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Nikoli Co., Ltd. (Japanese: 株式会社ニコリ, Hepburn: Kabushiki-gaisha, Nikori) is a Japanese publisher that specializes in games and, especially, logic puzzles. Nikoli is also the nickname of a quarterly magazine (whose full name is Puzzle Communication Nikoli) issued by the company in Tokyo. [1]
City of Geta (Japanese footwear), mostly referred to the Matsunaga area of the city [2] Fuchū. Home of Oomurasaki (great purple, the national butterfly of Japan) Town of White Walled (Jyougecho) Onomichi. City of Hills (City of Slopes) City of Movies; Innoshima. Island of Flower; Home of Hassaku; Akitakata. City of Kagura (Yachiyo-Kagura ...
An easy Kakuro puzzle Solution for the above puzzle. Kakuro or Kakkuro or Kakoro (Japanese: カックロ) is a kind of logic puzzle that is often referred to as a mathematical transliteration of the crossword. Kakuro puzzles are regular features in many math-and-logic puzzle publications across the world.
Almost all major Japanese learned societies are based in Tokyo. The Japan Academy, the country's academy of sciences, was established in 1879 to bring together leading scholars in various disciplines. [211] The Japan Art Academy was established in 1919 with a similar purpose. [212] These two national academies are headquartered in Ueno Park.
Crossword-like puzzles, for example Double Diamond Puzzles, appeared in the magazine St. Nicholas, published since 1873. [31] Another crossword puzzle appeared on September 14, 1890, in the Italian magazine Il Secolo Illustrato della Domenica. It was designed by Giuseppe Airoldi and titled "Per passare il tempo" ("To pass the time"). Airoldi's ...
From Old Japanese midu > Japanese mizu ("water; lushness, freshness, juiciness") + Old Japanese fo > Japanese ho ("ear (of grain, especially rice)"). Shikishima ( 敷島 ) is written with Chinese characters that suggest a meaning "islands that one has spread/laid out", but this name of Japan supposedly originates in the name of an area in Shiki ...
In 1988, Non Ishida published three picture grid puzzles in Japan under the name of "Window Art Puzzles". In 1990, James Dalgety in the UK invented the name Nonograms after Non Ishida, [citation needed] and The Sunday Telegraph started publishing them on a weekly basis. [1] By 1993, the first book of nonograms was published by Non Ishida in Japan.
Common practice in Hong Kong is to nickname foreign companies by taking the first syllable of the company and combining with the Cantonese word for store (gei). [7] [3] [8] [9] Mäkk Estonia Mäkkäri, Mäkki Finland [8] Makudo Japan Selected by Kansai and some Shikoku locals as the official nickname. [10] Makku Japan