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Yamagata Prefecture Summary Yamagata Prefecture is situated in the northeast of Japan's island of Honshu. Yamagata is bordered by the Sea of Japan and by Akita, Miyagi, Fukushima, and Niigata prefectures. Yamagata Prefecture is also known for its local dialect Yamagata-ben, sometimes thought of as backward sounding and the butt of jokes in other parts of Japan. www.bookrags.com /Yamagata_Prefecture   (825 words)

Travel Report--JNTO Columu A veritable hot-spring paradise, Yamagata Prefecture stretches from the Shonai plain on the coast of the Japan Sea in the west to the Zao mountain range in the east; from the mighty Mount Chokai in the north to the Yonezawa basin in the south. Yamagata’s authentic dish, imoni, is cooked using taro potatoes, beef, konnyaku cakes and green leeks with soy sauce in a giant pot, six meters in diameter and served to approximately 30,000 people. Yamagata is special as it combines the traditional with innovative new ideas, spa therapies with spiritual thought and steaming hot spring water with a gourmet paradise. www.spalady.com.tw /english/page2_jnto11.htm   (1486 words)

Yamagata Prefecture - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Yamagata Prefecture is located in the southwest corner of Tohoku, facing the Sea of Japan. The City of Tsuruoka, the Towns of Fujishima, Atsumi, Haguro, Mikawa and Kushibiki and the Village of Asahi are to be merged to form the new City of Tsuruoka (Tsuruoka-Shi). Yamagata Prefecture is the largest producer of cherries and pears in Japan. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Yamagata_Prefecture   (316 words)

Encyclopedia: Yamagata prefecture The regions of Japan are not official administrative units, but have been traditionally used as the regional division of Japan in a number of contexts: for example, maps and geography textbooks divide Japan into the eight regions, weather reports usually give the weather by region, and many businesses and institutions... Higashine (東根市; -shi) is a city located in Yamagata, Japan. A district (郡; gun) was the administrative unit during the period from 1890 to 1923, which is roughly equivalent to the county of the United States, and was ranked at the level below prefecture and above city, town or village. www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Yamagata-prefecture   (3209 words)

Path of the Dragon - Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) The shrine had been built by a distant ancestor of Doji Yamagata to honor Benten, Fortune of Romantic Love, in thanksgiving for her help in arranging a marriage to the woman he loved. Yamagata's chief requirement in a daughter-in-law seemed to be the ability to replenish his finances. Yamagata was being stupid and cruel, but that wasn't a threat to Yamadori's life so it wasn't the Daidoji's problem. www.pathofthedragon.com /modules.php?name=Encyclopedia&op=content&tid=316   (2386 words)

ANA's Japan Destination Guide | Yamagata Atsumi Spa (Atsumi Town) is located amidst greenery and has a morning market; Kaminoyama Spa (Kaminoyama) has 500 years of history; Yunohama Spa (Tsuruoka) is a seaside hotspring resort; Zao Spa (Yamagata) has rustic outdoor baths; Ginzan Spa: charmingly retro; Shirabu Spa: in the heart of snow country. The fame of the mountain is mainly as a ski resort. This port town was an important harbor for the coastal trade boats plying the route from Osaka to Hokkaido during the Edo Period (1600-1868). www.ana.co.jp /eng/guides/anasjapan/yamagata/1.html   (557 words)

Outdoor Japan - Japan's bilingual magazine about outdoors, travel and active lifestyles. -   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) Atsumi Onsen hot spring is situated in the mountains a short distance from the coast, enabling visitors to the springs to enjoy the bounty of both ocean and mountains. The Atsumi morning market, held from April to December, is renowned for its superb selection of seafood and seasonal wild herbs. The town itself boasts a row of beautiful cherry trees and a rose garden with around 3000 roses, the sight and scents of which visitors can enjoy at different times of the year. oj.emissary.co.jp /site_db/onsen/onsen_view.html?view_id=06   (348 words)

SurfWax: News, Reviews and Articles On Yamagata Yamagata said his group is trying to attract more young people but is facing difficulty -- a sharp contrast with his generation, which was embroiled in the student movements of the 1960s,... YAMAGATA (Kyodo) A former elementary school principal was sentenced to life in prison Friday for murdering his in-laws and wounding his two daughters in the town of Fujishima, Yamagata Prefecture. YAMAGATA (Kyodo) The unit colors of the fourth contingent of Ground Self-Defense Force troops headed to Iraq were transferred Saturday during a ceremony in Higashine, Yamagata Prefecture... worldcities.surfwax.com /files/Yamagata_Japan.html   (4773 words)

Dictionary of Meaning www.mauspfeil.net   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) = The City of Tsuruoka, Yamagata Tsuruoka, the Towns of Fujishima, Yamagata Fujishima, Atsumi, Yamagata Atsumi, Haguro, Yamagata Haguro and Kushibiki, Yamagata Kushibiki and the Village of Asahi%2C_Yamagata_%28Tagawa%29 Asahi are to be merged to form the new City of Tsuruoka, Yamagata Tsuruoka (Tsuruoka-Shi). '''Yamagata Prefecture''' (山形県; ''Yamagata-ken'') is a Prefectures of Japan prefecture located in the Tohoku region on Honshu Honshu island, Japan. The capital is the city of Yamagata, Yamagata Yamagata. www.mauspfeil.net /Yamagata_Prefecture.html   (362 words)

[No title] Shidara, Y., Yamagata, K., Kanamori, T., Nakano, K., Kwong JQ., Manfredi, G., Oda, H., Ohta, S.(2005) Positive Contribution of Pathogenic Mutations in the Mitochondrial Genome to the Promotion of Cancer by Prevention from Apoptosis. Suzuki, Y., Atsumi, Y., Matsuoka, K., Nishimaki, K., Ohta, S., Taniyama, M., Muramatsu, T.(2004) Acute metabolic cataract as a first manifestation of diabetes mellitus in a 12-year-old girl. Suzuki, Y., Kuriyama, S., Atsumi, Y., Murata, C., Matsuoka, K., Taniyama, M., Muramatsu, T., Ohta, S.(2003)Maternal inheritance of diabetes is associated with inactive ALDH2 genotype in diabetics with renal failure in Japanese. www.nms.ac.jp /ig/introduction/saiboseibutsu/ourpage/happyou/happyou1.html   (1848 words)

ATSUMI-MACHI Atsumi Town is south of Tsuruoka City and north of Niigata Prefecture facing the Japan Sea. Since Atsumi is mostly mountainous it not only has the best of both land and sea foods, but also a beautiful rugged coastline. The town is also well-known for one of Yamagata's largest hot springs, Atsumi Onsen, and recently is putting effort into the development of facilities for marine sports and leisure. www4.ocn.ne.jp /~yuko2000/shonai-r/atsumi   (129 words)

[No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) After I left Yamagata for a week in Tokyo, I can remember sitting in the second floor at McDonalds looking out of a busy street in Shibuya, one of the trendy districts in Tokyo, and again found myself staring at the all the "foreigners", of which I myself was one. She thought it was possible they were permanent residents in Yamagata, and thought that they knew all the foreigners in the area. Even within Yamagata itself there is a significant difference between areas in language and culture. debiddo.at.infoseek.co.jp /japantrip/yamagataken/yamagataken.html   (298 words)

TOHOKU GUIDE >> Information for the sightseeing At Yunohama Onsen hot springs on the outskirts of Tsuruoka, ryokan (Japanese inns) face the Sea of Japan, allowing bathers to soak in the springs while enjoying the sunset over the sea. Dewa-Sanzan is a collective term for the three sacred mountains (sanzan) in the center of Yamagata Prefecture: Mt. Haguro, Mt. Yudono and Mt. Gassan. The Mogami River is the largest river in Yamagata Prefecture, and in earlier times boats plied its waters transporting rice. travel.japan-tohoku.com /cgi-bin/search.cgi?code=1500&disp=area&country=en   (520 words)

Book Encyclopedia - Web Library   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) Yamagat Prefecture is located in the southwest corner of Tohoku, facing the Sea of Japan. The City of Tsuruoka, the Towns of Fujishima, Atsumi, Haguro and Kushibiki and the Village of Asahi are to be merged to form the new City of Tsuruoka (Tsuruoka-Shi). es:Prefectura de Yamagata eo:Jamagata (prefektujo) fr:Préfecture de Yamagata ja:山形県 pt:Yamagata www.bookencyclopedia.com /index.php?title=Yamagata_Prefecture   (222 words)

Discover Japan! Sightseeing Database Atsumi Town is blessed with rich natural resources: sea, mountain, river, and hot When you walk down the main street, you will feel the atmosphere to be vibrant, dignified, and more reserved than the usual hot spring resort. Atsumi Hot Springs Bara En has 90 different kind of roses, altogether 3000 trees in the garden. www.kanko-otakara.jp /webapps/Contribute/Parser.do?codes=06|0958866722|064416&prefix=02x01_9MCKI5238zP&l_code=02   (176 words)

Japanese Friendship Dolls - Individual Dolls Miss Yamagata - Since her original kimono became very faded, she is now dressed in a colorful kimono made in 1919. For example, the city of Okazaki in Aichi Prefecture sent Miss Okazaki in 1928. Another school in Aichi Prefecture sent Miss Fukue Atsumi in 1927 to a Sunday school class in Fullerton, California. wgordon.web.wesleyan.edu /dolls/japanese/indivdolls.htm   (878 words)

Atsumi Yamagata - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Look for Atsumi Yamagata in Wiktionary, our sister dictionary project. Look for Atsumi Yamagata in the Commons, our repository for free images, music, sound, and video. If you have created this page in the past few minutes and it has not yet appeared, it may not be visible due to a delay in updating the database. www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Atsumi_Yamagata   (112 words)

Dictionary of Meaning www.mauspfeil.net '''Atsumi''' (温海町; -machi) is a towns of Japan town located in Nishitagawa District, Yamagata Nishitagawa District, Yamagata Prefecture Yamagata, Japan. As of 2003, the town has an estimated population of 9,921 and a population density density of 38.84 persons per square kilometer km²;. There you find a list of all editors and the possibility to edit the original text of the article Atsumi, Yamagata. www.mauspfeil.net /Atsumi,_Yamagata.html   (114 words)

Japan Locations List - Atsugi-shi to Attoma-misaki Atsumi, Second-order Administrative Division, Long: 137.3 Lat: 34.63333 Atsumi, Yamagata, Populated Place, Long: 139.6 Lat: 38.62167 Atsumigawa, Yamagata, Populated Place, Long: 139.7 Lat: 38.58333 www.traveljournals.net /explore/japan/locations/a/47.html   (206 words)

largest selection in Hong Kong laserdisc, Hong Kong DVD and Hong Kong VCD worldwide. Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baisho, Gin Maeda, Tatsuo Matsumura, Ruriko Asaoka Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baisho, Gin Maeda, Machiko Kyo Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baisho, Jun Miho, Komaki Kurihara bluelaser.com /cat.cgi?s=New&page=68   (1566 words)

Atsumi & Partners Atsumi and Partners requires support staff to assist the attorneys with legal work on a bilingual basis. Atsumi and Partners is located in Uchisaiwai-cho, Tokyo, overlooking the beautiful Hibiya Park in the heart of Tokyo's central business district. The Firm's office is just a short walk from the Tokyo District Court, the Supreme Court and the offices of the Tokyo Bar Association, and many government agencies, including the Financial Services Agency, the Ministry of Finance and METI. www.apap.gr.jp /en/recruiting/staff.html   (152 words)

AISF News Towards the entrance of the estate is the splendid view of General Yamagata Memorial Museum, a western-inspired two-storey building, which houses General Yamagata’s career memorabilia, statues, rare ceramic collections, as well as pictures of the closest family members and friends. The get-together for AISF Recipients 2006 was held at the hall of the Atsumi Foundation at 18:00 on October 2nd. According to Atsumi Foundation Managing Directress Imanishi Junko, who met us at the station, this was the first time since the start of the Karuizawa get-together of Raccoons and incumbent scholarship recipients that rains have forced a change in plans. www.aisf.or.jp /aisf_private/aisfnews.htm   (4820 words)

Samurai Shasta Not only is there a place in Atsumi (and not only did I go there the first day of work last year), but someone from the shop comes by the town all TWICE every day to pick up and deliver pictures!! After spending the night in Yamagata City with Jamie, we met up with Tu Sunday morning to take a trip to Matsushima, another one of the three most “picturesque” places in Japan. I also got to meet some of the Yamagata ALTs again and they are really great people. spaces.msn.com /members/shastapop23   (4114 words)

Participatory Visual Education Through recording the methods and techniques of the cultivation, we attempted to clarify the significance of the swidden in the mountainous lives of people, and the reason why it had been eventually abandoned. As the second film, we recorded people’s lives, throughout the year, in Sekigawa Village of Atsumi Town, Yamagata, where people are engaged in weaving textile made of the bark of the Shina (Japanese linden) Trees. She studies lifestyles of people coexisting with nature through the study of “sacrifice” and “swidden cultivation,” and searches for the methods of transmitting folk cultures and traditions to the younger generations through producing documentary films with the students. www.yunfest.org /e-program/community/27.htm   (569 words)

The Organization for Urban-Rural Interchange Revitalization The only guesthouse owned by a fixed netting fisherman in Yamagata Prefecture. Fish from the net lifted up from the deep by the arms of tough fishermen is served on the dinner table. Ki 301 and 308, Oaza Sanze, Tsuruoka-shi, Yamagata Pref. www.furusato.or.jp /eng/data/m060009.html   (253 words)

Patentee Index Sakashita, Yoshihiko; Watanabe, Katsumi; Yamagata, Masahiro; Oshiba, Hisanori; Sarumaru, Shogo; Muraoka, Yusuke; Saito, Kimitsugu; Mizobata, Ikuo; and Kitakado, Ryuji 06823880 Cl. 134-140. Shiga, Hitoshi; Takano, Yoshinori; Tanzawa, Toru; and Atsumi, Shigeru 06826068 Cl. 365-63. Kano, Yuko; Maruyama, Takahisa; Yamamoto, Yasuo; Shitara, Eiki; Sasaki, Toshiro; Aihara, Kazuhiro; Atsumi, Kunio; Iwamatsu, Katsuyoshi; and Ida, Takashi, to Meiji Seika Kaisha, Ltd. Carbapenem derivatives of quarternary salt type 06825187 Cl. 514-210.09. www.uspto.gov /web/patents/patog/week48/OG/patentee/alphaK_Utility.htm   (9834 words)

[Yamagata : Simply Delectable] Interesting Information Series Yamagata is a treasure house of hot springs. Gassan is one of the Dewasanzan, the three holy mountains of Yamagata. In the past, Gassan was flourishing with worshipers and monks, however, presently tourists come to go trekking and summer skiing. www.yamagatakanko.com /english/interesting_information_series/interesting_infomation.html   (301 words)

NEJM -- A Subtype of Diabetes Mellitus Associated with a Mutation of Mitochondrial DNA Momiyama, Y., Suzuki, Y., Ohtomo, M., Atsumi, Y., Matsuoka, K., Ohsuzu, F., Kimura, M. Cardiac Autonomic Nervous Dysfunction in Diabetic Patients With a Mitochondrial DNA Mutation: Assessment by heart rate variability. Yamagata, K., Tomida, C., Umeyama, K., Urakami, K.-i., Ishizu, T., Hirayama, K., Gotoh, M., Iitsuka, T., Takemura, K., Kikuchi, H., Nakamura, H., Kobayashi, M., Koyama, A. Prevalence of Japanese dialysis patients with an A-to-G mutation at nucleotide 3243 of the mitochondrial tRNALeu(UUR) gene. Momiyama, Y., Suzuki, Y., Ohsuzu, F., Atsumi, Y., Matsuoka, K., Kimura, M. Maternally transmitted susceptibility to non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus and left ventricular hypertrophy. content.nejm.org /cgi/content/abstract/330/14/962   (1711 words)

Station 33 - Echigo Discussion This notion of following the drifting cloud is the same one he expressed at the beginning of his essay when he left Edo. The Nezu no seki barrier was established in 653 as a barrier against the Emishi and marked the border between Uzen (Yamagata) and Echigo (Niigata). It had been clear in the morning but there were occasional showers throughout the afternoon turning to heavy rain in the evening which did not let up all night. darkwing.uoregon.edu /~kohl/basho/33-echigo/discussion.html   (2825 words)

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