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Meraas is a private company in Dubai with many businesses in the United Arab Emirates. In 2020, it was supposed to become part of Dubai Holding.

History 
Meraas started in 2007 and has worked on many projects in different areas like real estate, shopping, hotels, food, fun, and healthcare. Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum is the leader of the group.

The company has made and managed many buildings in Dubai. Some of these are Port de La Mer, Central Park at City Walk, Cherrywoods, Bluewaters Residences, Bvlgari Residences, Nikki Beach Residences, and Villa Amalfi.

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N7 Real Estate is a big real estate company in Dubai, Melbourne, and Pakistan.

Overview 
N7 Real Estate began in 2011 when CEO Adil Safdar started the first branch in Australia. It was the best real estate company in Dubai in 2019. In 2021, the company opened new branches in Australia and Islamabad, Pakistan. N7 Real Estate helps people in Pakistan with social projects, like giving food to Muslims who are fasting during Ramazan. The company works with such Dubai developers like DAMAC Properties, Emaar, and Nshama. Australian cricket player Brett Lee is one of the investors in N7 Real Estate.

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A One Day International (ODI) is an international cricket match between two representative teams. This is a list of cricketers from the United States that joined ODI matches.

Key

Player list
Statistics are correct as of 4 April 2023.

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Ping Identity is an American software company that provides identity management and access control solutions for web identities, allowing users to access applications with a single set of credentials. The company has offices in various locations worldwide and offers products such as PingID, PingFederate, and PingOne. Ping Identity has received funding from various investors and was acquired by Thoma Bravo in 2022.

History 
Ping Identity founded in 2002 by Andre Durand and Bryan Field-Elliot, in Denver, Colorado.

Ping Identity has received a number of rounds of funding, beginning with a Series A on April 16, 2004. 

Ping Identity was listed on the New York Stock Exchange with 12,500,000 shares of common stock at $15.00 per share. It has received $35 million on September 18, 2014, $44 million from DFJ Growth and W Capital Partners on July 16, 2013, as well as $21 million  on June 21, 2011, and $13 million from Appian Ventures.
In August 2022, Thoma Bravo bought Ping Identity for $2.8 billion in an all-cash transaction.

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Kiteworks is an American technology company based in San Mateo, California that provides secure content communication solutions for email, file transfer, web forms, and application programming interfaces.

History 
The company was founded in 1999 in Singapore as Accellion, initially focused on distributed file storage and later shifted focus on secure file transmission. 

In 2016, Accellion started to create integrations with major cybersecurity independent software vendors (ISVs).

In 2020, Accellion was rebranded as Kiteworks. The Kiteworks Private Content Network is a consolidated platform for file and email data communications, designed to reduce data privacy exposure risk and demonstrate compliance with regulations. In late 2020, a zero-day exploit on a legacy product led to data breaches of dozens of government and private organizations in multiple countries. The company's products are used by over 3,800 organizations worldwide.
In January 2022, Kiteworks acquired totemo, an email encryption gateway provider based in Zurich, Switzerland.

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1999 establishments in the United States
Far Beyond Driven is Pantera's seventh album and was released on 22 March, 1994. It went to number 1 in Australia and the United States. It went Platinum in Australia, Canada and the United States.

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Caspio is an American software company headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, with offices in Ukraine, Poland, and the Philippines. Caspio was founded by Frank Zamani in 2000. The company focuses on  database-centric web applications.

History 
Caspio was founded by Frank Zamani in 2000. The company initially focused on simplifying custom cloud applications and reducing development time and cost as compared to traditional software development.

Caspio released the first version of its platform, Caspio Bridge, in 2001. In 2014, Caspio released a HIPAA-Compliant Edition of its low-code application development platform.

Caspio also released an EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Compliance Edition of its low-code application development platform in 2016. Caspio also opened data centers in Montreal, Canada and India in 2020.

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File sharing
CloudMe is a file storage service that allows users to store, share, and access their files from different devices. It offers a blue folder that appears on all devices with the same content, and all files are synchronized between devices. It provides encrypted SSL connection with SSL Extended Validation Certificate. It has client software for different platforms including Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS, Google TV, Samsung Smart TV, WD TV, Windows Storage Server for NAS and web browsers.

History 
CloudMe was founded by Daniel Arthursson in 2012 and is mainly owned by Xcerion. 

It received several awards including the Red Herring Top 100 Global, AlwaysON Global 250 award, White Bull 2012 Yearling Award and the White Bull 2014 Longhorn Award. Previously known as iCloud.com, the service changed its name after Apple acquired the domain and trademark.
The former iCloud.com service was split into two companies and services, CloudMe for file sync and storage, and CloudTop as the virtual cloud desktop that included file storage.

Features 
CloudMe features a Cloud storage and sync solution that allows the users to store, access and share their content, both with each other and with people outside the service. Sharing can be done by email, text messaging, Facebook and Google. Files can be stored in a blue folder, which is synchronized to all connected computers and devices.

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Confucian Shinto is a Japanese religious tradition. It started in Japan during a time called the Edo period. This was from 1603 to 1868. It mixes parts of Confucianism and Shinto. Confucianism is a Chinese way of thinking and acting. Shinto is the original religion of Japan. Some people also call Confucian Shinto "Neo-Confucian Shinto". This is because it uses parts of Confucian teachings in Shinto beliefs and ways.
There are groups today linked with Confucian Shinto. These groups are Shinto Taiseikyo, Shinto Shusei,  and . Suika Shinto was a known school of Confucian Shinto but no longer exists, it was founded by Yamazaki Ansai.

History 
Confucian Shinto started in the 17th century. This is when Japanese people started to read Chinese Confucian books. They put Confucian ideas into their understanding of Shinto. A big name in this was Yamazaki Ansai. He lived from 1618 to 1682. He made a mix of Confucianism and Shinto. This mix focused on good behavior and respect for parents.
A student of Ansai, Kaibara Ekken, further developed these ideas. Ekken lived from 1630 to 1714. He wrote many important books on Confucian Shinto. One of these books is called the "Greater Learning for Women." Ekken's books stressed the need for education and becoming good. He said Confucian ethics should be part of daily life.

In the 18th and 19th centuries, Confucian Shinto became more liked by the samurai class. They thought it helped them balance their duty to the emperor with their Confucian ideas. These ideas were about loyalty, honor, and being right. Regular people also liked Confucian Shinto. They were drawn to its focus on family values and everyday ethics. A thought by Wang Yangming was very important to Confucian Shinto. This thought was about the unity of knowledge and action.
Influence and Legacy 
Confucian Shinto had a significant impact on Japanese society during the Edo period and beyond. It helped to shape the moral values and social norms of the samurai class, and played a role in the development of modern Japanese nationalism.

Confucian Shinto also had an influence on the Meiji Restoration of 1868, which marked the end of the Edo period and the beginning of modern Japan. The leaders of the restoration sought to revive traditional Japanese values and culture, and saw Confucian Shinto as a way to do so. They promoted the idea of kokutai, or the "national essence", which was based on the Confucian notion of the ruler-subject relationship and the Shinto idea of the emperor as a divine being. Fukko Shinto which was also quite significant developed in reaction to Confucian Shinto, and it was the predecessor to State Shinto.
Modern groups 
In Sect Shinto, Shinto Taiseikyo and Shinto Shusei are groups with Confucian influence.  also carries on this legacy. But it is not a member of the Sect Shinto association.

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Doda may refer to:

 Doda, Jammu and Kashmir, a town in India
 Doda district, in Jammu and Kashmir, India
 Doda (singer) (Dorota Rabczewska-Stępień, born 1984), Polish musician
Steve Thomas Lacy-Moya (born May 23, 1998) is an American singer, songwriter, guitar player, and music producer. He became popular for being the guitar player for the Internet, an alternative R&B band. In 2017, he started making music by himself. He released an extended play (EP) named Steve Lacy's Demo. After this, he worked with other music makers, such as Kendrick Lamar, Solange, Frank Ocean, Calvin Harris, and Tyler, the Creator.

His first studio album was released in 2019. It is named Apollo XXI. It was nominated for a Grammy Award. It went onto the Billboard 200 music chart. His second studio album is named Gemini Rights. It was released in 2022. The album had a single named "Bad Habit". It was Lacy's first single to go to the number one spot on the Billboard Hot 100. The song was very popular on social media websites, such as TikTok. He won a Grammy Award for the album.

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The Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp are a Minor League Baseball team from Jacksonville, Florida. They play baseball at the Triple-A (AAA) level, the most difficult level before Major League Baseball, against other baseball teams in the International League (a group of 20 baseball teams at the same level). The Jumbo Shrimp are partnered with the Miami Marlins, a Major League Baseball team. When a player shows that he plays well at this level, he may be moved up to play for the Marlins.

The team started playing baseball in 1962 as the Jacksonville Suns. They did not play in 1969, but they did play from 1970 to 1984. The team changed their name to the Jacksonville Expos in 1985. They changed it back to Suns in 1991. In 2017, they changed their name to "Jumbo Shrimp" because lots of shrimp are caught in the area.

The Jumbo Shrimp have played at a stadium called 121 Financial Ballpark since 2003. Before that, they played at Sam W. Wolfson Baseball Park.

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Jean-Luc Raharimanana is a writer from Madagascar. He wrote his first book in his native country, but he was unable to publish it because of the political situation. He went to France to study ethnolinguistics at the University of Paris and the Institut National des langues et civilisations orientales following his graduation from the University of Antananarivo in 1989, due to a stipendium he received from the RFI.

After completing his studies in France, Raharimanana went on to work as a journalist and French teacher.

In his works, Raharimanana often describes the situation of poverty and corruption and the history in his homeland in a violent and lyrical style. Several of his screenplays have been adapted for theatre and he is the subject of the 2004 documentary Gouttes d’encre sur l’île rouge.

Raharimanana's works have been translated into German, English, Italian, and Spanish.

Raharimanana currently lives in Paris.

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Beothuk is a Canadian First Nation group in Newfoundland. It was the first and only First Nation group to be extinct.

First Nations
Mechinagar (Nepali: मेचीनगर) is a municipality in Jhapa District, Koshi Province, Nepal and is the main entry point from India on Nepal's eastern border. Nepal's custom office is in Kakarvitta (Nepali: काँकडभिट्टा), a section of the municipality. The city is almost 475 km south east of the capital city Kathmandu and 115 km east of the state capital of Province One Biratnagar.

Related pages 
 Biratnagar
 Jhapa District

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The green-back tree frog (Zhangixalus dorsoviridis) is a frog.  It lives in China and Vietnam.

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Denny's whipping frog, Denny's gliding tree frog, Denny's large tree frog, large tree frog or Blanford's whipping frog (Zhangixalus dennysi) is a frog.  It lives in China, Vietnam, Laos, and Myanmar.  People have seen it between 200 and 1500 meters above sea level.

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The Tree That Owns Itself is a white oak tree in Athens, Georgia that is said to own itself and the land within eight feet of it. Legend says that a man named William Henry Jackson deeded the tree the ownership of itself and its surrounding land in the early 19th century. The original tree fell in 1942, but a new one was grown from one of its acorns and planted in the same location. Although the deed is lost or never existed, the local government recognizes the tree as owning itself, and it is maintained as a public street tree. The story of the tree is well-known, but there is no legal basis for the ownership claim.

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Yeson Entertainment (alternatively spelled Yaeson) is a Seoul based South Korean animation studio founded in 1993.

Compare Hanho Heung-Up, Saerom, Rough Draft Studios, and AKOM, other South Korean animation studios.

Shows worked on by Yeson Entertainment:
Allen Gregory
 The Awesomes ("No Mo' Sumo" only; the other episodes were done in-house)
 Baby Looney Tunes
 Baby Looney Tunes: An Eggs-traordinary Adventure (with Yearim Productions, opening titles by Wang Film Productions)
 Bob's Burgers (starting in season 2)
 Brickleberry (two episodes: "Ranger Games", "Scared Straight")
 Caillou (Seasons two and three)
 Cartoon Cartoon short: "Major Flake"
 ChalkZone (Season four only with Wang Film Productions and Toonzone Entertainment)
 Class of 3000 (11 episodes) 
 Clifford's Puppy Days (season 1 with Sunwoo Entertainment; season 2 solo)
 Dilbert (11 episodes)  (Rough Draft Studios and AKOM did other episodes)
 Duck Dodgers (14 episodes) ; Big Star and Yearim Productions worked on others.
 Ed, Edd n Eddy
 The Fairly OddParents! (seasons 1-10a) 
 Family Guy (seasons 2-6) (30 episodes)
 Fat Albert (Animation cleanup services)
 The Goode Family (8 episodes)
 Beavis and Butt-Head (seasons 13-14) (33 episodes)
 Harvey Beaks
 Jumanji (15 episodes)
King of the Hill (starting in the third season) (100 episodes)
 Maya & Miguel (alternating with Starburst Animation)
 The Mighty B! (22 shorts)
 Oh Yeah! Cartoons (among other companies)
 Pig Goat Banana Cricket (21 episodes)
 Random! Cartoons
 The Ren & Stimpy Show (seasons 4 and 5) (Ink and paint)
 Sammy (alternating with Rough Draft Studios)
 Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?
 T.U.F.F. Puppy
1992 establishments in Asia
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The Canal du Midi  is one of the oldest canals of Europe still open. It is 240 km (150 miles) long, going from Toulouse, where it meets the Canal de Garonne, to the Mediterranean where it joins the Étang de Thau, a large lake.  It was built from 1666 to 1681, during the reign of Louis XIV.   It joins the Mediterranean and the Atlantic ocean.  Many earlier plans had been made, but were not built because of the difficulty of getting water to supply the highest level. A reservoir was built with a large dam at Bassin de Saint-Ferréol.  The dam is 780 metres (2,560 feet) long, with a maximum height of 32 metres (105 ft), and a base thickness of more than 140 m (450 ft).  It was the largest work of civil engineering in Europe and only the second major dam to be built in Europe. Nearly 12,000 people worked to build it.
It was built  with oval shaped locks 30.5 m (100 ft) long, 6 m (20 ft) wide at the gates and 11 m (36 ft) wide in the middle.  There are six aqueducts. There was a flight of 8 staircase locks (now only 6)  at Fonseranes near Béziers.

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is a Japanese custom of clapping done to celebrate things It is sometimes done at the end of business deals

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The Mittelland Canal is a major canal in central Germany. It is the main east-west inland waterway. It also links France, Switzerland and the Benelux countries with Poland, the Czech Republic and the Baltic Sea. At 325.7 kilometres (202.4 miles) it is the longest artificial waterway in Germany.  It goes from the Dortmund-Ems Canal to the Elbe River near Magdeburg, where it joins the Elbe-Havel Canal.  

Building was started in 1906, and the final section to Magdeburg was opened in 1938.

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The Dortmund–Ems Canal is a 269-kilometre (167 mile) long canal in Germany between the inland port of the city of Dortmund (51°31′30″N 7°26′40″E) and the seaport of Emden. It was opened in 1899 to reduce demand on the railway network, which could not cope with the transport of products from the Ruhr area.   It was bombed in World War II.

There is a long-distance cycling route next to the canal.

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are purification buildings in Shinto shrines. They provide water for a purification ceremony called temizu or . They contain a water filled object called .

The water sometimes comes from wells and sometimes from tap water.

Related pages 
 Ritual purification
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 , and links therein

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Penglai () is a place Chinese mythology. In Japanese mythology it is called Hōrai.

Since before the Qin dynasty people said that immortals live there. 

In the story of Urashima Tarō Mount Penglai is linked with Tokoyo. In the original Chinese text, Mount Penglai is called Horai, but it's also noted that it should be pronounced as Tokoyo-no-kuni.

Related pages 

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 Avalon
 Dilmun

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The Crinan Canal between Crinan and Ardrishaig in Argyll and Bute is operated by Scottish Canals. It opened in 1801 and is about nine miles (14 km) long.  It connects the village of Ardrishaig on Loch Gilp with the Sound of Jura. This makes a short cut between the River Clyde and the Inner Hebrides, avoiding the Mull of Kintyre.

Queen Victoria travelled along the canal to Crinan during a holiday in the Scottish Highlands in 1847. She was greeted at Ardrishaig and her boat was towed by four horses, two of which were ridden by servants in royal livery. At Crinan she boarded the royal yacht Victoria and Albert. Her journey made the canal a tourist attraction.

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was a Japanese castle from the Heian period. It was used until 1602. It was built in Sano, Tochigi Prefecture. The site was made a National Historic Site in 2014.  is now located on its grounds.

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 Sano city Official site 
 JCaste
 Karasawayama Jinja home page 

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The Union Canal, full name the Edinburgh and Glasgow Union Canal, is a canal in Scotland. It goes from Falkirk to Edinburgh.  It was made to bring minerals, especially coal, to Edinburgh. It was opened in 1822 and was successful, but the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway, which opened in 1842 took the trade. It declined and was closed to commercial traffic in 1933. It was officially closed in 1965.    

It  was reopened in 2001 and reconnected to the Forth and Clyde Canal in 2002 by the Falkirk Wheel. It is now in popular use for pleasure boats.

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Sukunabikona is the Shinto kami of hot springs, agriculture, healing, magic, brewing sake and knowledge. His name means "the small lord of renown." He is often described as being a dwarf and is often paired with Ōkuninushi.

The asteroid 10725 Sukunabikona derives its name from him.

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Kunitama is a concept in Shinto. It refers to a personification of a Province of Japan.

Related pages 

 landlord god
 
 Ujigami

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A  in Japanese architecture is the road approaching either a Shinto shrine or a Buddhist temple. Roads to shinto shrines have torii gates.  Roads to Buddhist temples have sanmon gates. The word  can refer a literal road or a metaphorical path of life. Sando sometimes have stone lanterns on their course, or pass through chinju no Mori.

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 Shendao, a decorated road to a grave of an emperor or another dignitary in China
 Glossary of Shinto

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The  is an ancient Japanese burial mound. It is located in Ōagata Shrine in the city of Inuyama, Aichi in the Tōkai region of Japan. In 1983 the Japanese government declared it a National Historic Site of Japan. It is the second biggest kofun in Aichi Prefecture after the Danpusan Kofun in Nagoya.

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 Aichi Prefecture Cultural Properties
 Inuyama tourist information site
 Inuyama City official site
 Oagata Jinja home page

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The Mōri clan was a group of Japanese samurai that originated from Ōe no Hiromoto, who was a descendant of the Fujiwara clan. One of their most famous members, Mōri Motonari, greatly increased the clan's influence in Aki Province. During the Edo period, Motonari's descendants became daimyō (feudal lords) of the Chōshū Domain under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate. However, after the Meiji Restoration, which abolished the han system and daimyō, the Mōri clan became part of the new nobility.

Related pages 

 Ōe no Hiromoto
 Sagami Province
 Aki Province
 Hiroshima Domain
 Hiroshima Castle
 Chōshū Domain
 Ōuchi clan
 Amago clan
 Kobayakawa clan
 Kikkawa clan
 Hayashi Narinaga

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was a town in, Nagano Prefecture, Japan.

In 2003 31,980 people lived in it. 219.91 people lived in it per km². The town is 145.42 km².

Hotaka, Akashina, Toyoshina, Horigane, and Misato merged to form the city of Azumino on October 1, 2005.

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Hoori (also known as Hikohohodemi no Mikoto or Yamasachi-hiko) is a character in Japanese mythology. He is the third and youngest son of Ninigi-no-Mikoto and , the blossom princess. Hoori is considered an ancestor of the Emperors of Japan and the grandfather of Emperor Jimmu.

Mythology 
Hoori's story is told in ancient Japanese texts called the Kojiki and the Nihon Shoki. Hoori was a hunter who had an argument with his older brother Hoderi, a fisherman, over a fish-hook that Hoori had borrowed but lost. Hoderi insisted that Hoori return the exact same fish-hook, as each tool was believed to have its own unique spirit. To find the lost hook, Hoori went to the bottom of the sea where he met Toyotama-hime, the daughter of the sea god Ryūjin. With the sea god's help, Hoori found Hoderi's lost hook and eventually married Toyotama-hime.
Hoori and his wife lived in a palace beneath the sea for three years, but Hoori began to feel homesick and wanted to return to his own country. His brother forgave him after he returned the lost hook, and Toyotama-hime gave birth to their son, Ugayafukiaezu. However, during Toyotama-hime's childbirth, she made Hoori promise not to peek at her true form. But Hoori broke his promise and saw that she was actually a dragon, specifically a wani. Toyotama-hime was embarrassed and returned to her father, never to return. Ugayafukiaezu married Toyotama-hime's sister, Tamayori-hime, who raised him, and she gave birth to Emperor Jimmu, the first Emperor of Japan. Hoori ruled over Takachiho in Hyūga Province for 560 years.
Hoori is often linked to his parents and wife in Japanese mythology. He is primarily revered as a deity associated with cereals or grains. In Japanese mythology, it was believed that the "ho" part of his name meant fire, but it actually refers to crops, specifically rice, represented by a different character pronounced "ho" (穂). "Ori" (折り, to bend) signifies a bountiful crop that bends under its own weight. Another name for Hoori, Hohodemi, means "many harvests."

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 Hoderi and Hoori from Myths and Legends of Japan by F. Hadland Davis. 

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 is a kami in Japanese mythology and the father of Japan's first Emperor, Emperor Jimmu.

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is a goddess in Japanese mythology. There are stories about her in Kojiki and Nihon Shoki. She is the daughter of the sea deity, Watatsumi, and the wife of Hoori. She is the paternal grandmother of Emperor Jimmu, the first emperor of Japan.

Toyotama, also known as Toyotamahime or Toyotama-hime, married Prince Hoori. However, she returned to the sea when he broke his vow not to spy on her while she was going through childbirth. The child she gave birth to was named Ugayafukiaezu.

In popular culture 

 Throughout Japanese media, human-dragon hybrids (former on their mother's side as the case with Toyotama) are commonplace, notably in video games such as Popolocrois, Fire Emblem and Breath of Fire.
 In the Japanese anime Sekirei, there is a Sekirei named Toyotama that fights using a traditional wooden staff.

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Ikukunitama Shrine (生國魂神社, Ikukunitama jinja) is a Shinto shrine located in Tennōji-ku, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. It holds a big festival on September 9. It it used to be a first rank shrine (官幣大社, kanpei taisha) in the Modern system of ranked Shinto Shrines.

Other websites 

 Official website
 Osaka's Ikukunitama Shrine set to revive ritual for first time in 70 years

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Beppyo shrines
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Ōtoshi, also known as Ōtoshi-no-kami or Nigihayahi-no-mikoto, is a deity in the Shinto religion of Japan. Often referred to as Toshigami or Ōtoshi-no-kami, this god is associated with the passage of time and is often considered as the "Year God" or the "Great-Year God" due to their connection with the changing of years in Japanese traditions.

Ōtoshi is believed to be the son of the deities Susanoo and Kamu'ō-ichi-hime. He is the older brother of Inari.

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 Seven Lucky Gods

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The Harvest Festival, known as Hōnensai in Japan, is a fertility festival that takes place annually on March 15th. The word "Hōnen" means "prosperous year" in Japanese, signifying a plentiful harvest, and "matsuri" refers to a festival or celebration. The Hōnen festival and ceremony are held to express gratitude for a bountiful harvest and to celebrate prosperity and fertility in various forms.
The venerated Shinto deities in this context are Mitoshi (御歳神, Mitoshi-no-kami) and Tamahime (玉姫命, Tamahime-no-mikoto). Mitoshi is the son of Toshigami (年神) or locally known as Ōtoshi (大歳神, Ōtoshi-no-kami), a male Shinto deity, and the grandson of Susanoo, another Shinto deity. Tamahime is a princess and the daughter of Ō'arata (大荒田命, Ō'arata-no-Mikoto), the matriarch of the Owari clan (尾張氏), and her husband Take'inadane (健稲種命, Take'inadane-no-mikoto), who had two sons and four daughters. After her husband's death, she returned to his hometown Arata (situated close to Komaki) and, with the help of her father Ō'arata, encouraged cultivation and achieved his accomplishments in his honor.
The most well-known of these festivals occurs in the town of Komaki, located just north of Nagoya City in Japan. The festival is characterized by Shinto priests playing musical instruments, a parade of participants dressed in ceremonial attire, free-flowing sake (Japanese rice wine) for all to enjoy, and a prominent wooden phallus as a symbol of fertility.

The festival involves carrying a large wooden phallus called "youbutsu" or "ō-owase-gata," which weighs 280 kg (620 pounds) and measures 2.5 meters (96 inches) in length. The phallus is made of Japanese cypress and is estimated to be 200-250 years old. It is carried from a shrine called Shinmei Sha in Komaki on a large hill during even-numbered years, or from Kumano-sha Shrine during odd-numbered years, to a shrine called Tagata Jinja in Komaki, Tagata, Aichi Prefecture.
The festival begins with celebrations and preparations at 10:00 a.m. at Tagata Jinja, where various types of food and souvenirs, often in the shape of phallus or related themes, are sold. Free sake is also distributed from large wooden barrels. Around 2:00 p.m., everyone gathers at Shinmei Sha to start the procession. Shinto priests perform prayers and blessings for the participants, mikoshi (portable shrines), and the large wooden phallus, which will be carried along the parade route.

As the procession reaches Tagata Jinja, the wooden phallus in its mikoshi is spun vigorously before being set down, and additional prayers are offered. Afterwards, everyone gathers in the square outside Tagata Jinja and eagerly awaits the mochi nage, a highlight of the festival. During the mochi nage, officials throw small rice cakes down from raised platforms, showering the crowd with these treats. The festival typically concludes around 4:30 p.m.

Related pages
Related pages 

 Kanamara Matsuri
 Phallic processions
 Tagata-jinja-mae Station

References 

 Tagata Shrine Honen Festival 田縣神社 豊年祭 (contains photos showing many of the events described above)
 Japan: Nothing says springtime like a penis festival (Global Post, March 16, 2010)

Other websites 

 http://www.tagatajinja.com/index.html (Japanese; official homepage of Tagata-Jinja)
 Yamasa Institute Tagata Jinja - Hounen Matsuri site (English) 
 http://farstrider.net/Japan/Festivals/HounenMatsuri/
 Phallus photos and bits of info
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is a district located in Shimane Prefecture, Japan.

As of 2003, the estimated population of Oki district is 24,500, with a population density of 70.79 people per square kilometer. The total area of the district is 346.10 square kilometers.

The Oki District includes the Oki Islands, which were known as Oki Province in the past.

Towns and villages 

 Ama (Nakanoshima Island)
 Chibu (Chiburijima Island)
 Nishinoshima (Nishinoshima Island)
 Okinoshima (Dōgo Island) - formed from the merger of Fuse, Goka, Saigō and Tsuma on October 1, 2004

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Munakata Taisha is a group of three Shinto shrines located in Munakata, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. It is considered the head shrine among approximately 6,000 Munakata shrines throughout the country. While the name Munakata Taisha refers to all three shrines - Hetsu-gū, Nakatsu-gū, and Okitsu-gū - it is commonly used to specifically refer to Hetsu-gū. As mentioned in Japan's second oldest book, Nihon Shoki, the shrines are dedicated to the three Munakata goddesses known as Munakata-sanjojin.

These deities, known as Munakata-sanjojin, are believed to be either daughters of the goddess Amaterasu, who is considered the ancestress of the imperial family, or daughters of Susanoo, who has been worshipped at Munakata Taisha as the god of mariners for many years. Over time, Susanoo has also come to be revered as the god of traffic safety on land.
Munakata Taisha is also home to many Japanese treasures. Hetsu-gū's honden (main shrine) and haiden (main prayer hall) are both designated Important Cultural Properties and the precincts are a Historic Site

Munakata Taisha is not only a place of worship, but also home to many precious Japanese treasures. The honden (main shrine) and haiden (main prayer hall) of Hetsu-gū are designated as Important Cultural Properties, and the entire precincts are recognized as a Historic Site. In addition, the shrine's treasure hall called Shinpō-kan, located at the southwest corner of Hetsu-gū's grounds, holds numerous valuable relics, including six National Treasures of Japan. The Shinpō-kan houses over 120,000 artifacts that were excavated on Okinoshima, an island associated with Munakata Taisha..

Three shrines
Three shrines 

All three shrines of Munakata Taisha are located in Fukuoka Prefecture, but they are situated on separate islands. The main shrine, Hetsu-gū, is located on the mainland of Kyūshū. Nakatsu-gū is situated at the base of Mt. Mitake on the island of Ōshima, which is off the west coast of Kyūshū. The last shrine, Okitsu-gū, is located on the island of Okinoshima, which is situated in the middle of the Genkai Sea. The entire island of Okinoshima is considered sacred, and as a result, women are not allowed to set foot on the island. Men must also perform a purification ceremony before landing on Okinoshima according to the shrine's customs..

In 2009, the three shrines of Munakata Taisha were submitted for potential inclusion on the UNESCO World Heritage List as part of a serial nomination called "Okinoshima Island and Related Sites in Munakata Region.".

In July, 2017 Japan's Okinoshima Island gained UNESCO World Heritage Status.

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Related pages 

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 List of Shinto shrines
 List of National Treasures of Japan (archaeological materials)
 World Heritage Sites in Japan

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Tokugawa Mitsukuni, also known as Mito Kōmon, was a Japanese daimyo. He was important in the politics of the early Edo period. He was born on 11 July 1628. He was the third son of Tokugawa Yorifusa, who was the eleventh son of Tokugawa Ieyasu. Mitsukuni succeeded his father and became the second daimyo of the Mito Domain. He was known for his influence and involvement in politics during his time.

References

Sources
Sources 

 Brownlee, John S. (1997) Japanese Historians and the National Myths, 1600–1945: The Age of the Gods and Emperor Jimmu. Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press. ISBN 0-7748-0644-3  Tokyo: University of Tokyo Press. ISBN 4-13-027031-1
 Brownlee, John S.  (1991). Political Thought in Japanese Historical Writing: From Kojiki (712) to Tokushi Yoron (1712). Waterloo, Ontario: Wilfrid Laurier University Press. ISBN 0-88920-997-9
 Iwao, Seiichi, Teizō Iyanaga, Susumu Ishii, Shōichirō Yoshida et al. (2002). Dictionnaire historique du Japon (Vol. I), (Vol. II). Paris: Maisonneuve & Larose. ISBN 978-2-7068-1632-1; OCLC 51096469
 Ponsonby-Fane, Richard Arthur Brabazon. (1962).  Sovereign and Subject. Kyoto: Ponsonby Memorial Society. OCLC 1014075

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"Suburbia" is a 1986 song by Pet Shop Boys and is the fourth single from their debut studio album Please. It went to number 1 in Belgium, number 2 in Germany and Spain, number 3 in Ireland, the Netherlands and Switzerland, number 5 in New Zealand, number 6 in Sweden, number 8 in the United Kingdom, number 9 in Australia, number 13 in Finland and number 70 in the United States.

Track listings
7-inch: Parlophone / R 6140 (UK)
 "Suburbia" – 4:06
 "Paninaro" – 4:37

2×7-inch: Parlophone / RD 6140 (UK)
 "Suburbia" – 4:05
 "Paninaro" – 4:37
 "Love Comes Quickly" [Shep Pettibone Mastermix] (Early Fade) – 6:12
 "Jack the Lad" – 4:30
 "Suburbia Pt. Two" – 2:20

MC: Parlophone / TC R 6140 (UK)
 "Suburbia" – 4:06
 "Paninaro" – 4:37
 "Jack the Lad" – 4:30
 "Love Comes Quickly" [Shep Pettibone Mastermix] – 7:34

MC: Parlophone / TR 6140 (UK)
 "Suburbia" (The Full Horror) – 8:55
 "Paninaro" – 4:37
 "Jack the Lad" – 4:30
 "Love Comes Quickly" [Shep Pettibone Mastermix] (Even Earlier Fade) – 5:31
12-inch: Parlophone / 12 R 6140 (UK)
 "Suburbia" (The Full Horror) – 8:55
 "Paninaro" – 4:37
 "Jack the Lad" – 4:30

12-inch: EMI America / V-19226 (US)
 "Suburbia" (The Full Horror) – 8:55
 "Suburbia" (7-inch version) – 4:06
 "Jack the Lad" – 4:30

 "Suburbia" (New version, The Full Horror and Part Two remixed by Julian Mendelsohn)

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. is a company in Japan. It runs streetcars and buses in and around Hiroshima Prefecture, and is commonly referred to as "Hiroden" for short.

The company has a diverse collection of trams from various parts of Japan and Europe, which has earned it the nickname "The Moving Streetcar Museum".

From January 2008 the company has accepted PASPY, a smart card ticket system.

This is the longest tram network in Japan, with .

On 6 August 1945, Hiroshima was devastated by the atomic bombing during World War II. The bombing resulted in the deaths of 185 employees of the local tramway company and caused damage or destruction to 108 out of its 123 trams. However, within just three days, the tramway system resumed operations. Remarkably, three trams that survived or were rebuilt after the bombing are still in operation even 75 years later..

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Futodama () is a god in Japanese mythology who is believed to be the ancestor of the Inbe clan. The characteristics of Futodama are believed to reflect the functions of the clan as court ritualists..

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Wakoku was the name used by early China and its neighboring states to refer to what is now known as Japan. There are different ideas about how much power the early kings of Japan had. 

According to ancient Chinese books like the Book of Sui and the History of the Northern Dynasties, the borders of Japan were described as being five months from east to west and three months from north to south. 

The Wajin, who were people from Japan, were mentioned in historical documents like the Book of Han and the Geographical Survey of Japan, dating back to around the 2nd century BC. 

In the late 7th century, the Yamato kingdom, which was also known as Yamato, changed its external name to Japan, but its relation to Japan mentioned in the Book of the Later Han is not clear. There are differences in the descriptions found in the Old Book of Tang and the New Book of Tang.

See also 

 Wa (Japan)
 Wajin
 Yamato Kingship
 Goguryeo–Wa War
 Yayoi period
 Kofun period
 Yamatai
 Five kings of Wa
 Al-Wakwak
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The Wajinden is one of the earliest historical accounts of Japan. It refers to passages found in the 30th volume of the Chinese history book Records of the Three Kingdoms. These passages describe the Wa people, who would later be known as the Japanese people, and provide information about their customs, geography, and other aspects of their lives. The Records of the Three Kingdoms was written by Chen Shou during the Western Jin Dynasty at the end of the 3rd century, between the years 280 and 297, which was the year of Chen Shou's death..

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 Ikikoku
 Ito
 Toyo (Japan)
 Tsushima Province
 Nakoku
 Himiko
 Civil War of Wa

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is the name of a group of three Shinto gods Sokotsutsu no O no Mikoto (底筒男命), Nakatsutsu no O no Mikoto (中筒男命), and Uwatsutsu no O no Mikoto (表筒男命). The Sumiyoshi sanjin are worshipped for help with sea and sailing. They are sometimes called the .

Sumiyoshi taisha has four buildings for four kami— the three Sumiyoshi brothers and Empress Jingū.

References

Sources 

 Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). Japan encyclopedia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. ; OCLC 58053128

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The paper mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera, also known as Morus papyrifera L.) is a type of flowering plant that belongs to the Moraceae family. It is originally from Asia, including countries such as Taiwan, China, Japan, Korea, Southeast Asia, Myanmar, and India. It is also cultivated in many other regions and has been introduced as a species in parts of Europe, the United States, and Africa. It is sometimes referred to as the "tapa cloth tree".

People in Asia and some Pacific Islands have been cultivating this plant for many centuries for food, fiber, and medicine.

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Kamigyō-ku (上京区) is one of the eleven wards in the city of Kyoto, in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. It is located in the center of modern-day Kyoto and was previously part of the northern region of the ancient capital of Kyoto. The Kamo River flows along its eastern border. In the past, this area was known for its royal and upper-class residences in the old capital of Kyoto.

Kamigyō-ku is known for being home to several notable landmarks and cultural institutions, including the Kyoto Imperial Palace, the Kitano Tenmangu Shinto shrine, the Seimei shrine, nishijin-ori textiles, and the headquarters of the Omotesenke and Urasenke schools of Japanese tea ceremony.

As of 2020, the population of Kamigyō-ku was 83,832 people.

The Masugata Shōtengai Shopping District is a location featured in the 2013 anime series "Tamako Market", which was produced by Kyoto Animation.

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 Kamigyo Ward mascot character, Kamigyukun
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Kyoto
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Lespedeza is a genus of about 40 species of flowering plants in the pea family (Fabaceae), 

They are commonly known as bush clovers or (particularly East Asian species) Japanese clovers (hagi). 

Nashinoki Shrine hosts an annual  festival.

References

Sources 

 International Legume Database & Information Service (ILDIS) (2005): Genus Lespedeza. Version 10.01, November 2005. Retrieved 2011-FEB-18.
 Morimoto, Hiroshi & Matsumoto, Norichika (1966). Über Alkaloide, VI. Inhaltsstoffe Lespedeza bicolor var. japonica, II. ["Alkaloid contents of L. bicolor var. japonica II."] J. Liebigs Ann. Chem. 682(1): 212–218 [in German]. 
 Morimoto, Hiroshi & Oshio, Haruji (1965). Über Alkaloide, V. Inhaltsstoffe von Lespedeza bicolor var. japonica, I. Über Lespedamin, ein neues Alkaloid. ["Alkaloid contents of L. bicolor var. japonica I. On Lespedamin, a novel alkaloid."] J. Liebigs Ann. Chem. 682(1): 212–218 [in German].

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 Sericea in conservation farming, a freely readable informational booklet scan hosted by the University of North Texas Digital Library
 Lespedeza bicolor at the National Resources Conservation Service. Contains information, images, and a map of its North American distribution.

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Imamiya Ebisu Shrine, also known as Imamiya Ebisu jinja, is a Shinto shrine located in Naniwa-ku, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. According to legend, it was established during the reign of Empress Suiko in 600. The shrine's annual festival is held from January 9 to 11. The kami (deities) enshrined at Imamiya Ebisu Shrine include Amaterasu, Kotoshironushi (also known as Ebisu), Susanoo-no-Mikoto, Tsukuyomi-no-Mikoto, and Wakahiru-me.

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 List of Shinto shrines in Japan

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, also known as Aoshima Shrine, is a Shinto shrine located on Aoshima Island in Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan. It is dedicated to the deities Hikohohodemi, Toyotama-hime, and Shiozuchi-no-ōkami.
Son-sha
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Miyazaki Prefecture
is a Shinto shrine in Suginami, Tokyo, Japan. It is a Hachiman shrine, that worships Hachiman. It was built in 1063. Its main festival is held annually on September 15. Emperors are also worshipped here. Emperor Ōjin, Empress Jingū and Emperor Chūai  are worshipped here too.

Related pages 

 Hachiman shrine
 Ōmiya Hachiman Shrine (Hyōgo)

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Itsukushima Shrine (Japanese: Itsukushima-jinja) is a Shinto shrine in Kyoto Gyoen National Garden, Kyoto, Japan.

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Takahashi Inari Shrine (高橋稲荷神社, Takahashi inari jinja) is a Shinto shrine that worships the kami Inari. It is in Kumamoto. Its main festival is held annually on November 8. It was built in 1496.

It is an unranked shrine in the Modern system of ranked Shinto shrines.

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Shirakumo Shrine is a Shinto shrine in Kyoto Gyoen National Garden, in Kyoto, Japan.

It is an unranked shrine

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 List of Shinto shrines in Kyoto

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Chernobog ( "Black God") and Belobog ( "White God")  are alleged Polabian deities, with Chernobog meaning "Black God" and Belobog meaning "White God". Chernobog is mentioned in Helmold's Chronicle as a god of misfortune worshipped by the Wagri and Obodrites, while Belobog is not mentioned and is believed to have been reconstructed in opposition to Chernobog. Both gods also appear in later sources, but their authenticity is debated among scholars. Some researchers consider them as authentic deities associated with good and evil, while others believe they may be pseudo-deities. Chernobog and Belobog originally referred to "bad fate" and "good fate" and later became associated with the Christian Devil and God.

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 Veles
 Other pseudodeities
 Chislobog

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