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Mitaki

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Mitaki (三滝) is a modest department of Hiroshima City on the western side of the Oota River to the northwest of the Yokogawa Station. The area's advert (three waterfalls) comes from the Koma, Bonon as well as Yumei waterfalls. Rivers flowing off Mount Mitaki are the source of the waterfalls. This mount is purpose of the mountainous terrain that separates Hiroshima City from its northwest subdivisions. What brings most people to the surface area is Mitaki Temple, a relaxing wood retreat. Mitaki Temple Mitaki Temple (三滝寺) is a pop woodland temple dedicated to Kanon (Goddess of Mercy). It is located a fair distance upward the slopes of Mount Mitaki inwards a serenity valley. The overall harmonious atmosphere of the temple grounds is highly cherished past times its admirers. The temple is likewise the starting betoken for 2 trails upward Mount Mitaki. The cherry vermilion (Tahoto) pagoda at Mitaki Temple is an of import cultural holding as well as was moved in that place inwards 1951 fr...

Fuji, Shizuoka

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Fuji ( 富士市 , Fuji-shi ? ) is a metropolis inwards eastern Shizuoka Prefecture. Fuji is the tertiary largest metropolis inwards damage of population inwards Shizuoka Prefecture, trailing Hamamatsu together with Shizuoka. As of Feb 2010, the metropolis has an estimated population of 254,113 together with a population density of 1040 persons per km². The full expanse is 245.02 km². History In the Edo period, the Tōkaidō passed through the expanse that is directly Fuji, amongst a postal service station at Yoshiwara-juku. During the Edo period, the expanse was by together with large tenryō territory nether straight command of the Tokugawa shogunate. During the cadastral reform of the early on Meiji menses inwards 1889, the expanse was reorganized into the town of Yoshiwara ( 吉原町 ) together with the villages of Shimada ( 島田村 ) Denbō ( 伝法村 ), Imaizumi ( 今泉村 ), Motoyoshiwara ( 元吉原村 ), Sudo ( 須津村 ), Yoshinaga ( 吉永村 ), Harada ( 原田村 ), Ōbuchi ( 大淵村 ), Kajima ( 加島村 ), Tagoura ( 田子浦村 ), Iwam...

Mount Fuji

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Mount Fuji at sunrise Lake Kawaguchi Mount Fuji ( 富士山 , Fuji-san?, IPA: [ɸɯ ꜜ dʑisaɴ] ( listen)) is the highest mount inwards Nihon at 3,776.24 1000 (12,389 ft).[1] An active stratovolcano that final erupted inwards 1707–08, Mount Fuji lies nigh 100 kilometres (60 miles) south-west of Tokyo, in addition to tin move seen from at that spot on a clear day. Mount Fuji's exceptionally symmetrical cone is a well-known symbol of Nihon in addition to it is often depicted inwards fine art in addition to photographs, every bit good every bit visited past times sightseers in addition to climbers. It is 1 of Japan's "Three Holy Mountains" ( 三霊山 , Sanreizan?) along amongst Mount Tate in addition to Mount Haku.   Mount Fuji with a Shinkansen in addition to Sakura blossoms inwards the foreground Name Etymology The electrical flow kanji for Mount Fuji, 富 in addition to 士 , hateful 'wealth' or 'abundant' in addition to 'a human being amongst a for sure status...

Yokohama

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From top left: Minato Mirai 21 , Yokohama Chinatown , Nippon Maru, Yokohama Station , Yokohama Marine Tower Yokohama ( 横浜市 , Yokohama-shi?) is the upper-case alphabetic lineament urban heart of Kanagawa Prefecture in addition to the minute largest urban heart inward Nippon past times population afterward Tokyo in addition to nearly populous municipality of Japan. It lies on Tokyo Bay, due south of Tokyo, inward the Kantō percentage of the brain isle of Honshu. It is a major commercial hub of the Greater Tokyo Area. Yokohama's population of 3.6 1000000 makes it Japan's largest incorporated city. Yokohama developed speedily every bit Japan's prominent port urban heart next the cease of Japan's relative isolation inward the mid-19th century, in addition to is today 1 of its major ports along amongst Kobe, Osaka, Nagoya, Hakata, Tokyo, in addition to Chiba.   Kanagawa Prefectural Office Transport Yokohama is serviced past times the Tōkaidō Shinkansen, a high-speed runway b...