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List Of Tallest Buildings By Japanese Prefecture
Tallest buildings See also *List of tallest buildings in Tokyo *List of tallest buildings in Osaka *List of tallest buildings in Nagoya *List of tallest buildings in Japan Notes * G1 Tower rises to a height of 214 metres (700 ft) tall, making it the tallest structure in the prefecture. * Kyoto Tower rises to a height of 131 metres (430 ft) tall, making it the tallest structure in the prefecture. *A replica of the Dom Tower of Utrecht at the Huis Ten Bosch (theme park), Huis Ten Bosch theme park rises to a height of 105 metres (344 ft) tall, making it the tallest structure in the prefecture. *Tokyo Skytree rises to a height of 634 metres (2,080 ft) tall, making it the tallest structure in Japan. *The building's roof antenna increases its total height of 106 metres (347 ft). References {{Tallest buildings in Japan Lists of tallest buildings in Japan, Prefecture Lists of buildings and structures in Japan by prefecture, Talles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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. They include 43 prefectures proper (, ''ken''), two urban prefectures (, '' fu'': Osaka and Kyoto), one " circuit" or "territory" (, '' dō'': Hokkai-dō) and one metropolis (, '' to'': Tokyo). In 1868, the Meiji ''Fuhanken sanchisei'' administration created the first prefectures (urban ''fu'' and rural ''ken'') to replace the urban and rural administrators (''bugyō'', ''daikan'', etc.) in the parts of the country previously controlled directly by the shogunate and a few territories of rebels/shogunate loyalists who had not submitted to the new government such as Aizu/ Wakamatsu. In 1871, all remaining feudal domains ''( han)'' were also transformed into prefectures, so that prefectures subdivided the whole country. In several waves of territorial consolidation, today's 47 prefecture ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
APA Group (Japan)
APA Group (, ''Apa Gurūpu'', commonly known as APA, Always Pleasant Amenities) is a Japanese hospitality group that operates APA Hotels. APA Hotels operates in Japan with more than 300 properties. APA recently expanded into the United States in 2015. On November 13, 2015, APA opened the APA Hotel Woodbridge (formerly a Hilton) in Iselin, New Jersey. APA acquired the Vancouver-based Coast Hotels in 2016. There are plans to open more hotels in the United States in the future. Controversy APA Group distributes political propaganda written by its president, Toshio Motoya, a strong supporter of revisionist historical views aligned with those of Japan's far-right.Japanese hotel chain's books denying Nanjing Massacre spark criticism in China ''The Mainichi'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
