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  What is IZU?
IZU is… a skincare that will serve all the needs and requirements of your skin by concentrating on actively delivering vitamins, nutrients, bioactive peptide and anti-oxidants into your skin through ultra tiny liposomes, developed to penetrate your epidermis effectively.
IZU cosmetics is light and mild, and is enriched with hydrating agents, vegetal extracts, Vitamins A, C and E with anti-aging properties and green tea.
IZU is inspired instead by the new-millenium trend towards healthy simplicity and dedicated to the pursuit of beauty with grace, style and wit.
www.izucosmetics.com /about_izu/whatisizu.htm   (379 words)

  
 Globalist PhotoBookshelf | Sacred Places   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Izu's photography captures places of worship as diverse as Easter Island, Teotihuacán, Stonehenge, the monuments of the Chinese Silk Road and the caves of Ajanta in India.
Izu is considered one of the finest practitioners of this early photographic medium.
Izu is also the founder of Friends Without A Border — a foundation which provides medical care for children in Cambodia.
www.theglobalist.com /photo/sacred/izu.shtml   (324 words)

  
 Gallery
The John Stevenson Gallery is pleased to announce a special exhibition of photographs by Kenro Izu of the temples of Angkor Wat, on behalf of children in Cambodia.
Izu initiated this body of work on his first trip to Cambodia in 1993 and continued with it for four years.
Moved by the beauty and majesty of the ancient temple ruins, Izu was also touched by compassion for the suffering of the Cambodian people he encountered while he worked.
www.johnstevenson-gallery.com /izu_text.html   (645 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Kenro Izu: Sacred Places: Books: Kenro Izu,Clark Worswick   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Invariably, for want of a better description, these were places that were possessed of "spirituality." Izu made "documents" of places of worship as diverse as Easter Island, Teotihuacan, Angkor Wat, Stonehenge, the monuments of the Chinese Silk Road, Palmyra, Mustang, Hampi, the caves of Ajanta, Borobudur, Pagan, and Lhasa.
Izu is a special photographer and this is a special book.
Izu currently is on exhibit at the Freer Museum in DC.
www.amazon.com /Kenro-Izu-Sacred-Places/dp/1892041472   (857 words)

  
 Mark Izu
MARK IZU’s compositions are characterized by his seamless integration of jazz with other music traditions, his mastery of cross-cultural instrumentation, and his ability to compose in many musical disciplines.
Izu plays acoustic bass as well as several traditional Asian instruments such as the sheng (Chinese multi-reed instrument) and sho (Japanese multi-reed instrument).
Izu was member of the founding faculty of Stanford’s Institute of Diversity in the Arts in 2002.
www.firstvoice.org /mark_izu.html   (453 words)

  
 Kenro Izu: Interview Text
Izu: New York was very different from the Japanese countryside, where I was brought up.
Izu: Yes, I was three months to being thirty years old, facing to the big thirty.
Izu: For one thing, yes: There are a few negatives I took in the old days, before I had my formula set up for platinum, where the density and contrast of the negatives are not ideal for platinum prints.
www.pem.org /izu/interview_text.html   (3024 words)

  
 PEM | Kenro Izu: Sacred Places
Izu’s photography of Angkor also brought him close to the suffering of Cambodian children whose limbs had been shattered by land mines.
Kenro Izu was born in Osaka in 1949 and attended the Nihon University College of Art before moving to New York City in the early 1970s.
Izu succeeds in capturing that spiritual essence of the places he photographs through his exacting approach to his craft, says Worswick.
www.pem.org /exhibitions/exhibition.php?id=10   (579 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Kenro Izu: Still Life: Books: Richard Gere   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Izu's special process of using a custom-made camera to produce unusually large 14-by-20-inch negatives for platinum prints produces images with amazing clarity and detail.
Master photographer Kenro Izu has for years been working with the platinum palladium process to create stunning floral and nude still lifes.
This book, the first devoted to Izus still lifes, is certain to be a classic tome in contemporary photography.
www.amazon.com /Kenro-Izu-Still-Richard-Gere/dp/189204112X   (910 words)

  
 Izu Peninsula (Izu Hanto) Travel Guide
The Izu Peninsula (Izu Hanto) is a resort area about 100 kilometers southwest of Tokyo, popular for its hot springs, beautiful coastlines, beaches, mild climate, scenic mountainous interior and views of Mount Fuji from its western coast.
Izu is also a great place to be explored by rental car, motorbike or bicyle.
Shuzenji in central Izu is another famous hot spring resort with a pleasant and beautifully preserved resort town center.
www.japan-guide.com /e/e6310.html   (336 words)

  
 Mar Scuba-Izu Penninsula
There are plenty of places to dive on the Izu Penninsula, and they are spread out along the west coast, east coast, and southern tip.
On the west side of Izu, Osezaki is by far the biggest dive site in terms of concentration of dive services.
Aptly nicknamed the "Disneyland of Diving" in Izu, this place is swarming with divers on the weekends, especially if the conditions are not favorable due to a typhoon or other conditions.
www.marscuba.com /izu.html   (1802 words)

  
 Izu - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The city of Izu located in Shizuoka prefecture
Izu Province, a part of modern-day Shizuoka prefecture
Izu is a vessel of the Japanese Coast Guard, the Maritime Safety Agency.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Izu   (100 words)

  
 Izu Peninsula - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Formerly the eponymous Izu Province, the Izu peninsula is now a part of Shizuoka prefecture.
Izu being one of Japan's biggest producers of wasabi, the local cuisine offers many wasabi-flavored dishes.
The Izu peninsula is easily accessible from Tokyo and points west via the Tōkaidō Shinkansen, which has stations in both Atami (east side) and Mishima (west).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Izu_Peninsula   (302 words)

  
 Izu Exile
This Dharma talk was given in May 2003, on the occasion of the commemoration of Nichiren's exile to Izu peninsula.
However, neither is there proof that he did not write them, nor does Nichiren ever condemn Original Enlightenment thought in his authenticated works, and finally this gosho is the single literary source for a legend about Nichiren’s life that is often depicted in stories and art.
Nichiren was sentenced to be banished to the village of Ito on the Izu peninsula where it was expected that he would starve to death in the wilderness since people were forbidden to provide food or shelter for exiles like Nichiren.
nichirenscoffeehouse.net /Ryuei/IzuExile.html   (1305 words)

  
 PIXELSURGEON | Reviews | Music | Izu
Izu poses an age-old musical conundrum: if he's capable of making decent music in the first place, why is he gleefully presenting the world with the rest of this crap?
It's not acceptable for electronic musicians to continue in the mould of Squarepusher and Aphex Twin, releasing albums with a single worthwhile track, a couple of reasonable ones and mountains of unviable twaddle.
Firstly, I don't think the high points are really worthy of Izu's stated influences: Black Dog, the Orb and FSOL have all been mentioned, and I can't think of a single reason to listen to an Izu record above pretty much anything from those artists.
www.pixelsurgeon.com /reviews/review.php?id=1004   (594 words)

  
 Shizuoka Guide : Area Guide : Izu Area
Izu Peninsula has three aspects - the east, the central and the west districts.
The south end of Izu Peninsula is Shimoda, the city of marine resort with the atmosphere of the tropical world.
The west district of Izu faces Suruga Bay, the coast line is gentle, and the atmosphere is peaceful.
www.shizuoka-guide.com /english/area_guide/view.asp?a2_id=1   (222 words)

  
 Izu Islands - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.isi.jhu.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
The largest is Izu Ō-shima, usually called simply Ō-shima.
Although traditionally referred to as the "Izu Seven," there are in fact more than a dozen islands and islets.
Sport fishing is a popular activity, with most boats docked on the Izu Peninsula.
en.wikipedia.org.cob-web.org:8888 /wiki/Izu_Islands   (225 words)

  
 Fine Photography Books and Prints-Kenro Izu   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Of all the sacred sites that Kenro Izu has photographed since 1979, Angkor Wat is undoubtedly his spiritual and psychological base camp.
For these reasons, Passage to Angkor artfully reexamines this most important aspect of Izu's stunning career spanning the last quarter century, presenting Izu's most accomplished Angkor Wat photographs in a rarefied book form that is remarkable for its physical beauty.
Proceeds will be donated to Friends without a Border, a charity founded in 1995 by Kenro Izu as a way of returning something to Cambodia for the many images he captured there.
www.finephotobooks.com /New/pre_izu.htm   (203 words)

  
 Izu-Bonin-Mariana Subduction Factory Studies I - Tectonophysics [T]
A bulk composition of the crust in the Izu arc may indicate more mafic than that of a typical continental crust due to a large volume of the high velocity lower crust.
In conclusion, the continental-type of the crust efficiently grow at the Quaternary volcanoes along Izu arc, but even at those areas the bulk composition of the entire crustal section shows more mafic than a continental crust due to the uniformly existing high velocity lower crust.
There is also a distinct layer (3 m) of hydrothermally altered MORB in the S. Thus, the IBM system is an ideal location to study the inputs and outputs of the subduction factory and to understand the processes occurring within the factory itself.
www.agu.org /meetings/fm05/fm05-sessions/fm05_T44A.html   (3731 words)

  
 Evidence from the AD 2000 Izu Islands swarm that stressing rate governs seismicity
This schematically shows the propagation and expansion of the dike, and the eruption of Miyake volcano, during the Izu swarm.
This shows the Izu volcanic islands and undersea bathymetry south of Tokyo, and then drapes the observed earthquakes and calculated stress stress onto the seafloor.
This shows the migration of earthquakes with time during the two-month-long Izu sequence.
sicarius.wr.usgs.gov /animations.html   (201 words)

  
 Kawabata, Yasunari: "The Izu Dancer"   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
gIt tells of a high school student who, going through the period of despondency that seems to be expected of high school students, takes a walking trip down to the Izu peninsula, and in the course of it encounters a party of strolling performers.
gThe Izu Dancerh was first published in 1925 and appeared in the Atlantic Monthly in 1954: it captured the shy eroticism of adolescence and ever since this story, Kawabata devoted his novels largely to aspects of love such as his later story gSnow Countryh
As Kawabata is known for revealing a sense of beauty throughout his stories, I paid close attention to see whether I could determine how he portrayed it in the story, "The Izu Dancer".
www.ucalgary.ca /~xyang/j341/kawabataIZU2.htm   (485 words)

  
 Addison/Ripley Fine Art -- Artists -- Kenro Izu
Using a turn of the century technique, photographer Kenro Izu takes platinum palladium prints with a custom built camera that produces 14 x 20-inch negatives.
Born in Japan, but now a New York resident, Izu has work in such collections as the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Boston Museum of Fine Arts.
The Sackler Gallery, part of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC, will have an exhibition of Izu’s photographs in 2002.
home.earthlink.net /~lauracooper/artists/izu.html   (112 words)

  
 Marimari.com : Japan - Izu-Hanto
East l Fuji l Hakone l Izu hanto l Izu Seven l North l Southwest
The Izu Ocean Park, also known as Izu Kaiyo-koen, has 12 natural swimming pools, along with other facilities such as snorkeling and scuba diving.
From Ito, it is a 45 minute bus ride to reach the ocean park.
www.marimari.com /content/japan/popular_places/vicinity/izu_hanto.html   (680 words)

  
 Japanese Guest Houses - Shizuoka Ryokan
Besides Mount Fuji, one of the main attractions of this prefecture is the Izu Peninsula which juts out into the Pacific Ocean west of Tokyo.
The east coast of Izu is quite built up, and there are several historical spots to visit such as Shimoda which was the site of America's first consulate.
The west coast and central part of the peninsula are less developed, and provide some striking coastal and offshore island scenery.
www.japaneseguesthouses.com /db/shizuoka/index.htm   (220 words)

  
 IZU Bonin - Mariana   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
This page is the home for data, figures, references that are relevant to the Subduction Factory Initiative and the IZU Bonin-Marian focus area.
If you have questions, suggestions, or if you want to submit data, please contact Andreas Aichinger at the MARGINS Office, who will be happy to try to help you.
Plank, T. and Langmuir, C.H. (1998) The chemical composition of subducting sediment: implications for the crust and mantle.
www.geo.ua.edu /AMG/OldMargins/IZUBoninMariana.html   (347 words)

  
 Izu Peninsula Guide - Japan Reference
Located South-West of Tokyo and right South of Mount Fuji, the Izu Peninsula faces the Pacific ocean and is part of the Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park.
Several train lines (Shinkansen, JR Superview, JR Ito, Izu Kyuko...) link Izu's towns.
As times and fares depend on the line and connections, you had better check Yahoo Transit or Ekitan from our Transportation in Japan page for exact fares and timetables.
www.jref.com /practical/izu_hanto.shtml   (317 words)

  
 izu, going salamander
Despite naming himself after a Japanese peninsular, Izu (aka Ronnie MacPherson) actually harks from the remote Hebridean island of South Uist (us neither...) and now resides amongst the Tollbooth Steeple, Baird Hall and Necropolis of Glasgow.
Rattling through styles with wild abandon, 'Going Salamander' never loses sight of it's ultimate goal - to revive some flagging electronic genres with the kind of deft footwork and grin-inducing enthusiasm that has long been side-lined by the po-faced digital cabal.
With notable highlights including the Space Invader ruffness of 'North Star', the Global Goon-meets-LFO of 'Dwarf', and the borderline industrial-tech of 'Wrong Sun', Izu has made an album that makes up for it's lack of originality with a veritable shed-load of listenability.
www.boomkat.com /item.cfm?id=21267   (245 words)

  
 Izu Dancer, the/the Dancing Girl   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Currently, there are not enough Tomatometer critic reviews for Izu Dancer, the/the Dancing Girl to receive a rating.
Two short animated features: in "The Izu Dancer" a student has a summer romance with a dancer and in "The Dancing Girl" the worlds of ballet and big business have trouble meshing.
Click here to be the first to post a message on this forum.
www.rottentomatoes.com /m/izu_dancer_thethe_dancing_girl   (323 words)

  
 Pension Sakuraya (Accommodation) Japan Izu Shimoda Shirahama Sightseeing Resort
Photo Gallery - Many pictures of plants, beach and nature in Izu peninsula
If you would like to go to Shimoda in Izu from Tokyo by express train, we recommend you this free pass!
Would you like to go to Niijima (Izu seven islands) from Shimoda by ship?
izu-sakuraya.jp /english   (518 words)

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