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Katori Sea The refers to the vanished inland sea formerly located in the eastern part of the ancient Kantō Plain connected to the Pacific Ocean, between the prefectures of Ibaraki Prefecture, Ibaraki and Chiba Prefecture, Chiba in Japan. Inland sea In t ...

, was an inland sea in Japan *

Katori, Chiba is a city located in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 74,469 in 31,113 households and a population density of 280 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . Katori Shrine is in the city of Katori, as i ...

, a city in Japan *

Katori District, Chiba is a district located in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. The district dates back to the Taika Reform in the 7th century, and Katori District remained part of Shimōsa Province until the establishment of Chiba Prefecture. Historically Katori District occu ...

Katori Shrine The is a Shintō shrine in the city of Katori in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. It is the '' ichinomiya'' of former Shimōsa Province, and is the head shrine of the approximately 400 Katori shrines around the country (located primarily in the Kantō ...

Katori Station a junction passenger railway station in the city of Katori, Chiba Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). Lines Katori Station is served by the Narita Line, and is located 43.6 kilometers from the terminus of line at Sakur ...

, junction passenger railway station

People

Katori Masaru , also known by her pen name , is a writer, manga artist and former women's professional shogi player who won several women's professional titles during her career. She has written two novel series, ''Tondemo Police'' and ''Kiss Dakeja Iya'', a ...

, author *

Hidetoshi Katori is a Japanese physicist and professor at the University of Tokyo best known for having invented the magic wavelength technique for ultra precise optical lattice atomic clocks. Since 2011, Katori is also Chief Scientist at the Quantum Metrolog ...

, physicist *

Shingo Katori is a Japanese actor, singer, television host, and radio personality. He was the youngest member of SMAP, one of the best-selling boy band, boy bands in Asia. Early life Katori was born in Yokohama, Kanagawa and moved to Tokyo to pursue his car ...

, actor, singer, member of the Japanese idol group SMAP

Ships

Japanese ship Katori At least three warships of Japan have borne the name ''Katori'': * , a of the Imperial Japanese Navy launched in 1905 and decommissioned in 1923 * , a of the Imperial Japanese Navy launched in 1939 and sunk in 1944 * , a training vessel of the Ja ...

*, a battleship launched in 1905 and scrapped in 1924 *, an ocean liner and troop ship completed in 1913 and sunk in 1941 *''Katori Maru'', a cargo ship launched in 1938 and sunk in 1945 *, a cruiser launched in 1939 and sunk in 1944 *, a training ship commissioned in 1969 and withdrawn in 1998

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Tenshin Shōden Katori Shintō-ryū Written as 天眞正傳香取神道流 before adoption (1946) of Tōyō kanji. is one of the oldest extant Japanese martial arts and an exemplar of ''bujutsu''. It was founded by Iizasa Ienao, who lived near Katori Shrine (Sawara, Chiba, Sawara ...

, a Japanese martial art named after the Katori Shrine

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