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Kanuma
(Encyclopedia)Kanuma käno͞oˈmä [key], city (1990 pop. 90,043), Tochigi prefecture, central Honshu, Japan. It is an industrial center where housewares, furniture, and processed food are produced. ...Kasugai
(Encyclopedia)Kasugai käso͞oˈgī [key], city (1990 pop. 266,599), Aichi prefecture, central Honshu, Japan. It is a suburb of Nagoya and the site of paper, silk, and textile industries. ...Kaga
(Encyclopedia)Kaga käˈgä [key], city (1990 pop. 69,196), Ishikawa prefecture, W Honshu, Japan. It is an agricultural market, hot spring resort, and industrial center with electrical machinery, textile, and potte...Iruma
(Encyclopedia)Iruma ēro͞oˈmä [key], city, Saitama prefecture, central Honshu, Japan, on the Iruma River...Isesaki
(Encyclopedia)Isesaki ēsāˈsäkē [key], city, Gumma prefecture, central Honshu, Japan. The city's main i...Machida
(Encyclopedia)Machida mächēˈdä [key], city (1990 pop. 349,050), Tokyo Metropolis, E central Honshu, Japan, on the Tsurumi River. It is an industrial and residential suburb of Tokyo, and an important transportat...Noda
(Encyclopedia)Noda nōˈdä [key], city (1990 pop. 114,475), Chiba prefecture, E central Honshu, Japan, on the Edo River. It is a commercial and industrial center known for its soy sauce factories. ...Musashino
(Encyclopedia)Musashino mo͞osäˈshĭno͞o [key], city (1990 pop. 139,077), Tokyo Metropolis, E central Honshu, Japan, on the Sumida River. It is a suburb of Tokyo with several electrical machinery plants. ...Fujiyoshida
(Encyclopedia)Fujiyoshida fo͞ojēˈyōshēdä [key], city, Yamanashi prefecture, central Honshu, Japan, on the Katsura ...Fukaya
(Encyclopedia)Fukaya fo͞okäˈyä [key], city, Saitama prefecture, E central Honshu, Japan. It is an indus...Browse by Subject
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