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Ainu language
Ainu (Ainu: アイヌ・イタㇰ Aynu.
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Aomori Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku region.
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Asakawa, Fukushima
is a town located in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.
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Ashikaga clan
The was a prominent Japanese samurai clan which established the Muromachi shogunate and ruled Japan from roughly 1336 to 1573.
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Asuka period
The was a period in the history of Japan lasting from 538 to 710 (or 592 to 645), although its beginning could be said to overlap with the preceding Kofun period.
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Ōda, Shimane
is a city located on the coast of the Sea of Japan in Shimane Prefecture, Japan.
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Beach
A beach is a landform alongside a body of water which consists of loose particles.
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Bungo Province
This article is about the historical province of Japan.
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Chatan, Okinawa
is a town located in Nakagami District, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.
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Circuit (administrative division)
A circuit was a historical political division of China and is a historical and modern administrative unit in Japan.
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County
A county is a geographical region of a country used for administrative or other purposes,Chambers Dictionary, L. Brookes (ed.), 2005, Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, Edinburgh in certain modern nations.
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Cryptomeria
Cryptomeria (literally "hidden parts") is a monotypic genus of conifer in the cypress family Cupressaceae, formerly belonging to the family Taxodiaceae.
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Date, Hokkaido
is a city in Iburi Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan.
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Districts of Japan
The is today a geographical and statistical unit comprising one or several rural municipalities in Japan.
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Echigo Province
was an old province in north-central Japan, on the shores of the Sea of Japan.
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Edo period
The or is the period between 1603 and 1868 in the history of Japan, when Japanese society was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and the country's 300 regional daimyō.
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Emperor of Japan
The Emperor of Japan is the head of the Imperial Family and the head of state of Japan.
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Esashi, Hokkaido (Sōya)
is a town in Sōya Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan.
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Folklore
Folklore is the expressive body of culture shared by a particular group of people; it encompasses the traditions common to that culture, subculture or group.
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Forest
A forest is a large area dominated by trees.
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Fuchū, Tokyo
is a city located in Tokyo Metropolis, Japan.
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Fudoki
are ancient reports on provincial culture, geography, and oral tradition presented to the reigning monarchs of Japan, also known as local gazetteers.
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Fukuoka
is the capital city of Fukuoka Prefecture, situated on the northern shore of Japanese island Kyushu.
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Gojūon
The is a Japanese ordering of kana, so it is loosely a Japanese "alphabetical order".
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Gusuku
often refers to castles or fortresses in the Ryukyu Islands that feature stone walls.
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Hachiōji, Tokyo
is a city located in the western portion of Tokyo Metropolis, Japan.
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Hamamatsu
is a city located in western Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan.
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Harbor
A harbor or harbour (see spelling differences; synonyms: wharves, haven) is a sheltered body of water where ships, boats, and barges can be docked.
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Headlands and bays
Headlands and bays are two related coastal features.
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Heian period
The is the last division of classical Japanese history, running from 794 to 1185.
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Hill
A hill is a landform that extends above the surrounding terrain.
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Hiragana
is a Japanese syllabary, one component of the Japanese writing system, along with katakana, kanji, and in some cases rōmaji (Latin script).
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Hiraizumi, Iwate
is a town located in Nishiiwai District, Iwate Prefecture, Japan.
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Hiroshima
is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture and the largest city in the Chūgoku region of western Honshu - the largest island of Japan.
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Hitachi Province
was an old province of Japan in the area of Ibaraki Prefecture.
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Hitachinaka, Ibaraki
is a city located in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan.
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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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Ibaraki Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan, located in the Kantō region.
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Iejima
, previously romanized in English as Ie Shima, is an island in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, lying a few kilometers off the Motobu Peninsula on Okinawa Island.
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Iriomote Island
is the largest of the Yaeyama Islands and the second largest in Okinawa Prefecture after Okinawa Island itself.
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Ishikawa Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region on Honshu island.
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Island
An island or isle is any piece of sub-continental land that is surrounded by water.
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Iwate Prefecture
is a prefecture in the Tōhoku region of Japan.
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Iwo Jima
, known in English as Iwo Jima, is one of the Japanese Volcano Islands and lies south of the Ogasawara Islands.
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Izu Peninsula
The is a large mountainous peninsula with deeply indented coasts to the west of Tokyo on the Pacific coast of the island of Honshū, Japan.
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Japan
Japan (日本; Nippon or Nihon; formally 日本国 or Nihon-koku, lit. "State of Japan") is a sovereign island country in East Asia.
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Japanese addressing system
The Japanese addressing system is used to identify a specific location in Japan.
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Kadokawa Shoten
, formerly, is a Japanese publisher and brand company of Kadokawa Corporation based in Tokyo, Japan.
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Kamikuishiki, Yamanashi
was a village located in Nishiyatsushiro District, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan.
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Kanagawa Prefecture
is a prefecture located in Kantō region of Japan.
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Kitahiroshima, Hokkaido
is a city located in Ishikari, Hokkaido, Japan.
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Kitanakagusuku, Okinawa
translit is a village located in Nakagami District, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.
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Kyoto Imperial Palace
The is one of the active palaces of the Emperor of Japan and has the longest history as the capital of Japan.
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Kyoto Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan in the Kansai region of the island of Honshu.
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Lake
A lake is an area filled with water, localized in a basin, that is surrounded by land, apart from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake.
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Lake Biwa
is the largest freshwater lake in Japan, located in Shiga Prefecture (west-central Honshu), northeast of the former capital city of Kyoto.
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Lake Kizaki
is a lake, situated near Ōmachi, Nagano, Japan, and located at the foot of the northern Japanese Alps mountain range.
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List of Japanese exonyms
Japanese exonyms are the names of places in the Japanese language that differ from the name given in the dominant language of the aforementioned region.
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List of Japanese prefectural name etymologies
The 47 prefectures of Japan, which form the first level of jurisdiction and administrative division of Japan, consist of 43 proper, two, one and one.
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List of towns in Japan
A town (町; chō or machi) is a local administrative unit in Japan.
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List of villages in Japan
A is a local administrative unit in Japan.
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Mainland Japan
is a term to distinguish the area of Japan from its outlying territories.
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Man'yōshū
The is the oldest existing collection of Japanese poetry, compiled sometime after AD 759 during the Nara period.
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Meiji period
The, also known as the Meiji era, is a Japanese era which extended from October 23, 1868, to July 30, 1912.
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Minato, Tokyo
is a special ward in Tokyo, Japan.
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Miyazaki, Miyazaki
is the capital city of Miyazaki Prefecture on the island of Kyushu in Japan.
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Mizusawa, Iwate
was a city located in Iwate Prefecture, Japan.
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Mount Aso
is the largest active volcano in Japan, and is among the largest in the world.
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Mountain
A mountain is a large landform that stretches above the surrounding land in a limited area, usually in the form of a peak.
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Municipalities of Japan
Japan has three levels of government: national, prefectural, and municipal.
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Naha
is the capital city of Okinawa Prefecture, the southernmost prefecture of Japan.
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Naka-ku, Hiroshima
is the heart of Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan.
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Nakagusuku Castle
is a gusuku in the village of Kitanakagusuku, Okinawa, Japan.
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Nara period
The of the history of Japan covers the years from AD 710 to 794.
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Nara Prefecture
is a prefecture in the Kansai region of Japan.
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Niigata Prefecture
is a prefecture located in the Chūbu region of Japan.
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Nishihara, Okinawa
is a town located in Nakagami District, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.
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Noboribetsu, Hokkaido
is a city in Iburi Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan.
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Okinawa Island
is the largest of the Okinawa Islands and the Ryukyu (Nansei) Islands of Japan.
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Okinawa Prefecture
is the southernmost prefecture of Japan.
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Okinawan language
Central Okinawan, or simply the Okinawan language (沖縄口/ウチナーグチ Uchinaaguchi), is a Northern Ryukyuan language spoken primarily in the southern half of the island of Okinawa, as well as in the surrounding islands of Kerama, Kumejima, Tonaki, Aguni, and a number of smaller peripheral islands.
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Osaka Prefecture
is a prefecture located in the Kansai region on Honshu, the main island of Japan.
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Paddy field
A paddy field is a flooded parcel of arable land used for growing semiaquatic rice.
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Peninsula
A peninsula (paeninsula from paene "almost” and insula "island") is a piece of land surrounded by water on the majority of its border, while being connected to a mainland from which it extends.
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Pine
A pine is any conifer in the genus Pinus,, of the family Pinaceae.
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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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Promontory
A promontory is a raised mass of land that projects into a lowland or a body of water (in which case it is a peninsula).
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Provinces of Japan
were administrative divisions before the modern prefecture system was established, when the islands of Japan were divided into tens of kuni (国, countries), usually known in English as provinces.
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Reprint
A reprint is a re-publication of material that has already been previously published.
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River
A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river.
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Ryukyu Kingdom
The Ryukyu Kingdom (Okinawan: Ruuchuu-kuku; 琉球王国 Ryūkyū Ōkoku; Middle Chinese: Ljuw-gjuw kwok; historical English name: Lewchew, Luchu, and Loochoo) was an independent kingdom that ruled most of the Ryukyu Islands from the 15th to the 19th century.
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Ryukyuan languages
The are the indigenous languages of the Ryukyu Islands, the southernmost part of the Japanese archipelago.
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Sagami Bay
lies south of Kanagawa Prefecture in Honshu, central Japan, contained within the scope of the Miura Peninsula, in Kanagawa, to the east, the Izu Peninsula, in Shizuoka Prefecture, to the west, and the Shōnan coastline to the north, while the island of Izu Ōshima marks the southern extent of the bay.
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Sagami River
The is a river in Kanagawa and Yamanashi Prefectures on the island of Honshū, Japan.
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Sakyō-ku, Kyoto
is one of the eleven wards in the city of Kyoto, in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan.
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Sea
A sea is a large body of salt water that is surrounded in whole or in part by land.
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Shinjuku
is a special ward in Tokyo, Japan.
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Shogakukan
is a Japanese publisher of dictionaries, literature, manga, non-fiction, DVDs, and other media in Japan.
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Shuri, Okinawa
is a district of the city of Naha, Okinawa.
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Special wards of Tokyo
The are 23 municipalities that together make up the core and the most populous part of Tokyo, Japan.
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Spring (hydrology)
A spring is any natural situation where water flows from an aquifer to the Earth's surface.
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Strait
A strait is a naturally formed, narrow, typically navigable waterway that connects two larger bodies of water.
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Suginami
is a special ward in Tokyo, Japan.
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Swamp
A swamp is a wetland that is forested.
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Taira clan
was a major Japanese clan of samurai.
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Takamatsu, Kagawa
is a city located in central Kagawa Prefecture on the island of Shikoku in Japan, and is the capital city of the prefectural government.
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Tango Province
was an old province in the area that is today northern Kyoto Prefecture facing the Sea of Japan.
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Tōkaidō (region)
The is a Japanese geographical term.
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Tochigi Prefecture
is a prefecture located in the Kantō region of Japan.
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Tokyo
, officially, is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan and has been the capital since 1869.
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Tomigusuku, Okinawa
is a city located in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.
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Toponymy
Toponymy is the study of place names (toponyms), their origins, meanings, use, and typology.
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Tree
In botany, a tree is a perennial plant with an elongated stem, or trunk, supporting branches and leaves in most species.
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Ukyō-ku, Kyoto
is one of the eleven wards in the city of Kyoto, in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan.
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Uruma
is a city located in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.
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Valley
A valley is a low area between hills or mountains often with a river running through it.
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Vernacular
A vernacular, or vernacular language, is the language or variety of a language used in everyday life by the common people of a specific population.
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Wakkanai, Hokkaido
is a city located in Sōya Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan.
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Yamanashi Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of the main island of Honshu.
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Yamato Province
was a province of Japan, located in Kinai, corresponding to present-day Nara Prefecture in Honshū.
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Yokkaichi, Mie
is a city located in Mie Prefecture, Japan.
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Yokosuka, Kanagawa
is a city in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.
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Yomitan
is a village located in Nakagami District, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.
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2004 Chūetsu earthquake
The occurred in Niigata Prefecture, Japan, at 17:56 local time (08:56 UTC) on Saturday, October 23, 2004.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Place_names_in_Japan
