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Usa (宇佐市; -shi) is a city located in Oita, Japan. Usa City is famous for Usa Shrine, built in 725, the head shrine of all of Hachiman shrines in Japan. Usa Shrine is noted as the most important of all the shrines dedicated to Hachiman. This article is about the Japanese municipality system. ...
Ōita Prefecture (大分県; Ōita-ken) is located on Kyushu Island, Japan. ...
Events Births Deaths Wihtred, king of Kent Categories: 725 ...
Hachiman in the Guise of a Buddhist Monk, statue from Kamakura period, 1201 AD Hachiman (Japanese, 八幡神 -shin, also can be read as Yawata no kami) is the Shinto god of war, and divine protector of Japan and the Japanese people. ...
As of 2003, the city has an estimated population of 49,021 and the density of 274.94 persons per km². The total area is 178.30 km². 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
World map of the population density in 2006 Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. ...
Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ...
The town was promoted to a city on April 1, 1967. April 1 is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 274 days remaining. ...
1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ...
Product labeling
There has been a myth that Japan renamed a town "Usa" following World War II so that goods exported from Japan could read "Made in USA." The claim is false: [1] Combatants Allies: Poland, British Commonwealth, France/Free France, Soviet Union, United States, China, and others Axis Powers: Germany, Italy, Japan, and others Casualties Military dead: 17 million Civilian dead: 33 million Total dead: 50 million Military dead: 8 million Civilian dead: 4 million Total dead: 12 million World War II...
- The town had this name long before the war, at least from 8th century.
- Regulations in most countries require imports to be marked with the country, rather than the city, of origin.
Nevertheless, it was commercially convenient to label goods 'made in Usa' in the post-war period. (7th century — 8th century — 9th century — other centuries) Events The Iberian peninsula is taken by Arab and Berber Muslims, thus ending the Visigothic rule, and starting almost 8 centuries of Muslim presence there. ...
External links - Usa official website in Japanese
- Usa Special Attack Monument
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