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Amami-Ōshima Island, Tokunoshima Island, northern part of Okinawa Island, and Iriomote Island (奄美大島、徳之島、沖縄島北部及び西表島) is a serial UNESCO World Heritage Site consisting of five component parts on four Japanese islands in the Ryukyu Arc (Nansei Islands). [1]
Hiji Falls (比地大滝, Hiji Ōtaki) is a National Park and a popular tourist destination on the island and prefecture of Okinawa, Japan. It is located in the northern part of the Okinawa Island , approximately 20 kilometers north of the city of Nago and close to the Yambaru National Park . [ 1 ]
Oshinkoshin Falls (オシンコシンの滝, Oshinkoshin-no-taki) Shari: 7 Kurokuma Falls (くろくまの滝, Kurokuma-no-taki) Aomori Prefecture: Ajigasawa: 8 Matsumi Falls (松見の滝, Matsumi-no-taki) Towada: 9 Fudō Falls (不動の滝, Fudō-no-taki) Iwate Prefecture: Hachimantai: 10 Akiu Great Falls (秋保大滝, Akiu-Ōtaki) Miyagi ...
Place Municipality Comments Image Coordinates Type Ref. Sefa-utaki 斎場御嶽 Sefa-utaki: Nanjō: also an Historic Site; inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List as one of the Gusuku Sites and Related Properties of the Kingdom of Ryukyu [5
In 2008, the Japanese government attempted to serve injunctions against 15 participants, 13 of which were thrown out of court; the remaining two have yet to be decided. [ 6 ] Testing and use of herbicides, chemical, and biological agents were reportedly used on Okinawa in and around the Northern Training Area, including the Yanbaru forest and ...
File sharing in Japan is notable for both its size and sophistication. [1] The Recording Industry Association of Japan has used a 2010 study to suggest that illegal downloads (which have been illegal since 2010) outnumber legal ones 10:1. [2] [3] In 2012, a law was passed that would invoke penalties for accessing pirated music or movies. [3]
The Himeyuri students (ひめゆり学徒隊, Himeyuri Gakutotai, Lily Princesses Student Corps), sometimes called "Lily Corps" in English, was a group of 222 students and 18 teachers of the Okinawa Daiichi (First) Girls' High School [] and Okinawa Shihan Women's School [] formed into a nursing unit for the Imperial Japanese Army during the Battle of Okinawa in 1945.
Boiling Point (Japanese: 3-4x10月, Hepburn: San tai Yon ekkusu Jugatsu, lit. ' 3 to 4x October ') is a 1990 Japanese crime film written and directed by Takeshi Kitano, who also co-stars under his stage name Beat Takeshi. It was Kitano's second film as a director and first film as a screenwriter.