Chitose
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is a common name in Japan
. It may be used to refer to:
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
. It may be used to refer to:
Places
- Chitose, HokkaidōChitose, Hokkaido-Economy:China Airlines operates its Sapporo office on the third floor of the airport building.The airline Hokkaido Air System was at one time headquartered at the New Chitose Airport in Chitose...
, a city on the island of Hokkaidō - Chitose RiverChitose Riveris a river in Hokkaidō, Japan. The river is a class A river. In the city of Ebetsu, the river is sometimes known as .In the Ainu language Chitose was originally called shikotsu, meaning big depression or hollow, like Lake Shikotsu a caldera lake. To the Japanese, this sounded too much like , so it...
, a river on the island of Hokkaidō - Chitose, ŌitaChitose, Oitawas a village located in Ōno District, Ōita, Japan.On March 31, 2005 Chitose was merged with the towns of Asaji, Inukai, Mie, Ogata and Ōno, and the village of Kiyokawa, all from Ōno District, to form the new city of Bungo-Ōno....
, a small village located in Ōno District, Ōita Prefecture
Aviation
- New Chitose AirportNew Chitose Airport, is an airport located south southeast of Chitose and Tomakomai, Hokkaidō, Japan, serving the Sapporo metropolitan area. By land area, it is the largest airport in Hokkaidō....
, serving the Sapporo metropolitan area - Chitose Air BaseChitose Air Base, is a Japan Air Self-Defense Force base located in Chitose, Hokkaidō, adjacent to New Chitose Airport. It is the JASDF's primary base in northern Japan and tasked with monitoring Japan's maritime borders with Russia. It was also Hokkaidō's primary civilian airport until the opening of New Chitose...
, a Japan Air Self-Defense Force base located in Chitose, Hokkaidō
Ships
- Japanese cruiser ChitoseJapanese cruiser Chitosewas a protected cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy. It was the sister ship to the . It should not be confused with the later aircraft carrier . Its name comes from Chitose, Hokkaidō.-Design and development:...
, a protected cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy, built in 1897 - Japanese aircraft carrier ChitoseJapanese aircraft carrier Chitosewas a light aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. It should not be confused with the earlier cruiser of the same name. First laid down as a seaplane tender in 1934 at Kure Navy yard, the ship originally carried Kawanishi E7K Type 94 "Alf" and Nakajima E8N Type 95...
, a light aircraft carrier which served in World War II
People
- Chitose HajimeChitose Hajimeis a singer from Japan. She is from Amami Ōshima and sings in a style particular to that region, with distinctive falsetto effects.-Early life:Chitose Hajime began learning shamisen under her mother's encouragement from a young age...
(born 1979), female J-Pop singer - Chitose Tsuyoshi (born 1898), founder of Chito-ryu karate
Characters
- Chitose, a character in Magical Meow Meow Taruto
- Chitose Karasuma, a character in Galaxy Angel
- Chitose Tachibana, a character in Fatal FrameFatal FrameFatal Frame, known as Project Zero in the PAL region, and Zero Zero in Japan, is a survival horror video game series consisting of four installments and a spin-off. The first and second games in the series were released for the PlayStation 2 and the Xbox, the third has been released for the...
- Chitose Tateyama, a character in Buso Renkin
- Chitose Amasawa, a character in Tenki Yohou no Koibito
- Yuma Chitose, a character in Puella Magi Oriko Magica