The Hokuriku Shinkansen is a high-speed Shinkansen railway line connecting Tokyo with Tsuruga in the Hokuriku region of Japan. It is jointly operated by East Japan Railway Company and West Japan Railway Company.
Hawai was a town located in Tōhaku District, Tottori Prefecture, Japan.
Tōgō was a town located in Tōhaku District, Tottori Prefecture, Japan.
Totsukawa is a geographically large village in the Yoshino District of Nara, Japan. It is the largest village in Nara in terms of area, and the fifth largest village in Japan. As of February 2024, the village has an estimated population of 2,845 and a density of 4.2 persons per km2. The total area is 672.35 km2 (259.60 sq mi).
Haga is a town in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 August 2020, the town had an estimated population of 15,661 in 5,658 households, and a population density of 220 persons per km2. The total area of the town is 70.16 square kilometres (27.09 sq mi). .
Yatsuhashi is a wagashi sold mainly as a souvenir snack (miyagegashi). It is one of the best known meibutsu of Kyoto. It is made from glutinous rice flour, sugar, and cinnamon. Baked, it is similar to senbei. The shape of the hard crackers resembles a Japanese harp or koto, or a bamboo stalk cut lengthways. Yatsuhashi was created in 1689 during the Genroku era (1688-1704) or in 1805 during the Bunka era (1804-1818) in the Edo period (1603-1868). The name Yatsuhashi comes from a scene in the Tale of Ise or from the musician Yatsuhashi Kengyo. Yatsuhashi is a popular souvenir today, and according to a survey conducted by the city of Kyoto in 2022, 89.2% of Japanese tourists visiting Kyoto bought souvenirs, of which 10.7% bought Yatsuhashi.
Yurihama is a town located in Tōhaku District, Tottori Prefecture, Japan. As of 31 December 2022, the town had an estimated population of 16,515 in 6452 households and a population density of 210 persons per km². The total area of the town is 77.94 square kilometres (30.09 sq mi).
Kanesue Co., Ltd. is a company that operates a chain of supermarkets in Japan. The company operates in Aichi, Mie, and Gifu. The company is headquartered in Ichinomiya, Aichi, and is a member of the CGC Japan.
iXIT Corporation, formerly known as Index Corporation, is a Japanese corporate information and communications technology company owned by Sawada Holdings.
Link Inc. was a regional airline startup headquartered on the fifth floor of the Fukuoka Gion Daiichi Seimei Building in Hakata-ku, Fukuoka, Japan, which planned to serve Fukuoka Airport, Kitakyushu Airport, Matsuyama Airport and Miyazaki Airport. It filed for bankruptcy liquidation in January 2014 after failing to raise adequate capital for its operations, with 900 million yen of reported debt to around eighty creditors.
The Ainokaze Toyama Railway is a Japanese third-sector railway operating company established in 2012 to operate passenger railway services on the section of the JR West Hokuriku Main Line within Toyama Prefecture when it was separated from the JR West network in March 2015, coinciding with the opening of the Hokuriku Shinkansen extension from Nagano to Kanazawa. The company was founded on 24 July 2012, and has its headquarters in Toyama in Toyama Prefecture.
Kadokawa Corporation, formerly Kadokawa Dwango Corporation, is a Japanese media conglomerate that was created as a result of the merger of the original Kadokawa Corporation and Dwango Co., Ltd. on October 1, 2014.
Geto Onsen is an onsen town with traditional ryokan and natural hot spring baths. It was founded in 1134, and is one of the oldest establishments in Japan.
Yabiji, also known as Yaebiji, Yaebise, Yaebishi, and Yapiji and appearing on some historical Western nautical charts as Providence Reef, is the largest coral reef group in Japan. Located in the Miyako Islands, it contains over 100 coral reefs. Known for being above water level several times a year, most visibly around March 3 of the lunar calendar, it was made a Natural Monument of Japan in 2013.
In Japan, shinise are long-established businesses that have been in operation for a long time, at least for a hundred years. Some are older than a thousand years. Japan has significantly more very old businesses than other countries, and they and their products enjoy a particular prestige in Japan.
The Miracle Pine Tree was the lone surviving tree of the Takata Pine Forest, which suffered deadly damage from the Great East Japan Earthquake tsunami in March 2011. It was located in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture. Preserved as a permanent reminder of the Great East Japan Earthquake, it died shortly after the tsunami due to exposure to saltwater.
The Missing Post Office is an artwork by Japanese artist Saya Kubota. It is a "post office" where undeliverable letters are collected, using the former Awashima Post Office building on Awashima Island in Mitoyo City, Kagawa Prefecture.
