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In the News (Wed 10 Feb 10)

  
  Bulletin No.20
Boso Peninsula projects from the northern third of Honshu for about 80 km into the Pacific Ocean, forming the northern flank of the Tokyo Bay.
Tectonic setting; The Boso Peninsula occupies a tectonically highly unstable area in the close proximity to the triple junction between the Philippines, Pacific, and Asian crustal plates.
The southern part of the Boso Peninsula lies 20 km northeast of the junction between the Philippine and Asian plates, and both earthquakes resulted in an uplift of several meters.
www.um.u-tokyo.ac.jp /publish_db/Bulletin/no20/no20012.html   (977 words)

  
  NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Boso Peninsula
Boso Peninsula (房総半島 Bōsō-hantō) is a peninsula in Chiba prefecture on Honshu, the largest island of Japan, forming the eastern edge of Tokyo Bay, separating it from the Pacific Ocean.
While the western part of the peninsula is highly urbanized (centered on the city of Kisarazu), the other coastal lowlands and interior river valleys are chiefly used for growing rice.
Peninsula A peninsula (from Latin paene insula, almost island) is a geographical formation consisting of an extension of land from a larger body, surrounded by water on three sides.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Boso-Peninsula   (826 words)

  
 Boso Peninsula   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
The Boso Peninsula is seismotectonically active region, where the highest Holocene paleo-shoreline is distributed up to 30 m above sea level.
As a result of the component analysis of vertical crustal movements, the height distribution of the highest Holocene paleo-shoreline along the western coast is basically explained by accumulation of the coseismic vertical displacements associated with the Genroku-type earthquake and the Taisho-type earthquake (Fig.
The southernmost part of the peninsula is affected by inter-seismic subsidence.
unit.aist.go.jp /actfault/english/reports/h12seika/boso.html   (134 words)

  
 Chiba (prefecture) - World Travel Guide   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Kisarazu is the largest city on the interior Boso peninsula, and connected by tunnel to the Tokyo side.
Onjuku is a small town on the outside (Pacific) Boso peninsula.
The lower Boso peninsula has several artificial attractions that are popular for family excursions but probably of limited appeal to travelers: the Kamogawa Sea World (鴨川シーワールド) marine park, Mother Farm (マザー牧場) where kids can pet farm animals, and strangest of all, the Tokyo German Village (東京ドイツ村) [1], with reconstructed half-timbered houses and bratwurst meals.
www.world-travel-guide.net /index.php?title=Boso_Peninsula   (584 words)

  
 Collision
The absence of the geophysical constraints, such as the hot spot chains or mid-ocean ridges, for determining the past plate motion of the Philippine Sea Plate, is owing to this controversy.
The scoria beds are well developed in the marine sequence in the Miura and Boso Peninsulas, close to the present Izu Peninsula.
As the presence of the scoria beds indicates the basaltic activity of the subducted Izu-Ogasawara arc (proto-Izu arc) at near the Boso peninsula, the age of the lowest scoria bed in the Boso marine sequence probably indicates when the basaltic volcanism started and/or when the active volcanic arc migrated to near the peninsula.
www.aist.go.jp /GSJ/~masaki/myHome/collision_e.html   (550 words)

  
 Japan Omnibus - Sightseeing - Kanto Area - East Kanto
The city of Narita and the International Airport are located in the north of Chiba, while the main attractions on the main peninsula itself are the beaches and coastal scenery.
The east coast of the peninsula is known as Sotobo (outer Boso) and the west coast as Uchibo (inner Boso).
Tateyama is known for its beaches and is a convenient drive from the Boso end of the Aqualine.
www.japan-zone.com /omnibus/kanto_e.shtml   (951 words)

  
 Boso Peninsula - pg. 2 by Lyle (Hiroshi) Saxon, Images Through Glass, Tokyo
Part of life in megacity Tokyo is the quest for periodic escape to the countryside.
Whether you go for a day, a week, or a month (can anyone actually do that?), first scrutinize a detailed map of the peninsula and (if you're lazy and have the money) discuss hotel options with a travel agent.
The ferries plying the waters between the narrowest part of the bay, there is enough open water to feel almost as though you are on the open sea, and Tokyo being a busy port, there are always a number of ships to see, some quite close up, like this freighter.
www5d.biglobe.ne.jp /~LLLtrs/PhotoGlryMain/pgb/b/Boso02.html   (597 words)

  
 Japan Regional Information
The Boso-hanto Peninsula is surrounded by the Pacific Ocean in the east, Tokyo Bay and Uraga Channel in the west.
Thanks to the oceanic climate that is warm even in winter, there are a number of attractions that take advantage of the warmth, such as the Mother Bokujyo Ranch, a vast picnic area with various animals and attractions, and Kamogawa Sea-World, which is famous for performances by killer whales and dolphins.
The Southern Boso (Minami-Boso) is a collective term for the area in southern Chiba and the southern Boso-hanto Peninsula around Tateyama, Chikura, Kamogawa and Katsuura, and is a part of the Southern Boso Quasi-National Park.
www.asia-planet.net /japan/kanto.htm   (1961 words)

  
 chiba
Whatever it is, the Boso area has a deepness and lushness of vegetation greater than anything I have found anywhere else in Japan, and Japan is not known for its lack of greenery.
Keep away from the main coastal roads in the top half of the peninsula, though, since in typical Chiba style they are now crowded out with the worst kind of tacky, unplanned growth.
In Boso the beaches are so long and so wide that you could dump the whole 30 million population of Tokyo, Chiba and Yokohama there and still have quite a lot of room left to breathe.
www.gregoryclark.net /chib.html   (2509 words)

  
 Boso Silent Earthquake
The Philippine Sea plate is subducting beneath the Boso peninsula, central Japan, with the Pacific plate underlying the Philippine Sea plate (1) (see Fig.
From this crustal deformation, aseismic slip was estimated off the east coast of the Boso peninsula with its rupture propagating to the south with a time duration of about 7 days (3, 4).
Employing a Kalman filter, we estimated the time evolution of the 2002 Boso aseismic slip and compared the 2002 event with the 1996 silent earthquake in order to investigate the nature of silent earthquakes.
cais.gsi.go.jp /Virtual_GSI/Seismology/Boso_Slow/1b.html   (441 words)

  
 "S31B-0207" in fm06
This paper intends to investigate the velocity structure in the Kanto region by seismic tomography applying to Boso-array and explosive data to clarify the geometry of the PHS plate.
In order to improve the resolution, we have conducted a series of active and passive seismic experiments in the Boso Peninsula, considered to be relative lower noise in the urban area.
We find that the iso-depth lines are concave in the south of the Boso peninsula and gradually smooth down curving towards the northwest.
www.agu.org /cgi-bin/wais?hh=S31B-0207   (281 words)

  
 Chapter 12a
We knew vaguely that Boso existed - that it was a large peninsula sticking out in the Pacific south of Chiba city which itself was just to the east of Tokyo.
Like most Tokyoites, we assumed that Boso was little more than a large blob of featureless land lying somewhere beyond a wasteland of factories, steel mills and scruffy urbanization spreading towards and beyond Chiba city.
The extra Boso land development was to keep me busy for years, when I could have and maybe should have been doing other things.
gregoryclark.net /lifestory/page23/page23.html   (3220 words)

  
 Chiba travel guide - Wikitravel
The lower Boso peninsula has several artificial attractions that are popular for family excursions but probably of limited appeal to travelers: the Kamogawa Sea World (鴨川シーワールド) marine park, Mother Farm (マザー牧場) where kids can pet farm animals, and strangest of all, the Tokyo German Village (東京ドイツ村) [2], with reconstructed half-timbered houses and bratwurst meals.
But be careful when taking trains to the Boso Peninsula, as there are two different ways trains can get to Awa-Kamogawa, the final stop.
The Uchibō Line (内房線), or "Inner Boso Line", follows the western coast (Tokyo Bay side) through Kisarazu, while the Sotobō or "Outer Boso" Line (外房線) cuts across the peninsula and then goes down the east coast (Pacific Ocean side) via Katsuura.
www.wikitravel.org /en/Chiba_%28prefecture%29   (881 words)

  
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The Izu peninsula is a popular vacation spot with several famous onsen and features the spectacular Izu Skyline toll road that runs down the middle of the peninsula with views of Mt. Fuji and the Pacific Ocean.
Painted on one of the rocks in the bath is the unlikely catch copy "the bath you soak in while looking at America." Our eyesight isn't quite that good, but the sound of the waves crashing around as you relax in the hot bath is quite soothing.
Boso is also the site of one of Kanto's only rider houses, Papasunchi, owned by veteran rider Papa-san.
www.gaijinbikers.com /bigben/kanto.htm   (461 words)

  
 Kamogawa SEA WORLD
Meet the ocean sunfish, the Japanese spider crab, and other dwellers of the waters surrounding the Boso Peninsula.
The sparkling white sand of the beach, the emerald green ripples of the water, the colorful fish and coral: See them as if you were diving.
We feature a seasonal lunch menu and serve a range of dishes, including a rice topped with seafood from the Boso Peninsula.
www.kamogawa-seaworld.jp /english   (567 words)

  
 1703 Genroku Earthquake
The Genroku Earthquake is thought to have been an interplate earthquake whose focal region extended from Sagami Bay to the tip of the Boso Peninsula as well as the area along the Sagami Trough in the open sea southeast of the Boso Peninsula.
Reports on the damage theorized that ground motion corresponded to a seismic intensity of 6 on the Richter scale.
This earthquake then resulted in a tsunami that hit the coastal areas of Japan and the Boso Peninsula.
www.stfrancis.edu /ns/bromer/earthsci/EarthScienceMon/student5/WEBPAGE/1703.html   (127 words)

  
 Summer/'01   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
She excited and was a little sad to say good-bye to some of friends and her teacher.
Grandma, Mom and Dad had a drive around Boso peninsula.
From Irago-misaki, they cruised to the peninsula by a ferry.
www.hi-ho.ne.jp /daddy_lnglegs/E_01spring.htm   (131 words)

  
 Metropolis - Japan Travel Feature: Escape tunnel
A little further down the coast is one of the peninsula's best kept secrets, the spectacular 56m tall Tokyo Wan (bay) Kannon, a graceful statue of the Buddhist goddess of mercy.
Completed in 1961, it was built as a memorial for those around the world who have died in war and serves as a peaceful spot for praying.
There are more famous Tokyo day trips, but a drive down the Boso Peninsula via the "escape tunnel" will prove at least as rewarding as most of the better known standards.
metropolis.co.jp /tokyotravel/tokyotravelfeature/358/tokyotravelfeatureinc.htm   (1029 words)

  
 Science Fair Projects - Boso Peninsula
Or else, you can start by choosing any of the categories below.
While the western part of the peninsula is highly urbanized (centered around the city of Kisarazu), the other coastal lowlands and interior river valleys are chiefly used for growing rice.
The peninsula gets its name (and the kanji) from the former provinces that were located there: Awa (安房;) contributed the first kanji while Kazusa (上総;) and Shimosa (下総) contributed the second.
www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/Boso_Peninsula   (292 words)

  
 Chiba Convention Bureau and International Center: Local Attractions
Minami Boso (southern Chiba) has a mild climate where rape blossoms bloom even in the middle of winter.
Along the coast from Sunosaki lighthouse passing Shirahama via Chikura and Wada to Tokai there is a driving course where flower gardens run along both sides of the road.
On the theme of "Boso's sea and life", this museum places an emphasis on the life of fishermen who lived along the coast of the Boso Peninsula.
www.ccb.or.jp /e/attractions/area/minamiboso.html   (556 words)

  
 Saito and Nagahama (1989)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
The vein structures, which develop in the present inner slope sediment, can be observed in Neogene System on the southern extremity of Boso Peninsula, central Japan.
We studied the texture of vein structure and process of its development in the case of Boso Peninsula.
The vein structure was developed by the parallel plane shear in the soft sediment of high ductility.
www.ldeo.columbia.edu /~saito/pub/s89a.html   (108 words)

  
 Marimari.com : Japan - East Tokyo
Although the Boso-hanto Peninsula is not a popular visitation among tourists, it has become a favorite retreat among Tokyo residents.
To get to the Peninsula, take the JR Sotobo line, which runs from Tokyo to the Peninsula's eastern border.
Traveling within the Peninsula should also pose no problems as JR trains, along with a good network of local buses, service most of the beaches.
www.marimari.com /content/japan/popular_places/vicinity/east.html   (440 words)

  
 EXHIBITIONS
The Museum's exhibition halls house an array of varied artifacts and specimens illuminating the nature and man in the Boso Peninsula.
Learn how to identify and classify the fauna and flora of the Boso Peninsula, then also enjoy viewing live specimens of typical small animals in the Vivarium next to the "Classification Hall".
Follow the political, economic and cultural history of the Boso Peninsula, from the earliest hunters and gathers up to modern times.
www.chiba-muse.or.jp /NATURAL/english/exhibitions-e.htm   (247 words)

  
 Spartanburg SC | GoUpstate.com | Spartanburg Herald-Journal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Tokyo Bay is surrounded by the Boso Peninsula (Chiba Prefecture) to the east and the Miura Peninsula (Kanagawa Prefecture) to the west.
In a narrow sense, Tokyo Bay is the area north of the straight line formed by the on the Miura Peninsula on one end and on the Boso Peninsula on the other end.
Tokyo Bay in a broad sense includes also the Uraga Channel.
www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Tokyo_Bay   (311 words)

  
 Amazon.com: BOSO   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Boso (Director's Cut) - Philippine Tagalog DVD by Katya Santos and Jeffrey Quizon, Allen Dizon, Ella V, JC Parker, Bembol Roco, Joel Torre, Ronnie Lazaro, Tado, Justin de Leon Gwen Garci (DVD - 2005)
Physiographical Studies of the Southeastern Part of Boso Peninsula.
BOSO OIL & FAT CO., LTD.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (Financial Performance Series) by Icon Group Ltd. and Ltd. Icon Group (Ring-bound - April 25, 2000)
www.amazon.com /s?ie=UTF8&keywords=BOSO&tag=acronymfinder-20&index=blended&link_code=qs&page=1   (388 words)

  
 Tateyama Japan travel - Chiba’s hidden gem
On the southern end of Boso Peninsula, just southeast of Tokyo lays an area unknown to tourists, but well known to Tokyoites.
Of course, the Japanese being as sharp as they are, have converted the rest of the peninsula (maybe 20 square km or so) into a campground and recreation site.
In the nearby town of Miyoshi, one can scale a small mountain (a big hill really) and actually see all of southern Boso peninsula, as well as Tokyo Bay and the Pacific Ocean.
www.globosapiens.net /bootlegga-travelogue/Tateyama.html   (1228 words)

  
 Chiba Prefecture Summary
A residential and industrial satellite of Tokyo, Chiba occupies an area of 5,150 square kilometers, with its population mostly concentrated in the northwest.
Its main geographical features are the Kanto Plain in the north, which meets the hilly Boso Peninsula in the south.
Most of Chiba lies on the hilly Boso Peninsula, a rice farming region: the east coast, known as the Ninety-Nine League Plain, is an especially productive area.
www.bookrags.com /Chiba_Prefecture   (1112 words)

  
 Integrated Ocean Drilling Program
HPCS is used for sampling mud and sand from geological layers beneath the seafloor.
The piston coring test was performed 60km to the east off Shimokita Peninsula from Nov. 22-28.
Two piston cores, 50 meters and 70 meters long, respectively, were retrieved by HPCS from 1,200-meter water depths.
www.iodp.org /index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=216&Itemid=285   (606 words)

  
 Inference of postseismic deformation mechanisms of the 1923 Kanto earthquake
A distributed coseismic slip model presented by Pollitz et al.
(2005), combined with prescribed parameters of a viscoelastic Earth model, yields predicted postseismic deformation that agrees with observed deformation on mainland Honshu from Tokyo to the Izu peninsula.
Elsewhere (southern Miura peninsula; Boso peninsula), the considered viscoelastic models fail to predict observed deformation, and a model of ∼1 m shallow afterslip in the offshore region south of the Boso peninsula, with equivalent moment magnitude M
www.agu.org /pubs/crossref/2006/2005JB003901.shtml   (429 words)

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