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  2. Kyushu - Wikipedia

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    Historically some Kyushu-based sports team has competed in the top Japanese division of baseball, football (soccer), basketball or even rugby union. Currently the major teams competing in Kyushu's major cities include: Fukushima: Avispa Fukuoka, Giravanz Kitakyushu, Fukuoka J. Anclas (football); Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (baseball, SKIL)

  3. List of Japanese prefectural name etymologies - Wikipedia

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    According to the document, in the first century, Emperor Keikō visited Kyushu, and saw the very first rice crop in Japan, exclaiming 'This is a vast land, indeed. It shall be known as Okita-Kuni (碩田国)!', meaning "Land of the Great Fields", later came to be written as "Ōita" (大分)→ big section.

  4. Kumamoto Prefecture - Wikipedia

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    Kumamoto Prefecture (熊本県, Kumamoto-ken) is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyūshū. [2] Kumamoto Prefecture has a population of 1,748,134 (as of 1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of 7,409 square kilometres (2,861 sq mi).

  5. Tonkotsu ramen - Wikipedia

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    Tonkotsu ramen (豚骨ラーメン) is a ramen dish that originated in Kurume, [1] < [2] [3] Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan, and is a specialty dish on the island of Kyushu.. The broth for tonkotsu ramen is based on pork bones, which is what the word tonkotsu (豚骨/とんこつ) means in Japanese.

  6. Mainland Japan - Wikipedia

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    In Japanese law, the meaning of hondo is used to make a distinction between the "main islands" of Hokkaidō, Honshū, Shikoku, and Kyūshū and "outlying islands" referred to as ritō. [ 3 ] The term "main islands" (本島 hontō ) is used for Hokkaido , Honshu , Kyushu , Shikoku and Okinawa .

  7. Ōita dialect - Wikipedia

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    Ōita dialect, or Ōita-ben, is a dialect of Japanese spoken in Ōita Prefecture in Kyushu, Japan.Even within the prefecture, regional differences are still prevalent; for example, vocabulary within the Hita and Nakatsu regions tends to differ from that used in other regions of Ōita.

  8. Kumamoto - Wikipedia

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    Kumamoto (熊本市, Kumamoto-shi) is the capital city of Kumamoto Prefecture on the island of Kyushu, Japan.As of June 1, 2019, the city has an estimated population of 738,907 and a population density of 1,893 people per km 2.

  9. Nagasaki - Wikipedia

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    Nagasaki (Japanese: 長崎, Hepburn: Nagasaki) (IPA: [naɡaꜜsaki] ⓘ; lit. "Long Cape"), officially known as Nagasaki City (長崎市, Nagasaki-shi), is the capital and the largest city of the Nagasaki Prefecture on the island of Kyushu in Japan.