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Fujioka

(Encyclopedia)Fujioka fo͞ojēˈōkä [key], city, Gumma prefecture, central Honshu, Japan, on the Tone River. ...

Ichikawa

(Encyclopedia)Ichikawa ēchēˈkäwä [key], city, Chiba prefecture, central Honshu, Japan, on the Edo River. It ...

Innoshima

(Encyclopedia)Innoshima ēn-nōˈshĭmä [key], city, Hiroshima prefecture, on Innoshima Island, Japan, on the ...

Iwatsuki

(Encyclopedia)Iwatsuki ēwäˈtso͞okē [key], city, Saitama prefecture, central Honshu, Japan, on the Edo River. ...

Chiryu

(Encyclopedia)Chiryu chēryo͞oˈ [key], city, Aichi prefecture, S central Honshu, Japan. The city was form...

Sayama

(Encyclopedia)Sayama säyäˈmä [key], city (1990 pop. 157,309), Saitama prefecture, E central Honshu, Japan, on Lake Sayama. It is a resort and center for various mechanical industries. ...

Seto

(Encyclopedia)Seto sāˈtō [key], city (1990 pop. 126,340), Aichi prefecture, central Honshu, Japan. It has been an important porcelain center since the 13th cent. ...

Saiki

(Encyclopedia)Saiki sīˈkē [key], city (1990 pop. 52,323), Oita prefecture, NE Honshu, Japan. It is a fishing port and agricultural market, and it produces pulp and cement. ...

Sasebo

(Encyclopedia)Sasebo säsāˈbō [key], city (1990 pop. 244,677), Nagasaki prefecture, W Kyushu, Japan. It is a commercial and fishing port and naval base on the East China Sea. ...

Neyagawa

(Encyclopedia)Neyagawa nāyägäˈwä [key], city (1990 pop. 256,524), Osaka prefecture, SW Honshu, Japan, on the Shinyodo River. A suburb of Osaka, it produces metal products and textiles. ...