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Kakamigahara

(Encyclopedia)Kakamigahara käkäˌmēgähäˈrä [key], city (1990 pop. 129,680), Gifu prefecture, central Honshu, Japan. It is an agricultural and commercial center. ...

Settsu

(Encyclopedia)Settsu sātˈtso͞o [key], city (1990 pop. 87,453), Osaka prefecture, SW Honshu, Japan. It is a suburb of Osaka. ...

Daito

(Encyclopedia)Daito dīˈtō [key], city, Osaka prefecture, SW Honshu, Japan. A residential suburb of Osaka...

Chigasaki

(Encyclopedia)Chigasaki chĭgäˈsäˈkē [key], city, Kanagawa prefecture, central Honshu, Japan, on Sagami Bay. It ...

Inazawa

(Encyclopedia)Inazawa ēnäˈzäwä [key], city, Aichi prefecture, central Honshu, Japan. It is a residential ...

Ida

(Encyclopedia)Ida ēˈdä [key], city, Nagano prefecture, central Honshu, Japan, on the Tenryu River. It is...

Hashima

(Encyclopedia)Hashima häshēˈmä [key], city, Gifu prefecture, central Honshu, Japan, on the Kijo River. It ...

Annaka

(Encyclopedia)Annaka än-näˈkä [key], city, Gumma prefecture, central Honshu, Japan. It is an agricultural and tourist center, noted for its mineral springs. ...

Hanno, city, Japan

(Encyclopedia)Hanno hän-nō [key], city, Saitama prefecture, central Honshu, Japan, on the Naguri River. I...

Niiza

(Encyclopedia)Niiza nēˈzä [key], city (1990 pop. 138,919), Saitama prefecture, E central Honshu, Japan, on the Yonase River. It is a suburb of Tokyo. ...