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Hanshin Electric Railway - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Hanshin Electric Railway Co., Ltd. (阪神電気鉄道株式会社, Hanshin denki-tetsudō Kabushiki Gaisha) TYO: 9043 is a Japanese private railway company that links Osaka and Kobe. The name hanshin is derived from the names for Kobe(神戸) and Osaka(大阪). July 7, 1899 The company is renamed "Hanshin Electric Railway Co., Ltd.". en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hanshin_Railway   (166 words)

Amagasaki, Hyogo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia A commuter train derailed on the JR Fukuchiyama Line near Amagasaki Station on April 25, 2005, resulting in more than 100 dead and 460 injured. Amagasaki (尼崎市; -shi) is a city located in Hyogo, Japan. As of 2005, the city has an estimated population of 459,946 and the density of 9,241.43 persons per km². en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Amagasaki   (187 words)

kobeB.txt The resultant classification is dependent on the accuracy of the station coordinates and the generalized nature of the 1:1,000,000 scale geologic map. Coordinates for some stations were provided by the agencies and coordinates for others were inferred from page-sized maps projected to a common scale. Station identification, various measures of distance and peak amplitude data, and geologic classifications of the sites are tabulated (Table 1). quake.wr.usgs.gov /recent/reports/kobe/kobeB.txt   (2462 words)

Kobe Hyogo - the free encyclopedia The main transport hub is Sannomiya Station, with theeponymous Kobe Station located towards the west and the Shinkansen Shin-KobeStation to the north. The earthquake notably destroyed the Hanshin Expressway, an elevated freeway which dramatically toppled over: withinJapan, the earthquake is known as the Great HanshinEarthquake (or the Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake). On January 17, 1995 an earthquake measured at 7.2 on the Richter Scale occurred at 05:46am JST near the city killing 6,433, making 300,000 homeless and destroyinglarge parts of the port facilities and other parts of the city. www.free-web-encyclopedia.com /?t=Kobe   (638 words)

Kobe 2003 The Hankyuu train station is also on your right, but about 100 meters farther ahead down the road (go over the walking bridge directly in front of you, go straight down to the end of that bridge and then turn left, and that will take you into the Hankyuu station). From the JR-Sannomiya station you can take the JR train bound toward Osaka (eastward bound) to get to Rokko-Michi station, which is the third station out from Sannomiya. From the Hankyuu-Sannomiya station you can take the Hankyuu train bound toward Osaka (eastward bound, leaving from tracks 3 and 4) to get to Hankyuu-Rokko station, which is the third station out from Sannomiya. tmugs.math.metro-u.ac.jp /g-kobe/kobe03g.html   (1453 words)

SACHASAN She called the police station and they don't do much, until my host dad gets home and catches wind of the events, he gets as red as a tomato and, then goes down to the police station and laces into the cops. Many TV stations were recording the crowd and some say that the crowd in front of the station was crazier than in the stadium. "The Hanshin Tigers" is the local baseball team, and the other night they were in a position to win the pennant for the first time in 2 years and before that it had 18 years. spaces.msn.com /members/sachasan   (7219 words)

Hanshin Electric Railway - TheBestLinks.com - Hanshin Railway, February 15, Japan, June 12, ... Hanshin Electric Railway (阪神電気鉄道 Hanshin denki-tetsudō) is a Japanese private railway company that links Osaka and Kobe. Hanshin Railway, Hanshin Electric Railway, February 15, Japan, June 12, July 7... Hanshin Electric Railway - TheBestLinks.com - Hanshin Railway, February 15, Japan, June 12,... www.thebestlinks.com /Hanshin_Railway.html   (130 words)

World Conference on Disaster Reduction - 18-22 January 2005, Kobe Hyogo, Japan Amagasaki, the city of writer Chikamatsu, is working to become a cultural, educational and industrial information dissemination center within the city and for the world at large. Outline of the United Nations World Conference on Disaster Prevention Ashiya is located in the Hanshin (Kobe-Osaka) area and blessed with mild climate and natural surroundings. The series of assistance illustrates a good example of disaster management cooperation, in which it made a quick and seamless transition from emergency assistance to long term reconstruction. www.unisdr.org /wcdr/public-forum/exibition-booths.htm   (2823 words)

BBC NEWS Have Your Say Japan's train crash: Your reaction I live a couple of stations away from Amagasaki, and should've been on my way to a meeting this morning that was fortunately cancelled last night. I live near by Suminodo, several stations far from Amagasaki on the way to Doshishamae where the train was heading for. The JR line bound for Amagasaki was closed for the day; commuters were directed to use the Hankyu Line going in that direction instead - on my way to Kyoto this evening I noticed that passengers were allowed to use their JR commuter train passes to reach home. news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/talking_point/4481721.stm   (4861 words)

Amagasaki, Hyogo - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Amagasaki, Hyogo Amagasaki is a major centre for the production of steel, locomotives, caustic soda, electronic equipment, and beer. This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional. It is situated on Osaka Bay with river communication to Kyoto. encyclopedia.farlex.com /Amagasaki,+Hyogo   (116 words)

Amagasaki,the City of Chikamatsu To commemorate the 70th anniversary of Amagasaki's incorporation, the city honors "Chikamatsu" by making him the symbol for cultural promotion and began working on total town development in the fields of culture, education, industry and environmental considerations. Since Amagasaki has a deep relationship with the world-renowned playwright Chikamatsu Monzaemon, the city decided to honor "Chikamatsu" as its symbol for cultural promotion. In the year 2000, Amagasaki began giving Chikamatsu (Monzaemon) Awards in order to uncover and develop contemporary playwrights who can be future leaders in this field. www.city.amagasaki.hyogo.jp /web/contents/info/city/city03/chikamatsu/english/C4_top.html   (689 words)

Asia News : Thrill fades, but Tigers still a kick in the pocketbook, ( Kerala news, India News, US, UK, Kerala Shopping, Onam Special, Kerala Recipes, Kerala tourism, Hindi Tutor, Malayalam tutor, VCDs, DVDs, Bharatnatyam, Yoga OSAKA-When the Hanshin Tigers won the Central League pennant in 2003, after an 18-year draught, it was a grand slam for the Kansai economy. Hanshin Department Store Ltd. is preparing a weeklong sales campaign to celebrate the Tigers' victory as the countdown is under way. She said sales of cloth with the same stripe as the Tigers' team uniform were a fifth the level of two years ago. www.keralanext.com /news/index.asp?id=383563   (841 words)

Air Pollution by Concrete Dust from the Great Hanshin Earthquake -- Gotoh et al. 31 (3): 718 -- Journal of Environmental Quality Hanshin district of Osaka Megalopolis in one year could be neutralized stations in the devastated areas, it was found that total suspended Examination for estimating atmospheric environmental impacts due to Hanshin earthquake (In Japanese). jeq.scijournals.org /cgi/content/full/31/3/718   (3074 words)

NCEER BULLETIN, Volume 9, Number 2, April 1995. Contents: Report from the Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake: Overview of Performance of Highway Bridges; Systems Analysis for Memphis Light, Gas and Water; Also, in the present code, the possibility of pumping station failure was examined by overlaying the map to indicate the locations of pumping stations (with the fragility previously established) over the PGA map. For the numerical analysis, it was assumed that the pumping stations and booster pumps in a service area ceased to operate due to the lack of electric power if all the substations serving that service area malfunctioned. The Hanshin region of Japan comprises parts of the Hyogo, Kyoto and Osaka Prefectures to the north and east of Osaka Bay. mceer.buffalo.edu /publications/bulletin/95/09-02/aprbul.html   (9964 words)

The Great Hanshin Earthquake Disaster A total length of 2800 m of the left levee of Yodo River, located to the southeast of Amagasaki City and to the northwest of Osaka Prefecture, was severely damaged by liquefaction (Photo.Q1). A 95 m by 28 m area of the asphalt road above the station subsided a maximum of 3 meters, and is still settling (Photo.R1, and Photo.R2). Hanshin Expressway Route 3, Kobe line (Kobe, Nada district, Fukae-Honmachi-Ashiya, Hirata) In the Fukae-Homachi area, a 500 meter section of Route 3 completely collapsed in the transverse direction onto National Road Route 43. geoinfo.usc.edu /gees/Reports/Report3/japan/KOBE.HTML   (3787 words)

Umeda Station - Art History Online Reference and Guide The station is located next to underground of Hanshin Department Store. Osaka Station (JR-West), Nishi-Umeda Station (Osaka Municipal Subway Yotsubashi Line, Y11) and Higashi-Umeda Station (Osaka Municipal Subway Tanimachi Line, T20) are within walking distance and connected by a large complex of underground malls. Hankyu Railway Umeda Station is the location of the BIG MAN television screen and Kinokuniya bookshop, common and nececary places to meet in this bustling railway station. www.arthistoryclub.com /art_history/Umeda_Station   (243 words)

Chap1-2.doc Further, police stations, tax offices, post offices, public employment security offices, the buildings of the Labor Standards Bureau were damaged. Further, mobile and vehicle telephone stations, and wireless paging stations were almost all recovered by January 24. In the physical distribution effect, the damage to the transport system such as railroads, the Port of Kobe and Hanshin Expressway had serious effects on transfer of materials for domestic use, as well as imports and exports. www.adrc.or.jp /hanshin/hakusho/English/Eoriginal/Chap1-2.doc   (4307 words)

:: GENUSION :: Get off at Amagasaki Station on the Hanshin line. Get off at Center Pool Mae Station or Deyashiki Station on the Hanshin line and walk eight minutes. Amagasaki Research Incubation Center 1-3, 7-chome, Doui-cho, Amagasaki, Hyogo Pref., 660-0083 Japan www.genusion.co.jp /map/map4_e.html   (47 words)

Kansai Dine Out: November 2003 Archives HOW TO GET THERE: Take the north exit of Hanshin Ashiya Station, cross the street and walk to the north for 30 meters. It is located on the street behind Fratello, along the Hanshin rail tracks. Giovanni is on the left corner across the street of the next big junction.→This restaurant was moved to a new location. www.kansaidineout.com /archives/2003_11.html   (530 words)

Kyoto FM - live via internet! AMAGASAKI, Japan: Rescue teams have pulled 18 more bodies from the wreckage of Japan's worst rail accident in four decades, pushin... Lessons in emergency medical treatment learned from the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake were used following th... Although West Japan Railway Co. has said the train that derailed on a curve on the JR Fukuchiyama Line in Am... archive.wn.com /2005/04/30/1400/kyotofm   (815 words)

Encyclopedia: Kobe Osaka Castle Location in Japan Osaka Aquarium (Kaiyukan) Osaka railway station View from Osaka Castle. The West can refer to : The U.S. West or the American West The Western world, or Western Civilization. www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Kobe   (716 words)

The White Peril 白禍 - japan Yesterday's train derailment was very unfortunate, but unlike the disaster in Amagasaki in April, it doesn't seem to indicate any problems with JR. That is, it's the eleventh anniversary of the Great Hanshin Earthquake--the one in Kobe--and as always, it's getting a lot of media play. If you visit Tokyo, as opposed to living in it, you may never really see much outside the major interchange stations on the Yamanote Line; but just a few stops beyond that inner ring, the landscape is completely different. whiteperil.powerblogs.com /japan   (11297 words)

SkyscraperCity Forums - Japan Mass Transit Thread Hanshin's West Osaka Line in Osaka City is extended. I did a round trip once on the Seishun 18 ticket and I remember thinking "hmm, it's a wash." because one day's worth of train riding on the 18 ticket was 2300 yen. New railway line to Narita International Airport (51.4 km) is completed. www.skyscrapercity.com /showthread.php?t=194709&page=3   (1804 words)

KH3 Receding Hareline Meet at Hanshin Ishiyagawa at 11:00 am to get rid of those New Year hangovers when Slimie Limie takes you on a tour of the district, followed by an al-fresco repast with a roof available if the weather is inclement. Meet in the jinja (shrine) to the south of the south-east exit of the station. Follow the blaze from the candles on her birthday cake to the south exit of the station. www.kobehash.com /runs.htm   (7215 words)

ANN The six-story center features 33,100 square meters of floor area and is connected by a passageway to Hankyu Nishinomiya Kitaguchi Station, giving it easy access to and from Osaka and Kobe. The Hyogo Performing Arts Center, which opened here late last month, is a 20 billion yen (US$1=119.01 yen) symbol of the area's reconstruction 10 years after the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake. Since the project was first conceived in 1988, it has gone through numerous redesigns, with the embattled prefecture forced to halve the budget for it. www.asianewsnet.net /level3_template1.php?l3sec=9&news_id=48385   (1129 words)

Accident Reports.com - USAAF CHRONOLOGY JUNE to SEPTEMBER 1945 P-51's on sweep of Formosa attack comm tgts, hitting railroad station and locomotive shed at Byoritsu and scoring direct hit on bridge SW of Koryu. Numerous P-47's hit harbor at Kure, shipping and seaplane station at Ibusuki, railroad station, docks, and town area of Makurazaki, Chiran and Izumi A/Fs, and shipping at Kagoshima Bay. During 9/10 Aug, 95 B-29's bomb Nippon Oil Refinery at Amagasaki. www.accident-report.com /PUBS/chrono45c.html   (13592 words)

USAAF Chronology: On Formosa, P-51s on a sweep attack communications targets, hitting a railroad station and a locomotive shed at Byoritsu and scoring a direct hit on bridge SW of Koryu. On Kyushu, Chiran Airfield is pounded by 70 B-25s and A-26s (this is the first strike against Japan by Seventh AF A-26s); 2 more A-26s hit the Ibusuki seaplane station. Mission 281: 83 B-29s bomb the Nippon oil plant at Amagasaki; 1 other B-29 hits an alternate target. paul.rutgers.edu /~mcgrew/wwii/usaf/html/Jul.45.html   (10068 words)

Moments of Fear - Eyewitness to the Great Hanshin Comparitively, the Great Hanshin Earthquake claimed over 5400 lives and caused countless injuries. It may be said that the majority of deaths were a direct result of government negligence. The author, Kobe's chief journalist, was in the region at the time and is a www.lib.kobe-u.ac.jp /directory/eqb/book/ryugakusei/eng/55.html   (2112 words)

KH3 Past Runs Meet at Hanshin Daimotsu station for a one way run to Mukonoso for a BBQ in the park. Sunday 15 December 1996 9:00 am JR Kyobashi Station Hashers from everywhere are invited to join us for an invigorating morning run followed by a clean up in a sento (public bath) then off to Trader Vics for a slap up feed and champagne down-downs. This is a brand new station between Ashiya and Settsu-motoyam., Let's christen this new station with the help of our longest serving member. www.kobehash.com /old_runs.htm   (9921 words)

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