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  Kamikawa Subprefecture - Cassiopedia, The True Encyclopedia
Kamikawa (上川支庁; -shichō) is a subprefecture of Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan.
On September 1, 2005, the town of Asahi from Kamikawa (Teshio) District merged with the city of Shibetsu to form the new city of Shibetsu.
On March 27, 2006, the town of Furen from Kamikawa (Teshio) District merged with the city of Nayoro to form the new city of Nayoro.
www.cassiopedia.org /wiki/index.php?title=Kamikawa_Subprefecture   (149 words)

  
 Districts of Japan - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
The district (郡; gun) was most recently used as an administrative unit in Japan between 1878 and 1921 and is roughly equivalent to the county of the United States.
Because district names had been unique in the province and nowadays prefecture boundaries are roughly aligned to province boundaries, most district names are unique in the prefecture.
Abuta District, Rumoi District, Sorachi District, and Yufutsu District are deceptively similar, but each of them is a single district allotted to two subprefectures.
www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Districts_of_Japan   (393 words)

  
 Hokkaido Prefecture - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Hokkaido Island is located at the north end of Japan, near Russia, and has coastlines on the Sea of Japan, the Sea of Okhotsk, and the Pacific Ocean.
Ishikari (石狩国) (modern-day Ishikari Subprefecture minus Chitose and Eniwa, all of Sorachi Subprefecture and the southern half of Kamikawa Subprefecture excluding Shimukappu)
Hokkaido can also be reached by ferry from Sendai, Niigata and some other cities.
www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Hokkaido   (1735 words)

  
 Districts of Japan
A district (郡; gun) was the administrative unit during the period from 1890 to 1923, which is roughly equivalent to the county of the United States, and was ranked at the level below prefecture and above city, town or village.
Becase district names had been unique in the province and nowadays prefecture boundaries are roughly aligned to province boundaries, most district names are unique in the prefecture.
However, the Hokkaido Prefecture, consisting of eleven provincess, involves a few confusing cases.
encyclopedia.codeboy.net /wikipedia/d/di/districts_of_japan.html   (132 words)

  
 Oshima Subprefecture Biography on DanceAge   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
On December 1, 2004 the town of Minamikayabe from Kayabe District and the towns of Esan and Toi and the village of Todohokke from Kameda District merged into the city of Hakodate.
On October 1, 2005 the town of Kumaishi from Nishi District in Hiyama Subprefecture and the town of Yakumo from Yamakoshi District in Oshima Subprefecture merged to form the new town of Yakumo in the newly created Futami District.
On February 1, 2006 the towns of Kamiiso from Kamiiso District and Ono from Kameda District merged to form the new city of Hokuto.
music.musictnt.com /biography/sdmc_Oshima_Subprefecture   (169 words)

  
 Ishikari Subprefecture - Pasthound   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Located on the north part of the Ishikari Subprefecture of Hokkaido, the shape of the municipality is long to north and south.
Ishikari (石狩国, -no kuni) was a short-lived province (The proper sphere or extent of your activities) located in Hokkaido (The second largest of the four main islands of Japan; north of Honshu).
JR Hokkaido Bus, based in Sapporo, decided on February 4 to eliminate 40 loss-making services on four routes in Ishikari, Sorachi, Hidaka and Tokachi subprefectures, including the Ishikari route (between Takikawa and Numata in Tokachi Subprefecture) at the end of February, and informed individual subprefectures' study councils.
www.pasthound.com /topics/Ishikari-Subprefecture   (1087 words)

  
 Brujula.Net - Your Latin Stating Point   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Hokkaido Island is located at the north end of Japan, near Russia, and has coastlines on the Sea of Japan, the
Hokkaido is known for its cool summers and icy winters.
Hokkaido Railway Company), but many cities can only be accessed by bus or car.
www.brujula.net /english/wiki/Hokkaido_Prefecture.html   (890 words)

  
 November, 2005
Menashi was the district in the opposite of Kunashiri island.
The aim of these system was the reclamation of the land of Hokkaido, the relief of samurai antecedents which lost their jobs, and the defense of the north.
In 1901, the whole popukation of Hokkaido was 1,011,892 and the population of Ainu was 17,688.
www10.plala.or.jp /shosuzki/edit/japan/ainuenglish.htm   (13659 words)

  
 Sapporo, Hokkaido - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
(札幌市; -shi) is the fifth-largest city in Japan and it is the capital of Hokkaido Prefecture.
The entertainment district Susukino is among the largest and most well known in Japan.
The area was home to several settlements of indigenous Ainu, including the original "Satsuporo" village, before the area was chosen by the Hokkaido Development Department (Kaitakushi) to be the capital of the newly-renamed "Hokkaido" in 1869.
88.208.194.172 /wiki/index.php/Sapporo   (249 words)

  
 Britannicaindia.com: Britannica Browse   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
district, administrative county of West Sussex, historic county of Sussex, England.
town ("parish"), Arun district, administrative county of West Sussex, historic county of Sussex, England.
It lies along the Ishikari River in the agriculturally important Kamikawa Basin.
www.ebindia.com /britannica_browse/a/a47.html   (1858 words)

  
 Kushiro Subprefecture - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
Kushiro (釧路支庁; -shichō) is a subprefecture of Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan.
On October 11, 2005, the towns of Akan and Onbetsu merged with the city of Kushiro to form the new city of Kushiro.
October 20, 1948 Ashoro District transferred to Tokachi Subprefecture
www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Kushiro_Subprefecture   (110 words)

  
 Kamikawa Subprefecture - Pasthound   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Kamikawa (上川) is a (Click link for more info and facts about subprefecture) subprefecture of (Click link for more info and facts about Hokkaido Prefecture) Hokkaido Prefecture, (A constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building) Japan.
It corresponds to modern-day Iburi Subprefecture, Yamakoshi District of Oshima, Abuta District in Shiribeshi Subprefecture, the cities of Chitose and Eniwa in Ishikari Subprefecture and Shimukappu Village in Kamikawa Subprefecture.
Yūfutsu (勇払郡; -gun) is a District divided between Iburi and Kamikawa Subprefectures.
www.pasthound.com /topics/Kamikawa-Subprefecture   (1171 words)

  
 Get Outdoors - State and National Park, Forest, and Monument Finder
At the center of Japan's northern island of Hokkaido lies the snowy, mountainous region known as the Ishikari Highlands, a land of volcanic peaks, deep basalt gorges, myriad hot springs, and great plateaus.
Although the many peaks of Daisetsuzan are lower than the Japanese Alps of more southerly Honshu, owing to the park's northern location there are perennial snowfields, large expanses of alpine vegetation, and long winters.
Spend an evening at one of the mountain shelter huts in the backcountry of the park, followed by a long soak in one of the many hot springs.
syndication.getoutdoors.com /getoutdoors/destination_summary/6226.html   (279 words)

  
 Ishikari District, Hokkaido - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hokkaido also has a city and a subprefecture with this name, see Ishikari, Hokkaido or Ishikari Subprefecture.
As of 2004, the district has an estimated population of 24,020 and a density of 47.95 persons per km².
1906 Shinotsu Village (篠津村) merges with Ebetsu Village (江別村) in the former Sapporo District, thus leaving the district.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ishikari_District,_Hokkaido   (147 words)

  
 Hokkaido
Tokyo, Dec. 8 (Jiji Press)--Softbank Corp. is holding talks with the municipal government of Obihiro in the northernmost Japan prefecture of Hokkaido to support the money-losing "Banei" horse racing business, informed sources said Friday.
SAPPORO Police arrested the mayor of Fukagawa, Hokkaido, on Wednesday on suspicion of instructing his subordinate to help a company win a bid for a city public works project earlier this year, police officials said.
Lake Furen is a 5,600-hectare brackish lake with a circumference of 65 kilometers located between Nemuro and Betsukaicho in Hokkaido.
www.measuroo.com /eth-H/Hokkaido.php   (1788 words)

  
 Learnkendo.com :: View topic - from where did RICE come to Japan... ?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
As an aside, I want to also point out that the History of HOKKAIDO (the Northern-most Island of Japan) is somewhat different from the rest of Japan.
The Nihon-Shoki is said to be the first mention of Hokkaido in Recorded History.
During the winter, skiing and other Winter Sports continue to bring tourists to Hokkaido (the Winter Olympics was held in Sapporo, Japan, in 1972).
learnkendo.cheness.com /viewtopic.php?p=870   (5111 words)

  
 2003 Corporation Survey on Land Method of Estimating Asset Value of Land
Hokkaido, due to its vast space, has been divided into several areas conforming to "regional economic zones (Hokkaido)".
Ishikari subprefecture, Shiribeshi subprefecture, Sorachi subprefecture, Iburi subprefecture, Hidaka subprefecture
For Okinawa Prefecture, which is an island prefecture, industrial land was grouped with residential land based on dummy variables (industrial land dummies) due to the small sample size.
tochi.mlit.go.jp /kihon/h15_kihon/houjinn/tochi_shisan_eng.html   (2007 words)

  
 RWML 0.71a Chapter 5
When the observation target is an area, notate with observation target area, point, mesh name as well as observation target mesh definition data.
Hokkaido (Ishikari, Sorachi, Shiribeshi Regions) Sapporo Outskirts (5 km mesh) Sapporo Outskirts(5kmMesh) ...
A list of prefectural weather forecasts and corresponding announcement offices by region (in Hokkaido).
rwml.its-win.gr.jp /eng/Draft-071/RWML-071-05a.html   (4639 words)

  
 Species info - HTML   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
island formed by the Osinovaya channel and the main channel of the Amur river, 30 km upstream of Khabarovsk, Smidovicheskiy district, rare migrant by a lake on the island, pair in April 1990 (B. Voronov in litt.
Ishikari, undated (Wildlife Information Center, Hokkaido 1985); Sapporo, winter 1970 (Takano 1981); Mikazuki-numa lake, Aiushi, Urahoro-cho, Tokachi-gun, one, October 1996 (Birder 97/1); Lake Utonai (Utonai-ko), Tomakomai-shi, six, October 1984 (WBSJ 1986); Seika-ko lake (untraced), one, April_May 1981 (probably the same bird that wintered at Izu-numa, Miyagi prefecture) (Kurechi et al.
Prior to the 1960s, it was observed to follow two migratory routes along the eastern and western coast of the Korean Peninsula to its wintering grounds in south-east Korea and China (Won 1963).
www.rdb.or.id /view_html.php?id=112&op=ansecygn   (6615 words)

  
 Districts of Japan - Cassiopedia, The True Encyclopedia
Districts of Japan - Cassiopedia, The True Encyclopedia
This page was last modified 12:51, 17 August 2006.
An uncorrected copy of this article might be available at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Districts_of_Japan
www.cassiopedia.org /wiki/index.php?title=Districts_of_Japan   (401 words)

  
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Geology and Ore Deposits of Ohe District in Shiribeshi Province, Hokkaido ?
Geothermal Investigation of Shikabe District, Oshima Province ?
Spring water and groundwater of old coal mines in the Ishikari coal field, central Hokkaido ?
staff.aist.go.jp /miyagi.iso14000/Works/Review/coop/0003/412.html   (349 words)

  
 Polistes riparius in Siberia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Mongolia (Sk.Yamane, S.Yamane, 1987), NE China, Korea (Kurzenko, 1995), Japan: Hokkaido, N Honshu (SkYamane, S.Yamane, 1987; Kojima, Hagiwara, 1998).
Hokkaido: Abashiri district: Kitami; Kamikawa district: Daisetsu-zan; Kushiro district: Akan (Sk.Yamane, S.Yamane, 1987), Chimikeppu (about 25 km NNE of Lake Akan) (Kojima, Hagiwara, 1998)); Tokachi district: Mt. Togachi-dake, Obihiro; Ishikari district: Sapporo (Sk.Yamane, S.Yamane, 1987); Honshu: Akita Pref.: Tazawa-ko (Sk.Yamane, S.Yamane, 1987).
Polistes riparius Sk.Yamane et Sô.Yamane, 1987, Kontyu 55: 215 - "Sapporo, Hokkaido".
fen.nsu.ru /~vvdubat/Vespidae/riparius.htm   (357 words)

  
 600 sparrows mysteriously die in Hokkaido
It is difficult to specify the cause," said Masao Sano, 66, a member of the Ornithological Society of Japan, who is an expert on the ecology of sparrows.
In January this year, the bodies of more than 100 dead sparrows were found in six birdhouses at a home in the Suehiro district of Asahikawa, the local office of the Hokkaido Prefectural Government said.
The Ishikari and Kamikawa branches of the prefectural government said they have received a lot more inquiries about the disappearance of sparrows this year than normal.
www.tmcnet.com /usubmit/2006/04/13/1569501.htm   (923 words)

  
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