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Kurashiki

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[koo-rah-shee-kee, koo-rah-shi-kee] / kʊˈrɑ ʃi ki, kʊˈrɑ ʃɪ ki /

noun

  1. a city on SW Honshu, in Japan.


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The registration application was jointly submitted by Kake Educational Institution and Kurashiki City in December 2024 and was made public in June 2025.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 3, 2025

Kurashiki Mayor Kaori Ito announced the first evacuation order, for the area south of the Odagawa river, at 11:45 p.m.

From Reuters ● Jul. 16, 2018

Submerged streets in Kurashiki in western Japan, which has been hit by severe floods.Credit:

From Nature ● Jul. 10, 2018

Of the 124 people killed as of early Tuesday morning, 28 were here in the Mabi district of Kurashiki, the public broadcaster NHK reported.

From New York Times ● Jul. 9, 2018

To add to Japan's oil troubles, a huge storage tank ruptured last month at the Mizushima industrial complex in the city of Kurashiki.

From Time Magazine Archive

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