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Oban (/ ˈ oʊ b ə n / ⓘ OH-bən; [3] Scottish Gaelic: An t-Òban [ən̪ˠ ˈt̪ɔːpan] meaning The Little Bay) is a resort town within the Argyll and Bute council area of Scotland. Despite its small size, it is the largest town between Helensburgh and Fort William .
The Ōban (大判) was the largest denomination, valued at 10 Ryōs.Here, a Keichō Ōban, minted from 1601. Maneki Neko, with Ōban attached to collar. An Ōban (大判) was a monetary ovoid gold plate, and the largest denomination of Tokugawa coinage.
Obon or just Bon is a fusion of the ancient Japanese belief in ancestral spirits and a Japanese Buddhist custom to honor the spirits of one's ancestors.This Buddhist custom has evolved into a family reunion holiday during which people return to ancestral family places and visit and clean their ancestors' graves when the spirits of ancestors are supposed to revisit the household altars.
Oban is the principal settlement on Stewart Island, the southernmost inhabited island of the New Zealand archipelago. Oban is centred on Halfmoon Bay (sometimes used as an alternative name for the town), and stretches over a peninsula to Paterson Inlet .
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McCaig's Tower [1] or McCaig's Folly [2] is a prominent tower on Battery Hill [3] overlooking the town of Oban in Argyll, Scotland. It is built of Bonawe granite taken from the quarries across Airds Bay, on Loch Etive, from Muckairn, with a circumference of about 200 metres (660 ft) with two-tiers of 94 lancet arches (44 on the bottom and 50 on ...
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Oban, New South Wales, a rural location within Armidale Regional Council area, Australia Oban River, in New South Wales, Australia; Oban, New Zealand, a settlement on Stewart Island; Oban, Outer Hebrides, a community on Harris, Scotland; Oban, Saskatchewan, an unincorporated area in Canada; Oban Hills, a range of hills in Nigeria