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Topic: Gifu Prefecture


  
  Gifu travel guide - Wikitravel
Gifu (岐阜) [1] is the capital of Gifu prefecture, Japan.
Gifu is a station on the Tokaido main line between Osaka, Nagoya and Tokyo.
Gifu Castle: Originally referred to as “Mt. Inaba Castle,” this castle was the residence of Saito Dosan, the Sengoku Period warlord.
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  Encyclopedia: Gifu Prefecture   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Gifu Prefecture (岐阜県 Gifu-ken), is located in the Chubu region of central Japan.
Gifu (岐阜市; -shi) is the capital city of Gifu Prefecture in the Chubu region of central Japan.
Gifu City Gifu (岐阜市; -shi) is the capital city of Gifu prefecture in the Chubu region of central Japan.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Gifu-Prefecture   (504 words)

  
 Facts about topic: (Gifu Prefecture)   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Gifu Prefecture (岐阜県 Gifu-ken), is located in the Chubu (additional info and facts about Chubu) region of central Japan (A constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building).
Gifu prefecture consists of the old provinces (additional info and facts about old provinces) of Hida (additional info and facts about Hida) and Mino (additional info and facts about Mino).
Gifu's economy includes many traditional industries such as agriculture and woodworking, but it is dominated by manufacturing industries extending from the Nagoya area, such as aerospace and automotive industry.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/g/gi/gifu_prefecture.htm   (900 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Gifu, Japan (Japanese Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
It is the seat of Gifu Univ. (1949) and of the Nawa Entomology Institute (founded 1896).
It is known for the manufacture of automobiles, machinery, textiles, paper, and pottery, and for large zinc deposits in the region.
Population is concentrated in Gifu (the capital), Ogaki, and Seki.
reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/G/Gifu.html   (212 words)

  
 ISO and Japanese Cities - Case Study 1
Gifu prefecture is located in central Japan and is one of the few prefectures in Japan without a coastline.
In order to better pursue the Love Earth Gifu Initiative, in 1996, the prefectural government established "Gifu Agenda 21", which consists of concrete implementation plans with targeted quantitative goals for the prefectural government, businesses, and households, in their activities for environmental protection.
The EMS was established by the prefectural office itself, without having an outside consultant, but experts were invited to the office to give training sessions for staff members.
www.gdrc.org /uem/observatory/iso-4.html   (673 words)

  
 Gifu (prefecture) - Travelgaido   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The southern expanse of the prefecture is largely rural.
Gifu's best-known speciality is hōba miso (ほうば味噌), a version of the ubiquitous Japanese bean paste grilled on a hōba leaf and served as a dip or for eating with rice as is. Sounds pretty simple, but the taste is exquisite.
Gifu is located about as far from the sea as physically possible in Japan, so this is one place where seafood is not prized.
www.travelgaido.com /en/Gifu.html   (335 words)

  
 MSN-Mainichi Daily News: Specials
Gifu Prefecture is located in the center of Japan, and is a place of scenic beauty.
As we look forward to the Gifu National Athletic Meet to be held in 2012, we will continue to promote regional sports and increased health for prefectural residents, as well as strengthened athletic competitiveness, and work to create a new region that is bright, cheerful and overflowing with vitality.
The prefecture is actively promoting sports with the upgrading of facilities such as the Gifu Memorial Center, a major general sports facility, the Gifu Prefectural Crystal Park Ena Skating Rink, and the Hida Ontake Kogen Highland Sport Training Area.
mdn.mainichi-msn.co.jp /specials/etc/2006/12/22gifu01.html   (0 words)

  
 Marimari.com : Japan - Gifu Prefecture
The Gifu prefecture is mostly made up of mountains, with the exception of the plains around Gifu city.
Gifu and Inuyama are the two main attractions in the south.
Most of Gifu prefecture's major attractions are located in the north, with towns such as Takayama and the Shokawa Valley Region to capture one's interests.
www.marimari.com /content/japan/popular_places/central/gifu.html   (551 words)

  
 GIFU PREFECTURAL MUSEUM
Gifu Prefectural Museum was established in 1976 in Gifu Pref Centennial Park (Hyakunen Koen) in Seki City.
Gifu Prefecture is located inland in Japan,and has played an important role in the political,cultural and geographical development of japan.
The museum aims to have easy-to-understand exhibitions describing Gifu Prefecture and also provides the public with comprehensive information regarding the history and natural features connected with Gifu Prefecture.
www.museum.pref.gifu.jp /english/index.htm   (0 words)

  
 Gifu Prefecture - Basic Information
Gifu Prefecture is one of the 47 prefectures in Japan.
You can get to Gifu with the fast Shinkansen Nozomi train in 2 hours—it will be necessary to change trains in the city of Nagoya.
Gifu is the birthplace of Nagano river and its affluents:  the Kiso, Nagara and Ibi.
utminers.utep.edu /mherold/gifuprefecture.htm   (235 words)

  
 Accessibility Forum 2003
He was appointed as the representative of the prefectural office of Gifu Prefecture in Los Angeles in 1991.
He moved to the United States again in 1997, and was in charge of the construction of a citizen-centric digital government system for the CIO of the West Virginia State government in the United States.
Gifu Prefecture is not only an electronic government in the narrow sense of computerization of current administrative services, but it promotes high value-added digital government, focusing on regional development for the future, from the viewpoint of its citizens.
www.research.ibm.com /trl/projects/access_c/acf_kawata.htm   (225 words)

  
 Cultists enter Nagano; issue statement about Tama-chan   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Gifu -- About 50 members of the Panawave Laboratory, a cult known for its white attire, entered Nagano Prefecture on Tuesday after camping out on a mountain road in the village of Kiyomi in Gifu Prefecture, but in a bizarre development issued a statement about Japan's celebrity seal Tama-chan.
After passing the winter in Izumi, Fukui Prefecture, the group moved to a forest road on the borders of Hachiman and Yamato townships in Gifu on April 25, living in tents along a roadside.
The group, which has roamed around Tottori, Hyogo, Kyoto, Fukui, Shiga and Gifu prefectures, is under police surveillance because authorities are concerned about its cult-like activities, such as dressing in white clothing from head to toe and saying they are protecting their leader from electromagnetic waves.
www.rickross.com /reference/pana_wave/pana_wave20.html   (472 words)

  
 Gifu University Adopts Distance Learning to Change the Face of Education - Company Info.: Polycom Latin America   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Centrally located in Japan's Gifu Prefecture, Gifu University was established in 1949 and first deployed classroom video conferencing in 1997 to assist remotely-located students.
Gifu University deployed Polycom's MCU and gateway conferencing control unit, ensuring reliable and secure multipoint voice, video and data conferencing over any network connection.
Gifu University is confidently promoting video conferencing as the key to distance learning and an equitable education for all.
www.polycom.com /company_info/1,,le-649-3655-9593,FF.html   (744 words)

  
 Gifu Prefectural Science and Technology Promotion Center   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Gifu Prefecture is promoting research and development activities.
The Gifu Prefectural Science and Technology Promotion Center, established in April 1996, integrates research institutes within Gifu.
The facility as a whole is a symbol of the free and natural philosophy with which exchange between researchers and vitalization of industries in Gifu Prefecture is realized.
www.stp.pref.gifu.jp /htmlstpc/english/index2_e.html   (128 words)

  
 Mino Ceramics Now 2004 -- Japanese Pottery Exhibition in Gifu Prefecture
What defines Mino these days is on view at the Museum of Modern Ceramic Art, Gifu, in its ambitious Mino Ceramics NOW 2004 exhibition that runs through Dec. 15 and features the works of about 120 potters.
Staged to celebrate the museum's second anniversary this autumn, the exhibits on show in Gifu have been chosen to focus on that which matters most there: pots made by potters living and working in Mino.
Shodai-yaki is fired in Kumamoto Prefecture and is one of Japan's treasured mingei wares.
www.e-yakimono.net /html/mino-exhibit-gifu-04-jt.html   (0 words)

  
 Asia-Links   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Introduction to Fukuoka Prefecture located in the nothern coast of Kyushu Island includes guide for foreign visitors and residents as well as its wealth of historical industrial evolution.
Gifu Prefecture located in the heart of Japan, it offers a variety of choice business opportunities.
Miyagi Prefecture is located north east coast of Honshu Island, and is the center of commerce and industry in the Tohoku Region.@The capital city, Sendai, has many subsidiaries and branch offices of banking agencies and enterprises from, all over Japan.
www.asia-links.com /sina/directory/directory.asp?folderid=200   (282 words)

  
 VSMM2000 TRAVEL
Gifu prefecture lies in the center of the Japanese island chain and is about 300 kilometers west of Tokyo.
Gifu city, the prefectural capital, is 30 kilometers north of Nagoya.
Gifu prefecture ranks seventh in size with 10,595 m².
www.vsmm.org /vsmm2000/travel.cfm?langSelect=English   (1224 words)

  
 Ikuhiko Shibata - Gifu, Japan
The capital of Gifu Prefecture is Gifu City.
Gifu City is famous for its paper goods.
Gifu makes traditional Japanese umbrellas and lanterns and also the modern lamps of sculptor Isamu Noguchi.
www.rdpslides.com /ccf/FAQ00002.htm   (1076 words)

  
 Japan Atlas: Gifu Japanese Umbrella   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The feudal lord who was transferred in to rule the feudal domain around Gifu had to contend with a local economy that was devastated by floods.
In addition to the usual type of rain umbrella, Gifu Wagasa also come in various other types including large red outdoor parasols that are used to provide shade on outdoor occasions, such as tea ceremonies.
Gifu Wagasa are an indispensable part of traditional Japanese art and culture.
web-japan.org /atlas/crafts/cra16.html   (405 words)

  
 Gifu - TheBestLinks.com - Japan, Gifu, Gifu Prefecture, Disambig, ...
Gifu - TheBestLinks.com - Japan, Gifu, Gifu Prefecture, Disambig,...
Gifu, Japan, Gifu, Gifu, Gifu Prefecture, Disambig, Eo:Gifu, Ja:岐阜
This is a disambiguation page, i.e., a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title.
www.thebestlinks.com /Gifu.html   (107 words)

  
 Untitled Document   (Site not responding. Last check: )
In many ways, Gifu Prefecture has already broken bold new ground with Softopia, the Academy of Art and Sciences and other innovations throughout the region.
We are optimistic that the Prefectures of Japan expect the smart communities of California have the look and feel to be the new Athens of the Information Age.
But clearly here in Gifu Prefecture, a vibrant "can-do" spirit and respect for individual enterpreneurship is beginning to take hold.
www.smartcommunities.org /pub_jap_prefect.htm   (1705 words)

  
 NewsOnJapan.com - Linkbase - Regional Websites: Chubu Region: Gifu Prefecture   (Site not responding. Last check: )
History of Gifu Castle - From nearly everywhere in Gifu City, Mt. Kinka and Gifu Castle dominate the scenery.
Ogaki City, Gifu Prefecture - Ogaki, a verdant and beautiful city situated in the Japanese heartland, and long a center for cultural and commercial exchange between Eastern and Western Japan, was established as Japan's 71st city on April 1, 1918.
The Museum of Fine Arts, Gifu - We hope visitors to MFAG (The Museum of Fine Art, Gifu) would have a happy experience through the works of fine arts and various activities of this young museum.
newsonjapan.com /html/linkbase/Regional_Websites/Chubu_Region/Gifu_Prefecture/index.shtml   (199 words)

  
 Tuscany & Gifu Artists Gallery
Gifu serving as the base of these projects, and will constantly play a central role for Japan both in name and reality.With these expectations, Gifu has a vision of "Tokai High-Tech Land Gifu" to cover all the zones of the prefecture.
Particularly, "the Research Network City Arc Gifu" encompasses several research and development bases, which are geographically located in the arc along the Tokai Ring Expressway in the southern part of Gifu Prefecture.The core of whole of project is the Tono Frontier Science Research City.
In Toki, Tajimi, Mizunami and Kazahara, four municipalities that makes up the west Tono region of Gifu Prefecture, long-term plans are being generated to make the most of the area's natural environment, living environment, and position at the center of Japan by assembling a group of world class cutting edge research and development facilities.
cosimo.die.unifi.it /Projects/ArtGallery/site.html   (877 words)

  
 Prefectures (Japan)
GIFU Prefecture japanese/english - Official website of the Gifu prefectural government.
Kagoshima Prefecture 5 languages - Kagoshima Prefecture, the southern edge of mainland Japan..
Osaka japanese/english - Osaka Prefecture, located at the approximate center of Japan, is divided into 33 cities, 10 towns, and 1 village.
www.tuttinsieme.it /tutti/tut/as/japan/prefectures.htm   (513 words)

  
 Japan   (Site not responding. Last check: )
A sixth grader from the host prefecture reported that even in Okinawa, where the natural environment is in relatively good shape, development projects have caused clay to wash into the sea after heavy rainfall, damaging precious coral reefs.
A middle school representative from Mie Prefecture told the meeting that he and his friends were able to persuade their town's mayor to turn a dam clean-up campaign, initiated by kids, into a town-wide project.
Shizuoka Prefecture is sponsoring a Festival of New Tourism in the Izu Peninsula from December 31, 1999 through January 1, 2001.
www.millenniumworld.org /Asia/japan.html   (3575 words)

  
 Gifu — FactMonster.com
It is the seat of Gifu Univ. (1949) and of the Nawa Entomology Institute (founded 1896).
It is known for the manufacture of automobiles, machinery, textiles, paper, and pottery, and for large zinc deposits in the region.
Population is concentrated in Gifu (the capital), Ogaki, and Seki.
www.factmonster.com /ce6/world/A0820795.html   (0 words)

  
 Sweet Valley   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Gifu is making progress in providing the necessary infrastructure for becoming a center of information, transportation and industry.
Gifu provides the necessary environment for the success of independent venture companies.
Gifu is a candidate site for the relocation of such organs of government as the National Diet from Tokyo.
www.sweetvalley.jp /e_index.htm   (276 words)

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