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Kawaguchi Center Building
Kawaguchi may refer to: Places * Kawaguchi, Niigata, a former town in Niigata Prefecture, Japan * Kawaguchi, Saitama, a city in Saitama Prefecture, Japan * Kawaguchi Green Center, a city park and botanical garden located in Kawaguchi, Saitama, Japan Other uses * Kawaguchi (surname) * Kawaguchi Detachment, the 35th Infantry Brigade with 124th Infantry Regiment of the Imperial Japanese Army, led by Major General Kiyotaki Kawaguchi during World War II * 7953 Kawaguchi, a main-belt asteroid discovered in 1993 * Lake Kawaguchi, a body of water in Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan * NHK Kawaguchi Transmitter, a medium-wave broadcasting station at Kawaguchi, Saitama, Japan from 1937 to 1982 * Kawaguchi Route (Shuto Expressway) * Kawaguchi Station is a passenger railway station located in the city of Kawaguchi, Saitama, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). Lines Kawaguchi Station is served by the Keihin-Tōhoku Line, from in Saitama Prefecture t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kawaguchi, Niigata
was a town located in Kitauonuma District, Niigata Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 5,549 and a density of 110.91 persons per km². The total area was 50.03 km². During the 2004 Chūetsu earthquake, Kawaguchi was the only town to report the maximum value of 7 on the Japan Meteorological Agency seismic intensity scale. On March 31, 2010, Kawaguchi was merged into the expanded city of Nagaoka. Transportation Railway : JR East - Jōetsu Line :* : JR East - Iiyama Line :* Echigo-Kawaguchi Highway * Kan-etsu Expressway – Echigo-Kawaguchi IC/SA * * References See also * 2004 Chūetsu earthquake The occurred in Niigata Prefecture, Japan, at 17:56 local time (08:56 UTC) on Saturday, October 23, 2004. The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) named it the . [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kawaguchi, Saitama
is a city located in Saitama Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 607,373 in 293,582 households and a population density of 9800 persons per km². The total area of the city is . It is the Greater Tokyo Area's 8th most populated city (after passing Hachioji), and second largest in Saitama Prefecture. Geography Kawaguchi is located near the center of the Kantō Plain in southern Saitama Prefecture, and is bordered by the Tokyo wards of Kita-ku and Adachi-ku to the south. The city area is mostly flat and mainly residential except for the Omiya tableland, which occupies part of the north and east area. The Arakawa River runs across the border with Kita-ku to the south. Surrounding municipalities Saitama Prefecture * Koshigaya * Sōka * Saitama * Warabi * Toda Tokyo Metropolis * Kita * Adachi Climate Kawaguchi has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen ''Cfa'') characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kawaguchi Green Center
The , sometimes also called the Botanical Garden of Kawaguchi-City, is a city park and botanical garden located at Araijuku 700, Kawaguchi, Saitama, Japan. Admission is 300 yen for adults and 100 yen for children. The garden was established in 1967, and contains fountains, plum trees, and topiary pieces, as well as greenhouses with collections including banana, bougainvillea, lotus (Nymphaea), orchids, and succulent plants. See also *List of botanical gardens in Japan This list of botanical gardens in Japan is intended to include all significant botanical gardens and arboretums in Japan. * Akatsuka Botanical Garden (Itabashi, Tokyo) * Aloha Garden Tateyama (Tateyama, Chiba) * Amami Islands Botanical Garden ( ... ReferencesBGCI entry *https://web.archive.org/web/20100924055720/http://digi-promotion.com/tokyo-surroundings/attractions-tokyo-surroundings/kawaguchi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kawaguchi (surname)
Kawaguchi (written: or lit. "river mouth") is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Ekai Kawaguchi (1866-1945), Japanese Buddhist monk * Hiroshi Kawaguchi (composer) (born 1965), Japanese composer and keyboardist * Junnosuke Kawaguchi (born 1961), Japanese bassist * Kaiji Kawaguchi (born 1948), Japanese manga author * Keiichiro Kawaguchi, Japanese animator and director * Masafumi Kawaguchi (born 1973), Japanese player of American football * Matsutarō Kawaguchi (1899-1985), Japanese writer * Kiyotake Kawaguchi (1892-1961), Japanese general during World War II * Senri Kawaguchi (born 1997), Japanese drummer * Takao Kawaguchi (born 1950), Japanese judoka * Yoichiro Kawaguchi (born 1952), Japanese computer graphics artist * Yoriko Kawaguchi (born 1941), Japanese politician * Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi , sometimes referred to as Yoshi Kawaguchi, is a former Japanese professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He is a former captain of the Japan na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kawaguchi Detachment
The Kawaguchi Detachment was an Imperial Japanese Army formation that existed during World War II. Under the command of Major General Kiyotake Kawaguchi, the detachment consisted of the 35th Infantry Brigade and the 124th Infantry Regiment. The detachment operated independently of its parent 18th Division and saw action in several campaigns, including fighting on Borneo, the Philippines and Guadalcanal. History Kawaguchi Detachment At the start of the Burma Campaign of World War II, the Kawaguchi Detachment was based at Camranh Bay, in French Indochina. After embarking on 13 December 1941, three infantry battalions from the Kawaguchi Detachment, as well plus No. 2 Yokosuka Special Naval Landing Force (SNLF), landed almost unopposed at Miri, Seria and Lutong, in northern Borneo, and quickly captured Miri's airfield and oil fields. The detachment, moving by sea, then took Kuching on 23 December. Brunei, Labuan Island, Jesselton, and Tawau were taken in subsequent operations. On Ap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lake Kawaguchi
is located in the town of Fujikawaguchiko in southern Yamanashi Prefecture near Mount Fuji, Japan. It is the second largest of the Fuji Five Lakes in terms of surface area, and is located at the lowest elevation. It is situated at an altitude of approximately , which accounts for its relatively cool summers and frequently icy winters. It also has the longest shoreline of any of the Fuji Five Lakes. The lake is within the borders of the Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park. The lake has no natural outlet, and flooding of settlements on its shores was a problem until the construction of a canal, completed in 1914, to connect it to a tributary of the Sagami River. As with the other Fuji Five Lakes, the area is a popular resort, with many lakeside hotels, windsurfing facilities, camp sites, and excursion boats. Japanese white crucian carp and ''wakasagi'' were introduced to the lake in the Meiji period, and sports fishing is also popular. Lake Kawaguchi is the most popular of the Fuji Fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NHK Kawaguchi Transmitter
The NHK Kawaguchi Transmitter was a medium-wave broadcasting station at Kawaguchi, Saitama, Japan, which was built in 1937. It used for transmissions on 590 kHz with a power of 150 kW, a T-antenna, which was spun between two 312.78-metre-tall guyed masts, which were 463 m apart and which were both insulated against ground. The masts of NHK Kawaguchi Transmitter were until erection of Tokyo Tower the tallest towers of Japan and belonged at time of completion to the tallest man-made structures of the world. The antenna was built as T-antenna and not as mast radiator, as the technology of building tall mast radiators insulated against ground was not very well developed in Japan at the time. After the completion of Shobu-Kuki tower, a 240-meter-tall mast radiator in Saitama Prefecture, NHK Kawaguchi Transmitter went out of service in 1982. In 1984 the towers were dismantled with a crane. In the neighbourhood of the masts, in the 1970s a 110-metre-tall mast radiator ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kawaguchi Route (Shuto Expressway)
The , signed as Route S1, is one of the routes of the Shuto Expressway system serving the Greater Tokyo Area. The route is a long radial highway running north from Adachi, Tokyo to Kawaguchi, Saitama. It primarily connects central Tokyo to the Tōhoku Expressway and points further north such as Sendai and Aomori. Route description The speed limit is 60 km/h for the first of the route between Kōhoku Junction and the Kaga exit and entrance. From the Kaga exit and entrance north to Kawaguchi Junction the speed limit is 80 km/h. History The Kawaguchi Route was opened on 9 September 1987 alongside a section of the Central Circular Route. Upon opening, the expressway formed the first of many links between the expressways of northern Honshu to the expressways of the rest of the island and Kyushu is the third-largest island of Japan's five main islands and the most southerly of the four largest islands ( i.e. excluding Okinawa). In the past, it has been known as , ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kawaguchi Station
is a passenger railway station located in the city of Kawaguchi, Saitama, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). Lines Kawaguchi Station is served by the Keihin-Tōhoku Line, from in Saitama Prefecture to in Kanagawa Prefecture. It is located 14.5 kilometers from Ōmiya and 15.8 kilometers from . Station layout The station has one island platform, serving two tracks, with an elevated station building. It has a ''Midori no Madoguchi'' staffed ticket office and also a View Plaza travel agency. Platforms History The station opened on 10 September 1910. Passenger statistics In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 84,197 passengers daily (boarding passengers only). The daily average passenger figures (boarding passengers only) in previous years are as shown below. Surrounding area East side * Kawaguchi City Office * Kawaguchi Shrine * Kawaguchi Municipal Medical Center * Kawaguchi Motogō Station ( Saitama Rapid Railway Line) * * * Ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nishi-Kawaguchi Station
is a passenger railway station located] in the city of Kawaguchi, Saitama, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). Lines Nishi-Kawaguchi Station is served by the Keihin-Tōhoku Line linking Saitama Prefecture with central Tokyo and Kanagawa Prefecture, and is located 17.8 kilometers from Tokyo Station. Layout The station has one island platform serving two tracks, with an elevated station building. The station is staffed. Platforms History The station opened on 1 September 1954. With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East. Passenger statistics In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 59,062 passengers daily (boarding passengers only). Surrounding area *Kawaguchi City Industrial Culture Center *Kawaguchi City High School *Bunan Junior and Senior High School *Saitama Prefectural Kawaguchi Technical High School See also *List of railway stations in Japan The links below contain all o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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