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Edo Japan, often known simply as Edo (/ ˈ iː d oʊ /), is an Australian-founded Canadian fast food restaurant chain specializing in Japanese Teppan-style cooking. [2] Founded in 1979 in Sydney, Australia by Reverend Susumu Ikuta, [ 3 ] a Japanese Buddhist minister, Edo Japan was named after the original name of Tokyo . [ 4 ]
Hiya means cold, and yakko refers to the servants of samurai during the Edo period in Japan. They wore a vest on which the "nail-puller crest" was attached, on the shoulders; therefore, cutting something (e.g. tofu) into cubes was called "cutting into yakko" (奴に切る, yakko ni kiru).
Lake Ogawara from Tōhoku town. Tōhoku (東北町, Tōhoku-machi) is a town located in Aomori Prefecture, Japan. As of 31 December 2022, the town had an estimated population of 16,625 in 7251 households, and a population density of 51 persons per km² in 7,269 households. [1] The total area of the town is 326.50 km 2 (126.06 sq mi).
These cities tended to exist around river terraces in eastern Japan and deltas facing the ocean in western Japan, while cities like Hikone, Zeze, and Suwa are adjacent to a lake as part of the "lake type" jōkamachi. Within a jōkamachi, smaller districts like Samurai-machi, Ashigaru-machi, Chōnin, and Tera-machi surrounded the castle. A ...
Traditional houses in Shichikashuku Lake Chōrō in Shichikashuku Shichikashuku ( 七ヶ宿町 , Shichikashuku-machi ) is a town located in Katta District , Miyagi Prefecture , Japan . As of 1 June 2020 [update] , the town had an estimated population of 1,323, and a population density of 5.0 persons per km 2 in 626 households. [ 1 ]
Oirase (おいらせ町, Oirase-chō) is a town located in Aomori Prefecture, Japan. As of 31 January 2023 [update] , the town had an estimated population of 25,225 in 10789 households, and a population density of 350 persons per km². [ 1 ]
The Ichimura-za (市村座) was a major kabuki theatre in the Japanese capital of Edo (later, Tokyo), for much of the Edo period, and into the 20th century.It was first opened in 1634 and was run by members of the Ichimura family for much of the following nearly three centuries before it was destroyed by fire in 1932.
The name is related to the rounded shape of the hulls in cross section, "maru" meaning round in Japanese. Maruko-bune were in regular use in the Edo Period transporting cargo on Lake Biwa as part of one of the main historical transportation routes of Japan. Later, their numbers declined, but they were still in regular use in the 1930s, and a ...