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Akayu, Nan'yō
was a town located in Higashiokitama District, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan. As of 1967, the town had an estimated population of 12,860 and a population density of 313 persons per km2. The total area was 41.10 km2. On April 1, 1967, Akayu was merged into the expanded city of Nan'yō and thus no longer exists as an independent municipality. History The village of Akayu was established on April 1, 1889, with the establishment of the municipalities system. It was raised to town status on December 12, 1895. On June 10, 1955, the village of Nakagawa was annexed by Akayu. On March 21, 1957, the Nakayama neighborhood of Akayu was annexed by the neighboring city of Kaminoyama. On April 1, 1967, the town of Akayu merged with the town of Miyauchi and the village of Wagō to form the city of Nan'yō. Isabella Bird English travel writer Isabella Bird visited Akayu on her travels in Japan in 1878. In ''Unbeaten Tracks in Japan'' she wrote of Akayu: the frequented watering-place of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yamagata Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku region of Honshu. Yamagata Prefecture has a population of 1,079,950 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of 9,325 km² (3,600 sq mi). Yamagata Prefecture borders Akita Prefecture to the north, Miyagi Prefecture to the east, Fukushima Prefecture to the south, and Niigata Prefecture to the southwest. Yamagata is the capital and largest city of Yamagata Prefecture, with other major cities including Tsuruoka, Sakata, and Yonezawa. Yamagata Prefecture is located on Japan's western Sea of Japan coast and its borders with neighboring prefectures are formed by various mountain ranges, with 17% of its total land area being designated as Natural Parks. Yamagata Prefecture formed the southern half of the historic Dewa Province with Akita Prefecture and is home to the Three Mountains of Dewa, which includes the Haguro Five-story Pagoda, a recognised National Treasure of Japan. History The aboriginal people once inhabited the area ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isabella Bird
Isabella Lucy Bird, married name Bishop (15 October 1831 – 7 October 1904), was a nineteenth-century British explorer, writer, photographer, and naturalist. With Fanny Jane Butler she founded the John Bishop Memorial Hospital in Srinagar in today’s Kashmir. She was the first woman to be elected Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. Early life Isabella Bird was born on 15 October 1831 in Boroughbridge Hall, Yorkshire, the home of her maternal grandmother and her father's first curacy after taking orders in 1821. Her parents were Rev Edward Bird and his second wife, Dora Lawson (1803–1866). Her paternal grandparents were Lucy Wilberforce Bird and Bird, Savage & Bird#Robert Bird, Robert Bird (cousins). Bird moved several times during her childhood. In 1832, Reverend Bird was appointed curate in Maidenhead. Because of her father's ill health, Bird's family moved again in 1834 to Tattenhall in Cheshire, a living presented to him by his cousin Dr John Bird Sumner, Bish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dissolved Municipalities Of Yamagata Prefecture
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Ōu Main Line
The is a railway line in Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It connects Fukushima Station through Akita Station to Aomori Station. Since the opening of the Yamagata Shinkansen on July 1, 1992, the Fukushima–Yamagata section (as well as the Yamagata–Shinjō section since 1999) is sometimes referred to as the Yamagata Line. The name of the line as a whole refers to the ancient provinces of Mutsu (陸奥) and Dewa (出羽), as it connects both ends of Mutsu by passing north–south through Dewa. Route data *East Japan Railway Company *Total distance: (Fukushima–Aomori, Tsuchizaki–Akitakō) **East Japan Railway Company *** (Fukushima–Aomori) **Japan Freight Railway Company *** (Tsuchizaki–Akitakō) *** (Yokote–Aomori) *** (Aomori–Aomori Stoplight Station) * Rail Gauge: ** ***Shinjō–Ōmagari ***Akita–Aomori ** ***Fukushima–Yamagata ***Uzen-Chitose–Shinjō **Both (, ) ***Yamagata–Uzen-Chitose ***Ōmagari–Aki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Japan Railway Company
The is a major passenger railway company in Japan and is the largest of the seven Japan Railways Group companies. The company name is officially abbreviated as JR-EAST or JR East in English, and as in Japanese. The company's headquarters are in Yoyogi, Shibuya, Tokyo, and next to the Shinjuku Station. It is listed in the Tokyo Stock Exchange (it formerly had secondary listings in the Nagoya Stock Exchange, Nagoya and Osaka Exchange, Osaka stock exchanges), is a constituent of the TOPIX Large70 index, and is also one of the three only Japan Railways Group constituents of the Nikkei 225 index, the other being Central Japan Railway Company, JR Central and West Japan Railway Company, JR West. History JR East was incorporated on 1 April 1987 after being spun off from the government-run Japanese National Railways (JNR). The spin-off was nominally "privatization", as the company was actually a wholly owned subsidiary of the government-owned Japanese National Railway Settlement ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japan National Route 113
is a highway in Japan on the island of Honshū which runs from Niigata City in Niigata Prefecture to Sōma in Fukushima Prefecture. Route data *Length: 232.7 km (145 mi) *Origin: Chuo-ku, Niigata (originates at junction with Routes 7, 8, 17, 49 and 116) *Terminus: Sōma, Fukushima *Major cities: Niigata Municipalities passed through * Niigata Prefecture ** Niigata ( Chuo-ku - Higashi-ku - Kita-ku) - Seirō - Shibata - Tainai - Arakawa - Sekikawa *Yamagata Prefecture ** Oguni - Iide - Kawanishi - Nagai - Nan'yō - Takahata *Miyagi Prefecture ** Shichikashuku - Shiroishi - Kakuda - Marumori *Fukushima Prefecture ** Shinchi - Sōma See also * * References External links * 113 113 may refer to: *113 (number), a natural number *AD 113, a year * 113 BC, a year *113 (band), a French hip hop group * 113 (MBTA bus), Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority bus route * 113 (New Jersey bus), Ironbound Garage in Newark and run ... Roads in Fukushi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japan National Route 13
is a highway in Japan on the island of Honshū which runs from Fukushima in Fukushima Prefecture to Akita in Akita Prefecture. Route data *Length: *Origin: Fukushima (originates at junction with Route 4) *Terminus: Akita (ends at Junction with Route 7) *Major cities: Fukushima, Yonezawa, Yamagata, Akita History *4 December 1952: First Class National Highway 13 (from Fukushima to Akita) *1 April 1965: General National Highway 13 (from Fukushima to Akita) Municipalities passed through *Fukushima Prefecture **Fukushima *Yamagata Prefecture **Yonezawa - Takahata - Nan'yō - Kaminoyama - Yamagata - Tendō - Higashine - Murayama - Obanazawa - Ōishida - Funagata - Shinjō - Kaneyama - Mamurogawa *Akita Prefecture ** Yuzawa - Yokote - Misato - Daisen - Akita Major intersections *in Fukushima Prefecture **Routes 4, 115 *in Yamagata Prefecture **Routes 47, 48, 112, 113, 121, 286, 287, 344, 347 and 458 *in Akita Prefecture **Routes 7, 46, 105, 107, 108, 341, 34 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bank Of Japan
The is the central bank of Japan.Louis Frédéric, Nussbaum, Louis Frédéric. (2005). "Nihon Ginkō" in The bank is often called for short. It has its headquarters in Chūō, Tokyo, Chūō, Tokyo. History Like most modern Japanese institutions, the Bank of Japan was founded after the Meiji Restoration. Prior to the Restoration, Japan's feudal fiefs all issued their own money, ''Scrip of Edo period Japan, hansatsu'', in an array of incompatible denominations, but the ''New Currency Act'' of Meiji 4 (1871) did away with these and established the yen as the new decimal currency, which had parity with the Mexican silver dollar. The former Han (Japan), han (fiefs) became Prefectures of Japan, prefectures and their mints became private chartered banks which, however, initially retained the right to print money. For a time both the central government and these so-called "national" banks issued money. A period of unanticipated consequences was ended when the Bank of Japan was founded ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toyotarō Yūki
, was a central banker in the Empire of Japan, serving as the 15th Governor of the Bank of Japan and twice as a cabinet minister. Biography Yūki was born in the onsen resort of Akayu in what is now part of Nan'yō, Yamagata Prefecture,Bank of Japan15th Governor/ref> where his father was a sake brewer. After graduating from Tokyo Imperial University with a degree in political science, he obtained a position at the Bank of Japan from January 1904. Yūki was promoted rapidly, serving as auditor in the bank's New York City branch, branch manager in Kyoto, Corporate Secretary, and branch manager in Osaka. In 1918, at the recommendation of Junnosuke Inoue, Yūki was appointed to the Board of Directors, while still maintaining his post as Osaka branch manager. However, following the assassination of Yasuda Zenjirō, Yūki left the Bank of Japan to join the Board of Directors for the Yasuda zaibatsu in November 1921, and was appointed Managing Director of Yasuda Bank the same year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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. From the end of March to early May, cherry trees bloom all over Japan, and around the first of February on the island of Okinawa. The is announced each year by the Japan Meteorological Agency, and is watched carefully by those planning ''hanami'' as the blossoms only last a week or two. In modern-day Japan, ''hanami'' mostly consists of having an outdoor party beneath the sakura during daytime or at night. In some contexts the Sino-Japanese term is used instead, particularly for festivals. ''Hanami'' at night is called . In many places such as Ueno Park temporary paper lanterns are hung for the purpose of ''yozakura''. On the island of Okinawa, decorative electric lanterns are hung in the trees for evening enjoyment, such as on the trees ascending Mt. Yae, near Motobu Town, or at the Nakijin Castle. A more ancien ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Onsen
In Japan, are the country's hot springs and the bathing facilities and traditional inns around them. As a volcanically active country, Japan has many onsens scattered throughout all of its major islands. There are approximately 25,000 hot spring sources throughout Japan that provide hot mineral water to about 3,000 genuine onsen establishments. Onsens come in many types and shapes, including and . Baths may be either publicly run by a municipality or privately, often as part of a hotel, ''ryokan'', or . The presence of an onsen is often indicated on signs and maps by the symbol ♨ or the kanji (''yu'', meaning "hot water"). Sometimes the simpler hiragana character ゆ (''yu''), understandable to younger children, is used. Traditionally, onsens were located outdoors, although many inns have now built indoor bathing facilities as well. Nowadays, as most households have their own bath, the number of traditional public baths has decreased, but the number of sightseeing ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minamoto No Yoshitsuna
Minamoto no Yoshitsuna (源 義綱) ( 1042 – 1134), also called Kamo Jirō (鴨 次郎), was a samurai of the Minamoto clan. He was son of Minamoto no Yoriyoshi and brother of Minamoto no Yoshiie. In 1181 he fought in the Gosannen War along with his brother Minamoto no Yoshiie. After the war he revolted against his brother after a dispute in 1096 but failed. Then he was exiled to Izu Province was a province of Japan in the area of Shizuoka Prefecture. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "''Izu''" in . Izu bordered on Sagami and Suruga Provinces. Its abbreviated form name was . The mainland portion of Izu Province, comprising the ... and stayed there until his death in 1134. References *Frederic, Louis (2002). "Japan Encyclopedia." Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. {{DEFAULTSORT:Minamoto no, Yoshitsuna Minamoto clan 1040s births 1134 deaths People of Heian-period Japan Deified Japanese people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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