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    Ōmihachiman (近江八幡市, Ōmihachiman-shi) is a city located in Shiga Prefecture, Japan. As of 31 August 2021[update], the city had an estimated population...
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    in 1940s. One of the preserved lagoons is the wetland (水郷, suigō) in Omihachiman, and it was selected as the first Important Cultural Landscapes in 2006...
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    to engage in Christian missionary work. While working as a teacher in Omihachiman, Shiga Prefecture, in 1908 he was dismissed from teaching job because...
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    Okishima (category Ōmihachiman, Shiga)
    Biwa and is administered by the city of Ōmihachiman. Okishima is accessible by ferry from Horikiri Port, Ōmihachiman. Board, Omi Tourism. "Oki Island". Visit...
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    native of Ōmihachiman, Shiga, he attended Kyoto University and received a master's degree from it. His elder brother is former mayor of Ōmihachiman Gohei...
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    Azuchi, Shiga (category Ōmihachiman, Shiga)
    30 km2. On March 21, 2010, Azuchi was merged into the expanded city of Ōmihachiman. The town is well known for the ruins of Azuchi Castle of Oda Nobunaga...
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    Hokkaido Matsumae High School (the southernmost high school in Hokkaido) Omihachiman, Shiga (since 1984) Masaki, Ehime (since 1990) Date, Fukushima (since...
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    Higashiōmi. On March 21, 2010 the town of Azuchi merged into the city of Ōmihachiman. Light blue autonomies are Gamō District's towns, deep blue autonomies...
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  • Hachimanyama Castle, castle structure in Ōmihachiman, Shiga Hachimanyama Ropeway, aerial lift line in Ōmihachiman, Shiga Hachimanyama Station, railway station...
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  • Netherlands Dalian, China Houston, Texas Järvenpää, Finland Marengo, Illinois Ōmihachiman, Japan Pamplona, Spain "Company News; Details of Joint Forklift Venture...
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    Nabari Higashiōmi Hikone Kōka Konan Kusatsu Moriyama Ōtsu (pop 350,000) Ōmihachiman Rittō Takashima Yasu Gojō Gose Ikoma Kashiba Kashihara Katsuragi Nara...
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    Kannonji Castle (category Ōmihachiman, Shiga)
    castle located in what is now the Azuchi neighborhood of the city of Ōmihachiman, Shiga Prefecture, Japan. The ruins have been protected as a National...
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    Odawara. He also proved to be a competent manager of the castle town of Ōmihachiman. A practitioner of the shudō tradition, Hidetsugu had a number of wakashū...
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    Lake Biwa (category Ōmihachiman, Shiga)
    the reed beds has been in force since 1992. Lake Biwa at Chomeiji-cho, Ōmihachiman Lake Biwa Canal Mangetsu-ji temple, one of the Eight Views of Omi A pleasure...
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    Azuchi Castle (category Ōmihachiman, Shiga)
    castles of Oda Nobunaga located in the Azuchi neighborhood of the city of Ōmihachiman, Shiga Prefecture. The site of the castle was designated a National Historic...
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    since 1993 Weingarten, Germany, since 1998 Madison, U.S., since 2001 Ōmihachiman, Japan, since 2005 Oradea, Romania, since 2005 Andrea Andreani (1540–1623)...
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    166 2006-02-13 [649] Archived 2016-12-30 at the Wayback Machine OmihachimanŌmihachiman 近江八幡市  Shiga 81,456 177.45 459 2010-03-21 [650] Matsue 松江市  Shimane...
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    Midwest. It is themed from cityscapes of Grand Rapids' sister cities: Omihachiman, Japan; Bielsko-Biała, Poland; Perugia, Italy; Ga District, Ghana; and...
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    Giō Shinohara (篠原) Shinohara Shinohara Kitasato (北里) Kitasato Kitasato March 3, 1955 incorpotation into Ōmihachiman (近江八幡) City Ōmihachiman Ōmihachiman...
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    spans the borders of the municipalities of Higashiōmi, Kōka, Konan, Ōmihachiman, Ōtsu, Rittō, Ryūō, and Yasu; and encompasses Mount Mikami, Mount Tanakami...
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  • municipalities of Hikone, Azuchi, Ōmihachiman and Yasu in Shiga Prefecture. Joseon representatives had luncheon at Omihachiman and stayed at Hikone. They left...
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    in Grand Rapids. Its theme is based on Grand Rapids's sister cities: Omihachiman, Japan; Bielsko-Biala, Poland; Perugia, Italy; Ga District, Ghana; and...
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    Himure Hachiman-gū (category Ōmihachiman, Shiga)
    located in the city of Ōmihachiman, Shiga Prefecture, Japan. The city is named after this shrine, and it is located within the Omihachiman City Traditional...
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  • Rikako Yagi Born (2001-07-07) July 7, 2001 (age 23) Ōmihachiman, Shiga Prefecture, Japan Education Omi Brotherhood Junior & Senior High School Alma mater...
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  • Kazuyo Matsui (松居 一代, Matsui Kazuyo, born 25 June 1957 in Ōmihachiman, Shiga Prefecture) is a Japanese actress, investor, businesswoman, essayist, university...
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  • 198) Shiga Prefecture Takashima (46,377) Konan (54,460) Koka (88,358) Ōmihachiman (81,122) Higashiōmi (112,819) Hino (20,964) Ryūō (11,789) Osaka Prefecture...
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    Hiyoshi Taisha, Sakamoto Temple District, Mount Hiei, Enryaku-ji (WHS) Ōmihachiman – Traditional Riverside District Nara – Tōdai-ji, Tōshōdai-ji, Kōfuku-ji...
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  • Michigan. Collins then answered the call of the Pacific Rim, moving to Omihachiman, Japan in 1994, commissioned by Amway Japan Corporation. Through his...
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    Okayama, Okayama Okazaki Castle, Okazaki, Aichi Omi Hachiman Castle, Ōmihachiman, Shiga Onomichi Castle, Onomichi, Hiroshima Osaka Castle, Osaka Oshi...
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  • the original on 23 December 2019. Retrieved 29 April 2011. "Omihachiman no suigō". Ōmihachiman. Archived from the original on 19 May 2007. Retrieved 29 April...
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