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	Hiraizumi travel guide - Wikitravel
		Hiraizumi (平泉, [1]) is a small town in Iwate, in the northeastern Tohoku region of Japan.
		During the reign of the Fujiwaras (866-1184), Hiraizumi was said to rival Kyoto in grandeur and sophistication, but now all that remains are the temples of Chusonji and Motsuji, both of which are mostly in ruins at that.
		Hiraizumi is on the JR Tohoku Main Line, connecting to Morioka in the north and Sendai to the south.
	wikitravel.org /en/Hiraizumi (498 words)

	Hiraizumi, Iwate - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Hiraizumi (平泉町; -chou) is a town located in Nishiiwai District, Iwate, Japan.
		During the Heian era, Hiraizumi was the northern capital of the ruling Fujiwara clan and is said to have rivalled Kyoto in splendor and sophistication.
		As of 2003, the town has an estimated population of 8,811 and a density of 139.00 persons per km².
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hiraizumi,_Iwate (82 words)

	Hiraizumi Guide - Japan Reference
		At the heights of the Heian period (794-1185), the Northern branch of the powerful Fujiwara clan created political and cultural center that was said to rival Heian-kyo (Kyoto) itself.
		Three generation of Fujiwara ruled Hiraizumi from 1089 to 1189, until Minamoto Yoritomo overthrew the hegemony of the Fujiwara, bringing the Heian era to an end.
		The Geibikei (猊鼻渓) and smaller Genbikei (厳美渓) Gorges are accessible by bus from Hiraizumi or Ichinoseki stations.
	www.jref.com /practical/hiraizumi.shtml (593 words)

	Hiraizumi:The Lost City (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The man at the Hiraizumi youth hostel (youth is not a prerequisite to qualify in Japan) sounded a little shaken.
		I was the only passenger alighting at Hiraizumi station, and noted rubber stamps chained to a desk in the hall.
		Hiraizumi isn't at bleak as it should be.
	www.insightjapan.com /lostcity.html (2112 words)

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		Hiraizumi is a considerable distance from Tokyo, and is the center of a prefecture that has historically been considered the edge of civilized Japan and the beginning of the realm of the northern peoples (the Ainu).
		Hiraizumi had a two-room town museum with a reconstructed interior of a local house and copies of local folk stories on display.
		This aspect of Hiraizumi illustrated that while specific tourist destinations represent "Japanese" as being a high culture, regional and rural identities, which might be represented in a way more comprable to Ainu representations of their identity, are also presented for other Japanese to see.
	wso.williams.edu /~caw/japan/paper.html (2889 words)

	Nafka Mina: Golden Week in Tohoku
		Unsurprisingly, all the lockers at the station were taken and we had to search for lockers outside the station, resulting in a last-minute dash to catch the train.
		Hiraizumi is a small peaceful town that used to be of some importance in the 11th and 12th centuries, when it was ruled by the Fujiwara family.
		Indeed, when one walks around the grounds of the temples today, all that is left are signs explaining which building used to stand at which spot and a few foundations here and there.
	nafkamina.blogspot.com /2005/05/golden-week-in-tohoku.html (1527 words)

	Station 23 - Hiraizumi Discussion
		The three generations of the Fujiwara family at Hiraizumi were Fujiwara Kiyohira (1056-1128), Motohira, and Hidehira.
		That since Basho had already mentioned Hidehira, he did not want to repeat that name, and since in the next line he refers to the destruction of Yoshitsune and because Yasuhira was directly involved with that, he uses Yasuhira's name here in a general sense.
		All of the many places Basho visits at Hiraizumi fall into two groups; the first is Takadachi, and the second is the Hikarido.
	darkwing.uoregon.edu /~kohl/basho/23-hiraizumi/discussion.html (3448 words)

	[minstrels] Untitled -- Matsuo Basho
		Hiraizumi was the setting in which, centuries earlier, one of the great heroic tragedies of Japanese history had its bitter end.
		Basho is believed to have chosen the Japanese word 'natsukusa', in reference to the muggy, slimy, rank muck that summer's oppressive humidity and heat turn the grasses of spring into, an appropriate vision, perhaps, of the chaos and treachery of war.
		By the time Basho visited Hiraizumi centuries later, those dank overgrown weeds were all that remained of the fortress in which Yoshitsune made his final stand.
	www.cs.rice.edu /~ssiyer/minstrels/poems/1259.html (1320 words)

	Honolulu Star-Bulletin Features
		When Kerry Liu and Gina Hiraizumi met us on a brisk and chilly Thursday afternoon in Manoa to talk about their roles in the independent film "Soap Girl," which opens today, it looked like they could still be in character.
		Hiraizumi, who plays Asia, the "bad girl with attitude," was decked out to turn heads from any angle -- perhaps as Asia would on her day off as the head girl and "resident trainer" in a Los Angeles massage parlor.
		Liu, who stars in the title role as a mysterious woman who takes a job in the parlor for enigmatic reasons, was low-key, opting for the layered look and a cap that seemed to distance herself from her screen character.
	starbulletin.com /2003/02/14/features/story5.html (1264 words)

	Hiraizumi Travel Guide
		During the Heian Period (794-1185), Hiraizumi was the seat of the ruling Fujiwara clan's "Northern branch" and rivaled the capital of Kyoto culturally, politically and commercially at its peak in the 12th century.
		In 1189, however, Hiraizumi was razed by Minamoto Yoritomo after the local Fujiwara supported and provided a refuge to Yoritomo's rival and brother Yoshitsune.
		The city never recovered to its former glory, but still features some of the Tohoku Region's cultural highlights.
	www.japan-guide.com /e/e5000.html (185 words)

	Hiraizumi - Practicalities - Hotel Near (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Hiraizumi has its own information booth (daily 8.30am-4.30/5pm; 0191/46-2110), to the right as you exit the station.
		Despite its size, Hiraizumi merits both a post office and foreign exchange bank, both located in the backstreets to the west of the station.
		Hiraizumi has a couple of coffee shops and small restaurants outside the station, though none of them stay open in the evening.
	www.hotelnear.com /619/652/1922g/Japan-Hiraizumi-Practicalities.html (254 words)

	Yuichiro Hiraizumi
		Yuichiro Hiraizumi was born in Odate, Akita-Ken, Japan on April 10, 1927, the son of Sue and Katsuro Hiraizumi.
		Hiraizumi and Sandler demonstrated that the aberrant transmission, which they called segregation distortion, or meiotic drive, occurs in the formation of germ cells.
		Hiraizumi was an outstanding teacher as well as a research investigator.
	www.utexas.edu /faculty/council/2004-2005/memorials/hiraizumi/hiraizumi.html (1817 words)

	Aloha and Welcome to The Honolulu News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Liu, Hiraizumi and Ramos all flew in town to attend Soap Girl's Honolulu press screening at Wallace's Art House Theaters in Restaurant Row on Thursday, January 30th, as well as to promote the film's Oahu run which began on Friday, February 14th at the Art House Theaters.
		Director Young Man Kang got in touch with Hiraizumi, telling her that she was the only actress he had in mind for the role of the tart-tongued, assertive Asia.
		Hiraizumi especially had to maintain focus due to the fact that for a couple of days she had to work on Soap Girl and then report to the set of a Jennifer Lopez video in which she was appearing as one of the singer/actress's girlfriends.
	www.hnlnews.com /features0303/clean.html (1381 words)

	Hiraizumi - Destination Guide - Hotel Near (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Nowdays it's hard to imagine HIRAIZUMI as the resplendent capital of the Fujiwara clan, who chose this spot on the banks of the Kitakami-gawa for their "paradise on earth".
		Basho, passing through Hiraizumi five hundred years after Yoshitsune's death, caught the mood in one of his famous haiku: "The summer grass, 'tis all that's left of ancient warriors' dreams."
		The flight of Yoshitsune to Hiraizumi is commemorated with a costume parade during the town's main spring festival (May 1-5), which also features open-air No performances at Chuson-ji.
	www.hotelnear.com /619/652/1921g/Japan-Hiraizumi-Destination_Guide.html (350 words)

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		Normally, I would avoid unnecessary exercise when on vacation, but the next train was almost an hour later…Hiraizumi is a small peaceful town that used to be of some importance in the 11th and 12th centuries, when it was ruled by the Fujiwara family.
		We were supposed to meet up with them in Morioka City in the evening, so meeting them like this in Hiraizumi was somewhat of a surprise… After the appropriate polite exchanges, we continued on to Motsuji.This formerly large temple is mostly known today for its expansive garden with a big pond in the middle.
		Shortly after 2pm, while we were purchasing some ice cream, we heard drums and hurried over with everyone to watch a group of masked old ladies perform some ancient dance, accompanied by an octogenarian drummer.
	www.blogger.com /email-post.g?blogID=9045462&postID=111511580578802655 (1576 words)

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		The creation of Pure Land gardens by three generations of a single family is unique to Hiraizumi.
		Hiraizumi was a political and cultural center in northern Japan under the administration of the Fujiwara in the 11th and 12th centuries.
		Since the times of the ancient Japanese administration jurisdiction known as the Ritsuryo state, which conquered the aborigines of the northern region, the Hiraizumi area had thrived as a military stronghold essential for those in control of the Kitakami River valley.
	www.iwate21.net /hiraizumi/english/englishmenu/04hyouka (330 words)

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		Hiraizumi and it's surrounds were rich in gold deposits, and the region was also renouned for producing the best horses in the land.
		It is also said that Marco Polo's accounts of his travels in "jipangu" (Japan) were also greatly influenced by Hiraizumi's "golden culture" which spread throughout the Touhoku region during its peak.
		As fortune had it, I was in a book store in Yamagata prefecture and had stopped to take a glance at educational history comic book about the Heian period.
	debiddo.at.infoseek.co.jp /japantrip/iwateken/iwateken.html (339 words)

	JNTO Website \| Find a Location \| Iwate \| Hiraizumi
		Hiraizumi in the southwestern part of Iwate Prefecture is a town extending up the Hiraizumi Hill on the west bank of the Kitakami-gawa River, that prospered for almost 100 years from the 11th to 12th centuries as the center of the Tohoku region (the northeastern region).
		The historical artifacts and Buddhist statues found in the Konjiki-do are stored in the Sanko-zo storehouse and displayed to the public, reminding all who see them of the very high level of artistic achievement in these earlier times.
		Ten minutes to Hiraizumi Station from Ichino-seki Station by the JR Tohoku Honsen Line.
	www.jnto.go.jp /eng/location/regional/iwate/hiraizumi.html (365 words)

	Waterfall & Wings Takizawa Hideaki ~~~ Yoshitsune ~~~ DAISUKI!!!
		Takki paticipated in some parade/festival at Hiraizumi, Esashi Prefecture on the 3rd of May. I think this is an event held annually by the prefecture to commemorate Fujiwara's rule hundreds of years ago.
		And this year, since NHK is showing Yoshitsune, and Hiraizumi is a prominent location in the drama, Takki was invited to participate in the parade!
		The head of this temple (which was the destination of the parade) in Hiraizumi was saying to Takki when he arrived, "Thanks to you, we have an unprecedented turnout ever since our temple is built.
	waterfallandwings.blogspot.com /2005_05_04_waterfallandwings_archive.html (629 words)

	Station 23 - Hiraizumi - Miner translation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The splendors of the three generations of Hiraizumi now comprise the briefest of dreams, and of the grand facade there are only faint remains stretching out for two and a half miles.
		In one hall there are statues of the three great generations of Hiraizumi, in the other their coffins and three statues of the Buddha.
		But the seven sacred treasures had been scattered, the jeweled door broken by the wind, and the gilt pillars were moldered by frost and snow.
	darkwing.uoregon.edu /~kohl/basho/23-hiraizumi/trans-miner.html (324 words)

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		Nonetheless, a coherent picture of its Hiraizumi era figure can be reconstructed by the artifacts and remains uncovered in the fragmentary, limited architectural surveys possible here and the description of Kara no Gosho in historical documents.
		The entry is for the seventeenth day of the ninth month of 1189 (by the lunar calendar), and contains a deposition made by Chusonji's monks cataloguing, inventorying, and providing a brief description of contemporary Hiraizumi's central temples, structures, and city layout.
		Presented as it was to Minamoto no Yoritomo as the soon-to-be first shogun occupied Hiraizumi in the wake of its conquest, the deposition appears to be a historical source of first-rate objectivity and reliability.
	www.iwate21.net /hiraizumi/english/englishmenu/07fujiwara/kyarago.html (370 words)

	Hiraizumi Chusonji temple maples
		A group of men gave me a lift all the way to Chusonji in Hiraizumi.
		I had chosen Hiraizumi, because it was one of the places where the famous haiku poet, Matsuo Basho, had visited.
		They were architects, I think, building a school in Hiraizumi.
	www.reggie.net /diary.php?date=2001-11-08 (404 words)

	Honshu products at MSN Shopping
		More state in northern Honshu, three generations of local rulers built a capital city at Hiraizumi that became a major military and commercial center.
		In the first book-length study of Hiraizumi in English, the author studies the rise of the Hiraizumi Fujiwara and analyzes their remarkable construction program.
		She traces the strategies by which the Hiraizumi Fujiwara attempted to legitimate their rule and grounds the splendor of Hiraizumi in the desires, political and personal, of the men and women who sponsored and displayed that art.
	shopping.msn.com /results/shp?bcatid=4,ptnrid=8,text=Honshu,ptnrdata=1 (135 words)

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