Unzen-Amakusa National Park — Infobox protected area | name = Unzen Amakusa National Park iucn category = II caption = locator x = locator y = location = Kyūshū, Japan nearest city = lat degrees = lat minutes = lat seconds = lat direction = long degrees = long minutes = long… … Wikipedia
List of islands of Japan — The four main islands of Japan are:*Hokkaidō *Honshū *Kyūshū *ShikokuOkinawa is the fifth largest island except the disputed northern territories, and is the smallest island which has a prefectural capital. List of smaller islands of Japan… … Wikipedia
Shimabara Rebellion — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Shimabara Rebellion partof=the early Edo period caption=Ruins of Hara Castle date=Late 1637 Early 1638 place=Shimabara Peninsula, Japan casus=Peasants and masterless samurai rebelling against overtaxation and… … Wikipedia
Principal national parks of the world — ▪ Table Principal national parks of the world Africa Europe and Russia Asia North America and the Caribbean Australia and Oceania South America Africa country national park date area description protected status national park status square miles… … Universalium
Japanese cruiser Nagara — nihongo| Nagara |長良 軽巡洋艦|Nagara keijunyōkan was the lead ship of her class of light cruiser in the Imperial Japanese Navy. She was named after the Nagara River in the Chūbu region of Japan.BackgroundThe Nagara was the first vessel completed in… … Wikipedia
Hirohito — / Emperor Shōwa 裕仁 / 昭和天皇 Emperor of Japan Reign 25 December 1926 – 7 January 1989 ( 1000000000000006200000062 years, 10000000000 … Wikipedia
Ariake Sea — The nihongo|Ariake Sea|有明海|Ariake kai is a body of salt water surrounded by Fukuoka, Saga, Nagasaki, and Kumamoto Prefectures, all of which lie on the island of Kyūshū in Japan. It is the largest bay in Kyūshū. Its deepest point is only about 50… … Wikipedia
Prostitution in Japan — has a long and varied history. While the Anti Prostitution Law of 1956 made organized prostitution illegal, various loopholes, liberal interpretations of the law and loose enforcement have allowed the sex industry to prosper and earn an estimated … Wikipedia
Crypto-Christianity — commonly refers to the secret practice of the Christian religion, usually while attempting to camouflage it as another faith or observing the rituals of another religion publicly. In places and time periods where Christians were persecuted or… … Wikipedia
Shimabara Peninsula — (島原半島) is east of Nagasaki City, Nagasaki Prefecture, Kyūshū, Japan. On its north eastern tip stands Shimabara City. It was also the site of the Shimabara Rebellion. This 1637 1638 peasant revolt that occurred there and on the Amakusa islands was … Wikipedia
