Rising Sun

Rising Sun may refer to sunrise. It may also refer to:

Places

United States

• Rising Sun, Indiana
• Rising Sun, Maryland
• Rising Sun (Montana)
• Risingsun, Ohio
• Rising Sun, Wisconsin

Entertainment

Music

• The House of the Rising Sun, a folk song about a brothel in New Orleans, most notable as a 1964 hit by The Animals
• Rising Sun (album) - the sophomore album of Korean boy band TVXQ
• Rising Sun Rock Festival, a annual rock festivals in Otaru, Japan

Film

• Rising Sun (film), a film based on the Michael Crichton novel starring Sean Connery and Wesley Snipes
• "Land of the Rising Sun" (film trilogy), a film based on the end of Earth

Games

• Rising Sun (game), a WWII computer wargame by Talonsoft
• Medal of Honor: Rising Sun, a WWII video game by EA Games

Books

• Rising Sun (novel), a Michael Crichton novel involving Japan
• The Rising Sun: The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire, 1936-1945, Pulitzer Prize winning account by John Toland

National flags

• Flag of Bangladesh, which features a rising sun
• Rising Sun Flag, the military flag of Japan
• Flag of Malawi, which features the top half of a rising sun
• Flag of Kiribati, which features the top half of a yellow rising sun
• Flag of Antigua and Barbuda, which features a yellow rising sun

Other

• Rising Sun Drink, Fill Glass with ice, Fill half way with half Gin Half Tequila, Top with OJ and Ginger Ale Equal parts..
• Rising Sun (yacht), a yacht owned by Larry Ellison of Oracle
• Rising Sun (badge), an Australian Army badge
• The Rising Sun Bar massacre, another name for the 1993 Greysteel massacre
• Rising Sun Armchair used by George Washington at the Constitutional Convention

See also

• Land of the Rising Sun, one of the names of Japan
• Land of the Rising Sun (national anthem), the national anthem of Biafra