Asaka
Encyclopedia
Cities
- Asaka, SaitamaAsaka, Saitamais a city in Saitama Prefecture, Japan. It was named in 1932 after Prince Asaka who was an honorary chairman of the Tokyo Golf Club, which relocated to the area at that time. Asaka town became a city on March 15, 1967....
- Asaka, UzbekistanAsaka, UzbekistanAsaka is a city in Andijan Province, Uzbekistan, to the east of Andijan in the Ferghana Valley. It was formerly known as Leninsk during the communist era. The first automobile assembly plant in Central Asia was opened there by an Uzbekistani-South Korean joint venture, UzDaewoo.-See also:* List of...
- Asaka, Morocco, formerly home to a large Jewish community; see Judeo-Berber languages
People
- Asaka-no-miyaAsaka-no-miyaThe Asaka ōke was the eighth oldest branch of the Japanese Imperial Family created from branches of the Fushimi-no-miya house.- Asaka-no-miya :...
(朝香) ōke (princely house), the eighth oldest branch of the Japanese Imperial Family created from branches of the Fushimi-no-miyaFushimi-no-miyaThe ' is the oldest of the four shinnōke, branches of the Imperial Family of Japan which were eligible to succeed to the Chrysanthemum Throne in the event that the main line should die out....
house. - Prince Asaka, a member of the Imperial Household of Japan
- Asaka SetoAsaka SetoAsaka Seto also known as Megumi Ieda, is a Japanese actress who works at Foster Management. She won the award for Best Actress at the 24th Yokohama Film Festival for Travail...
, a Japanese actress - Asaka MayumiAsaka Mayumiis a Japanese actress. One of her television roles was as the ninja Sagiri in the jidaigeki Abarenbo Shogun.As of 2005, she is still active in television commercials....
, a Japanese actress
Other
- Asaka (era), also written Åšaka, an era in the History of NepalHistory of NepalThe history of Nepal is characterized by its isolated position in the Himalayas and its two neighbors, India and China.Due to the arrival of disparate settler groups from outside through the ages, it is now a multi-ethnic, multi-cultural, multilingual country...
corresponding to 7878Year 78 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Novius and Commodus...
AD - Fukushima Prefectural Asaka High School
- Asaka KuboAsaka Kubois the lead vocal singer of the group A+Jyuc . She currently belongs to the show-business production company PLATINUM-S, and is a former member of Pyw-A....
- Asaka Station (disambiguation)
- Asaka, a character from the musical Once on This IslandOnce On This IslandOnce on This Island is a one-act musical with a book and lyrics by Lynn Ahrens and music by Stephen Flaherty. Based on the novel My Love, My Love by Rosa Guy, set in the French Antilles in the Caribbean Sea...
- ?asaka, a Chumash village located near Soxtonokmu in California