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| | The Language Teacher Online: Hogan, February 2004 |
 | | Located far from Tokyo, sparsely populated and agriculturally based, Fukushima, Yamagata, Miyagi, Akita, Iwate and Aomori prefectures are often represented as inaka (a derogatory term meaning rural) in national newspapers and television coverage. |
 | | Fukiage, an elementary school with approximately 700 students, is situated in Hachinohe city, located in the southeast corner of Aomori, Honshu's most northern prefecture. |
 | | Hachinohe, 640 kilometres north of Tokyo, provides industrial, fishing, agricultural and commercial port facilities and is an industrial representative for the Tohoku region. |
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