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Himeji

(Encyclopedia)Himeji hēmāˈjē [key], city, Hyogo prefecture, SW Honshu, Japan. A railroad and market cen...

Hadano

(Encyclopedia)Hadano hädäˈnō [key], city, Kanagawa prefecture, E central Honshu, Japan. An important co...

Hagi

(Encyclopedia)Hagi häˈgē [key], city, Yamaguchi prefecture, W Honshu, Japan, on the delta of the Abu Riv...

Fuji

(Encyclopedia)Fuji fo͞oˈjē [key], city, Shizuoka prefecture, S central Honshu, Japan, on Suruga Bay. It ...

Fukuyama

(Encyclopedia)Fukuyama fo͞oko͞oˈyämä [key], city, Hiroshima prefecture, W Honshu, Japan, on the Ashida River. ...

Atsugi

(Encyclopedia)Atsugi ätˌso͞oˈgē [key], city, Kanagawa prefecture, E central Honshu, Japan, on the Sagami River. It is an important communication, commercial, and agricultural cente...

Yokkaichi

(Encyclopedia)Yokkaichi yōk-kīˈchē [key], city (1990 pop. 274,180), Mie prefecture, W Honshu, Japan, a port on Ise Bay. It is a manufacturing center that produces banko ware (a kind of porcelain), automobiles, ...

Tokorozawa

(Encyclopedia)Tokorozawa tōkōˌrōˈzäwä [key], city (1990 pop. 303,040), Saitama prefecture, central Honshu, Japan. It is a suburb of Tokyo and an agricultural market for locally grown green tea. It is the bas...

Akashi

(Encyclopedia)Akashi äˌkäˈshē [key], city, Hyogo prefecture, W Honshu, Japan, on the Harima Sea and the Akashi Strait. Overfishing and marine pollution have hurt what was formerly ...

Choshi

(Encyclopedia)Choshi chōˈshē [key], city, Chiba prefecture, central Honshu, Japan, on the Kashimada Sea ...