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Himeji

Himeji (姫路) is a castle town in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan, home to Himeji Castle, Japan's first UNESCO World Heritage site (1993). Population about 515,000; incorporated 1889; expanded by mergers in 1946 and 2006.

Himeji Castle (姫路城)

Himeji Castle (姫路城), also known as Himeji-jo or the White Heron Castle for its white plastered walls, is a large early 17th-century Japanese castle in Himeji City, Hyogo Prefecture, considered Japan's finest surviving castle.

Himeji Central Park

Himeji Central Park (姫路セントラルパーク, "Hime-sen") is a safari park and amusement park in Himeji, Hyogo, Japan, with about 1,000 animals of 150 species, drive-through and walking safaris, white lions and tigers, roughly 35 rides, a summer pool, and a winter ice rink.

Oct 15, 2026

Himeji Daiichi power station

Himeji Daiichi power station (姫路第一発電所) is a natural-gas-fired thermal power station in Himeji, Japan, operated by Kansai Electric; it began running in 1955 as Japan's first domestically produced thermal plant.

Oct 15, 2026

Himeji Daini power station

Himeji Daini power station (姫路第二発電所) is an LNG-fired thermal power station in Himeji, Japan, operated by Kansai Electric and its largest LNG-fired plant at about 2,919 MW.

Oct 15, 2026

Himeji LNG Terminal

Himeji LNG Terminal (姫路LNG基地) is a liquefied natural gas receiving terminal in Himeji, Hyogo, Japan, run by Kansai Electric and Osaka Gas, operating since 1979.

Himeko (無量塔姫子)

Murata Himeko (無量塔姫子) is a greatsword-wielding Valkyrie major, St. Freya Academy instructor, and former Hyperion captain in Honkai Impact 3rd, distinct from the Star Rail Himeko; born 1989, died 2016 in-story.

Himella Fossa

Himella Fossa, a 147-km-long fossa (narrow depression) on Saturn's moon Dione at 45.6S, 336.55W; IAU-named in 2011 for a Sabine river in Virgil's Aeneid, part of Dione's extensional fracture network.

Himera Valles

Himera Valles is a 175 km valley system on Mars at 21.5°S, 337.3°E, in quadrangle mc19, IAU-approved in 1979 and named after an ancient Italian river; a tributary of the Parana system showing fluvial steady-state concavity.

Himesh Patel

Himesh Jitendra Patel (born 1990, Huntingdon) is an English actor, ex-EastEnders Tamwar Masood 2007–2016, lead of Yesterday (2019), Tenet, Station Eleven (2022 Emmy nominee), later in Nolan's The Odyssey.

Himesh Reshammiya (हिमेश रेशमिया)

Himesh Reshammiya (हिमेश रेशमिया), born 1973 in Bhavnagar, Gujarat, is an Indian music director, playback singer and actor. Debuted with Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya (1998), broke through with Tere Naam, won Filmfare Best Playback Singer for Aashiq Banaya Aapne, and turned actor with Aap Kaa Surroor (2007).

Oct 22, 2026

Himeyuri students

The Himeyuri students (ひめゆり学徒隊) were teenage Okinawan schoolgirls and teachers mobilized as unpaid nursing auxiliaries to the Japanese army during the 1945 Battle of Okinawa; 227 died.

Oct 22, 2026

Himfy's Loves

Himfy's Loves (Himfy szerelmei) is a two-part cycle of love poems by the Hungarian poet Sándor Kisfaludy, published in Buda in 1801 and completed in 1807.

Sep 27, 2026

Himgauri Aher

Himgauri Aher is an Indian Bharatiya Janata Party politician who was elected unopposed as Mayor of Nashik, heading the Nashik Municipal Corporation after nearly four years of administrator rule.

Himiko (卑弥呼)

Himiko (卑弥呼, Pimiko), shaman-queen of Yamatai in 3rd-century Wa, earliest named Japanese sovereign, known from the Wei zhi; embassies to Wei, gold seal, disputed Kyushu-versus-Kinai location, tomb and succession by Iyo.

Sep 24, 2026

Himiko's embassy to Wei

Himiko's embassy to Wei (卑弥呼の遣使) was Queen Himiko of Yamatai's 238 tribute mission to Cao Wei, earning her the title Ruler of Wa, Friend of Wei with a gold seal.

Himilco (commander at Lilybaeum)

Himilco was the Carthaginian commander of Lilybaeum, in western Sicily, who directed its defense against the Roman siege that began in 250 BC during the First Punic War.

Himilco (general in Sicily)

Himilco was a Carthaginian general in Sicily during the Second Punic War who landed an army at Heraclea Minoa in 213 BC and recovered Agrigentum.

Himilco (navigator)

Himilco, also known as Himilcon, was a Carthaginian navigator who probably in the fifth century BC led an exploratory voyage from Gades north along the Atlantic coasts of Europe.

Himilco (officer of Hannibal)

Himilco was a Carthaginian officer in Hannibal's army during the Second Punic War, known for capturing Petelia in Bruttium after a months-long siege in 216 BC.

Himilco (son of Hanno II)

Himilco, son of Hanno, was a Carthaginian general who commanded in Sicily from 406 to 396 BC, took Akragas and Gela, and made peace with Dionysius I.

Himilco Phameas

Himilco Phameas, called Hamilcar Phameas by Polybius, was a Carthaginian cavalry commander in the Third Punic War who deserted to the Romans with 2,200 horsemen in 148 BC.

Himilco's Atlantic voyage

Himilco's Atlantic voyage was a Carthaginian exploring expedition, probably in the sixth or fifth century BC, in which Himilco sailed north from Gades (Cádiz) along the Atlantic coasts of Europe.

Sep 21, 2026

Himisha Beltran

Himisha Beltran is a medical oncologist and physician scientist, Professor of Medicine at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School, known for research on treatment resistance and neuroendocrine prostate cancer.

Himitsu no AiPri

Himitsu no AiPri (ひみつのアイプリ) is a 2024 Takara Tomy Arts arcade card rhythm game in the Pretty Series, paired with Aipri Verse, with a TV anime from April 2024 and successor Onegai Aipri.

Himitsu Sentai Gorenger (秘密戦隊ゴレンジャー)

Himitsu Sentai Gorenger (秘密戦隊ゴレンジャー) is the 1975–1977 Toei tokusatsu series, 84 episodes on NET, created by Shotaro Ishinomori, regarded as the first Super Sentai series, with five color-coded rangers fighting the Black Cross Army.

Oct 3, 2026

Himizu (ヒミズ)

Himizu (ヒミズ) is a 2011 Japanese drama by Sion Sono adapting Minoru Furuya's manga, starring Shota Sometani and Fumi Nikaido as teenagers in post-3.11 Japan; both won Venice's Marcello Mastroianni Award.

Himladevi Soodyall

Himladevi (Himla) Soodyall is a South African human geneticist and Executive Officer of the Academy of Science of South Africa whose DNA studies of Khoe-San populations support southern Africa as humanity's likely place of origin.

Himlingøje

Himlingøje (Himlinghøje) is a rich 2nd-3rd century AD Iron Age barrow cemetery on Stevns, Zealand, Denmark, burial ground of a princely dynasty that controlled Roman imports to Scandinavia, with gold snake-head rings, Roman glass, and silver cups.