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  Nara Prefecture - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Nara Prefecture is located in the middle of the Kii Peninsula on the western half of Honshū, Japan.
Nara is bordered to the west by Wakayama Prefecture and Osaka Prefecture; on the north by Kyoto Prefecture and on the east by Mie Prefecture.
On January 1, 2006 the towns of Haibara, Ouda and Utano and the village of Murou (all from Uda District) merged to form the new city of Uda.
www.a013.com /wiki/Nara_prefecture   (961 words)

  
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Nara Prefecture is in the Central part of the Kinki District, and is an Inland Region.
The Iga district, which is between Yamato and the Ise Provinces, played the part of passage belt to link the two provinces since ancient times.
Nara Park covers a space of about 5.25 square km, extending 4 km from East to West, 2 km from South to North.
www.geocities.com /egg_nara/naraatag.htm   (1041 words)

  
 Seaworld Nara Resort
Empress Dowager Cixi was from the Yehe Nara clan.
Nara is a village in the Abbottabad District of Pakistan.
Nara (奈良市; -shi) is the capital city of Nara Prefecture in the Kansai region of Japan, near Kyoto.
www.artistbooking.com /trips/184/seaworld-nara-resort.html   (1028 words)

  
 Nara city
Nara (Japanese: 奈良市, Nara-shi) is the capital city of Nara Prefecture in the Kansai region of Japan, near Kyoto.
Nara is located in the north of Nara Basin where the fledging Japanese state was born in prehistoric times.
Nara became the capital of Japan from AD 710 to 784.
www.governpub.com /Capitals-N/Nara_city.php   (391 words)

  
 Nara Hotel
Nara is a type of rock processed by the D'ni people in the fictional Myst universe.
Nara (tribe) is a tribe living in Assam and Arunachal Pradesh.
The Empress Genmei established the capital at Nara, also known as Heijō-kyō, where it remained the capital of Japanese civilization until the Emperor Kanmu established the new capital at Nagaoka (and, only a decade later, Heian, or Kyōto).
www.artistbooking.com /trips/143/nara-hotel.html   (1340 words)

  
 Encyclopedia of Japanese Minerals, by Alfredo Petrov
At the Ichiyanagi tungsten mine in the same district, as wavy greenish crusts on the surface of loellingite masses outcropping in the middle zone of an exposed greisen vein.
Nara: Well-formed equant, dark brown siderite crystals, from 0.5mm and transparent to 4mm and opaque, are aesthetically scattered on light tan matrix in fissures on Kasuga-yama.
Saitama: In glaucophanites in the Nagatoro district and elsewhere in the Kanto mts.
www.petrovrareminerals.com /articles02s.html   (10142 words)

  
 Casino online portal | information about Casino online | Nara_Prefecture   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Nara Prefecture is located in the middle of the Kii Peninsula on the western half of Honshu, Japan.
In the fall, the southern mountains are equally beautiful with the changing of the oak trees.
These are the towns and villages in each district.
www.pokerhomeportal.com /?u=/Nara_Prefecture   (935 words)

  
 Send to a Friend - IPS Inter Press Service
Authorities in Nara prefecture are fighting back, countering that the dead boy only had a mental age of three and could not have lived till 67 - pointing out that children with Down syndrome had reduced life spans.
Kato, however, told IPS the lawsuit is being bitterly fought by both sides and emphasised that the case would set a precedent for the intellectually disabled in Japan with regard to the award of damages.
In December 2003 the Hachioji District Court, in a suburb of Tokyo, ruled that the estimated income of a 42-year-old man with intellectual disabilities was 70 percent that of a person without such impairments.
www.ipsnews.net /sendnews.asp?idnews=26519   (957 words)

  
 Nara Prefecture
Nara Prefecture (&22856;&33391;&30476;; Nara-ken) is part of the Kinki region on Honshu Island, Japan.
In the eighth century, the royal court, which had been itinerant from place to place, constructed a new capital modelled after the Chinese capital, Chang'an.
Nara people tend to be very conservative, though the influx of new inhabitants is gradually changing the local political trends.&12288;It was astonishing that Nara Prefecture kept electing a famous ultra-nationalist diet member, Seisuke Okuno, for almost half a century.
nara-prefecture.mindbit.com   (894 words)

  
 4th Japan Inter-culture Exchange Programme
On 5 Nov 99, the Japanese Language teacher together with a group of 21 delighted students and staff from Ikoma Language School assembled at Changi International Airport, ready to set off to the land of Rising Sun - Japan.
The district is filled with side streets and fringed by large and small specialty stores, restaurants, coffee shops as well as sushi bars etc, something to suit all tastes.
First, we took a leisurely drive to the Nara Deer Park, followed by a visit to Nigatsu-do and the Todai-ji - home of a giant and magnificent Buddha statue before we returned to our hostel for the Sayonara Party.
www.ikoma.com.sg /jcourse/cultr/1999report.htm   (1135 words)

  
 Stress transferred by the 1995 M=6.9 Kobe, Japan, shock: Effect on aftershocks and future earthquake probabilities
Stress on the many thrust faults under the Osaka and Nara region is calculated to have decreased by as much as 0.3 bar (0.03 MPa).
East (near Osaka and Nara) and west of the 1995 source, stress is calculated to have diminished on both strike-slip and thrust faults.
Only where the stress change is large enough to advance or delay the next earthquake by a significant fraction of the earthquake repeat time does the permanent effect of the probability dominate (Table 3).
quake.wr.usgs.gov /research/deformation/modeling/papers/kobe.html   (10046 words)

  
 ExpatSite.com - Country Profile Topic: scenic_and_cultural_highlights
Honshu is Japan's largest island and the site of many of its major cities, including Kobe, Kyoto, Tokyo, Nara, and Osaka.
Nara is filled with ancient shrines and temples, most of them undisturbed for centuries.
Nara offers scenic vistas and a peaceful atmosphere.
www.expatsite.com /countryprofile/countryprofile_topic.php3?ctry=33&topic=scenic_and_cultural_highlights   (715 words)

  
 On Gaining an Immediate Reward for Faith in Bodhisattva Kannon - A tale from the Nihon Ryoiki
Okisome no omi Taime was the daughter of a nun name Honi, the presiding officer of the nunnery of Tomi in the capital of Nara.
The next morning, terrified, she went to her master, who lived at the mountain temple of Ikoma.
At the age of seventy-eight I had neither sons to depend upon nor the means of making a living.
nichirenscoffeehouse.net /books/MiraculousTale-ii-08.html   (557 words)

  
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Officials were cited as saying Wednesday that the boy from Ikoma City, 400 kilometres (240 miles) west of Tokyo, complained of a stomach ache and diarrhoea last on and was hospitalised two days later.
Hirokazu Otani in charge of health affairs at the prefectural government of Nara, where Ikoma is located, was quoted as saying, "He died in the early hours of Tuesday.
According to the eight-page suit filed July 24 in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia in Atlanta and cited in this story, Alexander White became sick and was hospitalized Dec. 23-27 after eating a hamburger tainted with the bacteria.
archives.foodsafetynetwork.ca /fsnet/2001/8-2001/fs-08-01-01-01.txt   (2896 words)

  
 Adherents.com: By Location
However, the question remains as to why these temples were built in the valleys of the Ikoma mountains rather than in the towns where the people live.
It is a most impressive installation, including a great worship hall, a sanctuary of the founder, and numerous other buildings, housing offices, a school system, a university, a library, an ethnological museum, dormitories, a modern hosptial, and other facilities.
As our investigation revealed, there are at present not less than 36 religious facilities in the district, of which the majority are Inari shrines dedicated to the Fox Deity...
www.adherents.com /adhloc/Wh_169.html   (3358 words)

  
 Atelier Aterui: Image Index: Ikaruga Town, Ikoma County, Nara
Ikaruga Town, Ikoma-gun, Nara, is located in the northwest part of Nara Prefecture.
Ikaruga is situated at the pivotal area for land and water traffic between Yamato and Kawachi from time immemorial.
Her smile is the typical example of the "Archaic smile" that art historians often refer to.
p-www.iwate-pu.ac.jp /~acro-ito/Japan_pics/Japan_IKR/imageidx.html   (1734 words)

  
 Asia Tour - China Tour
Today our guide will be artist Ikoma Keiko, together we board the efficient JR rail system and travel 2 hours to the mountain top Miho Museum in Shiga.
This morning we are again on the local train to the city of Nara, Japan’s first capitol.
A short distance away is the Nishijin Textile district where to this day some of Kyotos finest textiles are produced.
www.chinaclassictours.com /japan/destinations/japanartsandcrafts.html   (1490 words)

  
 Sango   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Being a vehicular language, Sango is considered unusually easy to learn; according to Samarin, "with application a student ought to be able to speak the language in about three months." However, to reach true fluency takes much longer, as with any language.
Sango (三郷町;; Sangō-chō) is a town located in Ikoma District, Nara, Japan.
As of 2003, the town has an estimated population of 23,486 and a density of 2,668.86 persons per km²;.
www.breadlike.com /pages7/76/sango.html   (715 words)

  
 Obata-Ôi
In childhood he was known as Kippôshi (Kichihôshi) and was first married to a daughter of Saitô Dôsan and, later, to a woman from the Ikoma family.
He became the leader of the Kiyosu branch of the Oda following the death of Oda Nobuhide in 1551 and partially due to the fact that his elder brother Nobuhiro was considered illegitimate.
Nobutomo was the head of the Iwakura Oda family and ruled the four southern districts of Owari Province.
www.samurai-archives.com /dictionary/o1.html   (6771 words)

  
 Seto Great Bridge and Central Kagawa
The castle and its vicinity are calm and leafy, forming a school zone, residential areas, park areas and a government office district.
He invited some excellent artisans from Nara so that his people could learn their art of uchiwa-making.
It was the main route along which cultures and civilizations of China and Korea were brought over the sea to Nara, Kyoto, Osaka and many other places around the Inland Sea.
www.waoe.org /steve/kagawa/bridge.html   (6477 words)

  
 Nara City Home Page„City profile„History of Nara CityQSyowa period
The Nara City Council made a resolution to become a member of the world federation of cities.
The Nara City Council made a resolution to declare Nara a fair election city
An executive committee for Nara to request fundamental legislation for the liberation of Burakumin was started as part of the national movement
www.city.nara.nara.jp /b_hp/english/profile/a_syouwa.htm   (821 words)

  
 Nara City Home Page„Network for Ancient and Modern Nara City„Plannig of Ancient and Modern Nara ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Nara City Home Page„Network for Ancient and Modern Nara City„Plannig of Ancient and Modern Nara City„Comparison of the planning of ancient Nara and of the modern cityiRoads~Thoroughfaresj
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Comparison of the planning of ancient Nara and of the modern city
www.city.nara.nara.jp /b_hp/english/kokon/knjyku/michi/index.htm   (243 words)

  
 Hokudan-Town Earthquake Memorial Park (Page 3)
View from the south end of the fault enclosure, with the trench wall in the foreground.
The topography of the central part of the Kinki district is complex and includes low-lying areas such as Lake Biwa, Osaka bay and the Kyoto and Nara basins, as well as high mountains such as the Hira, Ikoma and Rokko ranges.
The focus of the 1995 Hyogoken Nambu earthquake was below the Akashi strait, north of Awaji Island.
www.scec.org /news/00news/feature000912c.html   (414 words)

  
 bamboo_whisk
As for bamboo whisk, the more than 90 % is made in Ikoma-shi, Nara Takayama district.
I represent tradition industrial art object of Nara in this sense.
By the way, it is the production method, but the manufacturing method is handed down as the skill of
page.freett.com /___htmlswich_/nara/bamboo/whisk.htm   (64 words)

  
 Figure Moe Zoku - Japanese World
The kidnapper sent the girl's parents a picture of her, along with the message "I have your daughter," using the child's camera phone.
The girl's body was found later that night in Heguri, Ikoma District of Nara Prefecture.
The events presented in the manga were purely fictional, but some otaku feel persecuted by them nonetheless.
japanese-world.wetpaint.com /page/Figure+Moe+Zoku   (1331 words)

  
 Nara on 43 Places   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Make sure you go to Nara park – that’s the main congregation point of the deer.
In 2001 I went to Nara for a few days and explored the town.
I met a dutch girl there from The Hague and she and I bought a lot of the deer cookies and led twelve or so miniature deer onto a grass island behind the art museum.
www.43places.com /places/view/103185   (504 words)

  
 Rough Guides Travel   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The next day we went to Nara, on the other side of Ikoma Mountain.
Osaka Castle, near the business district was another good place to visit.
We had lunch at a department store in Ikoma, close to the Cable Car station Will go on the rollercoaster next time, it hugs the edge of the mountain and I think it would be totally terrifying.
travel.roughguides.com /planning/journalEntryOverview.asp?JournalID=14221   (520 words)

  
 5th Japan Inter-culture Exchange Programme
After spending 8 fun-filled days in Hokkaido, we bid farewell to this special island and departed for Tenri City in Nara Prefecture.
We arrived at our dormitory in the evening, and were warmly received by the native Japanese.
All of us departed for home with truly delighted and sweet memories.On 5th Nov 99, the Japanese Language teacher together with a group of 21 delighted students and staff from Ikoma Language School assembled at Changi International Airport,ready to set off to the land of Rising Sun - Japan.
www.ikoma.com.sg /jcourse/cultr/2000report.htm   (1984 words)

  
 Web Directory » Web Directory » Regional » Asia » Japan » Prefectures » Nara » ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Web Directory » Regional » Asia » Japan » Prefectures » Nara » Education
Tawaraguchi Elementary School - Nara - Located in Ikoma City.
The content on this page is based on the Open Directory Project and has been modified by this website.
dcpages.com /DC_ODP/?c=Regional/Asia/Japan/Prefectures/Nara/Education   (186 words)

  
 hector's blog : The Ultimate Field Trip: a JFMF Trip to Japan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Japanese capital established in Nara, then in Kyoto.
While I was in Tokyo and Ikoma, there were few, in any, trash receptacles yet the grounds were extraordinarily clean and litterless.
If one creates trash while on the street or the subway, one carries the garbage until a trash receptacle is found or until arrival at home.
www.bayareawritingproject.org /hectorL/2006/05/30   (6010 words)

  
 Three Rivers News, 4/22/03
We live on the side of this mountain overlooking Ikoma and the Nara Valley.
Wishes go out to Carroll and Kathy Witham for their anniversary on the 18th and to Stephanie Salley for her birthday on the 17th.
Wood is the father of a very talented son who is a lawyer in the District Attorney’s office.
news.trcmaine.org /vol2/030422.php   (7061 words)

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