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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 City officials said they had asked Japan’s land ministry to start work on the project every year since at least 2005.

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

In Okayama Prefecture, which includes Kurashiki, 4,234 people were staying in shelters as of Monday morning, according to the Sanyo Shimbun, a local daily newspaper.

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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