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  2. Miyagi (surname) - Wikipedia

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    Miyagi (written: 宮城 lit. "shrine fortress") is a Japanese surname. It can be read as Miyashiro, or Naagusuku in the Ryukyu Islands. Notable people with the surname include: Atsushi Miyagi (宮城 淳, born 1931), Japanese tennis player; Chōjun Miyagi (宮城 長順, 1888–1953), Okinawan martial artist; Kintaro Miyagi, Filipino footballer

  3. Mr. Miyagi - Wikipedia

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    Nariyoshi Miyagi, better known as Mr. Miyagi, is a fictional character and the overarching protagonist of Robert Mark Kamen's The Karate Kid franchise, appearing in The Karate Kid (1984), The Karate Kid Part II (1986), The Karate Kid Part III (1989), and The Next Karate Kid (1994). He was portrayed by Japanese-American actor Pat Morita.

  4. Prefectures of Japan - Wikipedia

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    The Japanese government translates Tōkyō-to (東京都, [toːkʲoꜜːto]) as "Tokyo Metropolis" in almost all cases, and the government is officially called the "Tokyo Metropolitan Government". Following the capitulation of the Tokugawa shogunate in 1868, Tōkyō-fu (an urban prefecture like Kyoto and Osaka) was set up and encompassed the ...

  5. Miyagi Prefecture - Wikipedia

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    Miyagi Prefecture (宮城県, Miyagi-ken) is a prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku region of Honshu. [2] Miyagi Prefecture has a population of 2,265,724 (1 August 2023) and has a geographic area of 7,282 km 2 (2,812 sq mi).

  6. Miyashiro (surname) - Wikipedia

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    Miyashiro (written: 都城, 宮代, 宮城) is a Japanese surname. 宮代 also be pronounced Miyadai. 宮城 also be pronounced Miyagi. In Okinawan language, 宮城 may be pronounced Naagusuku or Naagushiku. Notable people with the surname include: Akiho Miyashiro (都城 秋穂, 1920–2008), Japanese geologist

  7. List of Japanese prefectural name etymologies - Wikipedia

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    Miyagi: 宮城県: Miyagi-ken (宮城県) means "shrine castle". Taga Castle was a fort in Tōhoku established in the eighth century. The emperor's observation outpost called Miya-no-shiro became (宮城)→ palace castle. Site of Tagajō. Miyazaki: 宮崎県: Miyazaki-ken (宮崎県) - Emperor Jimmu's Miyazaki jinja was here (宮崎)→shrine ...

  8. Sendai - Wikipedia

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    Sendai (仙台市, Sendai-shi, ⓘ) is the capital city of Miyagi Prefecture and the largest city in the Tōhoku region.As of 1 August 2023, the city had a population of 1,098,335 in 539,698 households, [1] making it the twelfth most populated city in Japan.

  9. Miyabi - Wikipedia

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    In modern Japanese, the word is usually translated as "elegance," "refinement," or "courtliness" and sometimes to a "sweet loved one". The ideal posed by the word demanded the elimination of anything that was absurd or vulgar and the "polishing of manners, diction, and feelings to eliminate all roughness and crudity so as to achieve the highest ...