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    Nishihara (西原町, Nishihara-chō, Okinawan: ニシバル, romanized: Nishibaru) is a town located in Nakagami District, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. In the Okinawan...
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    The Okinawa Prefecture Archaeological Center (沖縄県立埋蔵文化財センター, Okinawa-ken Maizō Bunkazai Sentā) opened in Nishihara, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan in 2000...
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  • Nishihara may refer to: Nishihara (surname) Nishihara, Okinawa, town in Nakagami District, Okinawa, Japan Nishihara, Kumamoto, village in Aso District...
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    Okinawa Island (沖縄島, Okinawa-jima, Okinawan: 沖縄/うちなー, Uchinaa Kunigami: ふちなー, Fuchináa), officially Okinawa Main Island (沖縄本島, Okinawa-hontō), is the largest...
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    University of the Ryukyus (category Okinawa under United States occupation)
    in Nishihara, Okinawa, Japan. Established in 1950, it is the westernmost national university of Japan and the largest public university in Okinawa Prefecture...
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    Okinawa Christian University (沖縄キリスト教学院大学, Okinawa kirisutokyō gakuin daigaku) is a private university in Nishihara, Okinawa, Japan, established in 2004...
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  • Oogimi Miyako Tarama Nakagami Chatan Kadena Kitanakagusuku Nakagusuku Nishihara Yomitan Shimajiri Aguni Haebaru Iheya Izena Kitadaitou Kumejima Minamidaitō...
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    51 km2. The city borders Chatan to the west, Okinawa City to the north, Urasoe to the south and Nishihara to the east. Ginowan was heavily damaged during...
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    Okinawa Prefecture (Japanese: 沖縄県, Hepburn: Okinawa-ken) is the southernmost and westernmost prefecture of Japan. It has a population of 1,457,162 (as...
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    1,216.03 persons per km2. The total area is 139.25 km2. Chatan Kadena Nishihara Kitanakagusuku Nakagusuku Yomitan On April 1, 2005 Katsuren and Yonashiro...
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    city located in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. The neighboring municipalities are Naha to the south, Ginowan to the north, and Nishihara to the east. As of...
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  • Okinawa Christian Junior College (沖縄キリスト教短期大学, Okinawa Kirisuto-kyō Tanki Daigaku) is a private junior college in Nishihara, Okinawa, Japan. It was established...
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  • Ryukyu University Museum (Fūjukan) (category Nishihara, Okinawa)
    university museum affiliated with the University of the Ryukyus in Nishihara, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. Of the collection of 160,000 items, which includes...
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    Nishihara (Japanese: 字西原, Aza Nishihara, Okinawan: Nishibaru) is an administrative division of Urasoe City in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. The postal code...
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    Kōichi Taira (category People from Nishihara, Okinawa)
    Kōichi Taira (平良 幸市, Taira Kōichi, 23 July 1909–5 March 1982) was a Japanese politician. He was Governor of Okinawa Prefecture from 1976 until 1978....
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    partially located within Nakagusuku, and partially in the neighboring town of Nishihara. Nakagusuku features one of the largest percentages of people of Okinawan...
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  • Seito Okinawa Karate Kobudo Association. He was born May 25, 1889 (although at least one text puts his birth year as 1891) in Nishihara, Okinawa. He was...
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    Airfield, Chatan, Okinawa Hosono Ammunition Depot, Seika, Kyoto Iribaru (Nishihara) Army Annex, Uruma, Okinawa Ishikawa Army Annex, Uruma, Okinawa Japan Logistical...
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  • Hospital Self-Defense Forces Naha Hospital - Naha, Okinawa Adventist Medical Center-Okinawa - Nishihara, Okinawa National Hospital Organization Osaka National...
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    in Okinawa (沖縄県の鉄道, Okinawa-ken no Tetsudō) consists of only the Okinawa Urban Monorail, the only rail line providing rail transportation in Okinawa Prefecture...
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  • 32nd infantry regiment managed to capture the Tanabaru heights in Nishihara, Okinawa, but the division failed to advance elsewhere. Following a war of...
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    Nakagusuku, Nishihara, Yonabaru, Nanjō, all in Okinawa Prefecture. In 1852, while visiting the Ryukyu Kingdom, Commodore Matthew Perry mapped Okinawa and labeled...
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    Naha (redirect from Naha, Okinawa)
    Naha-shi, Japanese: [naꜜha], Okinawan: Nāfa or Nafa) is the capital city of Okinawa Prefecture, the southernmost prefecture of Japan. As of 1 June 2019, the...
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    in Okinawa today Okinawan at Ethnologue (27th ed., 2024) 45-CAC-ai comprises most of Central Okinawa, including Shuri (Naha), Ginowan and Nishihara; 45-CAC-aj...
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    Town Project conjointly with the neighbouring town of Nishihara. The town, as the rest of Okinawa Island, has a subtropical climate, with really small...
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  • School (Kadena)[8] Kitanakagusuku High School (Kitanakagusuku) Nishihara High School (Nishihara) Yomitan High School (Yomitan) Koza High School Kyuyo High...
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    Haebaru-chō, Okinawan: フェーバル Feebaru) is a town located in Shimajiri District, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. As of 2016, the town has an estimated population of...
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  • Athletics Stadium 5,400 Omachi, Nagano Chubu 249 Nishihara Athletics Stadium 5,400 Nishihara, Okinawa Kyushu 250 Kaga Athletics Stadium 5,360 Kaga, Ishikawa...
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  • Junior College, Okazaki, Aichi Okinawa Christian Junior College, Nishihara, Okinawa Okinawa Women's Junior College, Naha, Okinawa Orio Aishin Junior College...
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  • Nishihara, Okinawa held a mayoral election on September 7, 2008. Incumbent mayor Seiyu Tarakaki, supported by Liberal Democratic Party and the New Komeito...
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