Japan history
Tokugawa Period
1603 - 1868
Beijing
China's massive capital,
Meiji Period
Oct 23, 1868 - Jul 30, 1912
Okinawa
Okinawa Island is the largest of the Okinawa Islands
Nagasaki
a Japanese city on the northwest coast of the island of Kyushu
Sendai
a city in Japan's Tohoku Region, northeast of Tokyo on Honshu island
Shimonoseki
a city located in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. It is at the southwestern tip of Honshu, facing the Tsushima Strait and also Kitakyushu
Kobe
a city on Osaka Bay in central Japan.
Vladivostok
a major Pacific port city in Russia
Seoul
capital of south korea
Sapporo
capital of the mountainous northern Japanese island of Hokkaido
Osaka
city in the Kansai region of Japan. It is the capital city of Osaka Prefecture
Niigata
is the capital and the most populous city of Niigata Prefecture
Yokohama
is the capital city of Kanagawa Prefecture. It lies on Tokyo Bay, south of Tokyo, in the Kantō region of the main island of Honshu.
Kurile Islands
islands just north of japan
Hiroshima
modern city on Japan's Honshu Island
Kyoto
once the capital of Japan, is a city on the island of Honshu
Kyushu
southwesternmost of Japan's main islands
Inland Sea
the body of water separating three of the main islands of Japan
Pyongyang
the capital and largest city of north korea
Aomori
the capital city of Aomori Prefecture, in the northern Tōhoku region of northern Japan
Fukuoka
the capital city of Fukuoka Prefecture, situated on the northern shore of the Japanese island of Kyushu
Kagoshima
the capital city of Kagoshima Prefecture at the south western tip of the island of Kyushu in Japan
Kochi
the capital city of Kōchi Prefecture located on the island of Shikoku
Okayama
the capital city of Okayama Prefecture in the Chūgoku region of Japan
Naha
the capital city of Okinawa Prefecture
Harbin
the capital of Heilongjiang, China's northernmost province.
Heisei Period
the current era in Japan. The Heisei era started on 8 January 1989, the day after the death of the Emperor Hirohito. His son, the 125th Emperor Akihito, acceded to the throne
Hokkaido
the northernmost of Japan's main islands
Showa Period
the reign of the Shōwa Emperor, Hirohito, from December 25, 1926 until his death on January 7, 1989.
Shikoku
the smallest of Japan's major islands
Honshu
Japan's main island and home to most of the country's major cities and cultural sites
Taisho Period
July 30, 1912, to December 25, 1926, coinciding with the reign of the Emperor Taishō
Kitakyushu
Kitakyushu is one of two designated cities in Fukuoka Prefecture,
Nagoya
Nagoya, capital of Japan's Aichi Prefecture
