Akashi may refer to:
People
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Akashi (surname) Akashi (written: 明石) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Kaijin Akashi (1901–1939), poet
* Ken Akashi (born 1976), race walker
*Momoka Akashi, musician
*Akashi Morishige (1566–1618?), samurai
*Akashi Motojiro ( ...
Places
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Akashi, Hyōgo
260px, Akashi City Hall
260px, Akashi fromAkashi Castle
is a city in southern Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 304,274 in 135,323 households and a population density of 6,200 people per km². The total area ...
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Akashi Station
is a passenger railway station located in the city of Akashi, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West).
Lines
Akashi Station is served by the JR San'yō Main Line, and is located 19.4 kilometers from the te ...
, a Japanese railroad station on the Sanyō Main Line
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Akashi Strait
The is a strait between the Japanese islands of Honshu and Awaji. The strait connects Seto Inland Sea and Osaka Bay. The width of the Akashi Strait is approximately 4 kilometers, and maximum depth is about 110 meters. The fastest tidal curren ...
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Akashi Kaikyō Bridge
The is a suspension bridge which links the city of Kobe on the Japanese island of Honshu to Iwaya on Awaji Island. It is part of the Kobe-Awaji-Naruto Expressway, and crosses the busy and turbulent Akashi Strait (''Akashi Kaikyō'' in Japanese ...
, crossing the former
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Akashi Castle
was an Edo period Japanese castle located in the city of Akashi, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. It was also known as or . Its ruins have been protected as a National Historic Site since 1957.
History
Akashi Castle is located on Mount Akamatsu, ...
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Akashi Domain
was a feudal domain under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo period Japan, located in Harima Province in what is now the southern portion of modern-day Hyōgo Prefecture. It was centered around Akashi Castle, which is located in what is now the ci ...
* Akashi, the name given to
Hagåtña, Guam
Hagåtña (; ; formerly in English: Agana , in Spanish: Agaña) is the capital village of the United States territory of Guam. From the 18th through mid-20th century, it was Guam's population center, but today it is the second smallest of th ...
during the Japanese occupation of Guam (1941-1944)
Vessels
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Japanese cruiser ''Akashi''
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Japanese repair ship ''Akashi''
Music
*"Akashi", a song by
Zone (band)
were all-female rock band started in Sapporo, Japan in 1997. Although it initially started as a dance group, they turned to an all-female band. Zone has been categorized in a new genre called "bandol" (a portmanteau of the words band and ido ...
from Japan
See also
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Akash (disambiguation)
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