō Shinkansen, Chūbu region, Chūbu-Ōdan Expressway, Cherry blossom, Chibi Maruko-chan, Cities designated by government ordinance of Japan, Citrus, Citrus unshiu, City, Common kingfisher, Core cities of Japan, Cornus florida, Country, COVID-19 pandemic, Crayon Shin-chan, CRC Press, Crookwell, New South Wales, Daidogei World Cup, Daikon, Daimyo, Daisuke Ichikawa, ... Expand index (281 more) »

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&Team

&Team (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese boy band based in Japan and South Korea formed by HYBE Labels Japan.

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Abe River

The is a Class A river in Shizuoka Prefecture of central Japan.

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Abolition of the han system

The in the Empire of Japan and its replacement by a system of prefectures in 1871 was the culmination of the Meiji Restoration begun in 1868, the starting year of the Meiji period.

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Akaishi Mountains

The are a mountain range in central Honshū, Japan, bordering Nagano, Yamanashi and Shizuoka prefectures.

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Alcea rosea

Alcea rosea, the common hollyhock, is an ornamental dicot flowering plant in the family Malvaceae.

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Aoi-ku, Shizuoka

is one of three wards of the city of Shizuoka in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, located in the northern part of the city.

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Aoshima Bunka Kyozai

, commonly truncated to Aoshima, is a Japanese model manufacturer based in Shizuoka Prefecture.

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Arata Isozaki

Arata Isozaki (磯崎 新, Isozaki Arata; 23 July 1931 – 28 December 2022) was a Japanese architect, urban designer, and theorist from Ōita.

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Archaeological site

An archaeological site is a place (or group of physical sites) in which evidence of past activity is preserved (either prehistoric or historic or contemporary), and which has been, or may be, investigated using the discipline of archaeology and represents a part of the archaeological record.

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Artistic director

An artistic director is the executive of an arts organization, particularly in a theatre company or dance company, who handles the organization's artistic direction.

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Arts centre

An art centre or arts center is distinct from an art gallery or art museum.

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Association football

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players each, who primarily use their feet to propel a ball around a rectangular field called a pitch.

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Ōi River

The is a river in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan.

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Ōigawa Railway

The is a railway company in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, which first opened in 1927.

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Ōita Prefecture

is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyūshū.

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Ōshika, Nagano

is a village located in Nagano Prefecture, Japan.

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B.League

The B.League is a professional men's basketball league in Japan that began play in September 2016.

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Bandai

is a Japanese multinational toy manufacturer and distributor headquartered in Taitō, Tokyo.

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Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's hoop (a basket in diameter mounted high to a backboard at each end of the court), while preventing the opposing team from shooting through their own hoop.

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Battle of Okehazama

The took place on 12 June 1560 in Owari Province, in today's Aichi Prefecture.

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Battle of Sekigahara

The Battle of Sekigahara (Shinjitai: 関ヶ原の戦い; Kyūjitai: 關ヶ原の戰い, Hepburn romanization: Sekigahara no Tatakai), was a historical battle in Japan which occurred on October 21, 1600 (Keichō 5, 15th day of the 9th month) in what is now Gifu Prefecture, Japan, at the end of the Sengoku period.

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Beppu

Beppu City Hall is a city in Ōita Prefecture on the island of Kyushu, Japan. Shizuoka (city) and Beppu are port settlements in Japan.

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Bombing of Shizuoka in World War II

The on June 19, 1945, was part of the strategic bombing campaign waged by the United States against military and civilian targets and population centers during the Japan home islands campaign in the closing stages of the Pacific War in 1945.

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California

California is a state in the Western United States, lying on the American Pacific Coast.

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Cannes

Cannes (Canas) is a city located on the French Riviera.

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Central business district

A central business district (CBD) is the commercial and business center of a city.

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Central Japan Railway Company

is the main railway company operating in the Chūbu (Nagoya) region of central Japan.

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Chamaecyparis obtusa

Chamaecyparis obtusa (Japanese cypress, hinoki cypress or hinoki; 檜 or 桧) is a species of cypress native to central Japan in East Asia, and widely cultivated in the temperate northern hemisphere for its high-quality timber and ornamental qualities, with many cultivars commercially available.

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Chanson V-Magic

The Chanson V-Magic (シャンソンVマジック) are a basketball team based in Shizuoka, Shizuoka, playing in the Women's Japan Basketball League.

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Chūō Shinkansen

The is a Japanese maglev line under construction between Tokyo and Nagoya, with plans for extension to Osaka.

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Chūbu region

The, Central region, or is a region in the middle of Honshū, Japan's main island.

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Chūbu-Ōdan Expressway

The is a national expressway in Japan.

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Cherry blossom

The cherry blossom, or sakura, is the flower of trees in Prunus subgenus Cerasus.

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Chibi Maruko-chan

is a manga series written and illustrated by Momoko Sakura.

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Cities designated by government ordinance of Japan

A, also known as a or, is a Japanese city that has a population greater than 500,000 and has been designated as such by order of the Cabinet of Japan under Article 252, Section 19, of the Local Autonomy Law.

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Citrus

Citrus is a genus of flowering trees and shrubs in the family Rutaceae.

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Citrus unshiu

Citrus unshiu is a semi-seedless and easy-peeling citrus species, also known as the satsuma mandarin or Japanese mandarin.

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City

A city is a human settlement of a notable size.

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Common kingfisher

The common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis), also known as the Eurasian kingfisher and river kingfisher, is a small kingfisher with seven subspecies recognized within its wide distribution across Eurasia and North Africa.

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Core cities of Japan

A is a class or category of Japanese cities.

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Cornus florida

Cornus florida, the flowering dogwood, is a species of flowering tree in the family Cornaceae native to eastern North America and northern Mexico.

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Country

A country is a distinct part of the world, such as a state, nation, or other political entity.

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COVID-19 pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, in December 2019.

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Crayon Shin-chan

is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yoshito Usui.

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CRC Press

The CRC Press, LLC is an American publishing group that specializes in producing technical books.

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Crookwell, New South Wales

Crookwell is a small town located in the Southern Tablelands of New South Wales, Australia, in the Upper Lachlan Shire.

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Daidogei World Cup

is a street performance festival and competition held annually in Shizuoka City, Japan each November.

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Daikon

Daikon or mooli, Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus, is a mild-flavored winter radish usually characterized by fast-growing leaves and a long, white, root.

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Daimyo

were powerful Japanese magnates, feudal lords who, from the 10th century to the early Meiji period in the middle 19th century, ruled most of Japan from their vast hereditary land holdings.

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Daisuke Ichikawa

is a Japanese former professional footballer who played as a defender.

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Dark Souls

is a dark fantasy action role-playing game series developed by FromSoftware and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment.

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Dashi

is a family of stocks used in Japanese cuisine.

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Downtown

Downtown is a term primarily used in North America by English speakers to refer to a city's sometimes commercial, cultural and often the historical, political, and geographic heart.

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Earthquake

An earthquakealso called a quake, tremor, or tembloris the shaking of the Earth's surface resulting from a sudden release of energy in the lithosphere that creates seismic waves.

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Edo period

The, also known as the, is the period between 1603 and 1868 in the history of Japan, when Japan was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and the country's 300 regional daimyo.

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Eri Itō

is a Japanese vocalist.

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FIBA Women's Asia Cup

The FIBA Women's Asia Cup is an international basketball tournament which takes place every two years for women's national teams from FIBA Asia, and since 2017 FIBA Oceania.

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Final Fantasy

is a fantasy anthology media franchise created by Hironobu Sakaguchi which is owned, developed, and published by Square Enix (formerly Square).

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Firebombing

Firebombing is a bombing technique designed to damage a target, generally an urban area, through the use of fire, caused by incendiary devices, rather than from the blast effect of large bombs.

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France

France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe.

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Fuji Dream Airlines

is a Japanese regional airline headquartered in Shimizu-ku, Shizuoka, Shizuoka Prefecture.

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Fuji River

The is a river in Yamanashi and Shizuoka Prefectures of central Japan.

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Fuji, Shizuoka

is a city in eastern Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. Shizuoka (city) and Fuji, Shizuoka are port settlements in Japan.

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Fujieda MYFC

are a Japanese professional football club based in Fujieda, Shizuoka.

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Fujieda, Shizuoka

is a city located in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan.

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Fujimi Mokei

is a Japanese model manufacturer based in Shizuoka Prefecture.

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Fujinomiya, Shizuoka

is a city located in central Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan.

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Fumitake Miura

is a Japanese manager and former footballer.

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Gō Ōiwa

is a Japanese manager and former footballer, who is the current head coach of the Japan U23 national football team.

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Gifu Prefecture

is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshu.

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Green laver

Green laver, known as aonori (アオノリ; 青海苔) in Japan, sea cabbage (海白菜) or hutai (滸苔) in China, and parae (파래) in Korean, is a type of edible green seaweed, including species from the genera Monostroma and Ulva (Ulva prolifera, Ulva pertusa, Ulva intestinalis).

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Green tea

Green tea is a type of tea that is made from Camellia sinensis leaves and buds that have not undergone the same withering and oxidation process which is used to make oolong teas and black teas.

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Gunpla

Gundam Plastic models, Gundam Plamo, or are model kits depicting the mecha machinery and characters of the fictional Gundam multiverse by Bandai.

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Hagoromo (play)

is among the most-performed Japanese Noh plays.

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Haibara District, Shizuoka

is a rural district located in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan.

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Hamamatsu

is a city located in western Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. Shizuoka (city) and Hamamatsu are cities designated by government ordinance of Japan.

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Hanami

is the Japanese traditional custom of enjoying the transient beauty of flowers; in this case almost always refer to those of the or, less frequently, trees.

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Hanshin Industrial Region

The is one of the largest industrial regions in Japan.

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Hasegawa Corporation

The is a Japanese company that manufactures plastic model kits of a variety of vehicles, including aircraft, cars, ships, military vehicles, model armor, model space craft, and science fiction kits.

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Hatanagi-I Dam

The is a dam on the Ōi River in Aoi-ku, Shizuoka, Shizuoka Prefecture on the island of Honshū, Japan.

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Hayakawa, Yamanashi

Hayakawa Town Hall is a town located in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan.

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Hideaki Sena

is a Japanese pharmacologist and novelist.

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Hidetaka Miyazaki

is a Japanese video game director, designer, writer, and president of the game developer FromSoftware.

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Hiroki Kobayashi

is a former Japanese football player.

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Hiroshige

Utagawa Hiroshige (also; 歌川 広重), born Andō Tokutarō (安藤 徳太郎; 1797 – 12 October 1858), was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist, considered the last great master of that tradition.

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Hisashi Mizutori

, (born 22 July 1980 in Shizuoka, Shizuoka, Japan) is a Japanese gymnast.

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Hokkaido

is the second-largest island of Japan and comprises the largest and northernmost prefecture, making up its own region.

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House of Representatives (Japan)

The is the lower house of the National Diet of Japan.

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Huế

Huế is the capital of Thừa Thiên Huế province in the North Central Coast region of Vietnam, located near the center of Vietnam.

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Humid subtropical climate

A humid subtropical climate is a temperate climate type characterized by hot and humid summers, and cool to mild winters.

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IAI Stadium Nihondaira

(pronounced as I-A-I) is a football stadium in Shimizu-ku, Shizuoka, Japan.

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Iburi Subprefecture

is a subprefecture of Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan.

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Ihara District, Shizuoka

was a rural district located in central Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan.

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Iida, Nagano

is a city in Nagano Prefecture, Japan.

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Ikawa Dam

The is a dam on the Ōi River in Aoi-ku, Shizuoka, Shizuoka Prefecture on the island of Honshū, Japan.

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Ikawa Line

The is a railway line of the Ōigawa Railway.

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Ikawa, Shizuoka

was a village located in Abe District, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan.

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Ikimonogakari

The romanization of the group's name does not have the hyphen according to Sony's websites for their albums.

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Imagawa clan

was a Japanese samurai clan that claimed descent from the Seiwa Genji by way of the Kawachi Genji.

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Imperial House of Japan

The is the dynasty and imperial family of Japan, consisting of those members of the extended family of the reigning emperor of Japan who undertake official and public duties.

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Ina, Nagano

is a city located in Nagano Prefecture, Japan.

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Indiana

Indiana is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States.

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International Plant Names Index

The International Plant Names Index (IPNI) describes itself as "a database of the names and associated basic bibliographical details of seed plants, ferns and lycophytes." Coverage of plant names is best at the rank of species and genus.

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J.League

The, commonly a.k.a. shortened to the, and officially known as the for sponsorship with Meiji Yasuda Life, is the men's association football league in Japan.

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Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia, located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asian mainland.

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Japan campaign

The Japan campaign was a series of battles and engagements in and around the Japanese home islands, between Allied forces and the forces of Imperial Japan during the last stages of the Pacific campaign of World War II.

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Japan Football League

The, also known as simply the JFL, is the 4th tier of the Japanese association football league system, positioned beneath the three divisions of the J.League.

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Japan Meteorological Agency

The Japan Meteorological Agency (気象庁, Kishō-chō), a division of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, is dedicated to the scientific observation and research of natural phenomena.

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Japan Society of Civil Engineers

is a professional scientific nonprofit organization of the civil engineering field of Japan.

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Japan Standard Time

, or, is the standard time zone in Japan, 9 hours ahead of UTC (UTC+09:00).

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Jōetsu, Niigata

is a city located in Niigata Prefecture, Japan. Shizuoka (city) and Jōetsu, Niigata are port settlements in Japan.

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Jiaozi

Jiaozi are a type of Chinese dumpling.

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Jun Muramatsu

is a former Japanese football player.

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Junior college

A junior college is a type of post-secondary institution that offers vocational and academic training that is designed to prepare students for either skilled trades and technical occupations or support roles in professions such as engineering, accountancy, business administration, nursing, medicine, architecture, and criminology.

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Kaito Yamamoto

is a Japanese football player who plays for Fukushima United FC.

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Kanazawa

is the capital of Ishikawa Prefecture in central Japan. Shizuoka (city) and Kanazawa are port settlements in Japan.

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Kanbara, Shizuoka

was a town located in Ihara District, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan.

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Kanji

are the logographic Chinese characters adapted from the Chinese script used in the writing of Japanese.

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Katsumi Oenoki

is a former Japanese football player.

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Katsuobushi

is simmered, smoked and fermented skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis, sometimes referred to as bonito).

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Kawanehon

Kawanehon Town Hall is a town located in Haibara District, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan.

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Kazuyori Mochizuki

is a Japanese manager and former footballer.

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Kazuyoshi Hoshino

is a Japanese former racing driver and businessman.

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Kazuyoshi Miura

, often known simply as Kazu (nicknamed "King Kazu"), is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Japan Football League club Atletico Suzuka, on loan from J2 League club Yokohama FC.

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Köppen climate classification

The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems.

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Keihin region

The consists of the Japanese cities Tokyo, Kawasaki, and Yokohama.

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Keisuke Ota (footballer, born 1979)

is a former Japanese football player.

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Keisuke Serizawa

was a Japanese textile designer.

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Kiko, Crown Princess of Japan

(born; 11 September 1966), is the wife of Fumihito, Crown Prince of Japan.

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Kinako

Kinako (黄粉 or きなこ) is roasted soybean flour, a product commonly used in Japanese cuisine.

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Kitami

is a city in Okhotsk Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan.

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Kiyoe Yoshioka

is a Japanese singer and vocalist.

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Kofun

are megalithic tombs or tumuli in Northeast Asia.

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Koki Mizuno

is a Japanese football player who plays for Iwate Grulla Morioka in J3 League.

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Konjac

Konjac (or konjak) and konnyaku are common names of Amorphophallus konjac, a vegetable species native to Yunnan in southwest China which has an edible corm.

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Konohana Arena

Konohana Arena is an arena in Shizuoka, Shizuoka, Japan.

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Kotaro Yamazaki

is a former Japanese football player.

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Kotobuki Shiriagari

is a Japanese manga artist and actor.

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Kunōzan Tōshō-gū

The is a Shintō shrine in Suruga-ku in the city of Shizuoka in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan.

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Kuroshio Current

The, also known as the Black Current or is a north-flowing, warm ocean current on the west side of the North Pacific Ocean basin.

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Kusanagi Station (JR Central)

is a train station in Shimizu-ku, Shizuoka City, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Tōkai).

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Kyushu

is the third-largest island of Japan's four main islands and the most southerly of the four largest islands (i.e. excluding Okinawa).

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Light rail

Light rail (or light rail transit, abbreviated to LRT) is a form of passenger urban rail transit using rolling stock derived from tram technology National Conference of the Transportation Research Board while also having some features from heavy rapid transit.

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Liquefied natural gas

Liquefied natural gas (LNG) is natural gas (predominantly methane, CH4, with some mixture of ethane, C2H6) that has been cooled down to liquid form for ease and safety of non-pressurized storage or transport.

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List of national universities in Japan

As of 2013, there were 86, 90 public universities and 606 private universities in Japan.

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List of regions of Japan

Japan is divided into eight regions.

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Makinohara

Makinohara City Hall is a city located in western Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan.

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Mandarin orange

The mandarin orange (Citrus reticulata), also known as mandarin or mandarine, is a small, rounded citrus tree fruit.

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Manga artist

A manga artist, also known as a mangaka, is a comic artist who writes and/or illustrates manga.

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Mariko-juku

was the twentieth of the fifty-three stations of the Tōkaidō.

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Masanori Sekiya

is a Japanese former racing driver, most famous for being the first Japanese driver to win the 24 Hours of Le Mans, in 1995.

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Masatoshi Shima

is a Japanese electronics engineer.

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Mayor–council government

A mayor–council government is a system of local government in which a mayor who is directly elected by the voters acts as chief executive, while a separately elected city council constitutes the legislative body.

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McFarland & Company

McFarland & Company, Inc., is an American independent book publisher based in Jefferson, North Carolina, that specializes in academic and reference works, as well as general-interest adult nonfiction.

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Methodist Church (Canada)

The Methodist Church was the major Methodist denomination in Canada from its founding in 1884 until it merged with two other denominations to form the United Church of Canada in 1925.

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Metropolitan area

A metropolitan area or metro is a region consisting of a densely populated urban agglomeration and its surrounding territories which are sharing industries, commercial areas, transport network, infrastructures and housing.

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Miho no Matsubara

''Hagoromo no Matsu'' where it is said the angel floated is a scenic area on the Miho Peninsula in Shimizu Ward of Shizuoka City, Japan.

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Minami-Alps, Yamanashi

is a city located in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan.

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Minamikoma District, Yamanashi

is a rural district located in southern Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan.

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Minobu, Yamanashi

is a town located in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan.

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Mochi

is a Japanese rice cake made of, a short-grain japonica glutinous rice, and sometimes other ingredients such as water, sugar, and cornstarch.

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Momoko Sakura

(8 May 1965 – 15 August 2018) was the pen name of a Japanese manga artist from Shimizu, Shizuoka Prefecture.

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Mount Aino

, or Ainodake, is a peak of the Akaishi Mountains−Southern Alps, in Minami Alps National Park, Japan.

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Mount Akaishi

, is a peak in the Akaishi Mountains, on the border of Shizuoka and Nagano Prefectures in central Honshū, Japan.

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Mount Hijiri

is a mountain located in the Akaishi Mountains in Aoi-ku, Shizuoka, (Shizuoka Prefecture) and Iida, (Nagano Prefecture) in the Chūbu region of Japan.

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Mount Shiomi

is a mountain located in the centre of the Akaishi Mountains−Southern Alps, within Minami Alps National Park, Japan.

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Mount Shizuhata

is a mountain located in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan.

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Mount Tekari

is part of the Akaishi Mountains on the border of Shizuoka and Nagano prefectures in Japan.

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Mount Warusawa

, also, is a mountain located in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan.

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Municipal mergers and dissolutions in Japan

have occurred since the Meiji era to join the facilities and legal boundaries of municipal districts, towns, and cities.

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Muromachi period

The, also known as the, is a division of Japanese history running from approximately 1336 to 1573.

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Muroran

is a city and port located in Iburi Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan. Shizuoka (city) and Muroran are port settlements in Japan.

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Nagano Prefecture

is a landlocked prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshū.

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Nagoya

is the largest city in the Chūbu region, the fourth-most populous city proper with a population of 2.3million in 2020, and the principal city of the Chūkyō metropolitan area, which is the third-most populous metropolitan area in Japan with a population of 10.11million. Shizuoka (city) and Nagoya are cities designated by government ordinance of Japan and port settlements in Japan.

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Naitō Nobunari

was a Japanese samurai of the Sengoku period through early Edo period, who served the Tokugawa clan; he later became a daimyō.

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Nanbu, Yamanashi

Nanbu town hall is a town located in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan.

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Naoya Kikuchi

is a Japanese former professional footballer he is the current assistant manager of Sagan Tosu.

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Nara period

The of the history of Japan covers the years from 710 to 794.

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National Diet

The is the national legislature of Japan.

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Nebraska

Nebraska is a triply landlocked state in the Midwestern region of the United States.

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Nelumbo nucifera

Nelumbo nucifera, also known as sacred lotus, Indian lotus, or simply lotus, is one of two extant species of aquatic plant in the family Nelumbonaceae.

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NHK

, also known by its romanized initialism NHK, is a Japanese public broadcaster.

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Nihondaira

is a scenic area located in Shimizu-ku, Shizuoka, Japan.

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Niigata Prefecture

is a prefecture in the Chūbu region of Honshu of Japan.

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Nikkō

is a city in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan.

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Nobuhiro Tanabe

is a Japanese politician.

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Numazu

is a city located in eastern Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. Shizuoka (city) and Numazu are port settlements in Japan.

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Ochroma

Ochroma pyramidale, commonly known as the balsa tree, is a large, fast-growing tree native to the Americas.

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Oden

is a type of nabemono (Japanese one-pot dishes) consisting of several ingredients such as boiled eggs, daikon or konjac, and processed fishcakes stewed in a light, soy-flavored dashi broth.

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Omaha, Nebraska

Omaha is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nebraska and the county seat of Douglas County.

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Osaka Bay

Osaka Bay (大阪湾 Ōsaka-wan) is a bay in western Japan.

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Paddy field

A paddy field is a flooded field of arable land used for growing semiaquatic crops, most notably rice and taro.

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Peach

The peach (Prunus persica) is a deciduous tree first domesticated and cultivated in Zhejiang province of Eastern China.

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Pine

A pine is any conifer tree or shrub in the genus Pinus of the family Pinaceae.

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Population

Population is the term typically used to refer to the number of people in a single area.

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Population density

Population density (in agriculture: standing stock or plant density) is a measurement of population per unit land area.

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Potato

The potato is a starchy root vegetable native to the Americas that is consumed as a staple food in many parts of the world.

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Prefectures of Japan

Japan is divided into 47 prefectures (todōfuken), which rank immediately below the national government and form the country's first level of jurisdiction and administrative division.

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Princess

Princess is a title used by a female member of a monarch's family or by a female ruler.

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Private university

Private universities and private colleges are higher education institutions not operated, owned, or institutionally funded by governments.

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Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (commonly shortened to PACA), also known as Région Sud ('Southern Region'), is one of the eighteen administrative regions of France, located at the far southeastern point of the mainland.

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Public university

A public university or public college is a university or college that is owned by the state or receives significant funding from a government.

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Riyo Mori

(born December 24, 1986) is a Japanese actress, dancer, model and beauty queen who was crowned Miss Universe 2007 in Mexico City.

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Rose

A rose is either a woody perennial flowering plant of the genus Rosa, in the family Rosaceae, or the flower it bears.

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Routledge

Routledge is a British multinational publisher.

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Saku, Nagano

is a city located in Nagano Prefecture, Japan.

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Sashimono

Sashimono were small banners historically worn by soldiers in feudal Japan, for identification during battles.

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Scale model

A scale model is a physical model that is geometrically similar to an object (known as the prototype).

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Sea of Japan

The Sea of Japan is the marginal sea between the Japanese archipelago, Sakhalin, the Korean Peninsula, and the mainland of the Russian Far East.

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Seafood

Seafood is the culinary name for food that comes from any form of sea life, prominently including fish and shellfish.

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Secondary education

Secondary education or post-primary education covers two phases on the International Standard Classification of Education scale.

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Shelbyville, Indiana

Shelbyville is a city in Addison Township, Shelby County, in the U.S. state of Indiana and is the county seat.

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Shigeyoshi Mochizuki

is a former Japanese football player and manager.

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Shimada, Shizuoka

Shimada City Hall is a city located in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan.

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Shimizu S-Pulse

is a Japanese professional football club located in Shimizu-ku, Shizuoka, Shizuoka Prefecture.

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Shimizu-ku, Shizuoka

is the easternmost of the three wards of the city of Shizuoka in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan.

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Shimoina District, Nagano

is a district located in southern Nagano Prefecture, Japan.

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Shin-Shizuoka Station

former station building is a railway station in Aoi-ku, Shizuoka, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway company, Shizuoka Railway (Shizutetsu).

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Shin-Tōmei Expressway

The, literally meaning New Tōmei, is a national expressway in Japan running parallel to the Tomei Expressway as an alternate route.

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Shinto shrine

A Stuart D. B. Picken, 1994.

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Shizuoka 1st district

Shizuoka 1st district (Japanese: 静岡県第1区) is a single-member electoral district for the House of Representatives, the lower house of the National Diet of Japan.

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Shizuoka Airport

, also called Mt.

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Shizuoka Asahi Television

, also known as SATV, is a television network headquartered in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan.

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Shizuoka Broadcasting System

Shizuoka Broadcasting System, Inc. (SBS, 静岡放送株式会社) is a Japanese broadcaster in Shizuoka.

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Shizuoka City Central Gymnasium

Shizuoka City Central Gymnasium is an arena in Shizuoka, Shizuoka, Japan.

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Shizuoka Daiichi Television

Shizuoka Daiichi Television (静岡第一テレビ, SDT) is a TV station broadcasting in Shizuoka Prefecture.

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Shizuoka Eiwa Gakuin University

is a co-educational private university in Shizuoka city, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan.

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Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art

The is a prefectural museum in Shizuoka City, Japan, created in commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the inauguration of the Shizuoka Prefectural Assembly.

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Shizuoka Prefecture

is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshu.

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Shizuoka Railway

The, also known as "Shizutetsu", is a private railway in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, and is majority owned by Tokyu Corporation.

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Shizuoka Railway Shizuoka–Shimizu Line

The is a railway line in Shizuoka Prefecture, between Shin-Shizuoka in Aoi Ward and Shin-Shimizu in Shimizu Ward, all within the city of Shizuoka.

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Shizuoka Sengen Shrine

is the name for a collective group of three Shinto shrines now forming a single religious corporation, located at Mount Shizuhata in Aoi-ku, Shizuoka, in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan.

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Shizuoka Shimbun

is a Japanese language daily newspaper.

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Shizuoka Station

is a railway station in Shizuoka, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, operated by the Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central).

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Shizuoka University

is a national university in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan.

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Shogun

Shogun (shōgun), officially, was the title of the military rulers of Japan during most of the period spanning from 1185 to 1868.

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Shohei Ikeda

is a former Japanese football player.

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Skyline

A skyline is the outline or shape viewed near the horizon.

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Snow country (Japan)

refers to areas in Japan characterized by heavy, long-lasting snowfalls.

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Soba

Soba (or, "buckwheat") are Japanese noodles made primarily from buckwheat flour, with a small amount of wheat flour mixed in.

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Soy sauce

Soy sauce (sometimes called soya sauce in British English) is a liquid condiment of Chinese origin, traditionally made from a fermented paste of soybeans, roasted grain, brine, and Aspergillus oryzae or Aspergillus sojae molds.

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Springer Publishing

Springer Publishing Company is an American publishing company of academic journals and books, focusing on the fields of nursing, gerontology, psychology, social work, counseling, public health, and rehabilitation (neuropsychology).

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State (polity)

A state is a political entity that regulates society and the population within a territory.

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Stockton, California

Stockton is a city in and the county seat of San Joaquin County in the Central Valley of the U.S. state of California.

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Strawberry

The garden strawberry (or simply strawberry; Fragaria × ananassa) is a widely grown hybrid species of the genus Fragaria in the rose family, Rosaceae, collectively known as the strawberries, which are cultivated worldwide for their fruit.

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Street performance

Street performance or busking is the act of performing in public places for gratuities.

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Sunpu Castle

was a Japanese castle in Shizuoka City, Shizuoka Prefecture in Japan.

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Sunpu Domain

was a feudal domain under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo period Japan.

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Sunpu jōdai

were officials of the Tokugawa shogunate with responsibility for holding and defending Sunpu Castle (Sunpu-jō), also called Shizuoka Castle.

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Suruga Bay

Suruga Bay (駿河湾, Suruga-wan) is a bay on the Pacific coast of Honshū in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan.

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Suruga Province

was an old province in the area that is today the central part of Shizuoka Prefecture.

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Suruga-ku, Shizuoka

is one of three wards of Shizuoka, Shizuoka, Japan, located in the southern part of the city.

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Swan maiden

The "swan maiden" story is a name in folkloristics used to refer to three kinds of stories: those where one of the characters is a bird-maiden, in which she can appear either as a bird or as a woman; those in which one of the elements of the narrative is the theft of the feather-robe belonging to a bird-maiden, though it is not the most important theme in the story; and finally the most commonly referred to motif, and also the most archaic in origin: those stories in which the main theme, among several mixed motifs, is that of a man who finds the bird-maiden bathing and steals her feathered robe, which leads to him becoming married to the bird-maiden.

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Tadashi Suzuki

is a Japanese avant-garde theatre director, writer, and philosopher.

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Taiheiyō Belt

The, also known as the Tōkaidō corridor, is the megalopolis in Japan extending from Ibaraki Prefecture in the northeast to Fukuoka Prefecture in the southwest, running for almost.

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Takahiro Yamanishi

is a former Japanese football player.

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Takahiro Yamazaki (baseball, born 1976)

Takahiro Yamazaki (山崎 隆広, born October 11, 1976, in Shizuoka City) is a former Japanese professional baseball outfielder for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball.

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Takayama, Gifu

Takayama City Hall is a city located in Gifu Prefecture, Japan.

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Takeda Shingen

was daimyo of Kai Province during the Sengoku period of Japan.

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Takeshi Oki

is a former Japanese football player and manager.

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Takuya Yokoyama

is a former Japanese football player.

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Tamiya Corporation

is a Japanese manufacturer of plastic model kits, radio-controlled cars, battery and solar powered educational models, sailboat models, acrylic and enamel model paints, and various modeling tools and supplies.

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Tōkai region

The is a subregion of the Chūbu region and Kansai region in Japan that runs along the Pacific Ocean.

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Tōkaidō (road)

The, which roughly means "eastern sea route," was the most important of the Five Routes of the Edo period in Japan, connecting Kyoto to Edo (modern-day Tokyo).

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Tōkaidō Main Line

The is a major Japanese railway line of the Japan Railways Group (JR Group) network, connecting and stations.

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Tōmei Expressway

The is a national expressway on the island of Honshū in Japan.

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Tōshō-gū

is any Shinto shrine in which Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543–1616) is enshrined.

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Teruyoshi Itō

is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for J3 League club Azul Claro Numazu.

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Thừa Thiên Huế province

Thừa Thiên Huế is a southernmost coastal province in the North Central Coast region, the Central of Vietnam, approximately in the center of the country.

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The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō

, in the Hōeidō edition (1833–1834), is a series of ukiyo-e woodcut prints created by Utagawa Hiroshige after his first travel along the Tōkaidō in 1832.

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The Guardian

The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.

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The Japan Times

The Japan Times is Japan's largest and oldest English-language daily newspaper.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.

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Theatre Olympics

The Theatre Olympics (Διεθνή Θεατρική Ολυμπιάδα) is a non-profit organisation that promotes theatrical exchange where dialogue between different theatremakers, irrespective of ideological, culture and language differences is encouraged.

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Theatrical troupe

Theatrical troupe (French: troupe), sometimes referred to as an acting company, is a group of theatrical performers working together.

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Three Views of Japan

The is the canonical list of Japan's three most celebrated scenic sights, attributed to 1643 and scholar Hayashi Gahō.

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Tokai University

is a private non-sectarian higher education institution located in Tokyo, Japan.

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Tokaido Shinkansen

The Tōkaidō Shinkansen (lit) is a Japanese high-speed rail line that is part of the nationwide Shinkansen network.

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Tokoha Gakuen Junior College

is a co-educational private junior college in Aoi-ku, Shizuoka City, Japan.

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Tokoha University

is a private university in the Aoi ward of Shizuoka City, Japan.

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Tokugawa clan

The Tokugawa clan (Shinjitai: 徳川氏, Kyūjitai: 德川氏, Tokugawa-shi or Tokugawa-uji) is a Japanese dynasty which produced the Tokugawa shoguns who ruled Japan from 1603 to 1868 during the Edo period.

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Tokugawa Hidetada

was the second shōgun of the Tokugawa dynasty, who ruled from 1605 until his abdication in 1623.

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Tokugawa Iesato

Prince was the first head of the Tokugawa clan after the overthrow of the Tokugawa shogunate, and a significant figure in Japanese politics and diplomacy during the Meiji, Taishō and early Shōwa period of Japan.

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Tokugawa Ieyasu

Tokugawa Ieyasu (born Matsudaira Takechiyo; January 31, 1543 – June 1, 1616) was the founder and first shōgun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan, which ruled from 1603 until the Meiji Restoration in 1868.

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Tokugawa shogunate

The Tokugawa shogunate (Tokugawa bakufu), also known as the, was the military government of Japan during the Edo period from 1603 to 1868.

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Tokyo

Tokyo (東京), officially the Tokyo Metropolis (label), is the capital of Japan and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of over 14 million residents as of 2023 and the second-most-populated capital in the world. Shizuoka (city) and Tokyo are port settlements in Japan.

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Tokyo Bay

is a bay located in the southern Kantō region of Japan spanning the coasts of Tokyo, Kanagawa Prefecture, and Chiba Prefecture.

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Tomoaki Kuno

is a former Japanese football player.

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Toranosuke Takagi

Toranosuke "Tora" Takagi (高木 虎之介; born 12 February 1974) is a Japanese former racing driver.

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Toro (archaeological site)

is an archaeological site in Suruga Ward in Shizuoka City, southwest of Tokyo, Japan.

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Tororo (food)

Tororo (薯蕷, とろろ) is a Japanese side dish made from grating raw yams such as yamaimo (Japanese mountain yam) or nagaimo (Chinese yam).

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Toru Irie

is a former Japanese football player and the currently assistant manager J1 League club of Albirex Niigata.

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Toshihide Saito

is a Japanese former football player and manager.

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Toyotomi Hideyoshi

, otherwise known as and, was a Japanese samurai and daimyō (feudal lord) of the late Sengoku and Azuchi-Momoyama periods and regarded as the second "Great Unifier" of Japan.

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Tram

A tram (also known as a streetcar or trolley in the United States and Canada) is a type of urban rail transit consisting of either individual railcars or self-propelled multiple unit trains that run on tramway tracks on urban public streets; some include segments on segregated right-of-way.

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Tuna

A tuna (tunas or tuna) is a saltwater fish that belongs to the tribe Thunnini, a subgrouping of the Scombridae (mackerel) family.

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TV Shizuoka

is a television station headquartered in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan.

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Twenty-foot equivalent unit

The twenty-foot equivalent unit (abbreviated TEU or teu) is a general unit of cargo capacity, often used for container ships and container ports.

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Typhoon

A typhoon is a tropical cyclone that develops between 180° and 100°E in the Northern Hemisphere and which produces sustained hurricane-force winds of at least.

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Ukiyo-e

Ukiyo-e is a genre of Japanese art that flourished from the 17th through 19th centuries.

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Unicameralism

Unicameralism (from uni- "one" + Latin camera "chamber") is a type of legislature consisting of one house or assembly that legislates and votes as one.

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United States

The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.

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University of Shizuoka

The, is a public university in Shizuoka City, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan.

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University of Shizuoka Junior College

The is a public junior college affiliated with University of Shizuoka and located in Suruga-ku, Shizuoka, Japan.

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University of Tokyo

The University of Tokyo (abbreviated as Tōdai (東大) in Japanese and UTokyo in English) is a public research university in Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan.

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Urban area

An urban area is a human settlement with a high population density and an infrastructure of built environment.

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Urban Employment Area

is a definition of metropolitan areas used in Japan, defined by the Center for Spatial Information Service of the University of Tokyo.

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Ushiomaru Motoyasu

Ushiomaru Motoyasu (born Motoyasu Sano; May 11, 1978 – December 13, 2019) was a Japanese sumo wrestler from Shizuoka,.

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Veltex Shizuoka

The Veltex Shizuoka is a professional basketball team that competes in the third division of the Japanese B.League.

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Vietnam

Vietnam, officially the (SRV), is a country at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of about and a population of over 100 million, making it the world's fifteenth-most populous country.

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Wasabi

Wasabi (Japanese: ワサビ, わさび, or 山葵) or Japanese horseradish (Eutrema japonicum syn. Wasabia japonica) is a plant of the family Brassicaceae, which also includes horseradish and mustard in other genera.

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Whitebait

Whitebait is a collective term for the immature fry of fish, typically between long.

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Women's Japan Basketball League

The Women's Japan Basketball League (一般社団法人バスケットボール女子日本リーグ) is the premier women's basketball league in Japan.

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World Scientific

World Scientific Publishing is an academic publisher of scientific, technical, and medical books and journals headquartered in Singapore.

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World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

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Yahiro Kazama

is a Japanese manager and former footballer.

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Yaizu

is a city located in central Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. Shizuoka (city) and Yaizu are port settlements in Japan.

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Yamanashi Prefecture

is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshu.

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Yasutoshi Miura

is a Japanese former football player and manager.

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Yayoi period

The started in the late Neolithic period in Japan, continued through the Bronze Age, and towards its end crossed into the Iron Age.

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Yūichi Suzumoto

is a male Japanese novelist originally from Shimizu-ku, Shizuoka, Japan, though he now lives in Osaka, Japan.

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Yoshitaka Amano

is a Japanese visual artist, character designer, illustrator, a scenic designer for theatre and film, and a costume designer.

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Yoshito Usui

was a Japanese manga artist known for the popular Crayon Shin-chan series.

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Yui, Shizuoka

was a town located in Ihara District, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan.

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Yusuke Mori

is a Japanese football player.

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Yuya Sano

is a Japanese football player.

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Zōni

, often with the honorific "o-" as o-zōni, is a Japanese soup containing mochi rice cakes.

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Zenkichi Kojima

was the mayor of Shizuoka City in Japan until April, 2011, when he was succeeded by Nobuhiro Tanabe.

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1995 ABC Championship for Women

The 1995 Asian Basketball Confederation Championship for Women, was the 16th regional championship held by Asian Basketball Confederation.

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1999 ABC Championship for Women

The 1999 Asian Basketball Confederation Championship for Women, was the 18th regional championship held by Asian Basketball Confederation.

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53 Stations of the Tōkaidō

The are the rest areas along the Tōkaidō, which was a coastal route that ran from Nihonbashi in Edo (modern-day Tokyo) to Sanjō Ōhashi in Kyoto.

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See also

Cities designated by government ordinance of Japan

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shizuoka_(city)

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