was originally the area around today's Sakurai City in Nara Prefecture of Japan, which became Yamato Province and by extension a name for the whole of

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

. Yamato is also the dynastic name of the ruling

Imperial House of Japan The , also referred to as the Imperial Family or the House of Yamato, comprises those members of the extended family of the reigning Emperor of Japan who undertake official and public duties. Under the present Constitution of Japan, the Emperor i ...

Japanese history

* Yamato people, the dominant ethnic group of Japan * Yamato period, when the Japanese Imperial court ruled from Yamato Province * Yamato clan, clan active in Japan since the Kofun period * ''

Yamato-damashii or is a Japanese language term for the cultural values and characteristics of the Japanese people. The phrase was coined in the Heian period to describe the indigenous Japanese 'spirit' or cultural values as opposed to cultural values of foreign ...

'', the "Japanese spirit", or ''Yamato-gokoro'', the "Japanese heart/mind" * Yamato nadeshiko, the ideology of the perfect Japanese woman * Yamato Takeru, a legendary Japanese prince of the Yamato dynasty * Yamato-e, classical Japanese painting * ''Yamato-uta'', alternative term for ''waka'' (poetry) * Yamatai, ancient geographical term that may be associated with Yamato *

Daiwa (disambiguation) Daiwa may refer to: Places: *Daiwa, Hiroshima, a former town in Kamo District, Hiroshima, Japan *Daiwa, Shimane, a former village in Ōchi District, Shimane, Japan Companies and related: * Daiwa Securities Group, a Japanese security brokerage * Da ...

is spelled using the same kanji as Yamato

Geography

Japan

* Yamato Province, Japan, former province, present-day Nara Prefecture * Yamato, Fukuoka, a town in Fukuoka Prefecture *

Yamato, Fukushima was a town located in Yama District, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. The town was established as a village in 1875, and promoted to a town in 1954. As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 4,092 and a density Density (volumetric ...

, a town in Fukushima Prefecture * Yamato, Gifu, former town now part of Gujo City, Japan * Yamato, Ibaraki, a village in Ibaraki Prefecture * Yamato, Kagoshima, a village in Kagoshima Prefecture * Yamato, Kanagawa, a city in Kanagawa Prefecture * Yamato, Kumamoto, a town in Kumamoto Prefecture * Yamato, Niigata, former town now part of the city of Minamiuonuma * Yamato, Saga, a town in Saga Prefecture * Yamato, Yamaguchi, former town now part of Hikari * Yamato, Yamanashi, a village in Yamanashi Prefecture * Yamato River, a river in Nara and Osaka Prefecture * Yamato Town, later renamed Wakō, Saitama * Yamato Village, later renamed Higashiyamato, Tokyo

United States

* Yamato Colony, California, Japanese-American agricultural community * Yamato Colony, Florida, former Japanese farm settlement

Antarctica

* Yamato Glacier *

Yamato Mountains Queen Fabiola Mountains is a group of mountains in Antarctica, long, consisting mainly of seven small massifs which trend north–south, forming a partial barrier to the flow of inland ice. The mountains stand in isolation about southwest of th ...

Meteorites

Yamato 691 The Yamato 691 (abbreviated Y-691) is the 4.5 billion year old chondrite meteorite discovered by members of the Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition on the blue ice field of the Queen Fabiola Mountains (Yamato Mountains) in Antarctica, on Decem ...

, 4.5-billion-year-old meteorite *

Yamato 791197 Yamato 791197, official abbreviation Y-791197, is a meteorite that was found in Antarctica on November 20, 1979. It is the first rock to be found on Earth identified as a lunar meteorite (see also ALH 81005). It was collected by National Institu ...

, lunar meteorite found on Earth * Yamato 000593, Martian meteorite found on Earth

Ships

* ''Yamato'' (ship), several Japanese ships of this name ** ''Yamato''-class battleship *** Japanese battleship ''Yamato'' ** Japanese corvette ''Yamato'' ** '' Yamato 1''

Companies

* Yamato Life Insurance Company, Japan *

Yamato Transport is one of Japan's largest door-to-door delivery service companies, with a market share of 41%, competing closely with Sagawa Express and Nippon Express. Their head office is in Ginza, Tokyo. The company's trademarked term for their express d ...

, Japan, delivery service

Animals

* '' Caridina multidentata'' (Yamato shrimp)

Language

* Yamato kotoba, native Japanese language vocabulary

People

Yamato (surname) is a Japanese surname. Notable people * Ami Yamato, Japanese YouTuber * , a former sumo wrestler from Hawaii * Hiroshi Yamato (born 1983), professional wrestler *, Japanese footballer * , a manga author * , the current top star of Takarazuka R ...

Yamato (given name) is a Japanese masculine given name. Notable people * Yamato (born 1981), Japanese wrestler *, Japanese volleyball player * , Japanese singer of the band Orange Range * , Japanese baseball player Fictional characters * * Yamato Kisaragi, the ...

Yamato (wrestler) , better known by his ring name Yamato (stylized in all capital letters), is a Japanese professional wrestler and former mixed martial artist currently signed to Dragon Gate, where he is a record five-time Open the Dream Gate Champion. Profes ...

, Japanese professional wrestler

Entertainment

Wadaiko Yamato Wadaiko Yamato 和太鼓倭　is a Japanese musical group of taiko drummers founded in 1993 by Masa Ogawa. In Japanese, the word 和太鼓 "wadaiko" translates as "Japanese drum" and "Yamato" was the former name of the city of Nara, the group's ...

, Japanese musical group * ''Yamato'' (film), about the World War II battleship ''Yamato'' * ''Space Battleship Yamato'' (2010 film), Japanese live action film * Yamato Man, a robot master in '' Mega Man 6'' and ''

Mega Man Battle Network 3 ''Mega Man Battle Network 3'' is a video game developed by Capcom for the Game Boy Advance (GBA) handheld game console. It is the third game in the ''Mega Man Battle Network'' series, released in 2002 in Japan and 2003 in North America. While i ...

'' * Yamato, the signature sword wielded by Vergil in the ''Devil May Cry'' franchise * The Ark of Yamato, an area in the video game ''

Ōkami is an action-adventure video game developed by Clover Studio and published by Capcom. It was released for PlayStation 2 in 2006 in Japan and North America, and in 2007 in Europe and Australia. After the closure of Clover Studio a few months a ...

'' * The Yamato Perpetual Reactor, a particle accelerator from ''

Shin Megami Tensei IV is a Japanese post-apocalyptic role-playing video game developed by Atlus for the Nintendo 3DS. It is part of the ''Shin Megami Tensei'' series, the central series of the ''Megami Tensei'' franchise, though no direct story connection exists to ...

'' * Yamato, a battlecruiser cannon from the ''

StarCraft ''StarCraft'' is a military science fiction media franchise created by Chris Metzen and James Phinney and owned by Blizzard Entertainment. The series, set in the beginning of the 26th century, centers on a galactic struggle for dominance am ...

'' franchise * Takeshi Yamato, alter ego of Ultraman 80's TV show

Anime and manga

* ''Space Battleship Yamato'' (disambiguation), Japanese TV, film and game series; ''Star Blazers'' in the West * ''Yamato Takeru'' (anime) * ''Yamato Takeru'' (film) * ''

Shiroi Senshi Yamato is a Japanese manga series by Yoshihiro Takahashi, which was serialized between 1976 and 1989 in the magazine ''Monthly Shōnen Jump''. Story Shiroi Senshi Yamato is about a white Akita pup who strives to become the champion fighting dog of ...

(Yamato, the White Fighter)'', a manga by Yoshihiro Takahashi * Takeru Yamato, character in the ''Eyeshield 21'' manga

Publications

* ''Yamato'' (magazine), Italian propaganda magazine published during World War II