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Arakawa. Arakawa (荒川区, Arakawa-ku) is a special ward in the Tokyo Metropolis in Japan. The ward takes its name from the Arakawa River, though the river does not run through or touch the ward. Its neighbors are the wards of Adachi, Kita, Bunkyo, Taito and Sumida. In English, the ward calls itself Arakawa City.
Country. Japan. Time zone. UTC+09:00 (JST) San'ya (山谷, San'ya) is an area in the Taitō and Arakawa wards of Tokyo, located south of the Namidabashi intersection, around the Yoshino-dori. A neighborhood named "San'ya" existed until 1966, but the area was renamed and split between several neighborhoods. It is a region with a distinct culture ...
1974 (Arakawa Line) Technical. Line length. 12.2 km (7.6 mi) Track gauge. 1,372 mm (4 ft 6 in) Electrification. 600 V DC overhead catenary. The Toden Arakawa Line (都電荒川線, Toden Arakawa-sen), branded as the Tokyo Sakura Tram (東京さくらトラム, Tōkyō Sakura Toramu), [1] is a hybrid light rail / tram line in Tokyo, Japan ...
Yoshiwara. Yoshiwara (吉原) was a famous yūkaku (red-light district) in Edo, present-day Tokyo, Japan. Established in 1617, Yoshiwara was one of three licensed and well-known red-light districts created during the early 17th century by the Tokugawa shogunate, alongside Shimabara in Kyoto in 1640 [1] and Shinmachi in Osaka.
NPR JY07 JK32 JJ02 KS02 NT01Nippori Station. Nippori Station (日暮里駅, Nippori-eki) is a major interchange railway station in Arakawa, Tokyo, Japan. It is adjacent to the Yanaka neighborhood of Taito district.
The station opened on 1 April 1913 as a tram stop on the Arakawa Line. The Nippori-Toneri Liner station opened on 30 March 2008 with the opening of the Nippori Toneri Liner. [1] Station numbering was introduced in November 2017 with Kumanomae receiving station number NT04 for the Nippori-Toneri Liner and SA09 for the Toden Arakawa Line. [2]
Your Lie in April (Japanese: 四月は君の嘘, Hepburn: Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso, lit. ' April Is Your Lie ') is a Japanese romantic drama manga series written and illustrated by Naoshi Arakawa. It was serialized in Kodansha's magazine Monthly Shōnen Magazine from April 2011 to February 2015. The story follows a young pianist named Kо̄sei ...
Shizuka Arakawa (荒川 静香, Arakawa Shizuka, born December 29, 1981) is a retired Japanese figure skater. She is the 2006 Olympic champion and the 2004 World champion. Arakawa is the first Japanese skater to win an Olympic gold medal in figure skating and the second Japanese skater to win any Olympic medal in figure skating, after Midori ...