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16-1173: [REDACTED] Look up 朝日 in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Asahi (Japanese 朝日, 旭, or あさひ 'morning sun') may refer to: Places in Japan [ edit ] Cities [ edit ] Asahi, Chiba (旭市; Asahi-shi ) Wards [ edit ] Asahi-ku, Osaka (旭区; Asahi-ku ) Asahi-ku, Yokohama (旭; Asahi-ku ) Towns [ edit ] Asahi, Aichi (旭町; Asahi-chō ) Asahi, Fukui (朝日町; Asahi-chō ) Asahi, Hokkaido (朝日町; Asahi-chō ) Asahi, Mie (朝日町; Asahi-chō ) Asahi, Okayama (旭町; Asahi-chō ) Asahi, Shimane (旭町; Asahi-chō ) Asahi, Toyama (朝日町; Asahi-machi ) Asahi, Yamagata (Nishimurayama) (朝日町; Asahi-machi ) Villages [ edit ] Asahi, Gifu (朝日村; Asahi-mura ) Asahi, Ibaraki (旭村; Asahi-mura ) Asahi, Nagano (朝日村; Asahi-mura ) Asahi, Niigata (朝日村; Asahi-mura ) Asahi, Yamagata (Tagawa) (朝日村; Asahi-mura ) Asahi, Yamaguchi (旭村; Asahi-son ) Companies [ edit ] Asahi Breweries ,

32-405: A 1930s Japanese automobile Asahi (baseball team) , a Japanese-Canadian baseball team Asahi (motorcycle) , a Japanese motorcycle brand Asahi (train) , a Japanese train service name Japanese battleship Asahi Asahi Azumane (東峰 旭), a character from Haikyu!! with the position of wing spiker from Karasuno High Asahi Gakuen (あさひ学園) Los Angeles Japanese School Asahi Health ,

48-540: A Finnish health exercise Asahi Karuizawa, a character in the anime series Soaring Sky! Pretty Cure Asahi Linux , an initiative to port Linux to recent Apple devices Asahi River (旭川), a river in Okayama Prefecture, Japan Asahi University , a private university in Mizuho, Gifu Prefecture, Japan "Asahi", a song by Animals as Leaders from the album Parrhesia See also [ edit ] Asachi ,

64-452: A Japanese beverage company Asahi Soft Drinks , a subsidiary The Asahi Shimbun , a Japanese newspaper Asahi Production , a Japanese animation company TV Asahi , a Japanese television network Asahi Glass Company , a Japanese chemical products manufacturer Asahi Optical Corporation, now known as Pentax Corporation Asahi Kasei , a Japanese chemical products manufacturer Asahi Metal Industry Co. v. Superior Court ,

80-922: A U.S. Supreme Court case (1987) Asahi Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), a radio and television broadcaster in the Kansai region, Japan ASAHI Net , a major internet service provider based in Japan Asahi Motors , a Japanese bus company People [ edit ] Asahi Haga ( 芳賀 日陽 , born 2000) , Japanese footballer Asahi Inoue ( 井上 あさひ , born 1981) , Japanese announcer Asahi Uenaka ( 植中 朝日 , born 2001) , Japanese footballer Asahi Yada ( 矢田 旭 , born 1991) , Japanese footballer Kentaro Asahi ( 朝日 健太郎 , born 1975) , Japanese volleyball player Asahi Hamada ( 浜田 朝光 , born 2001) , Japanese singer, member of South Korean band Treasure Asahi (wrestler) (2002-2024), Japanese professional wrestler. Other uses [ edit ] Asahi (automobile) ,

96-788: A surname Hinode (disambiguation) , Japanese word for 'sunrise' Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Asahi . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Asahi&oldid=1243454935 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with given-name-holder lists Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists Japanese-language surnames Japanese masculine given names Masculine given names Hidden categories: Articles containing Japanese-language text Short description

112-680: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Asahi, Chiba The Chiba clan , or branches of it, ruled the Shimōsa region for about 400 years from the Kamakura period . During the Sengoku period , the Chiba clan gained the protection of such powerful clans as the Odawara Hōjō clan , allowing them to get a stronger foothold over the area. They lost control when

128-766: Is dominated by commercial fishing , agricultural and seasonal tourism to its beach resorts. Asahi City's agricultural output is ranked first in Chiba Prefecture and ninth in Japan. The city's location on the coast of the Bōsō Peninsula gives it easy access to abundant fishing grounds created by the intersection of the Japan Current and the Okhotsk Current. Iioka fishing port has the second highest volume of fish unloaded in Chiba Prefecture. Asahi has 15 public elementary schools and five public middle schools operated by

144-513: The Hōjō clan was overthrown in 1590 by Toyotomi Hideyoshi . After that, General Kiso Yoshimasa settled in the region. He restored the Ajito Castle, which was the inspiration for the name "Asahi." When poet Nonoguchi Takamasa visited the area in 1852, he wrote a poem about the general, from which the name "Asahi," which can mean "rising sun," was taken: "from Shinano / adoring the rising sun / he came to

160-452: The area. During this same time, while Iioka Sukegoro was helping to develop the fishing industry, fishermen from the Kansai region moved to the area to take advantage of the bountiful fishing grounds available. The town of Asahi was established with the creation of the modern municipalities system on April 1, 1889. It was raised to city status on July 1, 1954. On July 1, 2005, the city of Asahi,

176-791: The city government, and two public high schools operated by the Chiba Prefectural Board of Education. [REDACTED] JR East – Sōbu Main Line The Shiosai Limited Express service stops at Asahi and Iioka stations. Asahi City uses characters from Tetsuya Chiba 's manga works as official mascots, including Mukai Taiyo from "Ashita Tenki ni Naare" as the mascot of Asahi Park Golf Course. Framed art and messages from Tetsuya Chiba can be seen in many public buildings. Tetsuya Chiba lived in Asahi (then Iioka-machi) during his childhood. Asahi (automobile) The Asahi

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192-553: The eastern land / and there remains the evidence of his earthly life" In the Edo period , various agricultural changes in the region occurred. The first was the reclamation of the "Sea of Camellias", a vast lake, which was drained into the Pacific Ocean to create the fertile Higata Hachiman-goku. The second was spurred on by the arrival of agrarian scholar Ohara Yugaku in 1835 and other kokugaku scholars who helped to revive agriculture in

208-556: The northern part. Chiba Prefecture Asahi has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa ) characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Asahi is 15.0 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1559 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 25.8 °C, and lowest in January, at around 5.2 °C. Per Japanese census data,

224-521: The population of Asahi has remained relatively steady over the past 70 years. Asahi has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral city council of 20 members. Asahi contributes one member to the Chiba Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the city is part of Chiba 10th district of the lower house of the Diet of Japan . The local economy

240-424: The town of Hikata (from Katori District ), and the towns of Iioka and Unakami (both from Kaijo District ) merged on equal terms to form the new Asahi city. In March 2011, the city was greatly affected by 9.0 magnitude earthquake, tsunami , and subsequent nuclear disaster . Around 15 people were killed, 2,265 buildings were damaged, with 427 buildings destroyed, 716 people were left homeless, and heavy damage

256-574: Was done to the town's port and fishing boat fleet following the triple disaster. Asahi is located in far northeastern Chiba Prefecture, approximately 50 kilometers from the prefectural capital at Chiba and 80 to 90 kilometers from central Tokyo. Located at the northern end of the Kujukuri Plain, the southern part faces Kujukuri Beach and the Pacific Ocean , and the Shimōsa Plateau extends to

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