Iwakura may refer to:

Locations

Iwakura, Aichi is a Cities of Japan, city located in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 47,929 in 21,805 households, and a population density of 4,578 persons per km2. The total area of the city was . It is the city with the small ...

, a city in Aichi Prefecture, Japan * Mount Iwakura, a mountain in Takarazuka, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan

Objects

Iwakura rock refers to the belief in rocks as yorishiro containing kami in ancient Shinto. It also refers to the rock itself, which is the object of worship. Overview Nature worship, also known as spirit worship or animism, is a type of base faith that h ...

, a sacred rock believed to contain a Shinto kami

Dams

Iwakura Dam Iwakura Dam () is a dam in Urugi, Nagano Prefecture, Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and ext ...

, a dam in Urugi, Nagano Prefecture, Japan * Iwakura-ike Dam, a dam in Kochi Prefecture, Japan

People

Iwakura Tomomi was a Japanese statesman during the Bakumatsu and Meiji period. He was one of the leading figures of the Meiji Restoration, which saw Japan's transition from feudalism to modernism. Born to a noble family, he was adopted by the influential Iw ...

(1825–1883), Japanese politician * Kazuya Iwakura (born 1985) Japanese football player * Mitsue Iwakura (born 1984), Japanese footballer

Characters

Lain Iwakura ''Serial Experiments Lain'' is a Japanese anime television series created and co-produced by Yasuyuki Ueda, written by Chiaki J. Konaka and directed by Ryūtarō Nakamura. Animated by Triangle Staff and featuring original character design ...

, the protagonist of the anime television series ''Serial Experiments Lain'' *Mai Iwakura, the protagonist of the television series ''

Maiagare! is a Japanese television drama series and the 107th Asadora series, following '' Chimudondon''. It premiered on October 3, 2022, and concluded on March 31, 2023. Haruka Fukuhara was cast in the lead role of Mai Iwakura after an audition of 2545 ...

Other uses

Iwakura Mission The Iwakura Mission or Iwakura Embassy (, ''Iwakura Shisetsudan'') was a Japanese diplomatic voyage to Europe and the United States conducted between 1871 and 1873 by leading statesmen and scholars of the Meiji period. It was not the only such m ...