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Trying to find a middle ground, the main characters have adopted a very long name which included insults regarding feces, certain species of fish and squid, as well as references to Final Fantasy IV and the Japanese rock duo B'z. Jugemu's full name is recited in the lyrics of "Nippon Egao Hyakkei", the ending theme to Joshiraku, a manga and ...
It has gained a measure of fame as it is the longest place name found in any English-speaking country, and possibly the longest place name in the world, according to World Atlas. [2] The name of the hill (with 85 characters) has been listed in the Guinness World Records as the longest place name. Other versions of the name, including longer ...
The longest department name in France is Alpes-de-Haute-Provence (23 characters, including hyphens). The longest place name in Austria is Pfaffenschlag bei Waidhofen an der Thaya (40 characters). The longest street name in Hungary is Ferihegyi repülőtérre vezető út. It means "Road leading to the airport at Ferihegy" (28 characters)
It is an ancient site of a well in the foothills of Japan's largest volcano, Mount Aso. The station was originally tied with Chojagahama Shiosai Hamanasu Koenmae Station for the longest train station name in Japan, with 22 hiragana characters each, [1] until both were surpassed by Tōjiin Ritsumeikan University Station in Kyoto in 2020. [2]
The station was originally tied with Minamiaso Mizu-no-Umareru-Sato Hakusui-Kōgen Station in Kumamoto Prefecture for the longest train station name in Japan, with 22 hiragana characters each, [1] until both were surpassed by Tōjiin Ritsumeikan University Station in Kyoto in 2020. [2]
The terms Tennō ('Emperor', 天皇), as well as Nihon ('Japan', 日本), were not adopted until the late 7th century AD. [6] [2] In the nengō system which has been in use since the late 7th century, years are numbered using the Japanese era name and the number of years which have elapsed since the start of that nengō era. [7]
The longest expressway: Tōhoku Expressway, 679.5 km. The longest national highway: Route 4, 743.7 km. The longest national highway, in the official count: Route 58, 857.6 km. (Only 255.5 km is on land.) The shortest national highway: Route 174, 187m. The shortest prefectural road: Hiroshima Prefectural Route 204, length 7m.
Kanakuri grew up in a rural town called Nagomi on the island of Kyūshū to a family that sold sake.Every day, he ran nearly four miles to school. [3]In November 1911, at the age of 20, Kanakuri raced in the domestic trials for the 1912 Stockholm Olympics where he reportedly set a marathon world record at 2 hours, 30 minutes and 33 seconds, although the course was just 40 km (25 mi).