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  Mutant Frog Travelogue: An Aging Island Embraces Japan's Young Dropouts   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
HATOMA ISLAND, Japan - For the children new to this tiny subtropical island, population 58, it was the magical time of the day - after the school bell had set them free and before sunset would summon them to their foster parents' homes
Here is the travel log of a girl named Akiko, who's family name curiously seems to be Hatoma, the same as that of this island.
The first entry is an account of how the tiny community of Hatoma Island is supported by daily (except sunday) trips by the mail boat (Fusakiya-Maru, which Maru being a traditional boat-name suffix) from the larger Iriomote Island to the south.
www.eden.rutgers.edu /~royb/2004/06/aging-island-embraces-japans-young   (532 words)

  
 Japan Policy & Politics: Local views split at hearing on flag-anthem bill
The question of whether to legally recognize the Hinomaru flag and "Kimigayo" as national symbols is sensitive because of their close association with Japan's imperial system and past militarism.
Former elementary school and junior high school principal Noboru Hatoma, also nominated by the LDP and the LP, threw his support behind the bill.
Hatoma said he favors the legislation so that incidents such as the suicide of a high school principal in Hiroshima Prefecture on Feb. 28 will not be repeated.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0XPQ/is_1999_July_12/ai_55157912   (671 words)

  
 Ronin Films - Japan
In this film we explore some of the great Chinese inventions - silk, irrigation, ceramics, the compass - to see what it was that made China the powerhouse of Asia and soon perhaps of the world itself...
The setting is tiny Hatoma Island, population 47, in Okinawa Prefecture - part of Japan, yet not Japanese...
A fascinating film on the thoughts of a 76-year-old Hatoma Island woman as she weaves a fishing basket.
www.roninfilms.com.au /browse.html?category=1887369&index=10   (588 words)

  
 Ishigaki   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
This is a place in Ishigaki, called Bashofu.
The head of the Hatoma Family, Takashi, the master of Bashofu, and a friend.
Daughter Kanako (an up and comer in the Shimauta world), and her Mom.
homepage.mac.com /sasatan5/PhotoAlbum69.html   (102 words)

  
 Traveljournals.net - Hatoma, Japan - Location on world map, coordinates and short facts
Traveljournals.net - Hatoma, Japan - Location on world map, coordinates and short facts
/ Explore / Japan / Locations / Hatoma
Maps and coordinates for Hatoma, Japan are approximative and not valid for navigation.
www.traveljournals.net /explore/japan/map/m339626/hatoma.html   (42 words)

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