Asahi (朝日) means "morning sun" in Japanese. Given the word Japan means "origin of the Sun", it is not hard to imagine Asahi is a popular name for many things/place in Japan.
Asahi is a famous brand name of Japanese beer. It is the name of a major newspaper, the Asahi Shimbun.
Asahi is a name of several places in Japan:
- Asahi, Kamikawa, Hokkaido
- Asahi, Nishimurayama, Yamagata
- Asahi, Higashidagawa, Yamagata
- Asahi, Kashima, Ibaraki
- Asahi, Chiba
- Asahi-ku,
- Asahi, Iwafune, Niigata
- Asahi, Shimoniikawa, Toyama
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