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  Hokkaido Prefecture - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Hokkaido Island is located at the north end of Japan, near Russia, and has coastlines on the Sea of Japan, the Sea of Okhotsk, and the Pacific Ocean.
Hokkaido is known for its cool summers (which attract many tourists from other parts of Japan) and icy winters.
Hokkaido can also be reached by ferry from Sendai, Niigata and some other cities.
www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Hokkaido   (1736 words)

  
 Muneo Suzuki - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Muneo Suzuki (鈴木 宗男 Suzuki Muneo, born 31 January 1948) is a Japanese politician from Ashoro, Hokkaido.
Suzuki hoped to run for his seat, but Ichiro's son Shoichi Nakagawa, a Tokyo native, moved to Hokkaido to run for his father's seat, and Suzuki successfully ran for a seat in a neighboring district.
He was appointed Head of the Hokkaido Development Agency and the Okinawa Development Agency in 1997 and later as Vice Minister of the Cabinet of Prime Minister Obuchi.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Muneo_Suzuki   (392 words)

  
 Kushiro Subprefecture - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
Kushiro (釧路支庁; -shichō) is a subprefecture of Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan.
On October 11, 2005, the towns of Akan and Onbetsu merged into the city of Kushiro.
October 20, 1948 Ashoro District transferred to Tokachi Subprefecture
www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Kushiro_Subprefecture   (103 words)

  
 Tour de Hokkaido
Hokkaido, the northern most of the four main islands in the Japanese archipelago is truly a cyclist's paradise.
When poeple talk about Japan, it is usually associated with the urban sprawl of the greater Tokyo area and tiny shoebox-sized apartments that many Japanese and foreign EFL teachers live in.
The 11 days that we were on the road in Hokkaido is one of my highlights of living in Japan for the last three years.
www.geocities.com /inaka_alt/hokkaido.htm   (520 words)

  
 Natural Cheese Tokachi
Ashoro, with one of the largest territory as a town at the time of this writing, has lots of milk cows with wealth of nature and richness of resources in the land.
Ashoro's natural cheeses are produced by farmers who raise healthy milk cows, providers for the sub-raw materials, and our hearts.
Also, Cheese factory co-locates with Michinoeki (Rest Area on national route), and is very unusual to have observatory section with the glass windows through which visitors can observe the whole process of making cheeses from raw materials to the final products.
www.tokachi-cheese.net /e/asyoro.html   (227 words)

  
 The Ultimate Hokkaido Prefecture Dog Breeds Information Guide and Reference
Hokkaido (北海道 Hokkaidō, literal meaning: "North Sea Route", Ainu: Mosir), formerly known as Ezo, is the second largest island of Japan.
Hokkaido has been the homeland of the Ainu race since time immemorial.
Hokkaido was known as Ezo until the Meiji Restoration.
www.dogluvers.com /dog_breeds/Hokkaido   (1190 words)

  
 Wetaskiwin Times Advertiser, Wetaskiwin, AB   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
One of the most beautiful lakes in Hokkaido is Lake On`neto which is situated in Akan National Park, an hour or so drive from the town of Ashoro.
One of the many highlights of my first few days in Ashoro was making a speech in front of the town council during one of their meetings.
Ashoro is a beautiful town with so many sceneries to explore.
www.wetaskiwintimes.com /story.php?id=211357   (708 words)

  
 JTB JAPAN NOW | Planning Hints |   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Hokkaido is surrounded by the Pacific Ocean, the Sea of Japan and the Sea of Okhotsk.
As JTB ACE Hokkaido Bus is geared towards domestic tourists, only Japanese is available, but the bus fare is very reasonable if the passengers regard it as a simple transfer.
Hakodate has thrived as a fishing port and a gateway to Hokkaido, where ferries ply to and from the mainland.The Goryokaku area is now Hakodate's business hub.Asa-ichi, or the morning wholesale market, where you can purchase fresh fish and vegetables at wholesale prices, starts from the early morning and provides a unique scene for tourists.
www.jtbgmt.com /japannow/PLANNING/planning19.html   (1263 words)

  
 World Scott
Indeed, when I toured eastern Hokkaido in early February on a rail pass that was good for travel on all trains, including the high-speed expresses, I often found myself looking for a local train.
There are some ugly stories there, from the labor wars that began in the 1920s, to the 12 men who died at a mine near Buckhannon in the first week of this year, to the scarred landscape being created in the wake of modern surface mining methods.
Hokkaido might be lucky that its coal industry died before 20-story draglines could start taking 100-ton bites out of its mountains.
lothes.blogspot.com   (7813 words)

  
 Metazoan parasites of sika deer from east Hokkaido, Japan and ecological analyses of their abomasal nematodes -- ...
Metazoan parasites of sika deer from east Hokkaido, Japan and ecological analyses of their abomasal nematodes -- Kitamura et al.
Metazoan parasites of 50 sika deer (Cervus nippon yezoensis) collected in March 1991 in the Ashoro District in east Hokkaido, Japan, were evaluated.
The low diversity of the abomasal nematode community was regarded as the result of the extinction of some species of nematodes on Hokkaido Island.
www.jwildlifedis.org /cgi/content/abstract/33/2/278   (214 words)

  
 Muneo Suzuki - WikiGadugi   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Suzuki udugi uwasvgi disqualvdodi nasginai utseli gadi, ale Ichiro utseli uwetsi Shoichi Nakagawa, Tokyo nayehiya, udanvsv Hokkaido disqualvdodi nasginai utseli adadoda utseli gadi, ale Suzuki gatsanula dusqualvtanv nasginai gadi hawinaditlv navnigesdodi sgadugi.
nasgi asgaya tsinusdvgi asuyedv asgoli hia Hokkaido dudolawadvhv atsinvsidasdi tsulvwisdanedi ale hia Okinawa dudolawadvhv atsinvsidasdi tsulvwisdanedi hawinaditlv 1997 ale oniyagesdodi tsinusdi taline adalene alitsadohvsgi hia disehisdi alenisgv alitsadohvsgi Obuchi.
nasgi asgaya agasgani hia LDP hawinaditlv 2002 ale tsinusdvgi arrested oniyagesdodi na sudetiyvda nasginai galawasedi didanilvisdi adawahisdi galonuhedv nidvlenvda tali Hokkaido dunadatlugvi.
chrp.wikigadugi.org /wiki/Muneo_Suzuki   (379 words)

  
 M:\Offices\mqr\july2004\5hershberger.HTM
But in 1961, the Hokkaido Mennonite Fellowship solidified its commitment to lay leadership by inviting Howard Charles, a professor from the Goshen Biblical Seminary, to conduct a yearlong training in Anabaptist leadership for the 195 members in the 11 Hokkaido Mennonite churches.
And celebrating the reciprocal relationship that made them co-workers and friends, members of the Hokkaido Mennonite churches sent Takio Tanase as their representative to be with Ralph at the time of his death.
Hokkaido was the frontier, the last island to be settled, and more rural, which still had some wilderness, and considered the less cultured place by the rest of Japan.
www.goshen.edu /mqr/pastissues/july04hershberger.html   (11133 words)

  
 Wetaskiwin Times Advertiser, Wetaskiwin, AB   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Hill recognized several communities are not planning to attend the event, but he blamed the province for “dragging its heels,” on the exact date it would send a representative.
Although the delays may have impeded plans for such a visit, Hill stressed there is a need to have a presence in Japan and implored council to seriously consider the city’s ties with Ashoro.
Although council found the twinning with Ashoro to be an excellent experience, Miller’s motion to appoint a member of council to attend the celebrations was defeated and Murray was charged with the task of representing this city in Ashoro.
www.wetaskiwintimes.com /story.php?id=163727   (454 words)

  
 Motorsport.com: News channel
Kresta was the more consistent to hold eighth, with Gardemeister producing an improved afternoon display to lie ninth after a disappointing morning.
Spectacular light shows sent the 90 cars on their way with great fanfare but the night was not without its quiet moments.
The Finn was fourth fastest on the first stage but a couple of small offs and hydraulic problems preceded a terminal accident on stage seven.
www.motorsport.com /news/article.asp?ID=202259&FS=WRC   (1147 words)

  
 The Way Ahead
He doesn't blame the Hokkaido people, but he said that the tonden spirit is always money first: making money for the tonden is the most important thing.
It pointed out that the land mass of Hokkaido is relatively large, but that it produces only four percent of the gross national product.
If the development of Hokkaido means that we are going to have more Tomamu Towers, more suspension bridges over rivers where wild birds make their homes, I, for one, am against it.
www.joyworld.com /joy/NorthernLights/issues/1990/stories/story8.html   (2956 words)

  
 Stratosphere monitoring in Rikubetsu, Hokkaido-Objectives and Outline
NIES is monitoring the stratospheric ozone layer over Hokkaido in collaboration with the Solar-Terrestrial Environment Laboratory (STEL), Nagoya University.
in the Arctic region sometimes arrives over Hokkaido in winter/spring, Rikubetsu is one of the best sites in Japan to study the effects of the Arctic polar vortex.
In the Northern Hemisphere, ozone depletion in the polar vortex sometimes affects mid-latitude regions, causing a decrease in the amount of ozone.
www-cger2.nies.go.jp /moni-e/ozone/rikubetsu/riku01.html   (285 words)

  
 Nissan to Begin Construction of High-Speed Circuit in Hokkaido   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
The circuit will also be used to conduct research on driving behaviour, driver support systems and ITS (intelligent transport systems) technology.
The Hokkaido proving ground opened in 1991 and already possesses a 7.2-km track that emulates driving conditions on suburban roads and circuit courses in Europe.
Rikubetsu in Hokkaido, Japan's northern most island, is the coldest municipality in Japan.
www.autointell-news.com /News-2004/July-2004/July-2004-1/July-14-04-p9.htm   (351 words)

  
 United Nation Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
Hokkaido is the only prefecture designated as Do, while Kyoto and Osaka prefectures are referred to as Fu.
The City of Yokohama, with a population of over three million and the Village of Aogashima in Tokyo, with about 200 inhabitants, are both equally designated as municipalities.
Likewise, the town of Ashoro in Hokkaido, with a vast area of 1,400 square kilometres and the town of Takashima in Nagasaki Prefecture, of a mere 1.3 square kilometres in size are also both municipalities.
www.unescap.org /pdd/prs/PublicationsResources/huset2003/lgstudy/country/japan/japan.asp   (7076 words)

  
 5th Army Division Camps
The Hokkaido Obihiro city south town south 7 line 31
The Hokkaido field attaching Gun Bekkai Cho classified by Nishiharu 42-1
Hokkaido Ashoro Gun Ashoro Cho letter peace 173
www.globalsecurity.org /military/world/japan/5d-fac.htm   (95 words)

  
 Motorspor.com - haber - THIRTY-SIX MITSUBISHI LANCER EVOLUTION CREWS HEAD TO RALLY JAPAN   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
We took a lot of data from Rally Hokkaido back in July which we have incorporated into the car for this rally so I’m feeling very confident.
Currently lying third in the FIA Asia-Pacific Rally Championship standings, the Japanese driver is not registered to score FIA PWRC points but as winner of the recent Rally Hokkaido, is as hungry for home victory in Group N as Nutahara.
The second day is a lot shorter at 100.98 competitive kilometers but covers eleven stages around the town of Ashoro before crews return to the Obihiro super special to close the day.
www.motorspor.com /haberler/dsp_print.cfm?haber_id=2867   (611 words)

  
 Nissan's Hokkaido Circuit - Next Car Pty Ltd - 7th July, 2004   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., announced yesterday that it would begin construction of an 8.1-kilometre high-speed circuit at its Hokkaido Proving Ground in Rikubetsu, Hokkaido.
The circuit will also be used to conduct research on driving behavior, driver support systems and ITS (intelligent transport systems) technology.
In winter, temperatures drop to minus 15 degrees centigrade, making it ideal for cold-weather vehicle testing.
www.nextcar.com.au /n.nissan.2004.hokkaido.proving.ground.04jul.html   (279 words)

  
 TABI-NAVI [HOKKAIDO VERSION]
Oketo-cho situates on the southwest tip of Abashiri Sub-prefecture, eastern Hokkaido.
The town's north shares the boundary with Rubes-hibe, east with Kunneppu, the south and west with Rikubetsu, Ashoro and Kamishihoro.
A hot spring resort by the lake with a restaurant facility.
www.tabinavi.net /english/ichi_map_files/09_oketo.html   (179 words)

  
 Sirenian Bibliography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Furusawa, H. New material of sirenian fossil from the upper Miocene of Numata-cho, Hokkaido, Japan.
Sirenian fossils (Hydrodamalis) from Early Pliocene of Hombetsu and Early Pleistocene of Kuromatsunai, Hokkaido.
Evolution of Desmostylia: incorporating the proceeding[s] of the Desmostylian Symposium of the Fossil Research Society of Japan 16th Annual Meeting held at the Ashoro Museum of Paleontology, Hokkaido, Japan, 22-23 August 1998.
www.sirenian.org /bibliography.html   (11952 words)

  
 Ashoro, Japan - Location on world map, coordinates and short facts
Ashoro, Japan - Location on world map, coordinates and short facts
/ Explore / Japan / Locations / Ashoro
Maps and coordinates for Ashoro, Japan are approximative and not valid for navigation.
www.traveljournals.net /explore/japan/map/m333972/ashoro.html   (66 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
A Japanese singer, Chiharu Matsuyama, has been appointed to promote Japanese beef by one of the country's leading agricultural districts, according to reports in Japan Today.
The region of Hokkaido has appointed the singer as its beef ambassador to boost sales of beef and other agricultural products from the region in the wake of the BSE crisis.
The singer comes from Ashoro in eastern Hokkaido and along with his letter of appointment he was also given a sample of Ashoro beef.
www.meatnews.com /index.cfm?fuseaction=article&artNum=2042   (144 words)

  
 Nissan to Begin Construction of High-Speed Circuit in Hokkaido
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06, 2004 - (JCN Newswire) - Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., announced today that it would begin construction of an 8.1-kilometer high-speed circuit at its Hokkaido Proving Ground in Rikubetsu, Hokkaido.
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www.theautochannel.com /news/2004/07/06/202522.html   (451 words)

  
 FOCUS: Record heavy snow hits elderly people across Japan+
The next day, all the officials were mobilized to remove snow from the roofs of the homes of those living alone.
The town of Ashoro, Hokkaido, has begun a project to create a "compact town" that involves demolishing 76 old houses scattering around the town and building 52 new houses in the town center by fiscal 2009.
By concentrating residents in one place, "we will try to improve administrative services," said a town official.
www.tmcnet.com /usubmit/2006/jan/1273229.htm   (1039 words)

  
 Cities and towns in Hokkaido Prefecture, JAPAN   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Cities and Towns With Listings In Hokkaido Prefecture, JAPAN
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Cities and towns with listings in Hokkaido Prefecture are:
www.swimmersguide.com /query/Search3.cfm?CountyID=488   (77 words)

  
 .: Indonesia Rally Team
Subhan finish ke-6 fia aprc round 4 rally hokkaido
Arai pimpin leg 1 fia-aprc round 4 rally hokkaido
SERI KEEMPAT APRC YANG BERLANGSUNG DI HOKKAIDO JEPANG RESMI DIMULAI 79 PESERTA YANG TERDIRI DARI 9 KONTESTAN APRC BERKUMPUL DI CENTRAL PARK OBIHIRO.
indonesiarallyteam.com /indexnews.php   (348 words)

  
 K-12 from Japan 05/72 (Internet and Education)
[J] Ashoro - - - ASHORO High School
[J] Sapporo - - - HOKKAIDO KOREAN High School
[J] Sapporo - - - HOKKAIDO Technical High School
www.osaka-kyoiku.ac.jp /educ/ktj05-e.html   (2411 words)

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