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Mikado (song)
Mikado may refer to: * Emperor of Japan or Arts and entertainment * ''The Mikado'', an 1885 comic opera by Gilbert and Sullivan * ''The Mikado'' (1939 film), an adaptation of the opera, directed by Victor Schertzinger * ''The Mikado'' (1967 film), an adaptation of the opera, directed by Stuart Burge * "The Mikado" (''Millennium''), a 1998 television episode * Mikado (game), a pick-up sticks game * "Mikado" (song), by Simone Drexel, the Swiss entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1975 * Mikado, a DC Comics character Biology * Mikado pheasant (''Syrmaticus mikado'') * ''Mikado'', a genus of beetles in family Ptiliidae * 'Mikado', a cultivar of ''Syngonanthus chrysanthus'' * '' Forficula mikado'', a species of earwig in the family Forficulidae * ''Kempina mikado'', a species of mantis shrimp in the family Squillidae Places * Mikado Glacier, a glacier in Alexander Island, Antarctica * Mikado, Saskatchewan, a hamlet in Canada ** Mikado station (Saskatchewan), a flag stop in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emperor Of Japan
The Emperor of Japan is the monarch and the head of the Imperial House of Japan, Imperial Family of Japan. Under the Constitution of Japan, he is defined as the symbol of the Japanese state and the unity of the Japanese people, and his position is derived from "the will of the people with whom resides sovereign power". Imperial Household Law governs the line of Succession to the Japanese throne, imperial succession. The emperor is sovereign immunity, immune from prosecution by the Supreme Court of Japan. He is also the head of the Shinto religion. In Japanese language, Japanese, the emperor is called , literally "Emperor of heaven or "Heavenly Sovereign". The Japanese Shinto religion holds him to be the direct descendant of the sun goddess Amaterasu. The emperor is also the head of all national Orders, decorations, and medals of Japan, Japanese orders, decorations, medals, and awards. In English, the use of the term for the emperor was once common but is now considered obsolete ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mikado, Saskatchewan
Mikado is named after the ancient title of the Emperor of Japan. Is a hamlet in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. The hamlet is part of the rural municipality of Sliding Hills No. 273. It has a flag stop for Via Rail's Winnipeg-Churchill train. Mikado is located at the intersection of Highway 5 and Highway 754. This village was founded after the Japanese had won several victories in the war against Russia (Russo-Japanese War 1904–05). Britain was allied with Japan in this war and Japan was a very popular nation throughout the British Empire. Three towns in Saskatchewan along the CN line (Togo, Kuroki, Mikado), a regional park (Oyama), and CN Siding (Fukushiama)Russell, E.T., (1973) What's in a Name: The Story Behind Saskatchewan Place Names, 0-88833-053-7 were named in honour of Japanese achievements in this war. Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada Statistics Canada (StatCan; french: Statistique Canada), formed in 1971, i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katawa Shoujo
is a bishōjo-style visual novel by Four Leaf Studios that tells the story of a young man and five young women living with varying disabilities. The game uses a traditional text and sprite-based visual novel model with an ADV-style text box running on the Ren'Py visual novel engine. The game is licensed under the Creative Commons CC-BY-NC-ND. The majority of the story takes place at the boarding school Yamaku High School for disabled students, located in an unnamed city somewhere in modern, northern Japan. The player takes the role of Hisao Nakai, an ordinary boy whose life changes dramatically after a heart attack caused by his long-dormant cardiac arrhythmia. After a lengthy hospitalization, he is forced to transfer to a school specialized in providing education and healthcare for students with disabilities. Over the course of the narrative, Hisao has the opportunity to come to grips with his condition and adjust to his new life. The gameplay of ''Katawa Shoujo'' is choic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michel Warschawski
Michel Warschawski (Mikado) ( he, מיכאל ורשבסקי (מיקאדו); born 25 July 1949) is an Israeli anti-Zionist activist. He led the Marxist Revolutionary Communist League (previously Matzpen-Jerusalem) until its demise in the 1990s, and founded the Alternative Information Center, a joint Palestinian-Israeli non-governmental organization, in 1984. Biography Michel Warschawski was born 1949 in Strasbourg, France, where his father was the Rabbi. At the age of 16 Warschawski moved to Jerusalem, in order to study the Talmud—he is a graduate of Mercaz HaRav. He later studied philosophy at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Despite having long since stopped being religious, fellow-activists on occasion turn to him to elucidate subtle points of the Jewish religion. In 1982, Warschawski was one of the co-founders of Yesh Gvul, a term that plays on three meanings: (1) "there is a border": "there is a limit": and "enough's enough". In 1984, Warschawski established the Alt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Operation Mikado
Operation Mikado was the code name of a military plan by the United Kingdom to use Special Air Service troops to attack the home base of Argentina's five Super Etendard strike fighters at Río Grande, Tierra del Fuego, during the 1982 Falklands War. Brigadier Peter de la Billière was in charge of planning the operation. The British Task Force had been successfully attacked by these Argentinian aircraft using French Exocet air-to-sea missiles, sinking two ships. This operation was intended to destroy the three remaining Exocet missiles that Argentina had in its possession as well as the Super Étendard launch aircraft. It was also intended to kill the pilots in their quarters. To achieve this, Brigadier Peter de la Billière ( Director of the SAS) proposed an operation similar to Operation Entebbe, which consisted of landing 55 SAS soldiers in two Lockheed C-130 Hercules aircraft directly on the runway at Rio Grande. According to the plan, the C-130s would be kept on the ta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mikado Yellow
Mikado yellow is a shade of yellow. The color is displayed at right. It is one of the colors of the national flags of Colombia and Kazakhstan. It was also once used for Lincoln automobiles, and is the name of various dyes and colorings. See also * List of colors These are the lists of colors; * List of colors: A–F * List of colors: G–M * List of colors: N–Z * List of colors (compact) * List of colors by shade * List of color palettes * List of Crayola crayon colors * List of RAL colors * List ... References Shades of yellow {{color-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mikado (locomotive)
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, represents the wheel arrangement of two leading wheels on one axle, usually in a leading truck, eight powered and coupled driving wheels on four axles and two trailing wheels on one axle, usually in a trailing truck. This configuration of steam locomotive is most often referred to as a Mikado, frequently shortened to Mike. At times it was also referred to on some railroads in the United States of America as the McAdoo Mikado and, during World War II, the MacArthur. The notation 2-8-2T indicates a tank locomotive of this wheel arrangement, the "T" suffix indicating a locomotive on which the water is carried in tanks mounted on the engine rather than in an attached tender (rail), tender. Overview The 2-8-2 wheel arrangement allowed the locomotive's Firebox (steam engine), firebox to be placed behind instead of above the driving wheels, thereby allowing a larger firebox that could be both wide and deep. This s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mikado (biscuit)
is a Japanese sweet snack food produced by the Ezaki Glico food company. Pocky was first sold in 1966, and was invented by Yoshiaki Koma. It consists of coated biscuit sticks. It was named after the Japanese onomatopoeic word , which is supposed to resemble the sound of the snack being cracked. The original chocolate-coated Pocky was followed by an almond-coated variant in 1971, and a strawberry coating in 1977. Today, the product line includes variations in the flavored coatings, such as milk, mousse, green tea, honey, banana, cookies and cream, strawberry and coconut, and themed products such as "Decorer Pocky", with colorful decorative stripes in the coating, and "Men's Pocky", a "mature" dark (bittersweet) chocolate version. World distribution Pocky is a very popular treat in Japan, especially among teenagers. In bars, it is sometimes served with a glass of ice water or milk. It also has a significant presence in other Asian countries, such as China, South Korea, Thai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mikado Township, Michigan
Mikado Township is a civil township of Alcona County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 947 at the 2010 census. Communities *Alvin is an unincorporated community located in the southeastern portion of the township at . Alvin was founded as a lumbering community and had its own post office from February 14, 1906 until February 15, 1911. *Kurtz is an unincorporated community on the western border of the township with Curtis Township at . The community was named for Hugo Kurtz, and it began as a logging community around 1900. A post office opened briefly from July 31, 1909 until March 31, 1911. *Mikado is an unincorporated community in the northeastern corner of the township at . The community was originally called West Greenbush and was founded by Daniel Bruce, who built a hotel for the area's lumbermen in 1886. He pursuaded the Detroit and Mackinac Railway to established a station through the area by traveling to Tawas City. He paid and requested to have the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mikado Station
is a passenger railway station located in the city of Isumi, Chiba Prefecture Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). Lines Mikado Station is served by the Sotobō Line, and is located 53.7 km from the official starting point of the line at Chiba Station. Station layout Mikado Station has a single side platform connected to a station building constructed out of two modified freight containers. The platform is short, and can handle trains with a maximum length of eight cars. Platform History Mikado Station was opened on August 16, 1903 as a freight station on the Bōsō Railway. Scheduled passenger operations began from January 14, 1905. On September 1, 1907, the Bōsō Railway was nationalized and became part of the Japanese Government Railways, which was transformed into the Japan National Railways (JNR) after World War II. Freight operations were discontinued on October 1, 1962. The station has been unattended since July 1, 1972. In 1985, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mikado Station (Saskatchewan)
Mikado station is a railway station in Mikado, Saskatchewan, Canada. Mikado is part of the rural municipality of Sliding Hills. The station serves as a flag stop for Via Rail's Winnipeg–Churchill train The Winnipeg–Churchill train (formerly known as the ''Hudson Bay'' and, before that, ''Northern Spirits'') is a semiweekly passenger train operated by Via Rail between Winnipeg and Churchill, Manitoba. It is the only dry-land connection betwe .... Footnotes External links Via Rail Station Information Sliding Hills No. 273, Saskatchewan Via Rail stations in Saskatchewan {{Saskatchewan-railstation-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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