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  niigata prefecture - Article and Reference from OnPedia.com
Niigata (the city) is the largest and most important city in Ura Nihon, the half of Japan that faces the Sea of Japan.
On October 23, 2004, the Chuetsu Earthquake struck Niigata Prefecture, causing shaking measured at Shindo 6+ at Ojiya.
Niigata prefecture stretches about 240 km along the Sea of Japan from southwest to north east, with a coastal plain between the mountains and the sea.
www.onpedia.com /encyclopedia/Niigata-Prefecture   (330 words)

  
 Niigata Prefecture - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
Niigata prefecture is home to the mouth of the Shinano River, the longest river in Japan.
Niigata is the principal rice growing region of Japan based on gross output.
Niigata prefecture is known throughout Japan for its quality sake, senbei, and mochi.
www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Niigata_Prefecture   (1248 words)

  
 :::► Dictionary of Meaning www.mauspfeil.net ◄:::
Niigata (the city) is the largest and most important city among the cities which face the Sea of Japan.
Sado District, Niigata Sado District was thereby dissolved.
*On April 1, 2005, the city of Tokamachi, Niigata Tokamachi, the towns of Matsudai, Niigata Matsudai and Matsunoyama, Niigata Matsunoyama in Higashikubiki District, Niigata Higashikubiki District and the town of Kawanishi, Niigata Kawanishi and the village of Nakasato, Niigata Nakasato merged to form the new city of Tokamachi, Niigata Tokamachi.
www.mauspfeil.net /Niigata_Prefecture.html   (1030 words)

  
 Wikipedia: Niigata Prefecture
Niigata is the largest and most important city in Ura Nihon, the half of Japan that faces the Sea of Japan.
It has been an important seaport since the opening of Japan in the mid-1800's, especially for trade with Russia and northern Korea.
Today, Niigata is best known for being visited by a freighter from North Korea once a month: one of the few direct contacts between the Western bloc and the communist country.
www.factbook.org /wikipedia/en/n/ni/niigata_prefecture.html   (179 words)

  
 Niigata Prefecture   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
March 21, 2005-The city of Niitsu, Shirone and Toyosaka, the towns of Kameda, Kosudo and Yokogoshi from Nakakanbara District and the town of Nishikawa and the villages of Ajikata, Iwamuro, Katahigashi, Nakanokuchi and Tsukigata from Nishikanbara District were all merged into the city of Niigata.
Niigata prefecture is known throughout Japan for its quality sake, senbei, mochi, and arare.
Niigata is a source for crude oil, not often found on the Japanese islands.
en.askmore.net /Niigata-ken.htm   (1542 words)

  
 Brujula.Net - Your Latin Stating Point   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Niigata prefecture was originally divided into Echigo Province and Sado Province until the
Russia and northern Korea, and was the first port on the Sea of Japan to be opened to foreign trade.
Chuetsu Earthquake struck Niigata Prefecture, causing shaking measured at Shindo 6+ at
www.brujula.net /english/wiki/Niigata_Prefecture.html   (292 words)

  
 Japan fights invasion of the jumbo jellyfish - Science - MSNBC.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Japanese fishermen draw up a fishing net full of Echizen kurage, or Nomura's jellyfish, off the shores of Awashimaura in a photo from September 2003.
The jellyfish can be more than 6 feet in diameter.
Much about the jellyfish, the largest variety found in the Sea of Japan, remains a mystery, according to Hitoshi Iizumi of the Seikai National Fisheries Research Institute in Niigata.
www.msnbc.msn.com /id/10995599   (783 words)

  
 warriorsworld.net | Golden State Warriors Forums: Giant Jellyfish attacks Japan, this thing is huge! (where's Godzilla ...
Vast numbers of Echizen kurage, or Nomura's jellyfish, have appeared around Japan's coast since July, clogging and ripping fishing nets and forcing fishermen to spend hours hacking them apart before bringing home their reduced catches.
CAPTION: Japanese fishermen draw up a fishing net full of Echizen kurage, or Nomura's jellyfish, off the shores of Awashimaura, northern Japan, in this September 26, 2003 file photo.
Representatives of fishing communities around the country gathered in Tokyo on Thursday, hoping to thrash out solutions to a pest that has spread from the Japan Sea to the Pacific coast.
forums.warriorsworld.net /other/msgs/80596.phtml   (707 words)

  
 giant jelly fish story - Redtailboa.net   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
jellyfish, off the shores of Awashimaura, northern Japan, in this September
The slimy sea creature up to two metres in diameter and
Echizen kurage, or Nomura's jellyfish, off the shores of Awashimaura,
www.redtailboa.net /forums/showthread.php?p=204485#post204485   (821 words)

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