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  旭川英会話 Snowman Japan Welcome to Asahikawa Hokkaido Japan
Asahikawa is covered in snow for about 5 months of the year, every year.
Asahikawa is located in the Kamikawa Basin 上川盆地 surrounded by the Taisetsu Mountain Range 大雪山脈.
Although the Asahikawa Winter Festival is not as large or as famous as the Sapporo Snow Festival, it has a special charm all of its own.
www.snowmanjapan.net /asahikawa.htm   (1263 words)

  
  Asahikawa travel guide - Wikitravel
Asahikawa (旭川) [1] is the second-largest city on the northern island of Hokkaido, Japan.
Asahikawa is the terminus of the JR Hakodate Main Line to Sapporo, Otaru and Hakodate.
Asahikawa is the coldest city in Japan, holding Japan's temperature record of -41°C. It's not that bad most of the time though, and the good side to cold and snow is that there's some great skiing nearby.
www.wikitravel.org /en/Asahikawa   (466 words)

  
  Asahikawa travel guide - Wikitravel   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Asahikawa (旭川) [1] is the second-largest city on the northern island of Hokkaido, Japan.
Asahikawa is the terminus of the JR Hakodate Main Line to Sapporo, Otaru and Hakodate.
Asahikawa is the coldest city in Japan, holding Japan's temperature record of -41°C. It's not that bad most of the time though, and the good side to cold and snow is that there's some great skiing nearby.
wikitravel.org /en/Asahikawa   (445 words)

  
 2006WBC in Asahikawa
Yoshi is to be in Asahikawa from July 6th.
Those who arrive at Asahikawa before and on 6th of July, please make a call to Tokiya-tei and ask Togai, who is to be in Asahikawa from July 1st.
Asahikawa is a big city with a population of 600,000 people and there are quite a few high level hospitals and clinics.
www.jba-hp.jp /2006wbc   (795 words)

  
 Taisetsu Sightseeing Navigation : Welcome to Taisetsu
A famous poet often associated with Asahikawa, Hideo Oguma, wrote a poem for the Hokkaido Asahikawa Newspaper's series on "true symbols of Asahikawa" in June 1938.
Asahikawa does have a long historical involvement with the army, and its history can be traced back to the "Tonden" soldiers.
Asahikawa's urban area is neatly divided into a grid pattern by broad, spacious roads.
www.asahikawa-daisetsu.info /e/daisetsu/rekishi.html   (1064 words)

  
 JNTO Website | Find a Location | Hokkaido | Asahikawa
Asahikawa is located almost in the center of Hokkaido, and is the second largest city after Sapporo.
Asahikawa's thriving art world has led it to be called a town for art.
Asahikawa Station is 1 hour 28 minutes from Sapporo Station by Limited Express on the JR Hakodate Honsen Line.
www.jnto.go.jp /eng/location/regional/hokkaido/asahikawa.html   (294 words)

  
 About Asahikawa University
Hokkaido is surrounded by the Pacific Ocean, the Sea of Japan and the Sea of Okhotsk.
In my opinion, Asahikawa University is one of the most international and egalitarian institutes I have been lucky enough to work for.
In particular, I found the personal and friendly nature of interaction between faculty and administration, and staff and students at Asahikawa University to be a refreshing change from the larger-scale university organizational cultures I was accustomed to in Australia.
www.websteruniv.edu /asahikawa.html   (1140 words)

  
 Asahikawa, Hokkaidō - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Asahikawa (旭川市; -shi) is a city located in Kamikawa Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan.
The second division of the northern army of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force is headquartered in Asahikawa.
Asahikawa is known as one of Japan's gourmet towns, contains many restaurants of nearly every description.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Asahikawa   (216 words)

  
 Asahikawa, Japan. Travel guide & tourist information by Hostelbookers.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Asahikawa airport (tel 0166/83-3716) lies 18km to the east of the city.
The Asahikawa Washington (tel 0166/25-3311, fax 25-3319; ¥7000–10,000), is a good-value business hotel a couple of minutes' walk north of the station, while the Fitness Hotel 330 Asahikawa (tel 0166/26-0330, fax 26-9479; ¥10,000–15,000), opposite the Asahi Building, is even nicer, with a stylish café, a gym and swimming pool.
The Asahikawa Youth Hostel (tel 0166/61-2751, fax 61-8886, www.youthhostel.or.jp/English/menu2.htm; ¥3000–5000) has Western-style dorms, serves hearty meals in a smart café, and rents out bicycles in summer and ski equipment in winter, which you can use at the small neighbouring ski slope.
www.hostelbookers.com /guides/japan/asahikawa   (383 words)

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