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	WEB att.JAPAN - Japan Travel Guide - Tourist Information - Chubu Region - Gifu Prefecture - Takayama City
		With Hida domain becoming the shogun's own manorial lands in 1692, the former lord moved to the Tohoku region in northern Japan and Takayama Castle was destroyed.
		The path from the northernmost temple to Shiroyama to Hida Gokoku Shrine is known as Higashiyama Promenade and is lined with various plants and trees representative of the area's natural habitat.
		Four of the houses, the Wakayama house in Shokawa village and the Taguchi house in Kanayama town being two, are important cultural assets and represent the Hida villages of yore.
	www.att-japan.net /modules/tinyd0/rewrite/tc_26.html (1851 words)

	Encyclopedia: Mountain range
		Mountain ranges are usually separated from other mountain ranges by passes and rivers.
		The geological definition of a mountain range (also cordillera or sierra) is a grouping of mountains (often elongated) sometimes caused by tectonic plate interactions.
		Singular mountains are often the result of volcanic processes but in some instances, such as the Hawaiian Islands these processes can result in a chain of mountains that might be considered a mountain range.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Mountain-range (401 words)

	Hida Woodworking Federation
		Takayama of Hida is situated at the northern section of Gifu Prefecture, at about the center of Japan.
		Mountains with thick greenery surrounds Takayama, a city with rich history, preserving the streets from the Edo period.
		Hida is a "country of forests," with deep relationships with trees from the ancient times.
	www.hidanokagu.jp /english/index.html (120 words)

	MSN Encarta - Print Preview - Japan
		The tallest peak on the island (and in the region) is Mount Ishizuchi at 1,982 km (6,503 ft).
		The tallest mountain on Kyūshū is Kujū, measuring 1,788 m (5,866 ft).
		Meanwhile, throughout the summer the Sea of Japan coast is protected from the Pacific influences by the mountains and is relatively dry.
	ca.encarta.msn.com /text_761566679___2/Japan.html (4395 words)

	MSN Encarta - Japan
		Hills and mountains surround the plain on the east, north, and west sides, while the south side opens to the Pacific Ocean.
		Referred to in Japan as Fuji-san, the mountain is beloved by many Japanese and appears often in art and as a symbol of the country.
		The zone south of the mountains along the Inland Sea, called San’yō or “the sunny side,” has a mild climate and a relatively high population density.
	ca.encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761566679_2/Japan.html (884 words)

	Hida Takayama HP English/Climate&History
		Hida is located in Gifu Prefecture, almost in the center of the Japanese archipelago.
		There are beautiful views of nature everywhere, with mountains in the 3,000-meter class, Norikuradake, Hotakadake, and Yarigatake to the east, Hakusan to the West, and Ontakesan to the south.
		Because Hida is in the mountains and there was little of the rice, grains, and textiles used to pay this tax, it was decided instead that villagers would come to the capital to work for 250 to 300 days of the year.
	www.hida.jp /english/climate_and_history.htm (603 words)

	Chapter 16- Japan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Historically, the mountains were barriers to transportation, hindering national integration and limiting the economic development of isolated areas.
		The Japanese have long celebrated the beauty of their mountains in art and literature, and today many mountain areas are preserved in national parks.
		Notable examples are the so-called “Five Mountains” temples of Kyôto, which were situated mainly around the outskirts of the city to take advantage of the mountain scenery that borders Kyôto on three sides.
	www.ibiblio.org /chinesehistory/contents/chap16.html (21262 words)

	att.Japan - Issue 22 / Takayama
		Known as Takayama Castle, it was built by Kanamori Nagachika after he attacked and overran the isolated Hida domain having been ordered to do so by Toyotomi Hideyoshi in 1585.
		One reason Hida changed hands was the Edo Shogunate's need for timber following a massive fire in Edo in 1657 that claimed one hundred thousand victims and destroyed much of the city.
		Central Japan mountains in the 3000m range; Mt. Norikuradake, Mt. Yarigatake, Mt. Hotaka and Mt. Hakusan can be seen from Shiroyama as can the whole of the town.
	www.finex.co.jp /att/article/22/travel/en (1815 words)

	Japanese Alps - Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Japanese Alps is a mountain range in Japan that bisects the main island of Honshu.
		It consists of Hida Mountains, Kiso Mountains, and Akaishi Mountains.
		This beautiful mountain range consists of mountains over 3000m in height.
	encyclopedia.maksiu.info /wiki/Japanese_Alps (131 words)

	ap4mass
		The chief rivers that cross or penetrate the mountains are the Godavari, Krishna, and Kaveri (Cauvery).
		The three chains are the Hida Mountains, or Northern Alps, in Niigata, Toyama, Nagano, and Gifu prefectures; the Kiso Mountains, or Central Alps, in Nagano Prefecture; and the Akaishi Mountains, or Southern Alps, in Nagano, Shizuoka, and Yamanashi prefectures.
		The mountains are mostly composed of igneous and metamorphic rocks, especially granite, reflecting Japan's history of plate-tectonic activity.
	www.south-asia.com /icimod/apmn/ap4mass.htm (3170 words)

	Japan Tour with Adventures Abroad Tours
		The region known as Hida, which surrounds Takayama, was cut off from the rest of Japan by almost impregnable encircling mountains.
		Hida lacked good farmland, which made taxpaying from an agricultural livelihood an impossible burden upon the people.
		The crest of every mountain, the slope of every hill, the mute testimony of every rock, the waterfall, rivulet, and the valley of Nara are infused with the intangible spiritual energy that accompanied the birth of the Japanese civilization.
	www.adventures-abroad.com /travel/east-asia/JP2.htm (4595 words)

	History of HIDA
		From the olden days, the Country of Hida has been called "Ono" or the "great fields." The "fields" are slopes of high mountains, which is exactly how the geography of Hida is. It is surrounded by mountains on all four sides.
		The carpenters of Hida were "drafted" so-to-speak to work in Kyoto and they went by this road.
		Currently, Takayama of Hida is frequented by sightseers from in and out of Japan and the beautiful town still conveys the flavor of popular culture of Edo and Taikayama remains as a sightseeing location with rich nature and hot springs and skiing resorts.
	www.hidanokagu.jp /english/history.html (674 words)

	Chubu -- Encyclopædia Britannica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The term Japanese Alps was first applied to the Hida Range in the late 19th century but now also includes the Kiso and Akaishi ranges to the south.
		Takayama is a centre of the Hida Mountains region.
		The Hida Range was first referred to as the Japanese Alps in the late 19th century; the term now usually...
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9082507 (468 words)

	Gifu tour guide - Outline of Gifu Prefecture
		The Hida region, in the northern part of the prefecture, is dotted with mountains whose peaks jut above 3,000 meters, including Mt. Mitake, Mt. Norikura and Mt. Okuhodaka.
		These mountainous regions are also home to dairy farmers who produce cattle for beef as well as milk.
		One might see the ‘old Japan’ in these nostalgic villages in the mountains, famous for their “Gassho-zukuri” houses (literally means praying hands, since the roof lines of the steep thatched houses look like two hands clasped together in prayer).
	www.kankou-gifu.jp /en/outline/index.html (861 words)

	Print Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Sarubobo, the red-faced monkey dolls of Japan's mountainous Hida District, are so prevalent that even Japanese who have never been to the area think sarubobo when Takayama is mentioned.
		Losing count of the tunnels somewhere after 40, we were astounded when the video screen on the bus announced we were jettisoning through the side of an active volcano in a 3-mile-long marvel of roadway that had opened recently.
		To wit: The Hida Folk Village, a collection of relocated mountain farmhouses nicely arranged along a slope of land in the western part of the city.
	www.denverpost.com /portlet/article/html/fragments/print_article.jsp?article=0002595453 (1473 words)

	nakanotribute
		Nakano was a superb diver and field biologist, the best I have ever known, but I know from personal experiences during grueling field work in the mountains of Japan and Montana that he would never have left his friends to swim to the nearest island more than a kilometer away and save himself.
		Shigeru Nakano was born 25 November 1962 and raised in Kamioka, a small town in the mountains of Gifu Prefecture in central Japan.
		Nakano began his research as an undergraduate, traveling to Hirakura Stream, a small mountain stream near Mie University, to snorkel and measure ecology and behavior of the native landlocked redspotted masu salmon (Oncorhynchus masou ishikawae) during extended periods from spring through fall.
	www.warnercnr.colostate.edu /~kurtf/nakanotribute.html (3074 words)

	Chubu-Sangaku National Park/ Japan Alps, Japan
		The mountains attract large numbers of walkers and climbers in summer and skiers in winter.
		Ptarmigan and mountain antelopes are found at the higher altitudes.
		The River Kurobe flows through the mountains from south to north, and the construction of the Kurobe Dam has created a large lake which adds to the beauty of the scenery.
	www.planetware.com /japan/chubu/chubu-sangaku-national-park-japan-alps-jpn-ch-csnp.htm (203 words)

	Oku-Hida Onsen Villages - Wikitravel
		Note that the mountain roads, while often scenic, are slow, twisty and tiring to drive, and are not a good place to learn to drive on the left.
		Being located in the heart of the northern Japan Alps, there are copious opportunities for hiking in the area, but do your research beforehand as many of the mountains are quite tough and the climbing season is very short — many peaks will still be covered in snow in June.
		The Hida region is well known for its fatty, well marbled beef and you are practically guaranteed to get a taste of it at dinner.
	wikitravel.org /en/Oku-Hida_Onsen_Villages (583 words)

	alps.ca - Kiso Mountains (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		OAC: Mountains and rivers on the Kiso Road 1965.30.112
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		Discounted room rates for hotels in Mountain with low price guarantee, hotel information, photos, interactive map, book it now.
	www.alps.ca /Kiso-Mountains/reference/fullview/wikipedia/499188 (142 words)

	Living Takayama
		In those days, each village in the Hida area was required to send 10 citizens to the capital to serve as carpenters for periods of up to one year.
		In the summer, the mountains become a cool refuge from the terrible heat and humidity of the coastal cities.
		If you like soba (buckwheat noodles), you're in for a real treat: it is a specialty of the region, and there a many fine restaurants which make their own on the premises in full view of the diners.
	www.kyomedia.com /LivingTakayama (2029 words)

	National Parks in Japan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Japan is one of the most mountainous countries in the world --- 90% of its land is covered by mountains.
		The sea creates unusual scenes together with mountains, and also has many mid-size and small islands, which are hosts for wild habitats.
		It is a park with steep mountains and valleys.
	www.cgu.ac.jp /kyouin/iwahata/np_japan.htm (1244 words)

	Online Encyclopedia and Dictionary - List of mountain ranges (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Carpathian Mountains, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Ukraine, Romania
		Santa Lucia Mountains, Monterey County, California and San Luis Obispo County, California
		By IAU convention, lunar mountain ranges are given latin names.
	fact-archive.com /encyclopedia/List_of_mountain_ranges (137 words)

	Japan Alps
		Walter Weston (1861-1940), a English missionary and mountain climber had visited Japan 3 times, wrote "Japan Alps - climbing and exploration -" in 1896, and he spread over the world the magnificence of the Japan Alps, Japanese style customs and public morals in mountain village.
		And he wrote praises that the beauty of the ravine like a painting and the grandeur of the woods covering the hills are the best beauty he had seen ever before wandering about Europe, though these mountains were the 1/3 size of famous Alps in Switzerland.
		And he praised snow covering them till the summer, Mt. Fuji takes off the snow mantle in the summer, however the Hida mountain giants made of granite are wearing white brighten snow on its hill.
	www.yoroken.co.jp /gerospa/eng/mountain.html (184 words)

	Japan Alps and Kyoto guided walking tour :: Mountains of Central Japan
		The North Alps of Honshu, the main island are the jewel in the crown, the Koh-i-Noor diamond in the smouldering necklace of peaks that lie along north-western Pacific rim.
		The alpine valleys of Kamikochi, situated in the Hida Range, were first explored as a climbing and hiking area by a British preacher from Derbyshire, Walter Weston.
		He climbed in these mountains between 1891 and 1894, and published “Mountaineering and exploration in the Japan Alps” in London in 1896.
	www.oxalis-adventures.com /japan/mountains_central_japan.php (942 words)

	CHAPTER V.
		Three mountains flanked the farther side in file, the last and highest of the three, Myokosan, an extinct volcano; indeed, hardly more than the ruins of one.
		The provinces of Hida and Etchiu are cut off from the rest of Japan by sets of mountain ranges, impassable throughout almost their whole length.
		So bent on barring the way are the chains that, not content with doing so in mid-course, they all but shut it at their ocean end; for they fall in all their entirety plumb into the sea.
	www.globusz.com /ebooks/Noto/00000015.htm (1900 words)

	Hida Plaza Gifu ¿¹¾à - ¸ðµç ¿ä±Ý¿¡ ´ëÆø ÀÎÅÍ³Ý ÇÒÀÎ!
		This hotel is in the historical city of Hida Takayama and is located in downtown Takayama, just a minute's walk from JR Takayama station.
		Being surrounded by the mountainous area, the hotel offers guests the chance to try an observation bath, an outdoor bath and a Jacuzzi on the top of floor of Kita building.
		Guests will be able to have a good view of Hida mountains from the baths and the Jacuzzi.
	www.hoteldetective.net /Top-Deals/KR/Hida_Plaza_Gifu-Japan_KR.htm (150 words)

	Randy's 'Favorite Getaways in Rural Japan' p 4
		These mountainous areas can also be quietly pleasant in the summer, and some leave lifts running (Hakuba, certainly does) to take you up the mountain for a hike.
		Hida is the old name for a mountainous area in central Honshu Island that is now a part of Gifu and Nagano prefectures.
		This is a small farming village in the narrow Shogawa river valley deep in the heart of Gifu prefecture and mountainous Hida country.
	ease.com /~randyj/rjjapan1.htm (6861 words)

	JNTO Website \| Find a Location \| Gifu
		Hida mountains with their peaks rising as high as 3,000 meters above the sea belong to Chubu-Sangaku National Park.
		The Ryohaku mountainous district with a vast forest of Japanese beech and alpine plants is part of Hakusan National Park.
		Sekigahara is renowned as the theater of the showdown in 1600 that led Tokugawa Ieyasu, a famous warlord, to bring the whole country under his rule.
	www.jnto.go.jp /eng/location/regional/gifu (375 words)

	SOS Children's Villages - Country Information on Japan
		Central Japan is marked by the convergence of three mountain chains that form the Hida Mountains or Japanese Alps...
		The islands of Japan are extremely mountainous, with the plains and basins only accounting for 25% of the national territory.
		The inaccessibility of much of Japan's mountainous topography has preserved areas of great natural beauty, in particular the alpine regions of central Honshu and the natural parks of Hokkaido.
	www.sos-childrensvillages.org /html/country_information_japan.html (955 words)

	Hotel Hida Plaza Takayama (Japan) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		This hotel is in the historical city of Hida Takayama and is located in downtown Takayama, just a minute's walk from JR Takayama station.
		Being surrounded by the mountainous area, the hotel offers guests the chance to try an observation bath, an outdoor bath and a Jacuzzi on the top of floor of Kita building.
		Guests will be able to have a good view of Hida mountains from the baths and the Jacuzzi.
	interhotel.com /japan/en/hoteles/44955.html (293 words)

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