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Ikuno Korea Town (Japanese: 生野コリアタウン, Korean: 이쿠노 코리아타운) is a Koreatown in Ikuno-ku, Osaka, Japan. It is one of the largest Koreatowns in the country and a significant tourist attraction, with around two million visitors in 2021.
Utoro (Japanese: ウトロ地区, Hepburn: Utoro Chiku, Korean: 우토로) is a district in Uji, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan.The district has historically been populated by Zainichi Koreans (Koreans who arrived during the Japanese colonial period and their descendants) ever since they were compelled to work in difficult conditions in the area in 1943.
This area is particularly working-class, and home to a relatively large number of Korean nationals and other working class members of Japanese society. As such, it has been called "Kyoto's only international town". [1] Minami-ku has few notable areas of tourist interest compared to other parts of Kyoto. A notable exception is the To-ji Temple.
Planning to unite all factions with a common cause, Hideyoshi's coalition attacked Joseon Korea, leading to the Japanese invasions of Korea (1592–1598). Tsushima was the main naval base for this invasion, and in continuing support of the war, large numbers of Korean prisoners were transported to Tsushima until Japan's defeat at the hands of ...
For all communities or ethnic enclaves with significant Korean populations in Japan. This includes more formal Koreatowns like Ikuno Korea Town and informal districts like Utoro, Uji. As there are not many formal Koreatowns in Japan, a subcategory specifically for them in Japan may not be needed at present.
Ikuno-ku (生野区) is one of 24 wards of Osaka, Japan. It is well known for the Ikuno Korea Town in the Tsuruhashi (鶴橋) area. The area has historically had a large number of Koreans, [1] particularly Korean Japanese citizens (Zainichi Korean) living there, as well as for its large number of yakiniku (Korean-style barbecue) restaurants ...
Under the Nara period Ritsuryō system, what is now Kawasaki Ward became part of Tachibana District Musashi Province.In the Edo period, it was administered as tenryō territory controlled directly by the Tokugawa shogunate, but administered through various hatamoto, and prospered as Kawasaki-juku, a post station on the Tokaido highway connecting Edo with Kyoto.
The following list sorts all cities (including towns) in the Japanese prefecture of Kyoto with a population of more than 5,000 according to the 2020 Census. As of October 1, 2020, 22 places fulfill this criterion and are listed here.