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Shirasu Lighthouse (白州灯台, shirasu tōdai) is a lighthouse on the island of Ainoshima, which is administered by Kokurakita-ku, Kitakyūshū, Japan. Work began in March 1872. [ 5 ] The permanent light was lit 1 September 1873.
Buaisō (武相荘) is the former home of post-war Japanese bureaucrat Jirō Shirasu and his wife Masako Shirasu, located in Machida, Tokyo, to the west of downtown Tokyo. [1] The name was derived from an amalgamation of kanji for the former provinces of Musashi and Sagami , as its location is near the border between the two provinces.
Possibly the Greatest Alchemist of All Time (いずれ最強の錬金術師？, Izure Saikyō no Renkinjutsu-shi?, lit."Someday Will I Be The Greatest Alchemist?") is a Japanese light novel series written by Kogitsunemaru and illustrated by Hitogome.
Name Image Built Location Characteristic NGA number Admiralty number Anorisaki Lighthouse : 1948: Agochō-Anori 34°21′55″N 136°54′31″E: Fl W 15s [4]: 112-6356
The Shirasu Tatara Steelworks (白須たたら製鉄遺跡, Shirasu tatara seitetsu iseki) was a premodern steelworks for the production of tatara steel located in the Sogo neighborhood of the town of Abu, Yamaguchi Prefecture in the San'yō region of Japan. The site was designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 1982. [1]
Saeko Shirasu is a 25-year-old war front-line photo-journalist who became a celebrity after taking a picture of civilians raising a makeshift UN flag in war-torn Uddiyana. The image then became an instant symbol for peace. However, just before the peace agreement is achieved, the flag was stolen by an armed extremist group in order to obstruct ...
The Shiriyazaki Lighthouse was one of the 26 lighthouses built in Meiji period Japan by British engineer Richard Henry Brunton.Work began in June 1873. The lighthouse was completed on October 20, 1876 (after Brunton had departed from Japan), and was the first western-style lighthouse in the Tōhoku region.
A samurai in his armour in the 1860s. Hand-colored photograph by Felice Beato. Samurai or bushi (武士, [bɯ.ɕi]) were members of the warrior class in Japan.They were originally provincial warriors who served the Kuge and imperial court in the late 12th century.