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	Shiga Prefecture Summary
		Shiga Prefecture is situated in the central region of Japan's island of Honshu, where it occupies an area of 4,016 square kilometers.
		Shiga is bordered by Kyoto, Mie, Gifu, and Fukui prefectures.
		Shiga shares a border with Fukui Prefecture in the north, Gifu Prefecture in the east, Mie Prefecture in the southeast, and Kyoto Prefecture in the west.
	www.bookrags.com /Shiga_Prefecture (1770 words)

	Shiga Prefecture - PHOTOGUIDE.JP
		Shiga Prefecture (滋賀県; Shiga-ken) is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan located next to Kyoto Prefecture in the Kinki region on Japan's largest island of Honshu.
		Shiga is a landlocked prefecture and its other neighbors are Fukui Prefecture in the north, Gifu Prefecture in the east, and Mie Prefecture in the southeast.
		Shiga is enclosed by mountain ranges with the Hira mountains in the east, the Ibuki range in the northeast, and Suzuka mountain range in the east.
	photoguide.jp /txt/Shiga_Prefecture (3742 words)

	Echi District, Shiga - TheBestLinks.com - Japan, Population, 2003, Square kilometer, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Echi District, Shiga, Japan, Population, 2003, Square kilometer, Population...
		Echi (愛知郡; -gun) is a district located in Shiga, Japan.
		As of 2003, the district has an estimated population of 34,262 and a density of 325.07 persons per kmandsup2.
	www.thebestlinks.com /Echi_District__2C___Shiga.html (95 words)

	Professor Manabu KONDO's Office Home Page
		Now Shiga Prefecture has become the top of industrial output per capita and one of the highest population growth rate's prefecture in Japan.
		However, even now over 50% of households in Shiga Prefecture discharge the waste water untreated into the Lake and both agricultural and golf-course runoff rich in pesticides and chemical fertilizers is almost completely unchecked.
		In fact, Shiga Prefecture's central location, known as the 'navel' of Japan, means that from ancient times, ease of transportation has been an advantage of the region.
	www.biwako.shiga-u.ac.jp /sensei/kondo/kondo4 (4539 words)

	Shiga Prefecture (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Shiga shares a border with Fukui Prefecture in the north, Gifu Prefecture in the east, Mie Prefecture in the southeast, and Kyoto Prefecture in the west.
		Lake Biwa, Japan's largest lake, is located at the center of this prefecture.
		It occupies one-sixth the total area of Shiga.
	www.tocatch.info /en/Shiga-ken.htm (1270 words)

	The Journey to Takamiya
		Today the town is noted as center for a wide variety of light manufacturing industries, which have taken advantage of relatively cheap land prices and continued good access to the metropolitan markets.
		The decline of textiles, however, means that Echigawa still maintains a 'small town' atmosphere, with relatively little sign of the new prosperity evident in larger towns and cities today.
		Leaving Echigawa, the old highway follows a line parallel to Route 8, and only a hundred or so yards from it.
	hkuhist2.hku.hk /nakasendo/takamiya.htm (1058 words)

	sample caption story \| Asia Water Wire
		It is unusual in Japan for courts to intervene and stop government projects.
		The 90-metre-high dam is expected to be built in an upstream portion of the Echigawa river.
		Heat-resistant volcanic shrimps, bacteria-farming furry crabs, and a giant species of lobsters weighing 4 kilos have been found living in the world's deepest and remotest oceans.
	www.asiawaterwire.net /node/140 (887 words)

	Shiga Prefecture (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Shiga Prefecture (滋賀県) Shiga prefectural symbol Capital Otsu, ShigaOtsu Region : Kinki Island : Honshu Area - Total - % water Ranked 38th 4,017.36...
		Foreigners were then allowed to trade with Japan and take up residence in cities like Yokohama and Hakodate.
		Unfortunately, Ii was later assassinated in 1860 by people who sought to oust the foreign "barbarians." Shiga's second-most famous building is Ishiyama Temple in Otsu.
	www.33beat.com /Shiga_Prefecture.html (732 words)

	Higashiomi City (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Higashiomi City is located in the southeast part of Shiga Prefecture in the middle of the Keihanshin and Chukyo areas.
		It borders Echigawa Town, Hatasho Town, and Taga Town to the north, Ryuo Town, Gamo Town, Hino Town, and Tsuchiyama Town to the south, Omihachiman City, Azuchi Town, and Notogawa Town to the west, and the prefectural boundary with Mie Prefecture to the east.
		In regard to geography, Higashiomi City is long from east to west, and the Suzuka mountain chain lies in the east with such mountains as Oikedake and Fujiwaradake.
	www.city.higashiomi.shiga.jp /outside/English/page01.html (201 words)

	globalinfo.org - Dec 27, JAPAN (#41166)
		EIGENJI, Dec. 27, 2005 (IPS/GIN) -- A long-running citizens movement to protect the Echigawa River from a planned dam is gearing up for the next fight: the Japanese government's appeal to the Supreme Court to overturn a ruling against the dam.
		Residents of Higashi-Omi in Shiga prefecture, 500 kilometers west of Tokyo, brave heavy snow and freezing winds to attend meetings where they devise strategies to protect their beloved river.
		Noda and other local residents, who include fishermen and those involved in the tourism business, are determined to succeed after their 11-year fight against the planned dam.
	www.globalinfo.org /eng/reader.asp?ArticleId=41166 (773 words)

	Higashiomi, Shiga - PHOTOGUIDE.JP
		Higashiomi (Higashi-Omi) (東近江市; -shi) is a city in Shiga Prefecture east of Lake Biwa.
		Yokaichi Giant Kite Festival 八日市大凧まつり - The symbol of Higashiomi (especially Yokaichi), this giant kite festival is the city's biggest event, one of Shiga's major festivals, and one of Japan's major giant kite festivals.
		Hyakusaiji 百済寺 - Established by Shotoku Taishi in 609, this is Shiga Prefecture's oldest temple and one of Japan's oldest.
	photoguide.jp /txt/Higashiomi,_Shiga (1506 words)

	Japan Locations List - Ebosi Hana to Edo
		Echigawa, Fourth-order Administrative Division, Long: 136.2167 Lat: 35.18333
		Echigawa, Shiga, Populated Place, Long: 136.2 Lat: 35.16667
		Echigawa-cho, Shiga, Populated Place, Long: 136.2 Lat: 35.16667
	www.traveljournals.net /explore/japan/locations/e/4.html (248 words)

	My time as a JET - part seven
		We were allocated a homestay partner on request by one of Shiga's international friendship organisations.
		Usually it involves spending a night or two at the home of a local family, although it can be much longer-term than that.
		Naomi is a bank clerk in Otsu whose family lives in a remote part of Shiga called Hino-cho.
	tanuki.org.uk /jet07.html (1645 words)

	My Best Streams - Echigawa Yuzurio (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Through the Eigenji temple where is known autumn colors, arrive at Tadehata village soon.
		The upper area of Oikegawa River where is known as the wooden turner originated, and they were scattered over mountains of various places from here.
		And Yuzurio village have become the depths of the Echigawa River now.
	www.itow.com /amago/b-streams/echigawa2.html (245 words)

	Party X 4
		On Sunday, despite being kind of tired and feeling like I was getting sick, I went with Lisa out on the Omi line (a private line in eastern Shiga) to the Yokaichi/Echigawa area, to see a kite festival.
		I kind of wanted to go just because it was the one area of Shiga I hadn't really been to, but it looks just like the rest of Shiga.
		Then I had to haul my tired, feeling sick ass through a field and run down a road so I could a catch a train to get me to Kyoto by 6 (4 train transfers, woo hoo) for Nathan's 33rd birthday party.
	homepage.mac.com /rachaelward/iblog/B369540226/C1768608164/E20060529155700/index.html (1335 words)

	WINDOE - Web for International business Deal Of Ecology
		Our company was established in 1992 to manufacture and sell catalysts used for removing bad odors in environmental fields.
		In 1988, we established Shiga Labour-Saving Machines in Shiga Prefecture, which holds the largest lake in Japan.
		We make products and systems for using wooden resources which can be returned to the soil at the end.
	cgi.k3.shigaplaza.or.jp /en/index.php?act=lst&ctgr=3 (373 words)

	ShigaJET.org :: Littl Can trying to find Big John and other friendly Shigans (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		I currently live in Nagasaki (ex-Shimabara)- but as of the 11th of October I will be making my great treak to Echigawa-cho, Echigawa-gun, SHIGA - to take an ALT position.
		Time is not too much of an issue as I arrive early in the morning, but I need some direction in the form of MOST SIMPLE ROUTE.
		As far a driving directions from Kobe port, that might be a little difficult.
	www.shigajet.org /discussion/topic/88 (609 words)

	Consultation Services for Foreign Residents
		They pull out into the lake to the drumbeat.
		There will be a firework festival at the riverbed of Echigawa River on the 2nd day.
		There will be an exhibition and a fire festival, too.
	www.s-i-a.or.jp /english/mimitaro/22-4.html (190 words)

	Traditional Crafts in Kansai (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		In Echigawa town, tanning work and drum making have been carried on since the Edo period (1600-1868) using the pure water from the Echi river.
		Cow skin is considered the best material for drum making.
		Craftspeople use Keyaki wood for the cylinder of the drum.
	www.kippo.or.jp /culture_e/indus/crafts/drum.htm (68 words)

	Mitsuo Fukada's Website
		Appointed to executive committee of the Fine Arts Divition for Shiga Art Festival since 1990
		Shiga art association's exhibition,held every year since 1999,Shiga
		[Souzou-no-Tsubasa] Works on the monument and the front garden thanks to Shiga Pref.
	www.mediawars.ne.jp /~mitsuocz/e_history.html (831 words)

	Map of Iba (Japan) - nona.net
		Iba is a populated place in Shiga, which is a region of Japan.
		An overview map of the region around Iba is displayed below.
		// 2.4km to Shimo-toyoura // 4.0km to Jōrakuji // 4.0km to Kami-toyoura // 4.5km to Echigawa // 4.5km to Ōnohama // 5.8km to Musa // 5.9km to Hachiman // 8.7km to Yōkaichi [all distances 'as the bird flies' and approximate]
	nona.net /features/map/placedetail.1514261/Iba (140 words)

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