WebMusashi Province (武蔵国, Musashi-no-kuni) was a province of Japan, which today comprises Tokyo Metropolis, most of Saitama Prefecture and part of Kanagawa Prefecture. It was sometimes called Bushū (武州).The province encompassed Kawasaki and Yokohama.Musashi bordered on Kai, Kōzuke, Sagami, Shimōsa, and Shimotsuke …

WebYamato Province (大和国, Yamato no Kuni) was a province of Japan, located in Kinai, corresponding to present-day Nara Prefecture in Honshū. It was also called Washū (和州).Yamato consists of two characters, 大 "great", and 和 "Wa".At first, the name was written with one different character (大倭), but due to its offensive connotation, for about ten …

WebIzumo Province (出雲国, Izumo-no-kuni) was an old province of Japan which today consists of the eastern part of Shimane Prefecture. It was sometimes called Unshū ( 雲州 ) . The province is in the Chūgoku region .

WebThis is a list of earthquakes in Japan with either a magnitude greater than or equal to 7.0 or which caused significant damage or casualties. As indicated below, magnitude is measured on the Richter magnitude scale (M L) or the moment magnitude scale (M w), or the surface wave magnitude scale (M s) for very old earthquakes.The present list is not …

WebThe list of han or domains in the Tokugawa period (1603–1868) changed from time to time during the Edo period.Han were feudal domains that formed the effective basis of administration in Tokugawa-era Japan.The Han are given according to their domain seat/castle town by modern region (-chihō, roughly comparable to ancient circuits, -dō) …

WebTanegashima (種子島) is one of the Ōsumi Islands belonging to Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan.The island, 444.99 km 2 in area, is the second largest of the Ōsumi Islands, and has a population of 33,000 people. Access to the island is by ferry, or by air to New Tanegashima Airport.Administratively, the island is divided into the city, Nishinoomote, …

WebShinano Province (信濃国, Shinano no kuni) or Shinshū (信州) is an old province of Japan that is now Nagano Prefecture.. Shinano bordered on Echigo, Etchū, Hida, Kai, Kōzuke, Mikawa, Mino, Musashi, Suruga, and Tōtōmi Provinces. The ancient capital was located near modern-day Matsumoto, which became an important city of the province.. The …

WebProvinces of Japan (令制国, Ryōseikoku) were first-level administrative divisions of Japan from the 600s to 1868.. Provinces were established in Japan in the late 7th century under the Ritsuryō law system that formed the first central government.Each province was divided into districts (郡, gun) and grouped into one of the geographic regions or circuits known …

WebEl Hierro, nicknamed Isla del Meridiano (the "Meridian Island"), is the second-smallest and farthest-south and -west of the Canary Islands (an autonomous community of Spain), in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Africa, with a population of 10,968 (2019). Its capital is Valverde.At 268.51 square kilometres (103.67 sq mi), it is the second-smallest of the eight …

WebEtymology. The kanji used to spell Higonokami (肥後守) in Japanese means the "Governor of Higo". This was the most senior administrative position or Kokushi who governed the old province in Japan, Higo (肥後国), which was on the island of Kyūshū in present day Kumamoto Prefecture.Within the Taihō Code, Kami (長官) was the highest of four titles of …