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    Mount Rishiri (利尻山, Rishiri-zan) is a Quaternary stratovolcano located off the coast of Hokkaidō, Japan in the Sea of Japan. It rises out of the Sea of...
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    Rishiri Island (利尻島, Rishiri-tō) is a volcanic island in the Sea of Japan off the coast of Hokkaido, Japan. Administratively the island is part of Hokkaido...
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  • Rishiri may refer to: Rishiri-kombu (Laminaria ochotensis), a type of kombu Rishiri Island, a Japanese island Rishiri, Hokkaidō, a town on Rishiri Island...
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    Rishiri (利尻町, Rishiri-chō) is a town located on Rishiri Island in Sōya Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan. As of September 2016, the town has an estimated...
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    Rishiri Airport (利尻空港, Rishiri kūkō) (IATA: RIS, ICAO: RJER) is an airport in Rishirifuji, Hokkaidō, Japan, near the town of Rishiri on Rishiri Island...
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    Rishiri (利尻郡, Rishiri-gun) is a district located in Sōya Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan. The district encompasses Rishiri Island, situated in the Sea...
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    located in Wakkanai. Rishiri Airport is located in Rishirifuji, Rishiri District. 1897: Sōya Subprefecture established; Sōya, Esashi, Rishiri, Rebun Districts...
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    Rishiri-Rebun-Sarobetsu National Park (利尻礼文サロベツ国立公園, Rishiri Rebun Sarobetsu Kokuritsu Kōen) is a national park on the Rishiri Island, Rebun Island, and...
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    package design has a white and light blue base with a picture of Rishiri Island's Mount Rishiri arranged in the centre. Sales began in December 1976. The name...
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    Rishirifuji (利尻富士町, Rishirifuji-chō) is a town located on Rishiri Island in Sōya Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan. As of September 2016, the town has an...
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    between Honshu and Kyushu. Ōshima Okushiri Island Teuri Island Rebun Island Rishiri Island Yagishiri Island Kamome island Awashima Island, Niigata Kanmurijima...
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    Hokkaido and 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) northwest of Rishiri Island. The entire island is part of the Rishiri-Rebun-Sarobetsu National Park. Lake Kushu and Mount...
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    Ainu language. Wakkanai Lighthouse is located approaching the cape, and Rishiri Island and Rebun Island are visible when clear. Esandomari Fishing Port...
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    (31 sq mi). Rebun Island is located 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) northwest of Rishiri Island, and the two islands are separated by the Rebun Channel. Rebun Island...
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    and the Sea of Japan are sand dunes and wetlands, and are part of the Rishiri-Rebun-Sarobetsu National Park. Rivers: Koetoi River Lakes: Ōnuma Lake Sarufutsu...
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    Ulleungdo (South Korea). The most significant islands are Moneron, Rebun, Rishiri, Okushiri, Ōshima, Sado, Okinoshima, Ulleungdo, Askold, Russky and Putyatin...
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    jurisdiction of Hokkaidō incorporates several smaller islands, including Rishiri, Okushiri Island, and Rebun. (By Japanese reckoning, Hokkaidō also incorporates...
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    Air Force Sukhoi Su-27 fighters briefly entered Japanese airspace off Rishiri Island near Hokkaido, flying south over the Sea of Japan before turning...
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  • continues through the northern part of the Sea of Japan. It passes through Rishiri-Rebun-Sarobetsu National Park and the adjacent town of Horonobe on the...
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    jurisdiction of Hokkaidō incorporates several smaller islands, including Rishiri, Okushiri Island, and Rebun. (By Japanese reckoning, Hokkaidō also incorporates...
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    Protein glutamate (mg/100 g) Makombu (kelp) 3190 Rausu kombu (kelp) 2286 Rishiri kombu (kelp) 1985 Marmite 1960 Hidaka kombu (kelp) 1344 Nori (seaweed)...
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    to do so, as was shown by its colonisation around 1990 of Iceland and Rishiri Island, Japan. The extent of its range makes it the most widely distributed...
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    Oni-kombu [ja] l Saccharina japonica var. ochotensis (Laminaria ochotensis), Rishiri-kombu [ja] – commonly used for soup stocks Saccharina latissima (Laminaria...
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  • great river Bihoro pe poro Much water sir place, island, mountain shiri 尻 buttocks Okushiri i kus un sir Island over there Rishiri ri sir Tall island...
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    Scottish/Chinook Ranald MacDonald pretended to be shipwrecked on the island of Rishiri in order to gain access to Japan. He was sent to Nagasaki, where he stayed...
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    (April 2015–present) Komurasaki (Kumamoto, March 1994–present) Rishiri Ramen Miraku (Rishiri Island, March 2017–present) Rokkakuya (Yokohama, March 1994–May...
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    stratovolcanoes and lava domes Oshima-Ōshima Mount Rausu, stratovolcano Mount Rishiri, stratovolcano Mount Hokkaidō-Komagatake, stratovolcano Mount Tarumae,...
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    small promontory on the Sea of Japan coast facing towards the islands of Rishiri and Rebun in Wakkanai, Hokkaidō, Japan. On the south side of the cape is...
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    Japan. Until the 13th century, bears inhabited the islands of Rebun and Rishiri, having crossed the La Pérouse Strait[failed verification] to reach them...
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    ventures, Santan traders sometimes kidnapped or purchased Ainu women from Rishiri to become their wives. This further escalated Japan's presence in the area...
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