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Iwaki, Fukushima is a city located in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. , Iwaki had a population of 337,765 in 143,500 households, and population density of 270 persons per km2. The total area of the city is , making it the largest city in the prefecture and the 10th ...
(いわき市), a city in Japan *
Iwaki, Akita was a town located in Yuri District, Akita Prefecture, Japan. In 2003, the town had an estimated population of 6,413 and a density of 59.32 persons per km². The total area was 108.10 km². On March 22, 2005, Iwaki, along with the city of ...
(岩城町), a former town in Japan *
Iwaki, Aomori was a town located in Nakatsugaru District in southern Aomori Prefecture, Japan. Iwaki was located in south-western Tsugaru Peninsula, in the foothills of Mount Iwaki. The area was part of Hirosaki Domain during the Edo period. After the Mei ...
(岩木町), a former town in Japan *
Iwaki Province (718) was an old province in the area that is today Fukushima Prefecture and Miyagi Prefecture. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "''Iwaki''" in . History This iteration of Iwaki Province lasted for a brief period of time in Nara period. Establish ...
(岩城国), an old province of Japan established in 718 and dissolved by 724 *
Iwaki Province (1868) Map of the former Japanese provinces with Iwaki highlighted was an old province in the area that is today Fukushima Prefecture. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "''Iwaki''" in . It was sometimes called . History * This iteration of Iwaki Pr ...
(磐城国), an old province of Japan established in 1868 *
Iwaki River The is a river that crosses western Aomori Prefecture, Japan. It is in length and has a drainage area of . Under the Rivers Act of 1964 the Iwaki is designated as a Class 1 River and is managed by the Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, ...
(岩木川), a river in
Aomori Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan in the Tōhoku region. The prefecture's capital, largest city, and namesake is the city of Aomori. Aomori is the northernmost prefecture on Japan's main island, Honshu, and is bordered by the Pacific Ocean to the east, ...
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Mount Iwaki is a stratovolcano located in western Aomori Prefecture, Tohoku, Japan. It is also referred to as and less frequently, due to its similar shape to Mount Fuji. With a summit elevation of and a prominence of it is the highest mountain in Ao ...
(岩木山), a volcano on the Japanese island of
Honshū , historically called , is the largest and most populous island of Japan. It is located south of Hokkaidō across the Tsugaru Strait, north of Shikoku across the Inland Sea, and northeast of Kyūshū across the Kanmon Straits. The island separa ...


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Iwaki clan The was a Japanese samurai clan that claimed descent from the Hitachi-Heishi, a cadet branch of the Taira clan. However, this connection is tenuous and not backed by documentary evidence, suggesting that the Iwaki were instead descendants from ...
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Japanese clan This is a list of Japanese clans. The old clans (''Gōzoku'') mentioned in the Nihon Shoki and Kojiki lost their political power before the Heian period, Heian Period, during which new aristocracies and families, ''Kuge'', emerged in their place. ...
that ruled the
Hamadōri is the easternmost of the three regions of Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, the other two being Nakadōri in the central area of the prefecture and Aizu in the west. Hamadōri is bordered by the Abukuma Highlands to the west and the Pacific Ocean t ...
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Hiroyuki Iwaki (6 September 193213 June 2006) was a Japanese conductor and percussionist. Biography Iwaki was born in Tokyo in 1932. Shortly after he entered an elementary school, he moved to Kyoto due to his father's transferral. He came to play the xyloph ...
(岩城 宏之), a Japanese musician and conductor *
Mirai Iwaki is a Japanese manga series by Satomi Ikezawa about a Labrador puppy, named Ponta, who turns into a human and falls in love with Mirai Iwaki, who's very popular in his school. In 2000, it won the Kodansha Manga Award for shōjo. It was pub ...
, a fictional character in the manga ''
Guru Guru Pon-chan is a Japanese manga series by Satomi Ikezawa about a Labrador puppy, named Ponta, who turns into a human and falls in love with Mirai Iwaki, who's very popular in his school. In 2000, it won the Kodansha Manga Award for shōjo. It was publi ...
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