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Kanagawa
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Kanagawa , prefecture (1990 pop. 7,980,421), E central Honshu, Japan. Yokohama is the...prefecture merges with Tokyo to the north. Flowers and dairy products are produced in Kanagawa, and fishing is an important industry.
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Tokyo
Encyclopedia entry from: Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of World Cities
...generally defined as the four prefectures of Tokyo, Saitaima, Kanagawa, and Chiba, while the city of Tokyo proper usually refers...comprised of the four prefectures of the Kanto region: Tokyo, Kanagawa, Saitama, and Chiba World population rank 1 : 1 Percentage...
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Yokosuka
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Yokosuka , city (1990 pop. 433,358), Kanagawa prefecture, E central Honshu, Japan. It has an important naval base (founded 1868) and shipyards. It is a major fishing and trade port. Yokosuka is also known for the tomb of William Adams, first Englishman to visit Japan.
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Hiratsuka
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Hiratsuka , city (1990 pop. 245,950), Kanagawa prefecture, central Honshu, Japan, on Sagami Bay and the Sagami River. It is a commercial and industrial center with industries producing automobiles, rubber, chemicals, and machinery.
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Chigasaki
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Chigasaki , city (1990 pop. 201,675), Kanagawa prefecture, central Honshu, Japan, on Sagami Bay. It is a fashionable resort with large electronics and chinaware industries.
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Perry, Matthew
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Military History
...Millard Fillmore to the emperor to open relations with the United States. Returning in February 1854, he signed the Treaty of Kanagawa, providing for friendship and limited trade between the two nations. Ill health overtook the man known as “Old...
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Katsushika Hokusai
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...the genius of Hokusai at its very best. The most famous among the compositions are Fuji on a Clear Day and the Great Wave at Kanagawa, the former showing the red cone of Mt. Fuji, the sacred mountain of Japan, silhouetted against the white clouds and blue...
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Hamada, Shoji
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...period of ever-increasing textile industrialization. Early Life Shoji Hamada was born on December 9, 1894 in Kawasaki (Kanagawa prefecture), Japan. Not much has been recorded regarding his father, Kyuzo Hamada, and his mother, Ai. Hamada found...
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Yokohama
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Yokohama , city (1990 pop. 3,220,331), capital of Kanagawa prefecture, SE Honshu, Japan, on the western shore of Tokyo Bay. Japan's second largest city and one of its leading seaports...
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Atsugi
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Atsugi , city (1990 pop. 197,292), Kanagawa prefecture, E central Honshu, Japan, on the Sagami River. It is an important communication, commercial, and agricultural center. It produces electric communications equipment and automobile parts. An air force base is nearby.
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