Itoigawa, the Glossary
is a city located in Niigata Prefecture, Japan., the city had an estimated population of 41,333, and a population density of 55 persons per km2. The total area of the city is.[1]
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- Cities in Niigata Prefecture
- Geoparks in Japan
Ainokaze Toyama Railway
The is a Japanese third-sector railway operating company established in 2012 to operate passenger railway services on the section of the JR West Hokuriku Main Line within Toyama Prefecture when it was separated from the JR West network in March 2015, coinciding with the opening of the Hokuriku Shinkansen extension from to.
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All Japan Pro Wrestling
(AJPW/AJP) or simply All Japan is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion established on October 21, 1972, when Giant Baba split away from the Japanese Wrestling Association and created his own promotion.
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Asahi, Toyama
is a town located in Shimoniikawa District, Toyama Prefecture, Japan.
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Ōito Line
The is a railway line in Japan which connects Matsumoto Station in Nagano Prefecture with Itoigawa Station in Niigata Prefecture.
Ōmi, Niigata
was a town located in Nishikubiku District, Niigata Prefecture, Japan.
Chōjagahara Site
The is an archaeological site containing the remnants of a middle Jōmon period settlement located in the Ichinomiya neighborhood of the city of Itoigawa, Niigata in the Hokuriku region of Japan.
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Chūbu region
The, Central region, or is a region in the middle of Honshū, Japan's main island.
Chūbu-Sangaku National Park
is a national park in the Chūbu region of Japan.
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Cities of Japan
A is a local administrative unit in Japan.
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Commercial fishing
Commercial fishing is the activity of catching fish and other seafood for commercial profit, mostly from wild fisheries.
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Common kingfisher
The common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis), also known as the Eurasian kingfisher and river kingfisher, is a small kingfisher with seven subspecies recognized within its wide distribution across Eurasia and North Africa.
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Echigo Province
was an old province in north-central Japan, on the shores of the Sea of Japan.
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Echigo Tokimeki Railway
The (ETR) is a Japanese third-sector railway operating company established in 2010 to operate passenger railway services on the sections of the JR East Shinetsu Main Line and JR West Hokuriku Main Line within Niigata Prefecture when they were separated from the respective JR Group operators in March 2015, coinciding with the opening of the Hokuriku Shinkansen extension from to.
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Edo
Edo (江戸||"bay-entrance" or "estuary"), also romanized as Jedo, Yedo or Yeddo, is the former name of Tokyo.
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Edo period
The, also known as the, is the period between 1603 and 1868 in the history of Japan, when Japan was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and the country's 300 regional daimyo.
Fagus crenata
Fagus crenata, known as Siebold's beech, or Japanese beech, is a species of deciduous tree in the family Fagaceae.
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Fault (geology)
In geology, a fault is a planar fracture or discontinuity in a volume of rock across which there has been significant displacement as a result of rock-mass movements.
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Fossa Magna
Fossa Magna is a great rift lowland in Japan.
Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling
Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling-Explosion (FMW-E) is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion founded on July 28, 1989, by Atsushi Onita as Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling (フロンティア・マーシャルアーツ・レスリング,Furontia Māsharuātsu Resuringu) (FMW).
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Gagaku
is a type of Japanese classical music that was historically used for imperial court music and dances.
Geopark
A geopark is a protected area with internationally significant geology within which sustainable development is sought and which includes tourism, conservation, education and research concerning not just geology but other relevant sciences.
Geotourism
Geotourism is tourism associated with geological attractions and destinations.
Hakuba
is a village located in Nagano Prefecture, Japan.
Hideki Hosaka
(August 5, 1971 – August 2, 2021) was a Japanese professional wrestler, who is best known for his work in Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling, All Japan Pro Wrestling, and Pro Wrestling Zero-One.
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Hokuriku Expressway
The, (abbreviated as, is a 4-laned national expressway in Japan. It is owned and managed by East Nippon Expressway Company and Central Nippon Expressway Company.
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Hokuriku region
The is located in the northwestern part of Honshu, the main island of Japan.
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Hokuriku Shinkansen
The Hokuriku Shinkansen (北陸新幹線) is a high-speed Shinkansen railway line connecting Tokyo with Tsuruga in the Hokuriku region of Japan.
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House of Representatives (Japan)
The is the lower house of the National Diet of Japan.
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Humid subtropical climate
A humid subtropical climate is a temperate climate type characterized by hot and humid summers, and cool to mild winters.
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Itoigawa Domain
was a feudal domain under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo period Japan.
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Itoigawa Station
is a railway station in Itoigawa, Niigata, Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West) and the third-sector railway operator Echigo Tokimeki Railway.
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Itoigawa-Shizuoka Tectonic Line
, also Ito Shizu Sen (糸静線) is a major fault zone on Honshu island running from Itoigawa, Niigata Prefecture, through Lake Suwa, and on to Shizuoka in Shizuoka Prefecture.
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Jade
Jade is an umbrella term for two different types of decorative rocks used for jewelry or ornaments.
Jadeite
Jadeite is a pyroxene mineral with composition NaAlSi2O6.
Japan
Japan is an island country in East Asia, located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asian mainland.
Japan Meteorological Agency
The Japan Meteorological Agency (気象庁, Kishō-chō), a division of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, is dedicated to the scientific observation and research of natural phenomena.
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Japan Standard Time
, or, is the standard time zone in Japan, 9 hours ahead of UTC (UTC+09:00).
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Jōetsu, Niigata
is a city located in Niigata Prefecture, Japan. Itoigawa and Jōetsu, Niigata are Cities in Niigata Prefecture.
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Jōkamachi
were centres of the domains of the feudal lords in medieval Japan.
Köppen climate classification
The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems.
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Kōshin'etsu region
is a subregion of the Chūbu region in Japan consisting of Yamanashi, Nagano, and Niigata prefectures.
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Lake Suwa
is a lake in the Kiso Mountains, in the central region of Nagano Prefecture, Japan.
Lilium
Lilium is a genus of herbaceous flowering plants growing from bulbs, all with large and often prominent flowers.
Limestone
Limestone (calcium carbonate) is a type of carbonate sedimentary rock which is the main source of the material lime.
List of regions of Japan
Japan is divided into eight regions.
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List of sovereign states
The following is a list providing an overview of sovereign states around the world with information on their status and recognition of their sovereignty.
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Matsumoto Kaidō
Shio-no-michi Shiryokan, Itoigawa, Niigata The, also known as the, the or simply as the was a secondary road in pre-modern Japan, connecting Matsumoto in Shinano Province with Itoigawa in Echigo Province). In the year 2002, a well-preserved 20-kilometer section of the original path in the city of Itoigawa was designated a National Historic Site of Japan, and an additional 10-kilometer section was added in 2007.
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Mayor–council government
A mayor–council government is a system of local government in which a mayor who is directly elected by the voters acts as chief executive, while a separately elected city council constitutes the legislative body.
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Meiji Restoration
The Meiji Restoration (Meiji Ishin), referred to at the time as the, and also known as the Meiji Renovation, Revolution, Regeneration, Reform, or Renewal, was a political event that restored practical imperial rule to Japan in 1868 under Emperor Meiji.
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Myōkō, Niigata
is a city located in Niigata Prefecture, Japan. Itoigawa and Myōkō, Niigata are Cities in Niigata Prefecture.
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Myōkō-Togakushi Renzan National Park
is a national park in Niigata Prefecture and Nagano Prefecture, Japan.
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Nagano Prefecture
is a landlocked prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshū.
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National Diet
The is the national legislature of Japan.
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Nō, Niigata
was a town in the Nishikubiki District of Niigata Prefecture in Japan.
Neolithic
The Neolithic or New Stone Age (from Greek νέος 'new' and λίθος 'stone') is an archaeological period, the final division of the Stone Age in Europe, Asia and Africa.
Niigata 6th district
Niigata 6th district (新潟県第6区, Niigata-ken dai-rokku or simply 新潟6区, Niigata-rokku) was a single-member constituency of the House of Representatives in the national Diet of Japan located in Niigata Prefecture.
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Niigata Prefecture
is a prefecture in the Chūbu region of Honshu of Japan.
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Nishikubiki District, Niigata
was a district located in Niigata Prefecture, Japan that was dissolved in 2005.
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Otari, Nagano
is a village located in Nagano Prefecture, Japan.
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Population
Population is the term typically used to refer to the number of people in a single area.
Population density
Population density (in agriculture: standing stock or plant density) is a measurement of population per unit land area.
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Prefectures of Japan
Japan is divided into 47 prefectures (todōfuken), which rank immediately below the national government and form the country's first level of jurisdiction and administrative division.
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Pro Wrestling Zero1
, often referred to simply as Zero1 and sometimes referred to as Pro Wrestling Zero1 Catch as Catch Can (stylized as ZERO1 and PRO WRESTLING ZERO1 CATCH AS CATCH CAN, respectively), is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion founded in 2001.
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Puroresu
is the predominant style of professional wrestling that has developed in Japan.
Ryōkan
(1758 – 18 February 1831) was a quiet and unconventional Sōtō Zen Buddhist monk who lived much of his life as a hermit.
Sea of Japan
The Sea of Japan is the marginal sea between the Japanese archipelago, Sakhalin, the Korean Peninsula, and the mainland of the Russian Far East.
Shinano Province
or is an old province of Japan that is now Nagano Prefecture.
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Shizuoka (city)
is the capital city of Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, and the prefecture's second-largest city in both population and area.
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Shizuoka Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshu.
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Terachi Site
is an archaeological site containing the traces of a middle to late Jōmon period settlement located in the Teraji neighborhood of the city of Itoigawa, Niigata in the Hokuriku region of Japan.
The Japan Times
The Japan Times is Japan's largest and oldest English-language daily newspaper.
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Toyama Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshu.
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UNESCO Global Geoparks
UNESCO Global Geoparks (UGGp) are geoparks certified by the UNESCO Global Geoparks Council as meeting all the requirements for belonging to the Global Geoparks Network (GGN). Itoigawa and UNESCO Global Geoparks are Global Geoparks Network members.
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Unicameralism
Unicameralism (from uni- "one" + Latin camera "chamber") is a type of legislature consisting of one house or assembly that legislates and votes as one.
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West Japan Railway Company
, also referred to as, is one of the Japan Railways Group (JR Group) companies and operates in western Honshu.
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Yakisoba
Yakisoba (焼きそば), is a Japanese noodle stir-fried dish.
See also
Cities in Niigata Prefecture
- Agano, Niigata
- Gosen, Niigata
- Itoigawa
- Jōetsu, Niigata
- Kamo, Niigata
- Kashiwazaki, Niigata
- List of cities in Niigata Prefecture by population
- Minamiuonuma
- Mitsuke
- Murakami, Niigata
- Myōkō, Niigata
- Nagaoka, Niigata
- Niigata (city)
- Ojiya, Niigata
- Sado, Niigata
- Sanjō, Niigata
- Shibata, Niigata
- Tainai
- Tsubame, Niigata
- Tōkamachi
- Uonuma
Geoparks in Japan
- Itoigawa
- Mine-Akiyoshidai Karst Plateau Geopark
- Mount Apoi Geopark
- Muroto, Kōchi
- Nishinoshima, Shimane
- Oki Islands
- San'in Kaigan Geopark
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Itoigawa
Also known as History of Itoigawa, Niigata, Itoigawa, Niigata, Itoigawa-shi, .
, Myōkō-Togakushi Renzan National Park, Nagano Prefecture, National Diet, Nō, Niigata, Neolithic, Niigata 6th district, Niigata Prefecture, Nishikubiki District, Niigata, Otari, Nagano, Population, Population density, Prefectures of Japan, Pro Wrestling Zero1, Puroresu, Ryōkan, Sea of Japan, Shinano Province, Shizuoka (city), Shizuoka Prefecture, Terachi Site, The Japan Times, Toyama Prefecture, UNESCO Global Geoparks, Unicameralism, West Japan Railway Company, Yakisoba.