The Kii Peninsula (Japanese: 紀伊半島, Hepburn: Kii Hantō) is the largest peninsula on the island of Honshū in Japan.[1] It is named after the ancient Kii Province. The peninsula has long been a sacred place in Buddhism, Shinto, and Shugendo, and many people would visit from all over Japan as part of the Kumano religious practices.
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The KiiPeninsula (Japanese: 紀伊半島, Hepburn: Kii Hantō) is the largest peninsula on the island of Honshū in Japan. It is named after the ancient Kii Province...
Japan. Kii Ōshima, an island off Shiono Point, the tip of the KiiPeninsulaKii Station, a train station in Wakayama, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan Kii-Arita...
Kii bordered Ise, Izumi, Kawachi, Shima, and Yamato Provinces. The KiiPeninsula takes its name from this province. During the Edo period, the Kii branch...
The Kii Channel (紀伊水道, Kii-suidō), also called the Kii Strait, is a strait separating the Japanese island of Shikoku from the KiiPeninsula on the main...
Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range is a UNESCO World Heritage Site located on the KiiPeninsula in Japan. The locations and paths for...
and Yamatokōriyama. Nara Prefecture is located in the center of the KiiPeninsula on Japan's Pacific Ocean coast, and is one of only eight landlocked...
Kuwana.: 995 Mie Prefecture is located on the eastern coast of the KiiPeninsula, forming the western side of Ise Bay which features the mouths of the...
then through the Inland Sea from the Kii Channel and Naruto Strait to Shikoku along the Sadamisaki Peninsula and the Bungo Channel and Hōyo Strait to...
Wakayama Prefecture is located on the southwestern coast of the KiiPeninsula on the Kii Channel, connecting the Pacific Ocean and Seto Inland Sea, across...
south of Tokyo Bay to all around the Izu Peninsula, from the Izu Islands to the Bonin Islands, the KiiPeninsula, Cape Muroto and adjacent waters. In the...
KiiPeninsula in Japan between Mie Prefecture and Wakayama Prefecture. The name takes the kanji characters from the names of the old provinces of Kii...
usually included in the Chūgoku dialect. Dialects spoken in Southeastern KiiPeninsula including Totsukawa and Owase are also far different from other Kansai...
saira (さいら/サイラ) in Japanese. Saira is the fish's local name in the KiiPeninsula region of Japan. The kanji used in the Japanese name of the fish (秋刀魚)...
is located on the Kii Channel, connecting the Pacific Ocean and Seto Inland Sea, across from Wakayama Prefecture on the KiiPeninsula of the island of...
on the Sea of Japan coast and extends to the southeast towards the KiiPeninsula, covering territory of the former provinces of Yamashiro, Tamba, and...
and Hirakata. Osaka Prefecture is located on the western coast of the KiiPeninsula, forming the western is open to Osaka Bay. Osaka Prefecture is the third-most-populous...
the KiiPeninsula, only one of these genotypes was detected in deer living in Nara Park, which is not found in deer living in other areas of the Kii Peninsula...
confirmed) 1889 August Typhoon Typhoon, landslide, floods 21 Aug 1889 KiiPeninsula, Nara Prefecture, Wakayama Prefecture Many rivers flooded in Wakayama...
KiiPeninsula of Japan. It is included as part of the Kumano Sanzan in the UNESCO World Heritage site "Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain...
The Kumano River (熊野川, Kumanogawa) is a river in the KiiPeninsula of central Japan, located in Nara, Wakayama and Mie Prefectures. It is 183 kilometres...
59-foot solid-fueled rocket disintegrated shortly after liftoff from the Kiipeninsula in western Japan, leaving behind debris and a cloud of smoke; there...
north, the region is bordered by the Sea of Japan, to the south by the KiiPeninsula and the Pacific Ocean, and to the east by the Ibuki Mountains and Ise...
(熊野地方, Kumano chihō) is a region situated on the southern part of the KiiPeninsula in Japan, former Muro District. It includes parts of Mie Prefecture...
between 1,000 and 2,500 mm (40 and 100 in) except for the areas such as KiiPeninsula and Yakushima Island which is Japan's wettest place with the annual...
under Captain William Douglas—stopped for 11 days on Kii Ōshima island, south of the KiiPeninsula. Kendrick was the first known American to have visited...
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