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Art and culture

=Anime and manga=

=Artists=

{{hlist

|Okada Gyokuzan (:ja:岡田玉山)

|Mark Horiuchi (American of Japanese descent)

|Carol Inouye (American of Japanese descent)

|Sayuri Iwai (moved from anime/manga request :ja:岩井小百合 [http://www.studiocube.co.jp/tyappie/prof02.html website], not sure it will pass WP:N)

|Shoko Kanazawa (Acclaimed contemporary female calligrapher, down syndrome. Museum in Iwaki, Fukushima. http://kanazawa-shoko.jp/museum/index.php :ja:金澤翔子)

|Shuza Kato (probably Shuzo Kato)

|Yoshikazu Nakata

|Nobuyuki Nishihara

|Isamu Ohto

|Keiji Sugita

|Fuko Ueda (Japanese surrealist) :ja:上田風子|Nagasaki school

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==Designers==

==Music==

{{hlist

|Arlequin (JRock visual kei band)

|Asia Engineer (:ja:エイジアエンジニア)

|Born (JRock visual kei band)

|Circus (:ja:サーカス (歌手))

|Codomo dragon (JRock visual kei band)

|Elektel (:ja:ELEKTEL)

|Escalator Records

|Gotcharocka (JRock visual kei band)

|Guitar (artist) (ギター)[http://www.sunkiss.de/]

|Hi-Posi

|Kiryu (JRock visual kei band) (:ja:己龍) – [http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2012/02/08-1/video-learn-visual-kei-make-up-from-japanese-rock-stars visual kei band] (Crunchyroll), [http://www.kiryu-web.net/ Website] {{in lang|ja}}, [http://xenon-la.com/jrock-goods/cure-magazine-april-2016-vol-151-kiryu-unite-cover/ Cure magazine April 2016 cover] {{in lang|ja}}, [https://www.animepro.de/music/db/9726_kiryu-musiker AnimePro] {{in lang|de}}, [http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/452363/ Oricon Style profile page] {{in lang|ja}}

|L⇔R (:ja:L⇔R)

|LOG (JRock visual kei band)

|Love Tambourines (:ja:ラヴ・タンバリンズ)

|Neil & Iraiza (:ja:NEIL&IRAIZA)

|NOCTURNAL BLOODLUST (JRock visual kei band)

| Nyango Star (:ja:にゃんごすたー [https://www.vice.com/en/article/wj3mmy/meet-nyango-star-this-heavy-metal-cat-mascot-is-trying-to-save-a-rural-farm-town-in-japan] [https://time.com/5416807/drumming-mascot/] [https://loudwire.com/drummer-animal-costume-bring-fury-childrens-music-concert/] [https://www.revolvermag.com/culture/see-doc-nyango-star-heavy-metal-cat-mascot-saving-japanese-farming-town] [https://www.kerrang.com/this-japanese-apple-monster-is-a-pretty-sick-metal-drummer] )

|P&art Sasanoooha (:ja:P&ART SASANOOOHA)

|Portable Rock (:ja:ポータブル・ロック)

|Pro Musica Nipponia (traditional instrument orchestra founded by Minoru Miki in 1964)

|Qypthone

|Readymade Records

|RevleZ (JRock visual kei band)

|Sunaga t Experience

|Tokyo No.1 Soul Set (:ja:TOKYO NO.1 SOUL SET)

|Warner Music Japan (:ja:ワーナーミュージック・ジャパン)

}}

===Songs===

{{hlist

|Akkanbē Bashi (Watarirouka Hashiritai single, :ja:アッカンベー橋)

|Daijōbu (Hilcrhyme song, :ja:大丈夫 (Hilcrhymeの曲))

|Forever Love (Shota Shimizu x Miliyah Kato song, :ja:FOREVER LOVE (清水翔太×加藤ミリヤの曲))

|{{Interlanguage link|Gion Kouta|qid=Q118917924}} ({{Interlanguage link|Fumikichi Fujimoto|ja|藤本二三吉}} song, theme song of the 1930 silent film {{Interlanguage link|Gion Kouta Ehigasa|ja|祇園小唄絵日傘}}){{Cite web|url=https://www.worldfolksong.com/songbook/japan/gion-kouta.htm|title=祇園小唄|website=世界の民謡・童謡|language=Japanese|access-date=2023-06-04}}{{Cite web|url=https://kotobank.jp/word/%E7%A5%87%E5%9C%92%E5%B0%8F%E5%94%84-1739305|title=祇園小唄|website=Kotobank|language=Japanese|access-date=2023-06-04}}

|Lion (Yusuke song, :ja:ライオン (遊助の曲))

|Mata Kimi ni Koishiteru (Billy Banban song, #1 cover by Fuyumi Sakamoto :ja:また君に恋してる)

|Modorenai Ashita (Aiko single, :ja:戻れない明日)

|Narayama (Shihoko Kitami poem, set to music by Kozaburo Hirai){{Cite web|url=https://www.worldfolksong.com/songbook/japan/minyo/narayama.html|title=平城山 ならやま 歌詞の意味|website=世界の民謡・童謡|language=Japanese|access-date=2022-12-20}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.dwc.doshisha.ac.jp/research/faculty_column/14516|title=歌曲「平城山(ならやま)」の背景|last=Yoshikai|first=Naoto|date=2021-10-27|website=Doshisha Women's College of Liberal Arts|language=Japanese|access-date=2022-12-20}}

|Sakura (Ketsumeishi song) (:ja:さくら (ケツメイシの曲))

|Sakura (Monkey Majik song) (Monkey Majik song, :ja:SAKURA (MONKEY MAJIKの曲))

|Sakura Girl (NEWS song, :ja:さくらガール)

|{{Interlanguage link|Tenryū Kudareba|qid=Q118924322}} (Ichimaru song){{Cite web|url=https://kotobank.jp/word/%E5%A4%A9%E7%AB%9C%E4%B8%8B%E3%82%8C%E3%81%B0-754476|title=天竜下れば|website=Kotobank|language=Japanese|access-date=2023-06-05}}

|{{Interlanguage link|Tōkyō Ondo|ja|東京音頭}} (Katsutaro Kouta song, theme song of the Tokyo Yakult Swallows)

}}

==Photographers==

{{hlist

|Erika Yasuda

|{{ill|Sumiko Kiyooka|ja|清岡純子}} - A Japanese photographer who took nude photos of young girls in the 1970s-1990s and sold photo books.

|{{ill|Ryu Kurokage|ja|Ryu Kurokage}} - - A Japanese photographer who took nude photos of young girls and sold photo books.

}}

=Authors=

{{hlist

|Eiichi Hoashi (:ja:帆足英一) Pediatrician

|Hiroshi Tamura could be {{nihongo|2=:ja:田村裕|3=Tamura Hiroshi}}, b.1979, a member of a comedian duo; {{as of|2021|12}} single publication, Hōmuresu chūgakusei, 2007. {{OCLC|1193956603}})

|Lucal C. Wesker seems not a Japanese origin/related, see self nominated reviews at https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=au%3AWESKER%2C+LUCAL+C.&qt=hot_author

|Kaho Nakayama {{nihongo|2=:ja:中山可穂|3=Nakayama Kaho}} referred in Kaitai zensho neo : sakka wa ikani tsukurareruka, magazine editorial team Da binchi henshūbu, {{OCLC|167514681}}, {{ISBN|9784840107150}}.}}

=Clothing/fashion/beauty=

=Cultural Practices, Customs and Folkways=

{{hlist

| bokusen (卜占, see also 医、山(肉体的および精神的な鍛錬)を加えて「{{nihongo|1=|2=五術|3=Gojutsu}} as five techniques with medicine and physical/mental training)

|Cats in Japan

|daigo mi (醍醐味)

|Futen-zoku (Japanese equivalent of the American "hippie")

|{{ill|Gimu|ja|義務}}

|Imibe clan (see Shinto)

|Iso-onna

|Japanese fashion (presently a redirect)

|Japanese mythology in popular culture

|Jōruri puppets (:ja:文楽#文楽人形)

|Kage-Onna

|Kerakera-Onna

|Kyōbushō (see Shinto)

|Momonjī

|Ohaguro-Bettari

|Sanjō Kokaji (noh drama)

|{{ill|sankanshion|ja|三寒四温}}

|Scroll on the Comparative Merits of Sake and Rice

|Sunayu (砂湯)

|taikodai (太鼓台)

|Wandering child of Nippon

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==Festivals==

{{hlist

|Countdown Japan (Year end music festival :ja:COUNTDOWN JAPAN http://www.rijfes.co.jp/countdownjapan/) and Countdown Live (Year end solo concerts, as performed recently by Ayumi Hamasaki, Hitomi Yaida et al.)

|Festival of Six Souls Sendai 2011, combination of six popular festivals in the wake of the Tohoku tragedies

|Hanamatsuri, separate from the stub section at Buddha's Birthday#Japan

|Hotaru Matsuri

|Kagiya (fireworks competition :ja:花火)

|Kōbe Memorial Luminarie (:ja:神戸ルミナリエ)

|Kurama Fire Festival ([http://www.jnto.go.jp/eng/attractions/event/traditionalevents/a59_fes_kurama.html ]) :ja:鞍馬の火祭

|Mure Genpei Ishi Akari Road むれ源平 石あかりロード http://www.ishiakari-road.com/

|Sendai Pageant of Starlight :ja:SENDAI光のページェント

|Tanuki Matsuri

|Tondo festival :ja:左義長

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=Films, TV and video=

==Films==

==Actors==

==Seiyū==

:See /Seiyū

==Fictional characters==

{{hlist

|Lovely White https://web.archive.org/web/20091024150454/http://www.geocities.com/julie_winters_14/lovely_white.html

|Makurokurosuke http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Makurokurosuke

|Mitsuki Kōyama (:ja:神山満月 no ja wiki) (heroine of Full Moon (manga) (:ja:満月をさがして))

|Munechika (see Kitsune)

|Satsuki Kioka

}}

==TV==

=Games and toys=

{{hlist

|Tamaire

|Nomura Toy (Japanese toy company; had its own toy line until acquired by Hasbro to form Hasbro Japan [http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1992-05-15/business/9202130222_1_nomura-hasbro-tokyo] and eventually absorbed into Tomy, now Takara Tomy. Oddly enough, some user over on Japanese WP made the :ja:野村トーイ page a redirect to :ja:ハズブロ, which describes Hasbro in general)

|{{ill|All Japan Model & Hobby Show|ja|全日本模型ホビーショー}} (全日本模型ホビーショー) (prestigious hobby show in Tokyo Big Sight, same level of importance as the Nuremberg show)

|{{ill|Shizuoka Hobby Show|ja|静岡ホビーショー}}

|Kaiyodo Hobby Museum Shimanto ホビー館 四万十

|Osamu Miyawaki

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==Companies==

{{hlist

|Doyusha (:ja:童友社)

|GSI Creos (:ja:GSIクレオス)) (famous for the Gunze Sangyo brand of paints)

|Imai Science (:ja:今井科学)

|Kawada Model (:ja:川田模型)

|LS (:ja:エルエス

|Nichimo (:ja:日本模型)

|Otaki Model Toy Company (大滝製作所)

|Studio 27/Gilles Companyhttp://www.business-plus.net/interview/1202/313301.shtml (famous for it's plastic model cars)

|Wave Corporation (:ja:ウェーブ (模型メーカー))

|Nippon Travel Agency (:ja:日本旅行)

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==Computer and video games==

{{Warning|Please request articles related to video games at Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games/Requests, not here.}}

=Publications=

{{hlist

|A Bowl of Kake-soba (:ja:一杯のかけそば; [https://acecookvietnam.vn/en/the-story-of-a-bowl-of-kakesoba/ short story] [http://kudos910.web.fc2.com/oldstory/kakesoba.pdf ja], has had a film adaptation)

|Cute but deadly: Women and violence in Japanese comics

|Die Nacht eines verbrannten Backsteines The Night of Burned Bricks

|Japan News Review (cited on Food safety incidents in China)

|Jinji Kōshinroku (人事興信録), a directory of notable modern Japanese people with volumes published by Jinji Kōshinjo irregularly every two or three years with its first volume published in 1903 and its 24th in 1968;https://books.google.com/books?id=MmldAAAAIAAJ&dq=jinji+koshinroku 44th edition published in 2007 and 45th in 2009https://rnavi.ndl.go.jp/books/2009/09/000010011079.php

|Kanako Shiokawa

|Nihon Shinshi Roku (日本紳士録), a directory of modern Japanese residents in Tokyo and other notable Japanese cities with its first volume published in 1889 and its 17th in 1912;https://books.google.com/books?id=62QQAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA46&dq=nihon+shinshi+roku publication suspended after 80th edition in 2007https://web.archive.org/web/20170804174028/https://www.asahi.com/culture/news_culture/OSK200704290022.html

|Terry's Guide to the Japanese Empire 1933

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==Internet==

{{hlist

|Shift Japan (http://www.shift.jp.org/)

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==Magazines==

==Newspapers==

=Theatre and stage=

{{hlist

|Ichikawa Danjūrō III (November 1735 - February 1742) - Adopted son of Danjūrō II, previously known as Ichikawa Masugorō. Died young.

|Ichikawa Danjūrō IV (November 1754 - October 1770) - Adopted son of Danjūrō II, possibly biological son. Previously known as Matsumoto Kōshirō II and Ichikawa Ebizō III.

|Ichikawa Danjūrō VI (November 1791 - May 1799) - Son of Danjūrō V, previously known as Ichikawa Ebizō VI. Died young.

|Ichikawa Danjūrō X (posthumous 1962) - Son-in-law of Danjūrō IX; previously known as Horikoshi Fukusaburō and Ichikawa Sanshō V. Played only minor roles, but revived many plays of the Kabuki Jūhachiban.

}}

=Other=

{{hlist

|Ankoku Seiun Award (That for Science Fiction in Japan. According to [http://www.sfawardswatch.com/?page_id=106 that] they are alternate humorous awards based on the official Seiun Award. Ankoku Seiun Award [http://www.gg.e-mansion.com/~kkatoh/ankoku/ankoku.html homepage].)

|Carvivore men (counter to herbivore men) – not seeing much for this term, perhaps this can redirect to Chad (slang) or alpha male

|Gimu (:ja:義務)

|Hasshaku-sama ("Eight Feet Tall") (:ja:八尺様)

|Hōdai (Japanese title given to foreign works like books, songs, films etc.) (:ja:邦題)

|Important Work of Art (:ja:重要美術品)

|Kinoko no Yama (product from Meiji Seika) (:ja:明治製菓#食品)

|Kominka (:ja:古民家)

|Love Splash photobook

|Qawsedrftgyhujikolp(:ja:くぁwせdrftgyふじこlp)

|Showa nostalgia (:ja:昭和ノスタルジー)

|Yawaragi

|Hirota people on Tanegashima Island around 500 CE

|Advertising in Japan – Parity with Advertising in South Korea, :Category:Advertising in Japan has plenty of topics and sources to draw from

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Business

{{hlist

|Baseball Magazine Sha (:ja:ベースボール・マガジン社)

|Biotherapy Development Research Center http://www.biotherapy.co.jp/ バイオセラピー開発研究センター

|Hosokawa Micron (:ja:ホソカワミクロン, [http://www.hosokawamicron.co.jp/en/global.html])

|Kewpie (company) (:ja:キユーピー, [https://www.salon.com/2021/02/28/why-chefs-are-reaching-for-japanese-mayo-and-you-should-be-too/])

|Leopalace21 (レオパレス)

|McDonald's Holdings Company (Japan), Ltd. (:ja:日本マクドナルドホールディングス)

|Mesuca (sports apparel)

|Okamoto (brand) or Okamoto (condom)

|Overseas Courier Service ([http://www.ocs.co.jp/ OCS])

|Posren (:ja:ぽすれん)

|SATY Department Store (defunct, now renamed and redirected into Æon (company)

|Shokubutsu Monogatari (:ja:植物物語)

|Sony vs Nintendo (description of lawsuits)

|Tenmaya Department Store (:ja:天満屋)

|Tsutaya discas

|Village Vanguard (store) (:ja:ヴィレッジヴァンガード (書籍・雑貨店))

|Wego (clothing brand) ウィゴー https://www.wego.jp/ (stylized WEGO)

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=Automotive=

{{hlist

|Brands well known in the JDM modified car scene

|{{Interlanguage link multi|5Zigen International|ja|3=5ZIGENインターナショナル}} (wheels)

|{{Interlanguage link multi|Bride (company)|ja|3=ブリッド}} (car bucket seat company)

|{{Interlanguage link multi|Car Make T&E|ja|3=カーメイクT&E}}) (bodykits)

|{{Interlanguage link multi|Ogura Clutch|ja|3=小倉クラッチ}})

|RS Watanabe (レーシングサービスワタナベ)

|Spoon Sports

|Tee's Corporation (famous for Bride bucket seats, supplier to Super GT, Super Taikyu and D1GP teams)

|{{Interlanguage link multi|Tomei Powered|ja|3=東名パワード}} (engine components)

}}

=Motorcycling=

=Publishing=

Food and drink

{{hlist

|shijimi (シジミ interlinks to Corbiculidae)

|Awaji onion (淡路玉ねぎ)

|Shizuo Tsuji (辻静雄, 20th-century Japanese chef; founder of the Tsuji culinary academy; wrote Japanese Cooking: A Simple Art)

|Ekubo (Means "dimple" in Japanese; sweet rice cake; this is a term for a mochi cake)

|Fincas Coffee (Japanese coffee made from Costa Rica Coffee Beans [http://www.organiccoffee.jp/ more info])

|Japanese bakery products

|Japtch (Japanese Whisky)

|Cook Do ([https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cook_Do])

|Skal (drink) Carbonated skim-milk soft drink preceding Calpis Soda. Sold in the South by the South Japan Dairy Farmers collective. スコール_(飲料)

|Happosai (:ja:八宝菜)

|Otafuku Sauce (Otafuku Sauce company : :ja:オタフクソース, :it:Salsa Otafuku, [https://www.otafukusauce.com/e/company/history.html])

|Sankaku tabe (:ja:三角食べ, triangular eating method)

|Marion Crepes (:ja:マリオンクレープ; trend setting Japanese crepe chain [http://www.marion.co.jp/english/][https://japantravel.navitime.com/en/area/jp/spot/02301-1400656/][https://www.cntraveler.com/restaurants/tokyo/marion-crepes])

|Kappō (cuisine) (:ja:割烹), [https://guide.michelin.com/en/article/dining-out/what-is-japanese-kappo-cuisine]

|Mentsuyu (currently a redirect; :ja:めんつゆ)}}

Government

:Requests about current or recent politicians: /Government

{{hlist

|Akatsuki, Ibaraki a former village now part of the city of Mito (:ja:赤塚村 (茨城県))

|Kōnan High School won the 2010 Japanese High School Baseball Championship

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History

=Treaty=

Language

{{hlist

|English language in Japan

|Translating English names to Kanji

|{{nihongo|芋|いも|imo (Japan)|literally "potato"}}, a Japanese language slur equivalent to ‘country bumpkin’ (moved from IMO disambig page)

|Tekiseigo (:ja:敵性語)

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Law and politics

Locations

{{anchor|Buildings, facilities, and places}}

If you're looking for a city, town, or village, you might find a link to it from the article on the prefecture.

{{hlist|

|Ashikaga Flower Park (:ja:あしかがフラワーパーク)

|Bisan Seto (:ja:備讃瀬戸)

|Dochu sand pillars, Tokushima prefecture (:ja:土柱#阿波の土柱 and/or Dochū kōtsu kenritsushizenkōen :ja:土柱高越県立自然公園, the surrounding natural park designated by Tokushima Prefrecture )

|Embassy of Haiti, Tokyo (:ja:駐日ハイチ大使館), located in Nishi-Azabu, Minato, Tokyo [https://www.mofa.go.jp/mofaj/link/emblist/latinamerica.html#19]

|Hami, Kagoshima (波見) in Kimotsuki, Kagoshima, mentioned briefly as a river mouth international trade port on Kimotsuki river :ja:肝属川#歴史 and in Kōyama-cho :ja:高山町 (鹿児島県)

|Hakone hot springs Onsen (:ja:箱根温泉)

|Hayato Pond (:ja:隼人池) [http://www.sda.nagoya-cu.ac.jp/~okamura/syouwa/sw012/sw012.htm], a pond in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture

|Hiroshima Red Cross Hospital and Atomic-bomb Survivors Hospital

|{{ill|Inunaki Pass|lt=Inunaki mountain pass|ja|犬鳴峠}}

|J-Village (:ja:Jヴィレッジ)

|Joan teahouse (:ja:如庵)

|Jōroku-ji (article exists on Japanese Wikipedia as (:ja:丈六寺 (名張市), a Buddhist temple in Nabari, Mie.)

|Kantei-byō (:ja:関帝廟) temple in Yokohama Chinatown

|Kinchakuda Plateau (:ja:巾着田)

|Kitayama, Kyōto (:ja:北山 (京都市))

|Koguno-shima (小久野島), a tiny desert island 1.1 kilometer west of Ōkunoshima (大久野島) (Rabbit Island)

|Mount Arafune (:ja:荒船山)

|Mutsurejima

|Myōkian (:ja:妙喜庵)

|Nijūbashi (:ja:二重橋)

|Ogasawara shoin (小笠原書院), now [https://www.city.iida.lg.jp/site/yuiturn/page-eid553.html a museum] run by the city of Iida, Nagano

|Ogonzan, Hiroshima (:ja:黄金山 (広島市))

|Oku-Iya (奥祖谷, redirect to :ja:祖谷渓 Iyadani/Iyakei)

|Okudaisen [http://www.suntory.com/about/news/2007/9838.html] :ja:大山 (鳥取県) or a bottled water :ja:サントリー天然水#奥大山

|Omiko Beach

|Ōmahiko Shrine, Shikoku (Ōasahiko Shrine :ja:大麻比古神社)

|Watakano-jima (:ja:渡鹿野島)

|Yuda Onsen, Yamaguchi (:ja:湯田温泉)

|Zenigata Sazo sand coin in Kanonji, Kagawa (Zenigata sunae sand sculpture in Kan'onji, Kagawa :ja:銭形砂絵)

|Doya town({{Nihongo||:ja:ドヤ街|Doyagai}}) kind of japanese slum

|Mount Mitsumine(:ja:三峰山)

|Mitsumine Shrine(:ja:三峯神社)

|Musashi-Mitake Shrine(:ja:武蔵御嶽神社)

|Myōkei-ji (Hirosaki) [https://temple.nichiren.or.jp/8061014-1/], a Nichiren Buddhist temple in Hirosaki, Aomori Prefecture

|Myōkei-ji (Kanazawa)(:ja:妙慶寺 (金沢市)) [https://www.kanazawa-kankoukyoukai.or.jp/spot/detail_10241.html][http://otera.jodo.or.jp/temple/26-010/], a Jōdo-shū temple in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture

|Myōkei-ji (Sakai) [https://www.e-ohaka.com/temple_detail/id029972.html], a Nichiren Buddhist temple in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture

|Myōkei-ji (Shizuoka) [http://myouhou.com/temple/post_109/], a Nichiren Buddhist temple in Shizuoka, Shizuoka Prefecture

|Myōkei-ji (Yurihonjō) [https://www.city.yurihonjo.lg.jp/kanko/osusume/2027], a Nichiren Buddhist temple in Yurihonjō, Akita Prefecture

|Otani Hombyo(:ja:大谷本廟), mausoleum of Shinran

|{{Interlanguage link multi|Saga, Kyoto|ja|3=嵯峨野}}

|Shōgyō-in (Kyoto) [https://www.kyoto-kankou.or.jp/info_search/?id=8667&r=1592428754.4666], a Jōdo-shū temple in Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture

|Shōgyō-in (Takashima) [http://otera.jodo.or.jp/temple/28-446/][https://yaokami.jp/1257270/], a Jōdo-shū temple in Takashima, Shiga Prefecture

|Shōgyō-in (Tokyo) [https://tesshow.jp/taito/temple_yanaka_shogyo.html], a Nichiren Buddhist temple in Taitō, Tokyo

|Shōgyō-in (Yanai) [http://otera.jodo.or.jp/temple/39-021/], a Jōdo-shū temple in Yanai, Yamaguchi Prefecture

|Shōgyō-in (Yokosuka) [http://otera.jodo.or.jp/temple/15-156/], a Jōdo-shū temple in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture

|Sogo Kure (:ja:そごう呉店), a Sogo department store closed in 2013

|Hiroshima City Central Library (:ja:広島市立中央図書館)

|Fukuyama Sogo (:ja:福山そごう), a Sogo department store closed in 2000

|Hokkaido University Botanical Garden {:ja:北海道大学植物園), botanical garden and museum operated by Hokkaido University.

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Organizations

{{hlist

|{{Nihongo|All Japan Swordsmith Association|全日本刀匠会|Zen Nihon Tōshō-kai}} [https://www.tousyoukai.jp/][https://www.oricon.co.jp/special/50201/], based in Okayama, Okayama Prefecture

|Denenchofu Futaba Gakuen (:ja:学校法人田園調布雙葉学園) [https://www.denenchofufutaba.ed.jp/] [https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/5710173Z:JP], an educational organization based in Setagaya, Tokyo

|Japan Water Walk Association (:ja:日本ウォーターウォーク協会) [http://waterwalk.net/html/about.html][https://www.npo-homepage.go.jp/npoportal/detail/113002838], a nonprofit organization based in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture

|Keroyon Club (separation of Aum Shinrikyo)

|{{Nihongo|Kenjinsha|けんじん社|}} [https://houjin.j-bdb.com/20400030119964210][https://www.dnb.com/business-directory/company-profiles.kenjinsha_limited_liability_co.b94e028448ee47b55b4d2cd314b33209.html], a limited liability company based in Chūō, Tokyo, formerly headquartered in Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture

|{{Nihongo|Nippon Water Walk Association|NWWA 日本ウォーターウォーク協会|NWWA Nihon Wōtā Wōku Kyōkai}} [http://nwwa.jp/c9985.html][http://www.shiga-eco.jp/event/2010/04/r.php], a voluntary association based in Ōtsu, Shiga Prefecture

|No Youth No Japan [http://noyouthnojapan.org/], a nonprofit organization

|{{Nihongo|Tokushima City Tourism Association|徳島市観光協会|Tokushima-shi Kankō Kyōkai}} (:ja:徳島市観光協会) [https://mainichi.jp/articles/20180526/k00/00m/040/171000c][https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20180814/p2a/00m/0et/030000c], a defunct organization in Tokushima, Tokushima Prefecture

|Yamada's Club (separation of Aum Shinrikyo)

}}

People

=Business=

{{hlist

|Hironobu Abe (:ja:安倍寛信, [https://facta.co.jp/article/200703050.html][https://www.seikei.ac.jp/gakuen/about/director.html]) older brother of Shinzo Abe, representative director of AB Communication, former executive officer at Mitsubishi Corporation, managing director at Seikei University as of 2023

|Masahiro Asō (:ja:麻生将豊, [https://www.aso-cement.jp/en/about/overview/][https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXZQODE0832A0Y2A001C2000000/]) son of Tarō Asō, director of Aso Cement, president of Junior Chamber International Japan

|Eiichi Hosokawa (:ja:細川永一) founder of Hosokawa Micron

|Masuo Hosokawa (:ja:細川益男) president of Hosokawa Micron

|Daishi Kataoka (:ja:片岡大志 [http://www2.odn.ne.jp/jiminy/aboutme.html] Record Producer)

|Ichisaburō Matsudaira (松平 市三郎, [{{NDLDC|1704027|/1/819|format=url}}][{{NDLDC|1704004|/1/954|format=url}}][{{NDLDC|2127124|/1/1477|format=url}}][{{NDLDC|1078694|/1/581|format=url}}] shipowner, manager of the Shanghai branch of and later document manager and advisor to Nippon Yusen, graduate of Tokyo Imperial University's English law department in 1897)

|Toru Yamaji (:ja:山路徹 APF News' president)

}}

=Entertainment=

{{hlist

|Harumi Edo comedian (:ja:エド・はるみ)

|Cubismo Grafico (:ja:CUBISMO GRAFICO) (DJ)

|Maiko Hashimoto (:ja:橋本舞子) (singer)

|Shoko Hikage (koto player)

|Keiko Ibi (:ja:伊比恵子) (academy award winning director)

|Hideki Kaji (:ja:カジヒデキ) (singer, musician)

|Masahiro Mita (:ja:三田誠広) (novelist)

|Akari Miura (:ja:三浦明利) (singer-songwriter)

|Emiko Miyashita (haiku poet)

|Karia Nomoto (:ja:野本かりあ) (singer, DJ, model)

|Hiroshi Okawa (actor, cult defector) (:ja:大川宏洋)

|Yaso Saijo (:ja:西條八十: Japanese lyricist)

|Kin'ichi Sawaki (:ja:沢木欣一) (haiku poet)

|Ayumi Tanabe (model)

|Yuiko Tsubokura (:ja:坪倉唯子) (singer)

|Yuka Uchiyae (:ja:うちやえゆか) (singer)

}}

=Government=

=Other=

{{hlist

|Nakajima Akane

|Saichi Asahara

|Atsuuji Ashikaga (:ja:足利惇氏, scholar on India and Iran{{Cite web|url=https://kotobank.jp/word/%E8%B6%B3%E5%88%A9%20%E6%83%87%E6%B0%8F-1637160|title=足利 惇氏|website=Kotobank|publisher=Nichigai Associates|access-date=2023-05-04}})

|Yukihiro Fukutomi (:ja:福富幸宏)

|Juan Gotoh (currently a redirect to Shotacon)

|Yu Hanai (:ja:花井悠)

|Parko Hayashiya (:ja:林家パー子)

|Naoki Ishikawa (adventurer/photographer) (:ja:石川直樹)

|Sho Kazakura (:ja:風倉匠)

|Shihoko Kitami (:d:Q94538360){{Cite web|url=https://kotobank.jp/word/%E5%8C%97%E8%A6%8B%E5%BF%97%E4%BF%9D%E5%AD%90-1069496|title=北見志保子|website=Kotobank|publisher=Kodansha|access-date=2022-12-20}}

|Hiyoko Kobayashi (:ja:小林ひよこ)

|Kazuko Kojima (:ja:こじまかずこ, recently deleted)

|Yoshihisa Komori (journalist :ja:古森義久, [http://japanfocus.org/products/details/2212] [http://www.nbr.org/foraui/list.aspx?LID=5&sh=komori])

|Ayuse Kozue (:ja:AYUSE KOZUE)

|{{ill|Tatsujiro Kuzuno|ja|葛野辰次郎}} (Ainu individual famous for being a promoter of Ainu culture)

|Ōnishi Lion

|Ando Masatsugu (:ja:安藤正次)

|Motoyoshi Masuda

|Yasutaka Matsudaira (:ja:松平康隆)

|Kosei Miura (:ja:三浦皇成)

|Ayako Miyake (3-time Kunoichi (TV series) champion

|Shunzō Miyawaki

|Shinobu Moromizato (:ja:諸見里しのぶ) golfer

|Yuhara Motoichi (:ja:湯原元一)

|Kohyu Nishimura

|Momoko Nōjō, founder of No Youth No Japan{{Cite web|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2021/02/18/sport/momoko-nojo-tokyo-olympics-spt-intl/index.html|title=Don't be silent: How a 22-year-old woman helped bring down the Tokyo Olympics chief|date=2021-02-19|website=CNN|publisher=Reuters|access-date=2021-05-07}}

|Toshitaka Nomi (:ja:能見俊賢)

|Katsuyoshi Nozaki

|Nobuo Ogawa ((:ja:小川信雄 (実業家), 1912-2002)

|Momoko Ōzono (:ja:大園桃子)

|Momoko Segawa, badminton player [https://bwfbadminton.com/player/65818/momoko-segawa] [https://meisupo.net/news/detail/9530] [https://www.meiji.ac.jp/history/meidai_sanmyaku/thema/article/6t5h7p000039wuuo.html]

|Tatsuro Shigaki

|Matsura Shigenobu (:ja:松浦鎮信)

|Ikuo Shimano

|Bizan Suzuki (:ja:鈴木美山)

|Takao Tajima (:ja:田島貴男)

|Toshimitsu Takagi (:ja:高木敏光 no ja wiki)

|Keitarō Takanami (:ja:高浪敬太郎) (usually known as just K-Taro)

|Fujima Takuya

|Kizo Tamari (:ja:玉利喜造)

|Kishida Toshiko (:ja:岸田俊子 Meiji era feminist, 1863-1901)

|Bizan Ueda

|Taku Yamada

}}

Religion and philosophy

=The 88 Temples=

Note: This list is duplicated at Shikoku Pilgrimage.

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! No. !! Temple !! City/Town/Village !! Prefecture

1Ryōzen-ji (Naruto)keep till list is completed
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|2

Gokuraku-ji (Naruto)keep till list is completed
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|3

Konsen-ji (Itano)keep till list is completed
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|4

Dainichi-ji (Itano)keep till list is completed
5Jizō-ji (Itano)keep till list is completed
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|6

Anraku-ji (Kamiita)keep till list is completed
7Jūraku-ji (Awa)keep till list is completed
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|8

Kumadani-ji (Awa)keep till list is completed
9Hōrin-ji (Awa)keep till list is completed
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|10

Kirihata-ji (Awa)keep till list is completed
11Fujii-dera (藤井寺)
12Shōzanji (焼山寺)KamiyamaTokushima
13Dainichiji (大日寺)TokushimaTokushima
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|14

Jōrakuji (常楽寺)TokushimaTokushima
17Idoji (井戸寺)TokushimaTokushima
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|18

Onzanji (恩山寺)KomatsushimaTokushima
19Tatsueji (立江寺)KomatsushimaTokushima
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|20

Kakurin-ji (Kakogawa)keep till list is completed
21Tairyūji (太竜寺)AnanTokushima
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|22

Byōdōji (平等寺)AnanTokushima
23Yakuōji (薬王寺)MinamiTokushima
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|24

Hotsumisakiji (最御崎寺)MurotoKōchi
25Shinshōji (津照寺)MurotoKōchi
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|26

Kongōchōji (金剛頂寺)MurotoKōchi
27Kōnomineji (神峰寺)YasudaKōchi
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|28

Dainichiji (大日寺)KonanKōchi
30Zenrakuji (善楽寺)KōchiKōchi
31Chikurin-jikeep till list is completed
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|32

Zenjibuji (禅師峰寺)NankokuKōchi
33Sekkeiji (雪蹊寺)KōchiKōchi
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|34

Tanemaji (種間寺)HarunoKōchi
35Kiyotakiji (清滝寺)TosaKōchi
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|36

Shōryūji (青竜寺)TosaKōchi
37Iwamotoji (岩本寺)ShimantoKōchi
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|38

Kongōfukuji (金剛福寺)TosashimizuKōchi
39Enkōji (延光寺)SukumoKōchi
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|40

Kanjizai-jikeep till list is completed
41Ryūkō-ji (Uwajima)
42Butsumokuji (佛木寺)UwajimaEhime
43Meisekiji (明石寺)SeiyoEhime
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|44

Daihōji (大宝寺)KumakōgenEhime
45Iwaya-ji (岩屋寺)KumakōgenEhime
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|46

Jōruriji (浄瑠璃寺)MatsuyamaEhime
47Yasakaji (八坂寺)MatsuyamaEhime
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|48

Sairinji (西林寺)MatsuyamaEhime
49Jōdo-ji (Matsuyama)keep till list is completed
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|50

Hantaji (繁多寺)MatsuyamaEhime
51Ishite-jikeep till list is completed
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|52

Taisan-ji (Matsuyama)keep till list is completed
53Enmyō-ji (Matsuyama)keep till list is completed
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|54

Enmeiji (延命寺)ImabariEhime
55Nankōbō (南光坊)ImabariEhime
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|56

Taisanji (泰山寺)ImabariEhime
57Eifukuji (栄福寺)ImabariEhime
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|58

Sennyū-jikeep till list is completed
60Yokomineji (横峰寺)SaijōEhime
61Kōonji (香園寺)SaijōEhime
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|62

Hōjuji (宝寿寺)SaijōEhime
64Maegamiji (前神寺)SaijōEhime
65Sankakuji (三角寺)ShikokuchūōEhime
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|66

Unpenji (雲辺寺)MiyoshiTokushima
67Daikōji (大興寺)MitoyoKagawa
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|68

Jinnein (神恵院)Kan'onjiKagawa
69Iyadaniji (弥谷寺)Kagawa
70Motoyama-jikeep till list is completed
71Iyadani-ji (弥谷寺)
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|72

Mandaraji (曼荼羅寺)ZentsūjiKagawa
73Shusshakaji (出釈迦寺)ZentsūjiKagawa
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|74

Kōyamaji (甲山寺)ZentsūjiKagawa
75Zentsū-jikeep till list is completed
76Konzōji (金倉寺)ZentsūjiKagawa
77Dōryūji (道隆寺)TadotsuKagawa
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|78

Gōshōji (郷照寺)UtazuKagawa
79Tennōji (天皇寺)SakaideKagawa
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|81

Sanuki Kokubun-jikeep till list is completed
81Shiromineji (白峯寺)SakaideKagawa
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|83

Ichinomiyaji (一宮寺)TakamatsuKagawa
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|84

Yashimaji (屋島寺)TakamatsuKagawa
85Yakuriji (八栗寺)TakamatsuKagawa
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|86

Shidoji (志度寺)SanukiKagawa
87Nagaoji (長尾寺)SanukiKagawa
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|88

Ōkubo-jikeep till list is completed

Sciences

=Anthropology, Sociology, Psychology, Class Structure=

{{hlist

|Social Relations - Japan

|Japan is China, a stereotype

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=Medicine=

{{hlist

|Paburon

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Sports

=Football=

See also; Wikipedia:WikiProject Football/Japan task force#Requested articles

{{ill|Japan Football Museum|ja|日本サッカーミュージアム}} - {{ill|Jikichi Imamura|ja|今村次吉}} - {{ill|Ryutaro Fukao|ja|深尾隆太郎}} - {{ill|Ryutaro Takahashi|ja|高橋龍太郎}} - {{ill|Tomisaburo Hirai|ja|平井富三郎}} - {{ill|Shizuo Fujita|ja|藤田静夫}} - {{ill|Hideo Shimada (footballer)|ja|島田秀夫}} - {{ill|Chitaro Tanabe|ja|田辺治太郎}} - {{ill|Shigeaki Murakata|ja|村形繁明}} - {{ill|Takuji Ono|ja|小野卓爾}} - {{ill|Sumioki Nitta|ja|新田純興}} - {{ill|Genichi Fukushima|ja|福島玄一}} - {{ill|Gendo Tsuboi|ja|坪井玄道}} - {{ill|Tairei Uchino|ja|内野台嶺}} - {{ill|Kyaw Din|ja|チョウ・ディン}} - {{ill|William Haigh (diplomat)|ja|ウィリアム・ヘーグ (外交官)}} - {{ill|Shiro Otani|ja|大谷四郎}} - {{ill|Yoshiyuki Maruyama|ja|丸山義行}} - {{ill|Noboru Ohata|ja|大畠襄}} - {{ill|Toshio Asami|ja|浅見俊雄}} - {{ill|Takeo Tawa|ja|多和健雄}} - {{ill|Sokichiro Ushiki|ja|牛木素吉郎}} - {{ill|Katsuhiko Kaneko|ja|金子勝彦}} - {{ill|Takeshi Narahara|ja|奈良原武士}} - {{ill|Junji Ogura|ja|小倉純二}} - {{ill|Shinroku Morohashi|ja|諸橋晋六}} - {{ill|Kyoji Imai|ja|今井恭司}}

Technology

Weapons

{{hlist

|Masahiro Katana (redirect to: Masahiro#Blademakers); either a brand of cutlery manufacturers including [http://www.masahiro-hamono.com/ Masahiro Co., Ltd.] with romanized signature as in [http://image.rakuten.co.jp/seki-knife/cabinet/mh_mv/mh_mv_14812-3.jpg image of "Masahiro"] ({{nihongo|正広作}}); by another brand Maruoku Co., Ltd. as in [http://thumbnail.image.rakuten.co.jp/@0_mall/sekinohamonoya/cabinet/ikou_20100210_004/img10523808076.jpg image of Masahiro bessaku] ({{nihongo|正弘別作}}). Could be a very low priced Chinese imitation sword imported to North America with blades attached. (It's printed on the package as "Masahiro" {{nihongo|正広}}, at times the simplified Chinese as {{zh|正广}} on the brand's website: "Justice" is also mentioned).

|Yanone (Japanese arrowheads :ja:矢#鏃(矢尻=やじり))

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  • Kana-wa meaning "Golden ring (weapon)" - It is similar to chakram and wind and fire wheels, even more accurately it looks like a modification of chakram. Imagine chakram that is sharp both inside and outside and has padded grip like wind and fire and wheel. It is double wielded. It seems it was used in ninjutsu. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sk8POUhLwM8 video 6:45] Setenzatsu (talk) 09:40, 9 June 2019 (UTC); it can be found if googlesearched "nakia ring blades" 89.201.228.101 (talk) 22:35, 7 November 2020 (UTC)
  • Kuda yari or Kuda-yari, tube spear, a unique type of spear -a spear that is used by sliding the shaft through a kuda, a metal tube or pipe; the primary spear of the Owari Kan Ryu tradition of sojutsu. [https://www.koryu.com/library/harmstrong1.html] Setenzatsu.2 (talk) 23:26, 26 January 2020 (UTC)
  • Nanban hachiwari (Japanese war hammer / Japanese war pick) similar but is NOT kusarigama89.201.228.101 (talk) 22:35, 7 November 2020 (UTC)
  • Konpei, [https://books.google.hr/books?id=ZzIXkFec0e8C&pg=PA138&lpg=PA138&dq=konpei+weapon&source=bl&ots=43QRtEygzS&sig=ACfU3U1NVwjlBsYjyCazqblb1dRV1OHUXQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjSy7OCjPHsAhVxw4sKHVBVDjoQ6AEwC3oECAEQAg#v=onepage&q=konpei%20weapon&f=false], mentioned by Serge Mol as possibly being a samurai police weapon, combined techniques from kusarijutsu and kakutejutsu 89.201.228.101 (talk) 22:35, 7 November 2020 (UTC)

=Rifles=

{{hlist

|Arisaka Type 0 Parachutists' Rifle (Japan - Bolt Action Rifle - 7.7 x 58 mm)

|Arisaka Type 1 Parachutists' Rifle (Japan - Bolt Action Rifle - 6.5 x 50 mm)

|Arisaka Type 2 Parachutists' Rifle (Japan - Bolt Action Rifle - 7.7 x 58 mm)

|Browning M71 (Japan - Lever Action Rifle)

|Howa M3000

|Japanese Type 30

|Japanese Type 38

|Japanese Type 92

|Japanese Type 96

|Japanese Type 98

|Japanese Type 99

|Japanese Type 100

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Unsorted

{{hlist

|Bakemono Chakutōchō (:ja:夭怪着到牒) (kibyōshi)

|Madame Tussauds Tokyo

|Parabbit(de,fr) - It's needed in English Wikipedia for translation to Japanese, but due to English-concentration of foreign language education, it's currently difficultly able to be translated in Japanese.

|Antifa (Japan)Strategies of Ambivalence Cultures of Liberal Antifa in Japan {{OCLC|8666112412}}

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References