Himeji

[hee-me-jee]

noun

1. a city on SW Honshu, in S Japan, W of Kobe.

Himeji

/ ˈhiːmɛˌdʒiː /

noun

1. a city in central Japan, on W Honshu: cotton textile centre. Pop: 475 892 (2002 est)

Example Sentences

In 2018, police arrested a 23-year-old man in the western city of Himeji for making a gun and more than 130 bullets at home.

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The tiny but proud manufacturer is tucked away in the sleepy Japanese city of Himeji, famous for little other than an ancient castle, gourmet seawater eels and the matches.

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Himeji has dominated match production in Japan.

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The son of hoteliers, Mr. Takada was born in Himeji, Japan, on Feb. 27, 1939, and developed a love of fashion by reading his sisters’ fashion magazines.

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Born in 1939 in Himeji, in the Hyogo Prefecture in Japan, Takada developed a love for fashion after reading his sister's fashion magazines.

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