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    Shiga Kogen (志賀高原, Shiga-kōgen) is a ski resort and hiking spot, located in the Jōshin'etsu-kōgen National Park in the highlands of Yamanouchi, Nagano...
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    (102.66 sq mi). Yamanouchi, located in the Japanese Alps, includes Shiga Highlands, one of the largest ski resorts in Japan. The town of Yamanouchi hosted...
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    in Kirigamine Hill Matsumoto Castle Utsukushigahara Hills Ski resort in Shiga Hills There are two local J.League clubs: AC Nagano Parceiro and Matsumoto...
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    50 kilometers west of Nagano City, and at Mount Higashidate in the Shiga Highlands in Yamanouchi, Nagano, 30 kilometers northeast of Nagano City. In all...
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    they may be triploids. Iris 'Shiga Ayame' is a hybrid of Iris setosa and Iris sanguinea. It was found in the Shiga Highlands in near the city of Nagano...
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  • 1960s with his wife, after moving to Tokyo from Yamanouchi Town in the Shiga Highlands, northern Nagano Prefecture. His wife died with she was 52, some years...
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    Nagano Prefecture and Niigata Prefecture Prefectures Nikkōkisuge in the Shiga Highlands, Nagano Prefecture "Hemerocallis middendorffii var. esculenta (Koidz...
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  • portion of Yamanouchi Basin, where the Yamase River flows down from the Shiga Highlands. In the late 1930s, the discovery of Kamegaoka pottery from far northern...
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    National Route 148 Japan National Route 292 Japan National Route 406 Shiga Highlands Togakushi Shrine Kōshin'etsu region "Regional Maps: Joshinetsu (Gunma...
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  • February, Pomagalski earned fourth place in a giant slalom event at the Shiga Highlands. She then finished fourth in a snowboard cross competition in Park...
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  • Moriyama, a city on east side of Lake Biwa, the largest lake in Japan, in Shiga Prefecture. JPL · 10878 10880 Kaguya 1996 VN4 SELENE, a lunar explorer developed...
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  • Hamoun (2016) Mount Hakusan (1980) Mount Ōdaigahara & Mount Ōmine (1980) Shiga Highland (1980) Yakushima Island (1980) Aya (2012) Minami-Alps (2014) Sobo...
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  • of the Ships. IAU · 9030 9032 Tanakami 1989 WK4 Tanakami, extending over Shiga, Mie and Kyoto prefectures, is the site of the largest meteorite found in...
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    (E9): E00B24. Bibcode:2008JGRE..113.0B24H. doi:10.1029/2008JE003134. David Shiga (10 October 2007). "Did Venus's ancient oceans incubate life?". New Scientist...
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  • ancient names for Mount Fuji in Japan MPC · 3996 3997 Taga 1988 XP1 Taga, Shiga, Japan MPC · 3997 3998 Tezuka 1989 AB Osamu Tezuka (1928–1989), Japanese...
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    Ise Site (category History of Shiga Prefecture)
    Rittō, Shiga in the Kansai region of Japan. The site was designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 2012. The Ise Site is located in the highlands of...
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  • Kogen Nagisa Park 大津湖岸なぎさ公園 Ōtsu, Shiga Prefecture 2 Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park [ja] 滋賀県立陶芸の森 Shigaraki, Shiga 3 Lotus clusters on Karasuma Peninsula [ja]...
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  • Yamanashi, Shizuoka, Aichi, Shiga, Gifu, Mie, Kyōto and Nara prefectures Kinki Nature Trail: 3,291 km (2,045 mi) within Fukui, Mie, Shiga, Kyōto, Osaka, Hyōgo...
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    the Kizu River, which belongs to the Yodo River system, and borders on Shiga, Nara, and Kyoto prefectures, although Mie prefecture is classified as part...
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     Macau Macau  Macau 0.925  Taiwan Taiwan  Taiwan 0.925 9  Osaka (Kansai) Shiga, Kyoto, Osaka, Hyōgo, Nara, Wakayama  Japan 0.922 10 Nagoya (Tōkai) Gifu...
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  • Kansai region 33,125.7 Region of Japan containing the prefectures of Mie, Shiga, Kyōto, Ōsaka, Hyōgo, Nara and Wakayama. North Caribbean Coast Autonomous...
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  • (1961–2003) Kejonuma Leisure Land (1979–2000)[citation needed] Koga Family Land, Shiga Prefecture (?–1988) Kurashiki Tivoli Park, Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture...
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    Archived from the original on December 23, 2012. Retrieved December 22, 2012. Shiga, David (January 30, 2008). "Bizarre spider scar found on Mercury's surface"...
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    Archived from the original on June 5, 2011. Retrieved March 25, 2010. Shiga, David (March 20, 2008). "Titan's changing spin hints at hidden ocean"....
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    through services to Hamaōtsu in the neighboring city of Ōtsu, the capital of Shiga Prefecture. Within the city of Kyoto, the Tōzai Line also connects to the...
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    Niigata Prefecture, Okayama Prefecture, Osaka Prefecture, Saitama Prefecture, Shiga Prefecture, Shizuoka Prefecture, Tochigi Prefecture, Tokyo Prefecture, Yamanashi...
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    Lake Haliburton Highlands, Ontario Canada 5.26 years Bay Lake Crow Wing County, Minnesota United States 4-7 years Lake Biwa / 琵琶湖 Shiga Prefecture Japan...
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    (Tokaido Main Line (JR Kyoto Line)) Universal City, 2001 (Sakurajima Line) Shiga Minami-Kusatsu, 1994 (JR West Biwako Line (Tokaido Main Line)) Rittō, 1991...
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  • Mii (三井の晩鐘) Bells Ōtsu Shiga Prefecture Hikone Castle time bell and insects singing (彦根城の時報鐘と虫の音) Bells/Insects Hikone Shiga Prefecture Bamboo forest...
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    Rincon, Paul (March 17, 2007). "'Cave entrances' spotted on Mars". BBC News. Shiga, David (August 2007). "Strange Martian feature not a 'bottomless' cave after...
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