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    Himeji (姫路市, Himeji-shi) is a city located in Hyōgo Prefecture in the Kansai region of Japan. As of 1 June 2022[update], the city had an estimated population...
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    Himeji Castle (姫路城, Himeji-jō) ([çimeʑiꜜʑoː] ) is a hilltop Japanese castle complex situated in Himeji, a city in the Hyōgo Prefecture of Japan. The castle...
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    and the seventh-largest city in Japan, with other major cities including Himeji, Nishinomiya, and Amagasaki. Hyōgo Prefecture's mainland stretches from...
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    Himeji Station (姫路駅, Himeji-eki) is a major interchange railway station located in the city of Himeji, Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR...
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    Himeji College of Hyogo (姫路短期大学, Himeji Tanki Daigaku) was a public junior college in Himeji, Hyōgo, Japan. The college opened in April 1950. It closed...
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  • Himeji Victorina (ヴィクトリーナ姫路) is a women's volleyball team based in Himeji, Japan. The owner of the team is Masayoshi Manabe, former head coach of the...
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    Show map of Hyōgo Prefecture Himeji Domain (Japan) Show map of Japan Himeji Domain (姫路藩, Himeji-han) was a feudal domain under the Tokugawa shogunate of...
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    former Himeji Institute of Technology: Himeji Shosha Campus (in Himeji, Hyogo) Harima Science Garden City Campus (in Kamigori-cho, Hyogo) Himeji Shinzaike...
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    Himeji University (姫路大学, Himeji daigaku) is a private university in Himeji, Hyōgo, Japan. The predecessor of the school was founded in 1951, and it was...
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    Sakai clan (section Himeji)
    (1626–1681) were transferred to Himeji Domain (150,000 koku) in Harima Province ; and they remained daimyō at Himeji until the Meiji period. This cadet...
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    Sanyo Himeji Station (山陽姫路駅, San'yō Himeji-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Himeji, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, operated by the...
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  • Himeji Hinomoto College (姫路日ノ本短期大学, Himeji hinomoto tanki daigaku) is a private junior college in Himeji, Hyōgo, Japan, established in 1974. Official website...
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    Adelaide Himeji Gardens is a traditionally-styled Japanese garden, a gift from Adelaide's sister city, Himeji in 1982. It is located in Park 18 (Peppermint...
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    automatic system. Maximum speed at service: From Kobe to Himeji: 130 km/h (81 mph) From Himeji to Okayama: Tilting trains 130 km/h (81 mph), others 120 km/h...
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    The Himeji Metropolitan Employment Area has a population (as of 2015[update]) of 773,389 and consists of the following cities: Core cities: Himeji Outlying...
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    Main Line, between Osaka Station in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture and Himeji Station in Himeji, Hyōgo Prefecture. The line, along with the JR Kyoto Line and the...
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    inhabiting Himeji Castle. A Kabuki play based on her story is considered one of the Shin-Kabuki Jūhachiban. Osakabehime lives in the castle tower of Himeji Castle...
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    The Himeji City Tegarayama Botanical Garden (姫路市立手柄山温室植物園, Himeji Shiritsu Tegarayama Onshitsu Shokubutsuen), also known as the Himeji Tegarayama Green...
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    daimyō of the early Edo period, who ruled the Kuwana Domain and then the Himeji Domain. He was the son of Honda Tadakatsu. Tadamasa's first battle was during...
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    姫路城大天守 [Himeji Castle Big Tenshu] (in Japanese). Himeji city. Archived from the original on 2016-06-24. Retrieved 2009-11-17. 姫路城乾小天守 [Himeji Castle Northwest...
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    on Tajima, Tanba, Settsu, Bizen, and Mimasaka Provinces. Its capital was Himeji. During the Edo period of Japanese history, the Akō Domain (fief) was part...
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    The Himeji Central Park (姫路セントラルパーク, Himeji Sentoraru Pāku) is a safari park in Himeji, Hyōgo, Japan. The park opened in March 1984, and is the only safari...
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  • Himeji Gakuin Women's Junior College (姫路学院女子短期大学, Himeji Gakuin Joshi Tanki Daigaku) was a private junior college in Fukusaki, Hyōgo, Japan. The college...
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  • humiliated by Oishi. The following day, Oishi sends him away, but the writer, Himeji, stays behind to write about Oishi instead when he reveals the truth about...
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    the Kansai area stretches west along the Seto Inland Sea towards Kobe and Himeji, and east encompassing Lake Biwa, Japan's largest freshwater lake. In the...
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  • Hōryū-ji Himeji Yakushima Shirakami-Sanchi Kyoto Shirakawa-gō and Gokayama Hiroshima Peace Memorial Itsukushima Shrine Nara Nikkō Ryukyu Kii Mountain Range...
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    would occur to bring about the emergence of the type of castle typified by Himeji Castle and other surviving castles. This period of war culminated in the...
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    The Bantan Line (播但線, Bantan-sen) is a railway line that connects Himeji and Wadayama station in Asago City, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. The line is operated...
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    of Heaven (Beijing, China), 1703–1790 Japanese architecture: The Himeji Castle (Himeji, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan), 1609 Khmer architecture: The Bakong (near...
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    means heron, a symbol of Himeji City. (Himeji Castle, or the White Heron Castle, is a 300-year-old medieval castle in Himeji.) Hō (鳳) refers to the mythical...
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