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	Gifu Prefecture - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Gifu Prefecture consists of the old provinces of Hida and Mino.
		The towns and villages that merged were Hachiman, Meihou, Minami, Shitori, Takasu, Wara, and Yamato.
		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.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gifu_Prefecture (699 words)

	Gujo, Gifu - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Gujo (郡上市; -shi) is a city in Gifu Prefecture, Japan.
		As of November 1, 2004, the city has an estimated population of 49,626 and a density of 48 persons per km².
		The city was established in March 1, 2004 by the merger of Hachiman, Yamato, Shirotori, Takasu, Minami, Meihou, and Wara.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gujo,_Gifu (99 words)

	Gujo Hachiman Tourist Information and Travel Guide at InfoHub.com
		Long-distance walker Booth's romantic description of GUJO HACHIMAN still applies: the place is as clean and inviting - with two pristine rivers running through the centre - as any town you will find in the country, and the castle and the dance, are well checking out.
		This very photogenic replica was built on the genuine stone foundations of the less elaborate original structure; the castle was pulled down during the Meiji Restoration and rebuilt in 1934.
		The enthusiastic gatekeeper of the castle will be happy to take your photo with the panorama of the town below, and will be sure to point out that the shape of the town resembles that of a fish, which it really does, the elegant concrete span of the new motorway accenting the tail.
	www.infohub.com /destinations/Asia/Japan/Gujo-Hachiman (597 words)

	Gujo Hachiman Guide - Japan Reference
		Gujo Hachiman is a small town in central Gifu prefecture, at the confluent of the upper Nagara-gawa river and Yoshida-gawa river.
		The town is famous for its castle, originally built in 1559 and reconstructed in 1933, and for its Gujo Odori Folk Dances, held each summer from early July to early September, with the main festival takeing place between 13 and 16 August.
		Gujo Hachiman is about 2 hours 15 minutes from Nagoya (￥2,310).
	jref.com /practical/gujo_hachiman.shtml (287 words)

	White cloth brigade - smh.com.au
		Members of the Panawave Laboratory cult leave the roadside in the town of Hachiman in Gifu prefecture, some 300km west of Tokyo on Thursday.
		Panawave says it is seeking sanctuary from electromagnetic waves generated by left-wing guerrillas in Japan as part of a conspiracy to destroy its leadership.
		Representatives of the approximately 30 people in the camp responded they would be unable to leave until the end of this week because they were carrying a sick person who is widely believed to be their guru.
	www.smh.com.au /articles/2003/05/02/1051382076637.html (420 words)

	JapanCorner News
		Also called Hachiman, Aki no Takayama Matsuri is celebrated in the old castle town of Takayama where its many historical temples and shrines are well preserved to this day.
		The festival begins on October 9th with a solemn Shinto ritual at the Sakurayama Hachimanou shrine.
		Sakurayama Hachimanou shrine was erected in his honor then enlarged in 1683.
	www.japancorner.com /news/festival.asp?story=54 (269 words)

	Gifu Cities and Towns Web Listings Information \| Business.com
		Gifu Prefecture has been divided into 5 administrative divisions, each of which pursues development on a local level.
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	www.business.com /directory/government_and_trade/by_country/japan/regional_and_municipal_government/prefectures/gifu/cities_and_towns/weblistings.asp (482 words)

	Gifu Prefecture - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Gifu Prefecture - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		This encyclopedia, history, geography and biography article about Gifu Prefecture contains research on
		Gifu Prefecture, History, Geography, Cities, Towns and villages, Mergers, Economy, Demographics, Culture, Tourism, Prefectural symbols, Miscellaneous topics, External links, Chubu region and Gifu Prefecture.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Gifu_Prefecture (706 words)

	Gifu prefecture Stock Photos and Images. 36 Gifu prefecture pictures and photography available to search from over 50 ...
		Japan, Gifu Prefecture, Shirakawa, homes beside rice paddy,...
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		Waterfall in the Tukechi Valley in Gifu, Japan
	www.fotosearch.com /photos-images/gifu-prefecture.html (141 words)

	Japanese Language & Japanese Studies Program (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The students are encouraged to compare Japanese culture with their own cultures in order to appreciate the differences and similarities between different cultures.
		Several field trips within Gifu Prefecture (Gujo Hachiman, Seki, etc) and to nearby prefectures are included in the Program to deepen the students' understanding and appreciation of Japanese culture.
		Gifu University International House is established to provide accommodation for international students.
	www.gifu-u.ac.jp /~isc/en/international/jp_program/program.html (495 words)

	Getting Here
		Please note that it is not possible to use a JR Rail Pass to travel to Gujo Hachiman.
		Buses depart each half hour from the Gifu Bus Centre, which is next door to the Gifu Meitetsu Train Station.
		In Mino Ota transfer to the Nagaragawa Railway (not associated with JR) for the trip to Gujo Hachiman Station.
	gujohachiman.com /kanko/Getting_here_e.htm (379 words)

	Brujula.Net - Your Latin Stating Point (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Gifu prefecture consists of the old provinces of Hida and
		The towns and villages that merged were Hachiman,
		On April 1, 2003 both towns and the village from the former Yamagata merged, forming the city of Yamagata.
	www.brujula.net /english/wiki/Gifu_Prefecture.html (357 words)

	White-robed cultists hit the road (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Hachiman, Gifu Prefecture -- Threatened with being slapped with a traffic violation, a mysterious group of white-robed cultists packed up Thursday and vacated the forest road they've occupied for the past week.
		The 40 members of the Pana group are living in a caravan of 15 vehicles, also shrouded in white.
		Wednesday, the mayors of Hachiman and Yamato, towns near where the group was camped out, visited the site and urged them to leave the area immediately.
	www.rickross.com /reference/pana_wave/pana_wave8.html (536 words)

	Shooting Gallery / jamietalbot.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Gifu's 2005 fireworks festival was even bigger than the year before's.
		Found on a random bike ride north of my house, Gifu Family Park was a well-kept, nicely designed children's park.
		Ibigawa is a really small town of a few thousand people in Gifu Prefecture that holds a cool annual festival in May each year.
	jamietalbot.com /gallery/out-and-about (875 words)

	Religion News Blog, May 1 - 2, 2003
		The white-clad cult members, who were forced by police Thursday to leave Hachiman, Gifu Prefecture, where they had occupied a section of road for a week since April 25, made a short journey in their fleet of white vehicles and arrived at a neighboring village of Kiyomi in the predawn hours of Friday.
		:===End Quote=== [Panawave] 300 Gifu police start investigation into white-robed cultists http://www.religionnewsblog.com/archives/00003174.html :===Begin Quote=== Some 300 Gifu prefectural police on Thursday began searching the vehicles of a cult group that has blocked a mountain road for days, draped white sheets from the trees and accused leftists of trying to harm its members with electromagnetic waves.
		The cult members, clad entirely in white in what they say is protection from electromagnetic waves that made their founder gravely ill, have blocked off the narrow road in Gifu prefecture, some 171 miles west of Tokyo.
	www.talkaboutsupport.com /group/alt.support.ex-cult/messages/35249.html (2513 words)

	World Wide Angle - Tearsheets: Gujo-Hachiman and the French Restaurant - Text
		Gujo Hachiman Castle is located at the northern edge of Gujo.
		Though, I thought it was unlikely that I would need reservations at a backwater French bistro, when we got there and the place was full on a Friday afternoon, I realized, I was wrong.
		The restaurant Momochidori is located at, and is part of, the Field Museums, a collection of museums on the outskirts of Gujo-Yamato, one town north of Hachiman.
	www.worldwideangle.net /data/tearsheets/tears_solos/jtext03.htm (1662 words)

	BBC NEWS \| World \| Asia-Pacific \| Japan cult ends stand-off
		But their caravan of vehicles began pulling out of Thursday, after police searched their vehicles on suspicion they had broken traffic laws, said a spokesman for the prefectural police in Gifu.
		The cult, whose members are clad entirely in white, is reported to believe that the world will be devastated on 15 May by natural disasters, caused by a reversal of the magnetic pole.
		An official with the cult told reporters earlier this week that a communist group was seeking to take the life of their leader by trying to kill her with a weapon using electromagnetic waves.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/asia-pacific/2991439.stm (388 words)

	Randy's 'Favorite Getaways in Rural Japan' p 4
		The Hachiman Shrine is the biggest and oldest shrine, right in the middle of town.
		This is a small farming village in the narrow Shogawa river valley deep in the heart of Gifu prefecture and mountainous Hida country.
		Although there are a few reasonably modern buildings, the village is notable for having preserved dozens of the old wooden farmhouses (photo left and click) that were built one and two hundred years ago.
	www.ease.com /~randyj/rjjapan1.htm (6836 words)

	JNTO Website \| Find a Location \| Gifu \| Oku-Mino and Gujo Hachiman
		Located almost right in the central part of Gifu, Oku-Mino's center is Gujyo Hachiman, where the upper stream of Nagara-gawa River and its branch Yoshida-gawa River meet.
		It prospered as a castle town in the 16th century and even today preserves old streets defined by Bengara-goshi lattice.
		About 25 minutes from Gifu Station to Mino Ota Station by JR Takayama Honsen Line.
	www.jnto.go.jp /eng/location/regional/gifu/okumino_gujyouhatiman.html (327 words)

	JET Forum - A Bravenet.com Forum
		At one time there was a Gifu JETs homepage and newsletter, but they seem to no longer exist, so the yahoo group is your most reliable source of information about Gifu (from the JET perspective).
		There is a lot to do and see in Gifu and I wish you luck on your adventure.
		Most of Gifu Prefecture uses the "New Horizon" English textbooks in junior high schools (my photo is on the 3rd year students' workbook!).
	pub39.bravenet.com /forum/3271335690/fetch/418691 (480 words)

	Laputan Logic - Panawave
		White cloth brigade A caravan of vehicles belonging to a New Age group holed up on a mountain road in western Japan for almost a week left today after it was searched by hundreds of police and warned it was breaking traffic laws, an officer said.
		For years, they have traveled the backroads of Japan in an all-white caravan, swathing their camps in white fabric.
		The white-clad cult members, who were forced by police to leave Hachiman, Gifu Prefecture, where they had occupied a section of road for a week since April 25, made a short journey in their fleet of white vehicles and arrived at a neighboring village of Kiyomi in the predawn hours of Friday May 2.
	www.laputanlogic.com /articles/2003/05/04-93925263.html (426 words)

	Panawave :: Doomsday Cult: Countdown to May
		Local residents confront Panawave members asking them to leave a road in Hachiman, Gifu Prefecture, which they had been occupying for a week.
		In Oizumi, Gifu Prefecture, Panawave Laboratory members are constructing dome-shaped structures, which they claim to be resistant to any kind of natural disasters.
		The cult's publications indicated that its members are convinced that the human race will be destroyed on May 15 this year because of a dramatic change in the angles of the Earth's axis.
	www.religionnewsblog.com /archives/00003204.html (660 words)

	PRACTICALITIES, Gujo Hachiman Tourist Information and Travel Guide at InfoHub.com
		To get to Gujo Hachiman from Gifu by train, take the Takayama line and change at Mino 4ta to the Nagaragawa line, or walk five minutes from Gifu station to the Shin-Gifu bus station and take either the Kosoku Gifu Line or Shiro Tori line bus (¥1480 one-way).
		If they are full, there's the Hachiman Cycling Terminal (tel and fax 0575/62-2139; ¥3000-5000), about 5km northeast of town on Route 472.
		Part of a network of minshuku providing basic accommodation for cyclists, it is a bit spare and the food isn't great, but they can rent you a bicycle and show you the back way to town along the river - a quiet and scenic ride.
	www.infohub.com /destinations/Asia/Japan/Gujo-Hachiman/71443.htm (192 words)

	Mirago : Regional: Asia: Japan: Prefectures: Gifu: Education
		Gifu Technical High School - Located in Kasamatsu Town.
		Gujo High School - Located in Hachiman Town, Gujo-gun.
		Liberty School of English - An English conversation school with group, semi-private and private classes for kids and adults and at all levels, and with free parking.
	www.mirago.com /scripts/dir.aspx?cat=Top/Regional/Asia/Japan/Prefectures/Gifu/Education (171 words)

	Cheap Tickets to Gifu
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		Our hotel is located in Gifu city,in the middle in Japan.
	www.cheap-airfares-tickets.com /cheap-tickets_gifu.html (508 words)

	Torii Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		I hear coloring is the most difficult part to make them look real,” said Hisao Koyama who works for waxed food company.
		Gunjo-Hachiman in Gifu Prefecture makes more than half of the waxed food in Japan.
		There is an admission free Sanpule Kobo, Food Replica Museum open from 10 a.m.
	www.usarj.army.mil /archives/archives/2001/oct/12/cultural/story01.htm (449 words)

	...Regional-Asia-Japan-Prefectures-Gifu-Education
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		See Also: Gifu International Center - Guide to the 3 locations of the GIC, with listing of services for foreigners and Gifu related information.
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	offersonly.com /.../Regional-Asia-Japan-Prefectures-Gifu-Education.html (385 words)

	Search the Internet - InternetDJ.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Gifu Technical High School - - Located in Kasamatsu Town.
		Gujo High School - - Located in Hachiman Town, Gujo-gun.
		Liberty School of English - - An English conversation school with group, semi-private and private classes for kids and adults and at all levels, and with free parking.
	www.internetdj.com /search/search.php?browse=/Regional/Asia/Japan/Prefectures/Gifu/Education (200 words)

	JNTO Website \| Japan In-Depth \| History & Culture \| Traditional Annual Events \| Takayama Matsuri Autumn Festival
		The Takayama Festival, which is cited as one of the three most beautiful festivals of Japan, consists of two festivals: the Spring Takayama Festival or Sanno Matsuri at Hie Shrine, and the Autumn Takayama Festival or Hachiman Matsuri at Sakurayama Hachiman Shrine.
		The Autumn Hachiman Matsuri, which is held annually on October 9th and 10th prompts the local inhabitants to start their winter preparations.
		The greatest attractions are the eleven yatai floats which are designated as significant intangible folk cultural assets.
	www.jnto.go.jp /eng/indepth/history/traditionalevents/a54_fes_takayama.html (330 words)

	Japan 2003 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Earlier, the members of the strange cult had departed from Kiyomi, Gifu Prefecture, where they occupied a section of road for over 60 hours Monday afternoon.
		The group, which calls itself "Pana Wave Laboratory" and believes the world will be devastated by natural disasters on May 15, is a chilling reminder for many Japanese that such cults remain active eight years after a deadly gas attack in Tokyo.
		The cult members, clad entirely in white in what they say is protection from electromagnetic waves that made their 69-year-old leader gravely ill, have been camped on a narrow mountain road in Gifu prefecture, some 274 km (171 miles) west of Tokyo since early on Saturday morning.
	www.hrwf.net /html/japan_2003.html (4918 words)

	Lotus Band in Japan!
		Watching Lotus energetically perform this song, and the crowd swaying and dancing to it, it was clear that everyone was indeed having the "time of their life."
		Another of their memorable performances came in Gujo-Hachiman, a picturesque city in Gifu Prefecture of Japan.
		This area is known as one of the prime tourist and vacation spots in Japan due to its natural beauty.
	www.livingdharma.org /Kids/LotusBand-Japan03.html (1751 words)

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