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Gifu

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Gi·fu  (gf)
A city of central Honshu, Japan, north-northwest of Nagoya. A manufacturing center, the city was rebuilt after a devastating earthquake and fire in 1891. Population: 413,000.

Gifu [ˈgiːfuː]
n
(Placename) a city in Japan, on central Honshu: hot springs, textile and paper lantern manufacturing. Pop.: 407 145 (1995)


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Kamioka Observatory uses Super-Kamiokande - the world's largest water Cherenkov detector for cosmic particles, installed underground in the Kamioka region of Hida city, located in Gifu prefecture of central Japan - to capture particles known as neutrinos, a type of cosmic rays that are perpetually falling from outer space to earth.
27) An ultranationalist group based out of Gifu, the Kenkoku Giyugun, claimed responsibility for these and other acts.
Tokyo 7 38 Matsunami General Gifu 18 47 Kariya General Aichi 18 13 Asahi General Chiba 8 54 Yokohama City Univ.
 
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