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    Miyako-jima (redirect from Miyakojima)
    Prefecture, Japan. Miyako Island is administered as part of the City of Miyakojima, which includes not only Miyako Island, but also five other populated...
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    Miyakojima (宮古島市, Miyakojima-shi, Miyako: Myaaku, Okinawan: Naaku) is a city in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, located on the Miyako Islands. As of 2012, it...
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    Miyakojima (都島区, Miyakojima-ku) is one of 24 wards of Osaka, Japan. Media related to Miyakojima-ku, Osaka at Wikimedia Commons Official website of Miyakojima...
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    Miyakojima City Museum (宮古島市総合博物館, Miyakojima-shi Sōgō Hakubutsukan) opened as the Hirara City Museum of History and Folklore (平良市歴史民俗資料館) in Hirara,...
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  • The Miyakojima City Tropical Plant Garden (宮古島市熱帯植物園, Miyakojima-shi Nettai Shokubutsuen) is a botanical garden in Hirara, Miyako-jima, Okinawa Prefecture...
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    Typhoon Sarah, known in Japan as the Miyakojima Typhoon, kills 7 and causes US$2 million in damages on Miyakojima. September 26, 1959 ― Typhoon Vera, known...
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    as the 3rd Miyakojima Typhoon (第3宮古島台風, 3rd Miyakojima Taifū) and in the Philippines as Typhoon Maring, was a typhoon that struck Miyakojima of Ryukyu...
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    Miyakojima Station (都島駅, Miyakojima-eki) is a railway station on the Osaka Metro Tanimachi Line in Miyakojima-ku, Osaka, Japan. It is numbered "T17"....
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    The 2023 Miyakojima helicopter crash was an aircraft accident that occurred on April 6, 2023, when a Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Mitsubishi UH-60JA...
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  • The water supply in Miyakojima involves the history and development of the current water supply on Miyakojima, a small coral island with only one river...
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    mouth of the Sakita River in Miyakojima, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. It is the only bridge of its kind on the island of Miyakojima and was designated a Prefectural...
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  • of Ueno (all from Miyako District), was merged to create the city of Miyakojima. This merger was one of a large number of mergers that was conducted in...
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  • cities and districts of Okinawa Prefecture, Japan: Ginowan Ishigaki Itoman Miyakojima (Formerly Hirara, Gusukube, Irabu, Shimoji, Ueno) Nago Naha (capital)...
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  • Shimoji (all from Miyako District), was merged to create the city of Miyakojima. "今年で合併10周年/平良、城辺、下地、伊良部、上野". 宮古毎日新聞社ホームページ -宮古島の最新ニュースが満載!- (in Japanese)...
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    Typhoon Sarah, known as the Miyakojima Typhoon in Japan, was a destructive typhoon which was one of the strongest storms on record to strike South Korea...
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    Detention House (大阪拘置所, Osaka Kōchisho) is a correctional facility in Miyakojima-ku, Osaka. A part of the penal system of Japan, it is operated by the...
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    Exhibition of Paantu at Miyakojima City Museum, Miyakojima, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan...
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    Fukuzato Dam (福里ダム, Fukuzato Damu) is an underground dam constructed in Miyakojima, Okinawa Prefecture. An underground dam is a wall constructed to save...
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  • Japan Died July 28, 2009(2009-07-28) (aged 25) Osaka Detention House, Miyakojima-ku, Osaka, Japan Cause of death Execution by hanging Criminal status Executed...
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    Harimizu utaki (Harimizu Shrine), a Ryukyuan shrine in Miyakojima, Okinawa Prefecture....
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    Japan. Sakishima Islands Miyako Islands (former Miyako Subprefecture) Miyakojima City Ikema Island (Ikema-jima) Irabu Island (Irabu-jima) Kurima Island...
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    has two side platforms, each capable of accommodating eight-car trains. Miyakojima Station on the Osaka Municipal Subway nearby List of railway stations...
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    Sarah T5914 Miyakojima Typhoon (宮古島台風) Vera T5915 Isewan Typhoon (伊勢湾台風) Nancy T6118 2nd Muroto Typhoon (第2室戸台風) Cora T6618 2nd Miyakojima Typhoon (第2宮古島台風)...
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    Sakishima-shotō, the "Further Isles") Miyako Islands (宮古列島, Miyako-rettō): Miyakojima, Ikema, Ōgami, Irabu, Shimoji, Kurima-jima, Minna, Tarama Yaeyama Islands...
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    Kūkō) (IATA: SHI, ICAO: RORS) is located on the island of Shimojishima in Miyakojima, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. It has the longest runway of any island in...
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    Yonaha Maehama (与那覇前浜ビーチ) is a popular bathing beach on Miyakojima Island in Miyakojima City, Okinawa Prefecture in Japan. This seven kilometer white...
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  • of Ueno (all from Miyako District), was merged to create the city of Miyakojima. "今年で合併10周年/平良、城辺、下地、伊良部、上野". 宮古毎日新聞社ホームページ -宮古島の最新ニュースが満載!- (in Japanese)...
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  • of Ueno (all from Miyako District), was merged to create the city of Miyakojima. "今年で合併10周年/平良、城辺、下地、伊良部、上野". 宮古毎日新聞社ホームページ -宮古島の最新ニュースが満載!- (in Japanese)...
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    Harimizu utaki (Harimizu Shrine), a Ryukyuan shrine in Miyakojima, Okinawa Prefecture...
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    promotion to a rank higher than private. In 1944 he was transferred to Miyakojima in the Ryukyu Islands, and was taken prisoner near the end of the war...
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