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Okuike
Okuike (:ja:奥池, 奥池)（おくいけ）is a small lake with an adjoining reservoir lake called the "Okuyama Chosuichi". It is surrounded by a high-class residential area and is located in Ashiya, Hyōgo, Ashiya, a city in the Hyogo Prefecture of Japan. It is close to the major cities of Kobe and Osaka, and is part of the Kansai region. Okuike is located on a height of approximately 500–600 meters above sea level on the Southern aspect, and is located towards the Eastern part of Mount Rokkō (六甲山, Rokkō-san). The "village" of Okuike is home to around 730 properties and is often referred to as the "Beverly Hills of Japan". It is said to have an excellent natural landscape in its residential areas due to regulations such as Japan's "Mansion Ordinance" and the Natural Parks Act. Due to these, buildings can only be constructed on existing plots of land and no subdivisions can occur. The altitude of Okuike allows it to have far reaching views, sometimes of 100 kilometer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Okuike Lake
Okuike ( 奥池)（おくいけ）is a small lake with an adjoining reservoir lake called the "Okuyama Chosuichi". It is surrounded by a high-class residential area and is located in Ashiya, a city in the Hyogo Prefecture of Japan. It is close to the major cities of Kobe and Osaka, and is part of the Kansai region. Okuike is located on a height of approximately 500–600 meters above sea level on the Southern aspect, and is located towards the Eastern part of Mount Rokkō (六甲山, Rokkō-san). The "village" of Okuike is home to around 730 properties and is often referred to as the "Beverly Hills of Japan". It is said to have an excellent natural landscape in its residential areas due to regulations such as Japan's "Mansion Ordinance" and the Natural Parks Act. Due to these, buildings can only be constructed on existing plots of land and no subdivisions can occur. The altitude of Okuike allows it to have far reaching views, sometimes of 100 kilometers (or more) across Osaka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashiya, Hyōgo
270px, Ashiya City Hall 270px, Tanizaki Junichiro Memorial Museum 270px, Ashiya seen from Ashiya Station is a city in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 92,976 in 43,229 households and a population density of 5,000 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . It has a reputation as a high-end residential area. Geography Ashiya is located between Kobe and Nishinomiya, and is the second smallest municipality in Hyōgo Prefecture. The ground gentle slopes from the Rokko Mountains in the north to Osaka Bay in the south. Neighboring municipalities Hyōgo Prefecture * Higashinada-ku, Kobe * Nishinomiya Climate Ashiya has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen ''Cfa'') characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light snowfall. The average annual temperature in Ashiya is 14.6 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1,578 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around , and lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Rokkō
is the name of a range of mountains in southeastern Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. Outline There is no single mountain or peak called "Rokkō," although the highest peak of the mountains is called , (literally, ''the highest peak of the Rokkō Mountains'') and the area to the south is known as the Rokkō area. The mountains run approximately east-west from Sumaura Kōen, Sumaura Kōen Park in western Kobe to Takarazuka, Hyōgo, Takarazuka, and the length of the range is about . The highest point is . It also includes Mount Maya, Mount Kabutoyama, Mount Iwahara and Mount Iwakura. Today, the Rokkō mountain area is a centerpiece of a popular sightseeing and hiking area for people in the metropolitan Kansai region. Mt. Rokkō is a symbol of Kobe as well as Osaka. History Arthur Hasketh Groom opened the first golf course in Japan, Kobe Golf Club, on Mount Rokko in 1903. Mount Rokkō was the first place to introduce rock climbing to the Japanese by Kuzou Fujiki who established th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japanese Boar
The Japanese boar (''Sus scrofa leucomystax''), also known as the white-moustached pig,von Siebold, P. F. (1842), Fauna japonica sive Descriptio animalium qu, in itinere per japoniam suspecto annis 1823-1830', Volume 1, Müller, pp. 57-58 , or ,Garis, Frederic de & Sakai, Atsuharu (2013), ''We Japanese'', Routledge, p. 106, is a subspecies of wild boar native to all of Japan, apart from Hokkaido and the Ryukyu Islands. Taxonomy It is a small, almost maneless, yellowish-brown subspecies Groves, C. (2008). ''Current views on the taxonomy and zoogeography of the genus Sus.'' pp. 15–29 ''in'' Albarella, U., Dobney, K, Ervynck, A. & Rowley-Conwy, P. Eds. (2008). ''Pigs and Humans: 10,000 Years of Interaction''. Oxford University Press. with distinctive white whiskers extending from the corners of the mouth to the cheeks. Predators In many areas of Japan, humans are the only predator for wild boars. The Japanese black bear is usually herbivorous, but they can eat livestock. The om ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kuromatsu
''Pinus thunbergii'' (syn: ''Pinus thunbergiana''), the black pine, Japanese black pine, or Japanese pine, is a pine tree native to coastal areas of Japan (Kyūshū, Shikoku and Honshū) and South Korea. It is called () in Korean, () in Chinese, and () in Japanese. Description Black pines can reach the height of , but rarely achieves this size outside its natural range. The needles are in fascicles of two with a white sheath at the base, long. Female cones are in length, scaled, with small points on the tips of the scales, taking two years to mature. Male cones are long borne in clumps of 12–20 on the tips of the spring growth. The bark is gray on young trees and small branches, changing to black and plated on larger branches and the trunk; becoming quite thick on older trunks. It is a widely adapted plant with attractive dark green foliage. Ecology In North America this tree is subject to widespread mortality by the native American pinewood nematode, ''Bursaphelenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hydrangea Macrophylla
''Hydrangea macrophylla'' is a species of flowering plant in the family (biology), family Hydrangeaceae, native plant, native and endemism, endemic to Japan. It is a deciduous shrub growing to tall by or more broad with large heads of pink or blue flowers in summer and autumn. It is currently treated as monotypic, with no subspecies or varieties. Common names include bigleaf hydrangea, and, for particular cultivar groups, the names lacecap hydrangea, mophead hydrangea, and hortensia. It is widely cultivated in many parts of the world in many climates. It is not to be confused with ''Hydrangea aspera, H. aspera'' 'Macrophylla'. Distribution and habitat ''Hydrangea macrophylla'' is endemic to Japan, where it occurs in coastal habitats from Honshu southwards. Natural wild plants, formerly sometimes distinguished as ''H. macrophylla'' var. ''normalis'' E.H.Wilson, have "lacecap" structure flowerheads, with a few large sterile showy bract-like flowers that act as targets for polli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Honshu
, historically known as , is the largest of the four main islands of Japan. It lies between the Pacific Ocean (east) and the Sea of Japan (west). It is the list of islands by area, seventh-largest island in the world, and the list of islands by population, second-most populous after the list of islands of Indonesia, Indonesian island of Java. Honshu had a population of 104 million , constituting 81.3% of the entire population of Japan, and mostly concentrated in the coastal areas and plains. Approximately 30% of the total population resides in the Greater Tokyo Area on the Kantō Plain. As the historical center of Japanese cultural and political power, the island includes several past Japanese capitals, including Kyoto, Kyōto, Nara (city), Nara, and Kamakura. Much of the island's southern shore forms part of the Taiheiyō Belt, a megalopolis that spans several of the Japanese islands. Honshu also contains Japan's highest mountain, Mount Fuji, and its largest lake, Lake Biwa. Mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wakayama Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Wakayama Prefecture has a population of 876,030 () and a geographic area of . Wakayama Prefecture borders Osaka Prefecture to the north, and Mie Prefecture and Nara Prefecture to the northeast. Wakayama is the capital and largest city of Wakayama Prefecture, with other major cities including Tanabe, Hashimoto, and Kinokawa. Wakayama Prefecture is located on the southwestern coast of the Kii Peninsula on the Kii Channel, connecting the Pacific Ocean and Seto Inland Sea, across from Tokushima Prefecture on the island of Shikoku. History Present-day Wakayama is mostly the western part of the province of Kii. 1953 flood disaster On July 17–18, 1953, a torrential heavy rain occurred, followed by collapse of levees, river flooding and landslides in a wide area. Many bridges and houses were destroyed. According to an officially confirmed report by the Government of Japan, 1,015 people died, with 5,709 i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nara Prefecture
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Nara Prefecture has a population of 1,321,805 and has a geographic area of . Nara Prefecture borders Kyoto Prefecture to the north, Osaka Prefecture to the northwest, Wakayama Prefecture to the southwest, and Mie Prefecture to the east. Nara (city), Nara is the capital and largest city of Nara Prefecture, with other major cities including Kashihara, Nara, Kashihara, Ikoma, Nara, Ikoma, and Yamatokōriyama. Nara Prefecture is located in the center of the Kii Peninsula on Japan's Pacific Ocean coast, and is one of only eight landlocked prefectures. Nara Prefecture has the distinction of having more UNESCO World Heritage listings than any other prefecture in Japan. History The Nara Prefecture region is considered one of the oldest regions in Japan, having been in existence for thousands of years, and is widely viewed as the Japanese cradle of civilization. Like Kyoto, Nara was one of Imperial ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
