Yahata, Fukuoka was a city in Japan until it was absorbed into the newly created city of Kitakyushu in 1963. Its former area is as of 2007 part of two distinct wards: Yahata Higashi-ku and...
in Kokura Kita ward is the main railway station in Kitakyushu, Japan. It is part of the JR Kyushu network and the Sanyo Shinkansen stops here. It is the second largest station in Kyushu with...
Kokura Castle in Kitakyushu, Japan was built by Hosokawa Tadaoki in 1602. It was the property of the Ogasawara clan between 1632 and 1860. The castle was burnt down in 1866 in the war between...
is the third largest island of Japan and most southwesterly of its four main islands. Its alternate ancient names include Kyūkoku, Chinzei (鎮西, "West of the Pacified Area"), and Tsukushi-no-shima . The historical regional name...
Wisteria (also spelled Wistaria or Wysteria) is a genus of flowering plants in the pea family, Fabaceae, that includes ten species of woody climbing vines native to the Eastern United States and to China, Korea,...
A ward is a subdivision of the cities of Japan that are large enough to have been designated by government ordinance. Wards are used to subdivide each city designated by government ordinance ("designated city"). The...
, often abbreviated to simply GW and also known as Ōgon Shūkan or "Large Consecutive Holiday" is a Japanese term applied to the period containing the following public holidays: April 29 The Emperor's Birthday, until...
Most people think of the San Francisco South Bay as a place where techies hang out as it is no doubt, the center of technology innovation, however folks rarely think of it as a family...
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