Japan is known as the Land of the Rising Sun.

• Rising Sun (book), a novel involving Japan by Michael Crichton
• Rising Sun (movie) , a movie starring Sean Connery and Wesley Snipes, based on the Michael Crichton novel

Rising Sun is the name of several places in the United States of America:

• Rising Sun, Indiana
• Rising Sun, Maryland

In addition, without the space, there is:

• Risingsun, Ohio

The House of the Rising Sun is a US folk song about a brothel in New Orleans.