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Edo, also romanized as Jedo, Yedo or Yeddo, is the former name of Tokyo.
Japan is divided into 47 prefectures, which rank immediately below the national government and form the country's first level of jurisdiction and administrative division. They include 43 prefectures proper, two urban prefectures, one "circuit" or "territory" and one metropolis. In 1868, the Meiji Fuhanken sanchisei administration created the first prefectures to replace the urban and rural administrators in the parts of the country previously controlled directly by the shogunate and a few territories of rebels/shogunate loyalists who had not submitted to the new government such as Aizu/Wakamatsu. In 1871, all remaining feudal domains (han) were also transformed into prefectures, so that prefectures subdivided the whole country. In several waves of territorial consolidation, today's 47 prefectures were formed by the turn of the century. In many instances, these are contiguous with the ancient ritsuryō provinces of Japan.
The Japanese addressing system is used to identify a specific location in Japan. When written in Japanese characters, addresses start with the largest geographical entity and proceed to the most specific one. When written in Latin characters, addresses follow the convention used by most Western addresses and start with the smallest geographic entity and proceed to the largest. The Japanese system is complex and idiosyncratic, the product of the natural growth of urban areas, as opposed to the systems used in cities that are laid out as grids and divided into quadrants or districts.
Nishiki is a town located in Kuma District, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. The town's name is the Japanese word for "brocade", and is used as a name for more than one town in Japan. The town can trace its origin back to the merger of three villages in 1884. Two more villages were merged with Nishiki, then known as Nishi-mura or "West village", in 1955. It formally gained its status as a town on April 1, 1965. At one time, between 1985 and 2006, Nishiki was twinned with the town of Nishiki, Yamaguchi.
Onga is a district located in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan.
Shirahama was a town located in Awa District, Chiba Prefecture, Japan.
Assabu is a small town located in Hiyama Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan.
Shakotan is a town located in Shiribeshi Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan. As of September 2016, the town had a population of 2,215, and a density of 9.3 persons per km2. The total area of the town is 238.20 square kilometres (91.97 sq mi), and located 90 kilometres (56 mi) west of Sapporo, the capital and economic hub of Hokkaido. Shakotan occupies the north of the Shakotan Peninsula. It was founded in 1869 as part of the short-lived Shiribeshi Province, which was dissolved in 1882 to become Hokkaido. Shakotan, along with neighboring Otaru, is home to Japan's only national-level marine sanctuary. Shakotan is home to the three great capes of the Shakotan Peninsula: Kamui, Shakotan, and Ōgon.
Higashikawa is a town located in Kamikawa Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan.
Ikeda is a town located in Tokachi Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan.
The bureaucratic administration of Japan is divided into three basic levels; national, prefectural, and municipal. Below the national government there are 47 prefectures, six of which are further subdivided into subprefectures to better service large geographical areas or remote islands. The municipalities are the lowest level of government; the twenty most-populated cities outside Tokyo Metropolis are known as designated cities and are subdivided into wards.
Machi is an administrative unit in Japan, often referred to in English as town. In Japanese and other languages, it may also refer to:
Komachi is a locality in Kamakura, Kanagawa prefecture, Japan, defined as the part of town north of the Ebisubashi bridge on the Namerigawa. The part of town south of the same bridge is called Ōmachi.
Ōmachi is a locality in Kamakura, Kanagawa prefecture, Japan, defined as the part of town south of the Ebisubashi bridge on the Namerigawa. The part of town north of the same bridge is called Komachi.
Ishidori Matsuri (石取祭) can be literally translated from Japanese as "stone bringing festival." It is a festival in Kuwana, located in Mie Prefecture. The festival starts on the first Saturday of August, at midnight, and runs throughout the weekend. Every town within the central part of the city has its own 3 wheeled, highly decorative festival cart. Each cart has a large taiko drum at the back and several kane along the sides. Each town has a particular sequence for each of those instruments, creating a unique and identifying sound. Another identifying feature is the placement of the kakegoe, or shouts. Over the course of the weekend, the carts are pulled toward Kasuga Shrine for presentation, performing along the way. With over 30 carts with distinct rhythms, it has been said that the Kuwana festival is the loudest festival in Japan.
Groups of Traditional Buildings is a Japanese category of historic preservation introduced by a 1975 amendment of the law which mandates the protection of groups of traditional buildings which, together with their environment, form a beautiful scene. They can be post towns, castle towns, mining towns, merchant quarters, ports, farming or fishing villages, etc. The Japanese government's Agency for Cultural Affairs recognizes and protects the country's cultural properties under the Law for the Protection of Cultural Properties.
And Yet the Town Moves, abbreviated as Soremachi (それ町), is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masakazu Ishiguro. The manga ran in the monthly magazine Young King OURs from 2005 to 2016, and was collected into sixteen bound volumes. An anime television series adaptation by Shaft was broadcast from October 8, 2010, to December 24, 2010. The manga was first licensed by Crunchyroll by the name of And Yet the Town Moves and in 2020 it was also licensed by Manga Planet, with the name of SoreMachi: And Yet the Town Moves.
The term Jōkamachi refers to a type of urban structures in Japan in which the city surrounds a feudal lord's castle. These cities did not necessarily form around castles after the Edo period; some are known as Jin'yamachi, cities that have evolved around Jin'ya or government offices that are not intended to provide military services. Defined broadly, Jokamachi includes Jin'yamachi. It is also referred to as Jōka as was common before the early modern period.
Boasting three tangible cultural properties of the city- “Hall, Hokyointo pagoda and Japanese Drum”, Gikosan Yanodo Temple, hereinafter called “Yanodo” shows its presence today in the local community and visitors from here and there, locating in Kobuchisawa-cho, Hokuto City, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. The object of worship is the Guanyin, and every in May, about 10 Buddhist monks are invited inside the hall to chant Daihannyakyo Sutra as an annual event.