Hiroshima. Hiroshima (広島市, Hiroshima-shi?)
( listen ) is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture, and the largest city in the Chūgoku region of western Honshu, the largest island of Japan. It is best known as the first city in history to be targeted by a nuclear weapon when the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) dropped an atomic bomb on it at 8:15 a.m. on August 6, 1945, near the end of World War II.[1] The city's name, 広島, means "Wide Island" in Japanese. Hiroshima gained city status on April 1, 1889. On April 1, 1980, Hiroshima became a designated city.
History[edit] Sengoku period (1589–1871)[edit] Hiroshima was founded on the river delta coastline of the Seto Inland Sea in 1589 by the powerful warlord Mōri Terumoto, who made it his capital after leaving Kōriyama Castle in Aki Province.[2][3] Hiroshima Castle was quickly built, and in 1593 Terumoto moved in. Imperial period (1871–1939)[edit] Hiroshima Commercial Museum 1915. Osaka. Fukuoka. Fukuoka (福岡市, Fukuoka-shi?)
Is the capital city of Fukuoka Prefecture and is situated on the northern shore of the island of Kyushu in Japan. As of July 2011, Fukuoka is Japan's 6th largest city, having passed the population of Kyoto. This marks the first time that a city west of the Kinki region has a larger population than Kyoto since the founding of Kyoto in 794.
In ancient times, however, the area near Fukuoka, the Chikushi region, was thought[by whom?] To be perhaps even more influential than the Yamato region. Pre-history[edit] Exchanges from the continent and the Northern Kyushu area date as far back as Old Stone Age.[2] It has been thought that waves of immigrants or even royalty first arrived in Northern Kyushu from mainland Asia.[3] Several Kofun exist. History[edit] Fukuoka was sometimes called the Port of Dazaifu (大宰府, 15 km (9 mi) southeast from Fukuoka). Mongol invasions (1274–1281)[edit] Kublai sent another envoy to Japan in 1279. Kyoto. Kyoto (京都市, Kyōto-shi?)
(Japanese pronunciation: [kʲoːꜜto] ( )) historically known as Meaco is a city located in the central part of the island of Honshu, Japan. It has a population close to 1.5 million. Formerly the imperial capital of Japan for more than one thousand years, it is now the capital city of Kyoto Prefecture located in the Kansai region, as well as a major part of the Kyoto-Osaka-Kobe metropolitan area. Name[edit] 18th century map with the Japanese capital "Meaco" In Japanese, the city has been called Kyō (京), Miyako (都), or Kyō no Miyako (京の都). An obsolete spelling for the city's name is Kioto; it was formerly known to the West as Meaco (/miːækoʊ/; Japanese: 都; miyako, meaning "the seat of Imperial palace" or "capital".) History[edit] Daidairi and a panoramic view of Heian-kyō (restoration model) Sapporo. A view of the Sapporo city and Hokkaidō University Sapporo (札幌市, Sapporo-shi?)
Listen is the fourth-largest city in Japan by population, and the largest city on the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido. Located in Ishikari Subprefecture, it is the capital of Hokkaido Prefecture, and an ordinance-designated city of Japan. Sapporo is known outside Japan for having hosted the 1972 Winter Olympics, the first ever held in Asia, and for the city's annual Yuki Matsuri, internationally referred to as the Sapporo Snow Festival, which draws more than 2 million tourists from around the world.
The city is also home to Sapporo Brewery and the famous white chocolate biscuits called shiroi koibito (白い恋人? History[edit] Early history[edit] During 1870–1871, Kuroda Kiyotaka, vice-chairman of the Hokkaido Development Commission (Kaitaku-shi) approached the American government for assistance in developing the land. Edwin Dun (O-yatoi gaikokujin) came to Sapporo to establish sheep and cattle ranches in 1876. Tokyo. Tokyo (東京, Tōkyō?
, "Eastern Capital") (Japanese: [toːkʲoː], English /ˈtoʊki.oʊ/, listen ), officially Tokyo Metropolis (東京都, Tōkyō-to?)