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Saitama City Hall. Saitama (さいたま市, Saitama-shi, pronounced) is the capital and largest city of Saitama Prefecture, Japan.Its area incorporates the former cities of Urawa, Ōmiya, Yono and Iwatsuki.
Name Date Remarks Ref. New Year's Day (元日, Ganjitsu): January 1 This national holiday was established in 1948, as a day to celebrate the new year. New Year's Day marks the beginning of Japan's most important holiday season, the New Year season (正月, Shōgatsu), which generally refers to the first one, three or seven days of the year.
Tokyo was originally known as Edo (), a kanji compound of 江 (e, "cove, inlet") and 戸 (to, "entrance, gate, door"). [25] The name, which can be translated as "estuary", is a reference to the original settlement's location at the meeting of the Sumida River and Tokyo Bay.
Gogadzuka Kofun Aerial view of Itami city center Konoike inari shihi Arioka Castle ruins. Itami (伊丹市, Itami-shi) is a city located in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan.As of 1 November 2022, the city had an estimated population of 197,215 in 83,580 households and a population density of 7,900/km 2 (20,000/sq mi). [3]
Montage photo of the criminal released by the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department. The 300 million yen robbery (三億円事件, San Oku En Jiken), also known as the 300 million yen affair or 300 million yen incident, was an armed robbery that took place in Tokyo, Japan, on December 10, 1968.
Sumbawa Besar is a town on the Indonesian island of Sumbawa, and is the second-biggest settlement on the island after Bima.It is the administrative capital of the Sumbawa Regency within the province of West Nusa Tenggara, and has a population of 56,337 inhabitants as of the 2010 census [2] and 62,753 at the 2020 Census; [3] the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 63,362.
Semarang old town (Kota Lama), which is sometimes referred to by locals as "Little Netherlands." It was established in the 18th century when Indonesia was a Dutch colony. There are more than 50 well-maintained colonial buildings in Kota Lama, displaying 18th, 19th, and 20th century European-influenced architecture. [45]
The Battle of Semarang (Indonesian: Pertempuran Semarang), in Indonesia also known as Pertempuran Lima Hari (Five Days' Battle) [8] was a clash between Japanese forces of the Sixteenth Army and Indonesian forces consisting of People's Security Agency personnel and pemuda in October 1945 at the city of Semarang, Central Java.