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Urayasu
260px, Old Urayasu is a city located in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 170,533 in 81,136 households and a population density of . The total area of the city is . Urayasu is best known as the home of Tokyo Disney Resort, which opened in April 1983, and the headquarters of The Oriental Land Company. History Early history The area around Urayasu was ''tenryō'' territory within Shimōsa Province controlled directly by the Tokugawa shogunate during the Edo period. Urayasu served as an important fishing village for the Edo capitol. Until the industrialization of the city it was a major center of production of ''nori'', an edible seaweed, ''hamaguri'', and ''asari'' clams. All three are important elements of the traditional Japanese diet. Timeline Meiji and Taisho eras * 1868 - After the Meiji Restoration in 1868, the area became part of Chiba Prefecture. * 1889 - Urayasu Village was created on April 1, 1889 under Higashikatsushika District with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chiba Prefecture
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Chiba Prefecture has a population of 6,278,060 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of . Chiba Prefecture borders Ibaraki Prefecture to the north, Saitama Prefecture to the northwest, and Tokyo to the west. Chiba (city), Chiba is the capital and largest city of Chiba Prefecture, with other major cities including Funabashi, Matsudo, Ichikawa, Chiba, Ichikawa and Kashiwa. Chiba Prefecture is located on Japan's eastern Pacific Ocean, Pacific coast to the east of Tokyo, and is part of the Greater Tokyo Area, the most populous metropolitan area in the world. Chiba Prefecture largely consists of the Bōsō Peninsula, which encloses the eastern side of Tokyo Bay and separates it from Kanagawa Prefecture. Chiba Prefecture is home to Narita International Airport, the Tokyo Disney Resort, and the Keiyō Industrial Zone. Etymology The name of Chiba Prefecture in Japanese is formed from two kanji char ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
OLC Group
The , also known as Oriental Land is a Japanese leisure and tourism company headquartered in Urayasu, Chiba, Japan where it also owns and operates the Tokyo Disney Resort. The company operates in three segments, divided as theme parks, hotels, and other business. It is a component of the TOPIX Large70 index. OLC's largest shareholder is the Keisei Electric Railway which controls 22% of the company's shares. Oriental Land pays licenses and royalties to The Walt Disney Company for use of their intellectual properties, while Disney provides consultation and their Imagineering division to design and build Oriental Land's theme parks and attractions at the resort. OLC is the only Disney resort company that has no capital relationship with Disney. History The Oriental Land Company was founded in 1960. The company was developing Maihama, an area of land in Urayasu that was created through land reclamation. Two years later, the company contacted Disney about building a theme park. OL ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tokyo Disney Resort
The (local nickname ''TDR'') is a theme park and vacation resort located in Urayasu, Chiba, Japan, just east of Tokyo. The resort is owned and operated by the Oriental Land Company, the Oriental Land Co., a subsidiary of the Keisei Electric Railway, under a license from The Walt Disney Company, which designed and constructed the resort and its various attractions through its Walt Disney Imagineering, Imagineering research & development arm. The resort opened on April 15, 1983, as a single theme park (Tokyo Disneyland), later developing into a resort with a second theme park (Tokyo DisneySea), six Disney themed hotels, six non-Disney hotels and a shopping complex (Ikspiari). Tokyo Disneyland was the first Disney theme park to open outside the United States and the complex is the only Disney resort in the world not owned or operated by Disney Experiences in any capacity. Attractions Tokyo Disney Resort consists of Tokyo Disneyland, Tokyo DisneySea, and Ikspiari, which is a varia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Higashikatsushika District, Chiba
was a district located in Chiba Prefecture, Japan until March 27, 2005. On March 28, 2005 the district was dissolved when the town of Shōnan was merged into the expanded city of Kashiwa. Area The Higashi-Katsushika District (April 1, 1897 – March 28, 2005) is now covering the following cities: * The following cities was part of this district at the time of founding: ** Urayasu, Ichikawa, Matsudo, Nagareyama, Noda, Kamagaya, large parts of Funabashi, Kashiwa (Former municipalities of Kashiwa, Tanaka, Tsuchi, and Kogane areas) * The following cities was part of Minamisōma District (1889-April 1, 1897): ** Abiko, Kashiwa (Former towns of Shōnan and Tomise areas) History Katsushika District, of the Musashi Province was broke off by their respective prefectures and thus Higashi-Katsushika District was placed within Chiba Prefecture. The seat was located in Matsudo. In 1897, Minamisōma District (Broke off from Sōma District in Kazusa Province by their respective prefec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keiyō Industrial Zone
, also known as the Keiyō Industrial Region, the Keiyō Industrial Area, or the Keiyō Industrial Belt, is an industrial region, industrial zone on the northeastern coast of Tokyo Bay that crosses 8 cities in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. The zone spans from the western part of Urayasu, Chiba, Urayasu in the northeast to Futtsu, Chiba, Futtsu in the southeast of the region. The zone has no political or administrative status. Etymology The name of the industrial zone is formed from two kanji characters. The first, , means "capital city" and refers to Tokyo. The second, , meaning "leaf", is the second kanji in "Chiba" and refers to Chiba Prefecture, and the compound refers to the Tokyo-Chiba region. Geography The Keiyō Industrial Zone spans the coast of Tokyo Bay from Urayasu in the northeast, through Funabashi, Chiba, Funabashi, Chiba, Chiba, Chiba City, Kisarazu, Chiba, Kisarazu, Kimitsu, Chiba, Kimitsu, Ichihara, Chiba, Ichihara, Sodegaura, Chiba, Sodegaura, and ends in Futtsu, C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tokyo Disneyland
is a theme park at the Tokyo Disney Resort in Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture, Japan, near Tokyo. Its main gate is directly adjacent to both Maihama Station and Tokyo Disneyland Station. It was the first Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, Disney park to be built outside the United States and it opened on April 15, 1983. The park was constructed by Walt Disney Imagineering, WED Enterprises in the same style as Disneyland in California and Magic Kingdom in Florida. It is owned by The Oriental Land Company, which licenses intellectual property from The Walt Disney Company. Tokyo Disneyland and its companion park, Tokyo DisneySea, are the only Disney parks in the world not owned or operated by The Walt Disney Company in any capacity. The park has seven themed areas: the World Bazaar, Adventureland (Disney)#Tokyo Disneyland, Adventureland, Frontierland#Tokyo Disneyland, Westernland, Fantasyland#Tokyo Disneyland, Fantasyland, Tomorrowland (Disney Parks), Tomorrowland, Critter Country and Mick ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bombing Of Tokyo
The was a series of air raids on Japan by the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF), primarily launched during the closing campaigns of the Pacific War, Pacific Theatre of World War II in 1944–1945, prior to the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The strikes conducted by the USAAF on the night of 9–10 March 1945, codenamed Bombing of Tokyo (10 March 1945), Operation Meetinghouse, constitute the single most destructive aerial bombing raid in human history. of central Tokyo was destroyed, leaving an estimated 100,000 civilians dead and over one million homeless. The United States Armed Forces, U.S. mounted the Doolittle Raid, a small-scale air raid on Tokyo by carrier-based long-range bombers, in April 1942. However, strategic bombing and urban area bombing of Japan only began at scale in 1944 after the long-range B-29 Superfortress bomber entered service. Superforts were first deployed from Republic of China (1912–1949), China and thereafter from the Mariana Isla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edo Period
The , also known as the , is the period between 1600 or 1603 and 1868 in the history of Japan, when the country was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and some 300 regional ''daimyo'', or feudal lords. Emerging from the chaos of the Sengoku period, the Edo period was characterized by prolonged peace and stability, urbanization and economic growth, strict social order, Isolationism, isolationist foreign policies, and popular enjoyment of Japanese art, arts and Culture of Japan, culture. In 1600, Tokugawa Ieyasu prevailed at the Battle of Sekigahara and established hegemony over most of Japan, and in 1603 was given the title ''shogun'' by Emperor Go-Yōzei. Ieyasu resigned two years later in favor of his son Tokugawa Hidetada, Hidetada, but maintained power, and defeated the primary rival to his authority, Toyotomi Hideyori, at the Siege of Osaka in 1615 before his death the next year. Peace generally prevailed from this point on, making samurai largely redundant. Tokugawa sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meiji Restoration
The , referred to at the time as the , and also known as the Meiji Renovation, Revolution, Regeneration, Reform, or Renewal, was a political event that restored Imperial House of Japan, imperial rule to Japan in 1868 under Emperor Meiji. Although there were ruling emperors before the Meiji Restoration, the events restored practical power to, and consolidated the political system under, the Emperor of Japan. The Restoration led to enormous changes in Japan's political and social structure and spanned both the late Edo period (often called the Bakumatsu) and the beginning of the Meiji era, during which time Japan rapidly Industrialization, industrialised and adopted Western culture, Western ideas and production methods. The origins of the Restoration lay in economic and political difficulties faced by the Tokugawa shogunate. These problems were compounded by the encroachment of foreign powers in the region which challenged the Tokugawa policy of , specifically the arrival of the Pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Venerupis Philippinarum
''Ruditapes philippinarum'', the Manila clam, is an edible species of saltwater clam in the family Veneridae, the Venus clams. Common names include Manila clam, Japanese littleneck clam, Japanese cockle, and Japanese carpet shell.Cohen, A.N. 2011''Venerupis philippinarum''.The Exotics Guide: Non-native Marine Species of the North American Pacific Coast. Center for Research on Aquatic Bioinvasions, Richmond, California, and San Francisco Estuary Institute, Oakland, California. Revised September 2011. In Japan, it is known as ''asari''. In Korea, it is known as ''bajirak''. The clam is commercially harvested, and is the second most important bivalve grown in aquaculture worldwide.Cordero, D., et alPopulation genetics of the Manila clam (Ruditapes philippinarum) introduced in North America and Europe.''Scientific Reports'' 7, Article number: 39745. 3 January 2017. Description The shell of ''Ruditapes philippinarum'' is elongate, oval, and sculptured with radiating ribs.Morris, R.H. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meretrix Lusoria
''Meretrix lusoria'', the hamaguri, Asian hard clam or common Orient clam, is a species of saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusk in the family Veneridae, the Venus clams. This species is native to Asia, originally described around the waters of Japan. It is commercially exploited for sushi, and its shells are traditionally used to make white go (game), go stones. The hamaguri clam is the subject of a haiku by Matsuo Bashō. Taxonomic difficulties ''Meretrix lusoria'' is morphologically similar to a number of closely related species, making identification and reports of distribution quite confusing. Less precise sources may describe a large range in East Asia, in waters tropic to temperate. However, as Hsiao & Chuang (2023) demonstrated using molecular (nuclear + mtDNA) and multi-variate morphological means, it is possible to distinguish several species: * ''Meretrix lusoria'', originally described around Japan, is distributed in the waters of Japan and South Korea. * ''Met ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
