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    Jōetsu (上越市, Jōetsu-shi) is a city located in Niigata Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 December 2020[update], the city had an estimated population of 189,430...
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  • Jōetsu (上越) may refer to: as Kami-Echigo (上越後): Jōetsu region, a geographical region in Niigata Prefecture Jōetsu, Niigata, a city in Niigata Prefecture...
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    the Jōetsu Shinkansen in 1982, the Joetsu Line had frequent service by express trains connecting Tokyo and Niigata. With the opening of the Jōetsu Shinkansen...
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    of Jōetsu or the historical Jōetsu region, which instead are served by the Hokuriku Shinkansen. The name instead originates from the parallel Jōetsu Line...
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  • Jōetsu region (上越地方, Jōetsu-chihō) is a geographical region within Niigata Prefecture, Japan. It includes of the cities of Jōetsu, Itoigawa and Myōkō...
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    Joetsu aquarium (上越市立水族博物館) is a Japanese Public Aquarium owned by Joetsu City and located in Gochi, Joetsu City, Niigata Prefecture, Japan. Its origins...
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    Toyama–Niigata–Aomori Toyama–Jōetsu-Myōkō exists as part of the Hokuriku Shinkansen, and Nagaoka–Niigata exists as part of the Jōetsu Shinkansen, with provisions...
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    Joetsu University of Education (上越教育大学, Jōetsu Kyōiku Daigaku) is a national university in Joetsu, Niigata, Japan, founded in 1978. Official website v...
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    Gakuen University JR East Jōetsu Shinkansen Hokuriku Shinkansen Shin'etsu Line Hakushin Line Yahiko Line Echigo Line Jōetsu Line Uetsu Line Ban'etsu West...
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    service resumed on all remaining parts of the Joetsu and Iiyama Lines reopened. On December 28, 2004, the Joetsu Shinkansen also reopened, the last to do so...
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    what is now the city of Jōetsu, but its exact location is now unknown. The temple of Gochikokubun-ji (五智国分寺), also in Jōetsu, claims to be the successor...
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    The Daishimizu Tunnel (大清水トンネル) is a railway tunnel on the Jōetsu Shinkansen on the border of Gunma Prefecture and Niigata Prefecture, Japan. In 1978,...
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    "Nīgata Jōetsu Sekikawa kawaguchi fukin no tsunami kyokuchi-teki ni sojōkō 6 m-yo ni tasshita ka" 新潟 上越 関川河口付近の津波 局地的に遡上高6m余に達したか [Niigata Joetsu Tsunami...
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    Doctor Yellow (Japanese: ドクターイエロー, Hepburn: Dokutā Ierō) is the nickname for the high-speed test trains that are used on the Tokaido Shinkansen and San'yō...
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  • Thumbnail for Jōetsu Thermal Power Station
    Jōetsu Thermal Power Station (上越火力発電所, Jōetsu Karyoku Hatsudensho) is an LNG-fired thermal power station operated by JERA in the city of Jōetsu, Niigata...
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  • Thumbnail for 200 Series Shinkansen
    November 2012, 10-car set K47 was used for a special Joetsu Shinkansen 30th Anniversary (上越新幹線開業30周年号」, Jōetsu Shinkansen Kaigyō 30-shūnen-gō) service, running...
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  • Thumbnail for Nakakubiki District, Niigata
    District. At the time of founding, the district covered most of the city of Jōetsu (excluding the sections of Yasuzuka, Utakawa, Ōshima and Maki from Higashikubiki...
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    - Jōetsu Line Tsukiyono Tunnel - Jōetsu Line 7.295 km Haruna Tunnel - Jōetsu Shinkansen Nakayama Tunnel - Jōetsu Shinkansen Shiozawa Tunnel - Jōetsu Shinkansen...
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    high-speed rail lines that link Tokyo and Northeastern cities of Japan (Joetsu Shinkansen, Tohoku/Hokkaido Shinkansen, Yamagata Shinkansen, Akita Shinkansen...
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    tried in court. Watanabe served at POW camps in Omori, Naoetsu (present-day Jōetsu), Niigata, Mitsushima (present-day Hiraoka) and at a civilian POW Camp in...
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    The Kenshin Festival 謙信公祭 (Kenshin Kousai) takes place every August in Jōetsu since 1926. The procession starts at Kasugayama Castle for the reenactment...
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    a special city Fuji City: a special city Matsumoto City: a special city Jōetsu City: a special city Numazu City: a special city Toyota City Toyohashi City...
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  • Thumbnail for Jōetsu International Skiing Ground Station
    Jōetsu International Skiing Ground Station (上越国際スキー場前駅, Jōetsu-Kokusai-Sukī-jō-mae-eki) is a railway station on the Joetsu Line in the city of Minamiuonuma...
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    government. The town no longer has a high school. – Jōetsu Shinkansen Echigo-Yuzawa - Gala Yuzawa JR East - Jōetsu Line Tsuchitaru - Echigo-Nakazato - Echigo-Yuzawa...
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    Hokuriku are: Niigata (designated city) Kanazawa, Toyama, Fukui (core cities) Jōetsu, Nagaoka (special cities) Of these, Niigata is the largest with a population...
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    Kasugayama Castle (category Jōetsu, Niigata)
    Japanese castle located in the Nakayashiki neighborhood of the city of Jōetsu, Niigata prefecture. It was the primary fortress of the warlord Uesugi Kenshin...
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    Niigata 0255 Iwafune District, Niigata 0235 Iwafune District, Niigata 0254 Jōetsu, Niigata 0255 Kamo, Niigata 0256 Kariwa District, Niigata 0257 Kariwa District...
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    into four types, with train names as listed below. Trains operate over the Joetsu and Tohoku Shinkansen tracks between Tokyo and Takasaki.   Kagayaki: Tokyo–Tsuruga...
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  • 000 Yurihonjo, Akita Tōhoku 1978 TDK SC 165 Takada Athletics Field 10,000 Joetsu, Niigata Chubu 166 Yokkaichi Athletics Stadium 10,000 Yokkaichi, Mie Kansai...
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  • Thumbnail for Class E926 Shinkansen
    trainset Operators JR East, JR Hokkaido Lines served Hokuriku Shinkansen, Jōetsu Shinkansen, Tōhoku Shinkansen, Hokkaido Shinkansen Specifications Train...
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