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	Iwate's Profile/Industry of Iwate/Iwate prefecture's Home Page
		Iwate prefecture is blessed with vast agricultural resources such as large land area, high quality soil and favorable weather conditions.
		Total industrial output of Iwate was 2 trillion and 263.3 billion yen in the thirteenth year of Heisei, owing to the developments of the land for enterprises, such as high-tech industry and automobile industry, and promotions of local industries.
		Iwate is also putting efforts in making use of communications, such as the homepage to spread information effectively, creating information board for tourists in foreign languages along with Japanese.
	www.pref.iwate.jp /~ipg/english/sangyo/index.html (798 words)

	Iwate Prefecture - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Iwate faces the Pacific Ocean to the east, and borders Aomori Prefecture on the north, Akita Prefecture on the west, and Miyagi Prefecture on the south.
		On September 1, 2005 the towns of Ashiro and Nishine and the village of Matsuo from Iwate District merged, forming the city of Hachimantai.
		On February 20, 2006 the cities of Esashi and Mizusawa and the municipaltites of Maesawa, Isawa and Koromogawa from Isawa District merged to form the new city of Ōshū.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Iwate_Prefecture (682 words)

	Iwate Volcano
		According to a local newspaper (Iwate Nippo), both Iwate Construction Office, the Ministry of Construction, and Iwate Prefecture are preparing a hazard map of this volcano, consulting with experts of volcanology, disaster-protection, and Sabo engineering.
		Iwate Volcano experienced seven events of debris avalanche since 230 Ka; the youngest one occurred during a period from 915 to 1686 AD.
		JMA issued the Volcanic Observation Reports #13 and 14 on the activity of Iwate on 11 and 15 May, respectively: daily count of volcanic earthquakes at the Matsukawa observation station ranged from 64 to 21 during 7-15 May. At 08h 32m, 11 May, an earthquake with the magnitude of 2.8 took place at Iwate Volcano.
	hakone.eri.u-tokyo.ac.jp /vrc/erup/iwate.html (3539 words)

	Iwate Summary
		Iwate Prefecture is situated in the northern region of Japan's island of Honshu.
		Iwate is bordered by the Pacific Ocean and by Aomori, Akita, and Miyagi Prefectures.
		Iwate, an armored cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy from 1900 to the end of World War II.
	www.bookrags.com /Iwate (415 words)

	HandaWeb: Iwate Handbook
		Iwate (literally meaning "rock hand") is alive with the traditional culture of Japan.
		Iwate is on about the same latitude as New York City, so we experience all four seasons.
		The central and northern parts of Iwate are very cold and blanketed with snow from late December until March.
	www.handaweb.com /anthony/handbook/iwateintro.html (828 words)

	HandaWeb: Iwate Handbook
		Iwate Prefecture is a great place to live.
		This Pre-departure Handbook was planned by Iwate AJET and the articles were all written by current and past JETs.
		We are the Prefectural Representative and Vice Prefectural Representative, respectively, for the Iwate chapter of AJET.
	www.handaweb.com /anthony/handbook/prefltr.html (521 words)

	Outline of School (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-23)
		The school is about three kilometers from the campus of Iwate University, and it is within a convenient walking distance to the downtown Morioka.
		As a junior high school affiliated to the national university, the school has to provide the citizens with the ordinary compulsory education of three years, which is the last part of the nine-year-long compulsory education.
		On the other hand, the school is required to do researches on various aspects of educational practices so that it can contribute to the society in general as a representative and leading school of the area.
	fen.edu.iwate-u.ac.jp /~fuchu/School.html (324 words)

	Iwate travel guide
		Iwate travel guide - The best resource for sights, hotels, restaurants, bars, what to do and what to see
		Iwate is prefecture abundant in natural surroundings from which history has unfolded and various cultures have been nurtured.
		Additional travel guides are available in ten languages at wikitravel.org.
	www.world66.com /asia/northeastasia/japan/iwate (80 words)

	JETRO - Investing in Japan - Iwate Prefecture: General Business Information
		The department of engineering of Iwate University conducts many industry-university joint researches, the number of which is one of the largest in Japan.
		In order that companies can locate in Iwate and develop their businesses without anxiety in a favorable environment, we determine that follow-up of such companies should be a high-priority policy, and the Governor is at the forefront of this policy.
		Iwate prefectural government promises to provide companies with not only industrial sites but also maximum support for their successful operations.
	www.jetro.go.jp /en/invest/region/iwate (1194 words)

	Iwate, Honshu Island, Japan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-23)
		Located on northern Honshu northwest of Morioka City, Iwate sits adjacent to an older cone.
		The summit cone of Iwate volcano, Yakushi-dake, is truncated by a 500-m-wide crater.
		On Aug. 25, a M 1.9 earthquake was recorded 3 km beneath the top of Iwate.
	users.bendnet.com /bjensen/volcano/japan/honshu-iwate.html (278 words)

	Mt. Iwate
		Kenji has left a lovely poem called "East Iwate Volcano," which is a record of the time he took a group of his students from the agricultural high school on a mountain climbing expedition at night through the hills around the crater.
		Iwate viewed from the south, where Koiwai Farm is located, has a rough, forbidding appearance and the Onigajo (Devil's Castle) somma of Nishi Iwatesan is visible.
		Mt. Iwate is still an active volcano and in the Edo period, in 1719, a small parasitic cone on the slope of Higashi Iwate erupted.
	www.kenji-world.net /english/ihatov/climate/iwatesan.html (665 words)

	Global Volcanism Program \| Iwate \| Summary
		Viewed from the east, Iwate volcano has a symmetrical profile that invites comparison with Fuji, but on the west an older cone is visible containing an oval-shaped, 1.8 x 3 km caldera.
		Iwate has collapsed seven times during the past 230,000 years, most recently between 739 and 1615 AD.
		The dominantly basaltic summit cone of Higashi-Iwate volcano, Yakushi-dake, is truncated by a 500-m-wide crater.
	www.volcano.si.edu /world/volcano.cfm?vnum=0803-24= (192 words)

	Outdoor Japan - Area Guides - Iwate Prefecture (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-23)
		Iwate has the largest land area among all prefectures in Japan (Hokkaido, like Tokyo is not considered a prefecture.
		Iwate is blessed with extensive mountainous areas, including the Ou and Kitakami mountain ranges.
		Iwate Prefecture is number one in Japan for the oldest stratified mountain (Mt. Hayachine); number of chief sake brewers (Nambutoji 1,422); amount of tofu consumed annually (per household 112 blocks); largest private general-purpose farm (Koiwai Farm 3,000 ha); and the largest wooden Kannon (Fukusenji).
	www.outdoorjapan.com /areaguides/prefectureiwate.html (426 words)

	Japanese Pottery - Iwate Museums
		The museum also contains an outdoor museum, literature of the Date family(feudal lords of the region), as well as dwellings of the Jomon period and other ancient architecture shown in their original state can be found on the 1.75 acre site.
		There are souvenir shops selling these traditional goods as well as exhibition spaces of works and tools related to folk art.
		The main focus of this museum's collection is the literature and works of regional culture, lifestyle, and local industry from the stone age to the present.
	www.e-yakimono.net /html/iwate-museums.html (495 words)

	Zero Emissions in Iwate
		Iwate Local Government regarded the year 1998 as the initial year of Environmental Creation, and Zero Emission Initiative in Iwate has been launced since the beginning of the fiscal year 1999.
		As for No. 2, Iwate will make efforts to divide wastes thoroughly and recycle household electricity goods, whereas promoting control of dioxin in emission gasses generated by waste disposal plants.
		Iwate prefecture is trying to introduce highly regulatory measures over emission gas as early as possible.
	www.ias.unu.edu /ecology/g_economy/ze_iwate.htm (513 words)

	Faculty of Education , Iwate University (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-23)
		The Faculty of Education at Iwate University has many additional schools enabling them to offer experience and learning in various learning situations.
		The School, which accepts pupils from Iwate and other prefectures, is at the forefront in both practical teaching and research of education for children with disabilities.
		With a view to meeting the developmental and educational needs of each individual, the School works closely with the community, the parents, and relevant institutions to provide an "open school for the disabled."aiming to equip each pupil to live as independently as possible.
	www.edu.iwate-u.ac.jp /gakubu/english/other/atacched.html (428 words)

	YouTube - Deer Dance Iwate Honolulu Festival 2006
		I purchased a Hello Kitty in Iwate where she is dressed as if doing the deer dance, however I never got to see the dance in action.
		Iwate dancers wears a shishiga-shira play drums and twist and swoosh the sasara bamboo tied to their backs.
		In Ochiai, a small rice-farming hamlet in south-central Iwate Prefecture, there are no longer enough residents to perform Shishi Odori, the Deer Dance that has served as a signature of this small rice-farming collective for over three-hundred years.
	www.youtube.com /watch?v=EfaehxtNSlc (484 words)

	"Mister" Iwate and "Mister" Fuji - First Tracks!! Online Ski Magazine
		It is nestled right at the base of the mountain, and not far beyond the top ski lift is the point where the mountain really juts out of the ground and leads up to the main crater.
		Hachimantai ridge is also well known to hikers for its view, to leaf-peepers in the fall for the foliage, and to fans of the onsen for its hot springs.
		Given that it is believed that the secondary crater of Iwate will erupt next, it may be this resort more than any other that will be "coated" by an Iwate eruption (Shimokura may be too, depending on direction and force).
	www.firsttracksonline.com /iwate.htm (2370 words)

	Iwate Prefectural University
		(The national rate was 76.7/1,000.) In Iwate Prefecture, where 60 per cent of the area was mountain forest and many districts were reputedly cold and isolated, medical treatment was largely unavailable in the villages.
		In 1963, the national average infant mortality rate was 23.1/1,000, and that of Iwate was 35.9/1,000.
		In Iwate Prefecture, with such a history, nursing education at the university level is progressively thriving.
	www.iwate-pu.ac.jp /eng/10/index.html (647 words)

	Hotels in Iwate - Iwate hotel reservations & reviews. Iwate travel guide and hotel list. Hotels in Iwate
		Iwate hotels and resorts reservation guide - the definitive guide to Iwate accommodation.
		The Iwate hotels and resorts guide provides a brief summary, customer ratings and reviews for hotels or resorts.
		For detailed hotel information or to reserve a hotel or resort in Iwate, please select a hotel or resort and let asiahotels.com be your Iwate travel agent.
	www.asiahotels.com /hl/Iwate-Japan.asp (204 words)

	Outdoor Japan - Hiking & Camping - Iwate Prefecture - National Parks (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-23)
		This national park stretches across both Iwate and Akita (the neighbouring prefecture to the west).
		At the heights are crater lakes, marshes, virgin forests and alpine flora.
		The portion of the park which lies in Iwate Prefecture includes Mt. Kurikoma (called Mt. Sukawa by the local residents) and the Yakeishi mountain range.
	www.outdoorjapan.com /hiking-camping/activity-hc-iwate-2.html (1354 words)

	Atelier Aterui: Image Index: Morioka City, Iwate
		Morioka is located in the north of the Kitakami Basin in the central part of Iwate Prefecture, Northern Japan (less than two and half hours from Tokyo by the Shinkansen train).
		Iwate Park (âèö) is the site of the former Morioka-jo Castle, which was also known as "Kozukata-jo" Castle.
		Since the two lords of Nambu, the 26th lord Nobunao and the 27th lord Toshinao began to build Kozukata Castle in 1598, Morioka flourished under the reign of Nambu lords between the seventeenth and the nineteenth centuries.
	p-www.iwate-pu.ac.jp /~acro-ito/Japan_pics/Japan_MRK/imageidx.html (5231 words)

	Government Iwate Prefectures Japan Asia Regional (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-23)
		Proxy war????, Japan - Apr 2, 2007Voters say that if Ozawa, 65, grabs the helm of central government, Iwate Prefecture--his home base--would likely be transformed from a sleepy backwater to...
		The Japan TimesIs help really on way for the working poor?The Japan Times, Japan - Apr 6, 2007Okinawa, Akita, Iwate and Aomori prefectures were at the lower end of the spectrum, with an hourly labor rate of 610 yen.
		Victorious govs thank supportersThe Daily Yomiuri, Japan - Apr 8, 2007In Iwate Prefecture, Takuya Tasso, a first-time gubernatorial candidate known as an acolyte of Democratic Party of Japan leader Ichiro Ozawa,...
	www.iaswww.com /ODP/Regional/Asia/Japan/Prefectures/Iwate/Government (352 words)

	Iwate, Japan Blog!
		The two other candidates are Hidetomo Goto, 40, deputy chief of the Kumamoto chapter of the opposition Democratic Party of Japan, who is also the recommended candidate of the People's New Party, and Toru Matsuoka, a 62-year-old local assembly member, fielded by the Japanese Communist Party.
		The seat in the Iwate No. 1 district became vacant after Takuya Tasso of the DPJ quit to run for the gubernatorial election in the prefecture in April.
		The parade, which dates back to the early 17th century, is held to thank the horses for their help in farm work.
	iwate.blogspot.com (1468 words)

	ESPN.com: GEN - Man behind the mask now Japanese politician
		"I won support from voters with this face, and to take it off would be breaking promises," the 33-year-old wrestler, whose real name is Masanori Murakawa, said of his victory in conservative Iwate prefecture, some 290 miles north of Tokyo.
		Catching opponents on the back foot to take one of 10 assembly seats, the wrestler said he now hopes to demonstrate his "superabundant power" outside of the ring as well as in it.
		Sasuke's vow to go masked into the halls of power in Japan, where battles have been fought in the past over legislators refusing to don neckties, has authorities scratching their heads.
	espn.go.com /gen/news/2003/0414/1538674.html (300 words)

	Report on NTT Group Environmental Protection Activities 2000 [4.1.1 Ecology Networks]
		Specifically, ecology networks are expected to play a role in disclosure of environmental information by local governments, in general environmental education and in environmental research at universities and other institutions.
		This project is involved in monitoring air and waste quality and studying potential applications of the resulting information in environmental education programs.
		Environmental education programs are conducted jointly with the Ecology Community Plaza established by the Iwate Branch of NTT East.
	www.ntt.co.jp /kankyo/e/2000report/4/411.html (169 words)

	Energy in Iwate (Directory/Asia/Japan/Iwate/Business/Energy) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-23)
		Iwate Kagawa Kagoshima Kanagawa Kochi Kumamoto Kyoto Mie Miyagi Miyazaki Nagano Nagasaki...
		Iwate Plant: Designated the "promotional committee leader for the use of electricity in seven Tohoku prefectures" as a blue-chip factory in energy management in fiscal...
		This project, which continued for three years starting from 1998, was undertaken by Iwate Prefecture, the United Nations University Institute of Advanced Studies, and the NTT Energy and Environment...
	www.worldwidirectory.com /Asia/Japan/Iwate/Business/Energy (520 words)

	IWATE donates wheelchairs to Vanuatu Society Disabled Persons
		The IWATE Supporting Organization to the Japan Organization Cooperation of Volunteer (JOCV) has turned its promise to reality by providing three more wheelchairs to the Vanuatu Society for Disable People (VSDP) this week.
		The delegation comprised nine members of the IWATE Supporting Organization to the Japan Organization Cooperation of Volunteer.
		The prime task of the organization is assist volunteers to find employment once they return to Japan after completing their voluntarily service in their respective areas.
	www.news.vu /en/news/national/050114-iwate-donates-wheelchairs.shtml (314 words)

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