• Kōshū or Koshu may refer to: Kōshū (甲州) Kōshū, another name for Kai Province. Kōshū, Yamanashi, the present city in Yamanashi Prefecture. Koshu (grape)...
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    Koshu (甲州 kōshū) is a white wine grape variety that has been grown primarily in the Koshu Valley in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. Though long thought to...
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    and Iida domains. The Kōshū Kaidō's route is followed closely by the modern Route 20. There are 44 post stations along the Kōshū Kaidō. They are listed...
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    Kōshū (甲州市, Kōshū-shi) is a city located in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 September 2020[update], the city had an estimated population of 29,659...
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  • Koshu Valley is the informal name for the main wine-producing area of Japan, a valley extending around the town of Koshu in the eastern part of Yamanashi...
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  • Kōshū Itabashi (板橋 興宗, Itabashi Kōshū, 1927 – 5 July 2020) was a Sōtō Zen master who was the 23rd abbot of Sojiji, abbot of Gotanjoji in Takefu, Fukui...
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    The Battle of Kōshū-Katsunuma (甲州勝沼の戦い, Kōshū-Katsunuma no tatakai) took place between pro-Imperial and Tokugawa shogunate forces during the Boshin War...
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    Kajikazawa in Kai Province (Japanese: 甲州石班澤, Hepburn: Kōshū Kajikazawa) is a woodblock print by the Japanese ukiyo-e artist Hokusai. It was produced as...
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    The Fuchū post-town was established with the upgrading of the Kōshū-dochu road (Kōshū Highway). 1868: Nirayama Prefecture was established, and the southwest...
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  • ship Kōshū (膠州), Japanese for "Jiaozhou", where it had been taken from. Kōshū served as a simple cargo ship for the duration of the war. Kōshū was refitted...
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    were merged to create the city of Kōshū. Katsunuma is also popular for white wines. Japanese wine Battle of Kōshū-Katsunuma "In the Shadow of Mount Fuji...
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    (both from Higashiyamanashi District), was merged to create the city of Kōshū. There are 3 Junior High Schools in Enzan: Enzan Junior High Matsusato Junior...
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    Kōshū-ji (興宗寺), also pronounced as Kōsō-ji, is a Sōtō Zen Buddhist temple in Minami-ku, Fukuoka, Japan. The temple stands under the cavern of Takamiya...
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    Kōshū-Kaidō Station (甲州街道駅, Kōshū-kaidō-eki) is a station on the Tama Toshi Monorail Line in Hino, Tokyo, Japan. Kōshū-Kaidō Station is a station on the...
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    flag in Japan. The oldest existing flag is preserved in Unpō-ji temple, Kōshū, Yamanashi, which is older than the 16th century, and an ancient legend...
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    junction of the Chichibu Trail that goes through the Karisaka Pass toward Kōshū and the Shinshū Route heading for Shinshū through the Jūmonji Pass. Although...
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  • Kōshū Tani (谷 甲州, Tani Kōshū, born March 30, 1951 in Itami, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese science fiction writer. He graduated from the Osaka...
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    Naitō-Shinjuku had developed as a new (shin) station (shuku or juku) on the Kōshū Kaidō, one of the major highways of that era. Naitō was the family name...
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    clan. During the Edo period, the area prospered as a post station on the Kōshū Kaidō and as a center for sericulture. The origin of the city name "Chōfu"...
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    Shinsengumi's fight during the Battle of Toba–Fushimi and the Battle of Kōshū-Katsunuma, before withdrawing with the surviving members to Edo and later...
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    Gongju (redirect from Koshu, South Korea)
    Gongju (Korean: 공주; Korean pronunciation: [koŋ.dzu]) is a city in South Chungcheong province, South Korea. Gongju was formerly named Ungjin and was the...
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  • The National Institute of Public Health of Japan (国立保健医療科学院, Kokuritsu Hoken-Iryō Kagakuin) is a government research and training organization charged...
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  • former post station on the Tōkaidō Fuchū-shuku, a former post station on the Kōshū Kaidō Fuchū Station (Hiroshima) Fuchū Station (Tokyo) Fuchūhommachi Station...
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    Japanese wine (section Koshu)
    (岩の原ワイン), Jōetsu.  Yamanashi Prefecture: Katsunuma Wine (勝沼ワイン), Kōshū. "Rubaiyat", Kōshū. 100% Domestically grown grapes.  Nagano Prefecture: Shinshū Wine...
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    served as the end point for the Kōshū Kaidō. Also, the Nakasendō merged with the Tōkaidō at Kusatsu-juku. Kōshū Kaidō The Kōshū Kaidō had 44 stations, connecting...
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    under the direct control of the Shogunate. With the development of the Kōshū Kaidō (highway) and Fuji River transport, goods, materials and culture flowed...
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    Sagami, Suruga, Shinano and Musashi Provinces. Its abbreviated form name was Kōshū (甲州). The origin of its name is uncertain. It lies in central Honshū, west...
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    Kondō and his unit were attacked by the Imperial forces at the Battle of Kōshū-Katsunuma, holding out for about two hours but ultimately losing. They narrowly...
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    Erin-ji (category Kōshū, Yamanashi)
    Myōshin-ji branch of the Rinzai school of Japanese Zen. Located in the city of Kōshū, Yamanashi, Japan. It is the clan temple of the Takeda clan, noted Sengoku...
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    Kōyō Chinbutai resisted an attack by the Imperial forces at the Battle of Kōshū-Katsunuma for about two hours but lost, with eight dead and more than thirty...
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