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	BRAND-NEW OSAKA [Osaka Prefectural Government] 2007.5
		Symbolic of this prosperity, Osaka's festivals became increasingly gorgeous and grander in scale.
		This is a representative summer festival of Osaka, developed from the late 17th century to the early 18th century as a symbol of the prosperity of Osaka.
		While the Danjiri Festival is held in several parts of Osaka, Kishiwada Danjiri Festival held in the Kishiwada and Haruki districts is by far the most famous.
	www.pref.osaka.jp /koho/brand/05/en/sightseeing/pre-modern.html (616 words)

	Osaka - Fly Gold Coast - We Fly To And From - Australia, South East Queensland, Queensland, Gold Coast, Coolangatta, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The gateway and hub of the Kansai region, Osaka is a vibrant waterfront city.
		Japan 's ancient capital, Kyoto, is accessed through Osaka 's Kansai Airport, and is one of the most picturesque places to see cherry blossoms blooming in March and April, and the brilliant crimson and yellow foliage in October and November.
		It is famous for the Kishiwada Danjiri Matsuri Festival held in the fall.
	flygoldcoast.com.au /Osaka.html (297 words)

	JNTO Website > Regional Tourist Guides (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Osaka prefecture located in the center of Kinki region in the Midwest Japan covers the smallest prefecture land area in Japan, but boasts of largest population and highest population density second only after the capital, Tokyo.
		In the Osaka City is the Osaka Castle with a five-layer donjon as its core, on a lawn park that stretches for about 60,000 square meters.
		Osaka's north gate, Umeda, has a gigantic stretch of underground mall that houses many restaurants, fashion and sundry goods stores.
	www.jnto.go.jp /eng/RTG/RI/kansai/osaka/osaka/osaka.html (257 words)

	Osaka, Japan - Current News & Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		OSAKA -- A 19-year-old student was attacked by a stranger armed with a paper cutter outside her Osaka home, leaving her in a serious condition with a large...
		OSAKA — A 40-year-old truck driver in Kishiwada, Osaka Prefecture, and his girlfriend were arrested Sunday on suspicion of attempting to kill the man's 15...
		OSAKA -- A man abruptly hit a girl in the head on Tuesday while she was playing with another girl in a sandbox at a park, police said.
	www.4newz.net /world/nz/Osaka.html (10616 words)

	ipedia.com: Osaka Prefecture Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The capital is the city of Osaka Osaka prefecture Osaka prefectural symbol Capital Osaka Region : Kinki Island : Honshu Area - Tota...
		The symbol of Osaka Prefecture, called the sennari byôtan or "thousand gourds," was originally the crest of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the feudal lord of Osaka Castle.
		Until the reclamation of the Kansai International Airport island, Osaka was the smallest prefecture by area; it is now merely the second-smallest.
	www.ipedia.com /osaka_prefecture.html (174 words)

	an englishman in osaka (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		I found that these used bottles are delivered to a man in Osaka who lovingly eases them into their afterlife.
		In a recent survey on the world's most expensive cities, Osaka was listed in eighth position.
		Anyone who has spent any time in Osaka will have been to Dotonbori, famed for its nightscene of Bladerunner-esque lights, big crabs on walls and tasty dogs in windows.
	anenglishmaninosaka.blogspot.com (5504 words)

	JNTO Website > Regional Tourist Guides (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The Osaka Castle was built in the end of the 16th century by Toyotomi Hideyoshi, a well-known warlord who brought the whole country under his rule in the late 16th century.
		In its neighborhood stand the Osaka Municipal Museum that presents culture and history of Osaka, the Toyokuni-jinja Shrine, the Osaka-jo Hall with a seating capacity of about 16,000 and others.
		In summer, the Okawa River in the northwest of the Osaka Castle becomes the stage for the Osaka Tenjin-matsuri Festival known as one of the three largest in Japan.
	www.jnto.go.jp /eng/RTG/RI/kansai/osaka/osakajo/osakajo.html (290 words)

	Kishiwada, Osaka -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Kishiwada ((additional info and facts about Jp) Jp.
		岸和田市; -shi) is a (A large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts) city located in (Port city on southern Honshu on Osaka Bay; a commercial and industrial center of Japan) Osaka, (A constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building) Japan.
		As of 2003, the city has an estimated ((statistics) the entire aggregation of items from which samples can be drawn) population of 201,962 and the (The amount per unit size) density of 2,809.32 persons per (additional info and facts about km²;) km²;.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/k/ki/kishiwada,_osaka.htm (121 words)

	Kishiwada Danjiri Festival \| Osaka \| Events \| Cultural \| WCities Destination Guide
		The Kishiwada Danjiri Festival, held every year in September, is well known for its dynamic danjiri, or floats.
		Here at the Kishiwada Danjiri Hall, opened in 1993, the visitor can experience the excitement of this 300-year-old festival through the latest audiovisual aids, as well as find out all about the history of the festival from various exhibits.
		Inside the hall is a reproduction of the town surrounding Kishiwada Castle, which has supervised the festival from olden times.
	www.wcities.com /en/record/276,304094/114/record.html (130 words)

	Kishiwada Danjiri Matsuri 2005 - a photoset on Flickr (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Kishiwada is one of the wildest festivals in Osaka.
		Tall wooden handmade floats of zelkova wood (keyaki) are pulled by teams of 500 to 1000 people from each of Kishiwada’s 33Cho (a community area of a certain number of blocks).
		For three hundred years the 14th and 15th September have witnessed teams pulliing their danjiri using a draw-rope 100 to 200 meters in length.
	www.flickr.com /photos/cbuddha/sets/962877 (156 words)

	Japan Times: KANSAI: Who & What (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Osaka Univ. scholar to lecture on 'karoshi': The International Research Center for Japanese Studies will host a monthly lecture for the general public; the first is on "karoshi" (death from overwork), at 2 p.m.
		Scott will take the karoshi of an Osaka stockbroker in 1991 as an example and analyze the incident in the context of the Gulf War and resultant collapse of the bubble economy.
		The Danjiri Matsuri in Kishiwada, Osaka Prefecture, is considered one of the wildest and roughest festivals in Japan.
	search.japantimes.co.jp /print/news/nn08-2004/nn20040829k1.htm (512 words)

	Legislators demand public to expose child abusers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		In the case of Kishiwada, none of the arrested couple's neighbors alerted child welfare organizations, despite the fact that many of them regularly heard the abuse victim screaming in pain.
		Kishiwada welfare officials visited the couple's home several times but let them continue abusing the teen saying they were not "certain" there was abusive behavior occurring in the house.
		Some legislators have pointed out the need to clarify in the law that the central and local governments have responsibility to prevent and discover abuse, as well as providing care and support to abused children.
	www.crnjapan.com /abuse/en/20040202-mn-legislatorsdemand.htm (197 words)

	Kishiwada on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		It is an industrial and residential suburb of Osaka, producing lumber, textiles, and metals.
		Osaka, Japan, Police Investigate Bank Leak of Clients' Personal Data.
		Osaka couple held after teen found on edge of starvation+
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/K/Kishiwad.asp (302 words)

	BULLETIN OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF JAPAN
		The Osaka Bay area is included in the area of specific observation for earthquake prediction.
		Demand for the geological maps of the Osaka Bay area was increased after the earth quake and these maps were utilized usefully.
		Compilation of this new map was made through regional geologica correlation, redivision of geological units, and adujustment of the faults and geological framework of the newly compiled map, correlation of geological units in the mapped area, and new materials added to the digital geological map.
	www.gsj.go.jp /PSV/Pub/gsj_pube/bull/vol48e/vol48_1.htm (821 words)

	Japan File: Danjiri Festival
		It's like this in Kishiwada (population 200,000), in Osaka's southern Senshu region.
		Hand rails around Nankai Kishiwada station are coiled to evoke the image of a Danjiri carpenter atop his float, a stain glass image of the float stares at me from the city's main arcade, sewage lids bear the image as does the town's coolest omiyage -- tiny cakes shaped like the Danjiri.
		Apart from being a day of reverence it was the only chance people had to enter the castle grounds (a reconstruction of Kishiwada Castle remains).
	www.japanfile.com /culture_and_society/festivals/Danjiri-1.shtml (292 words)

	Osaka Puroresu News Archive
		1/7 at Osaka Rinkai Sports Center has an Osaka Puroresu vs. NJ match of Delfin and his mystery partner Z Mandora (disappointing that the mystery partner is a designated jobber) vs. Liger and Samurai and Shiratori defending the CMLL Sekai Joshi Senshuken against Policewo~men.
		Osaka Puroresu ran their biggest show ever to commemorate the first anniversary of their debut in Tokyo (their first ever show was 4/29/99 at the Osaka Namihaya Dome), drawing an announced crowd of less than half capacity.
		Osaka Puroresu is running their biggest show on 1/4/00 at the Osaka Namihaya Dome Sub Arena.
	www.quebrada.net /news/NewsOsaka1.html (2393 words)

	Kishiwada Danjiri Matsuri [Archive] - Japan Forum
		The Danjiri Matsuri involves pulling wooden floats through the streets of Kishiwada city in the south side of Osaka.
		Behind it are people that pull ropes that help steer it, and on the float are the most important people from that town, and the craftsman that designed and built the float.
		Each little town inside of Kishiwada city has its own float, and all the residents come out to represent / protect their town during the festival.
	www.jref.com /forum/archive/index.php/t-11924.html (554 words)

	Kishiwada hotels, for discount hotels in Kishiwada (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The Radisson Hotel Miyako Osaka is a deluxe hotel located very convenient to the city's airport, in the heart of Osaka.
		Hotel New Otani Osaka in Osaka, Japan, faces the verdant expanse of Osaka Castle and Park and is situated in the easily accessible Osaka Business Park.
		Several facilities within the hotel offer spectacular evening views of the reconstructed eight-story Osaka Castle, which was originally built in the 16th century and destroyed by the ravages of war 30 years later.
	www.travel-hotels-asia.com /osaka-hotels/kishiwada-hotels-3.htm (1028 words)

	Death cult mom ruled with iron fist (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		SENNAN, Osaka - A woman who lay down beside her five children as they starved to death here mesmerized her offspring, forbidding them to attend school and brainwashing them with religious indoctrination, police said.
		Akiko Wakasa ruled her children with an iron fist, shutting them away from society for decades and forcing them to obey her words as though they were gospel.
		Wakasa married about 40 years ago and lived with her husband and four daughters in Kishiwada, Osaka Prefecture, sources said.
	www.rickross.com /reference/jpsects/jpsects52.html (417 words)

	Kishiwada hotels, for discount hotels in Kishiwada (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		All lodgings, bed and breakfast or guest house accommodation near Kishiwada and the surrounding area can be viewed without obligation.
		Hotels in Kishiwada can be booked online, and you can be confident we've got the best hotels with over 60,000 hotels worldwide.
		It is only 10 minutes from Osaka - the business and financial center of western Japan and 30 minutes from the Kansai International Airport - one of Asia's most vital air transport hub facilities.
	www.travel-hotels-asia.com /osaka-hotels/kishiwada-hotels-2.htm (614 words)

	Kishiwada City
		South of Osaka, lies the town of Kishiwada, famous for the boisterous Kishiwada Danjiri Matsuri.
		The people of Kishiwada are justly proud of the festival which each year stops all daily activities, including schools and factories.
		Near the city center is the small but beautiful Kishiwada Castle, built in 1597 and housing a folk museum.
	www.ikjeld.com /files/places/kishiwada.html (234 words)

	Undercover in Japan » Japanese Festival
		The Kishiwada Danjiri festival where the townspeople get drunk and pull ornate wooden floats around at speed with men dancing on top of them is one of them as is the Tenjin Matsuri - one of the large festivals in Osaka.
		This is a festival held in Imamiya in Osaka.
		It was almost as chaotic as the Kishiwada danjiri - especially when they went up or down the steps as it was the most dangerous part.
	quaisi.net /category/japanese-festival (1330 words)

	2005 Population Figures for Kishiwada, Japan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Kishiwada Fishery Port's fish catch is one of the largest in the...
		205,219 for Kishiwada, Japan is based on a number of factors and sources.
		Please bear in mind that this is only an estimate of the number of people in a given city -- actual figures can be obtained from the U.N. and government sources.
	travel.synabu.com /cities/K/Kishiwada,_Japan.html (138 words)

	NHK reporter admits to serial arson attacks - MSN-Mainichi Daily News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		OTSU -- An NHK reporter, under arrest for attempting to start a fire in Kishiwada, admitted to the allegations and took responsibility for several other fires here, it was learned Monday.
		Osaka and Shiga police officers later questioned Kasamatsu on a voluntary basis.
		When officers talked about the case in Kishiwada, the reporter admitted responsibility and began confessing his involvement in the Otsu fires.
	mdn.mainichi-msn.co.jp /national/news/20051107p2a00m0na026000c.html (327 words)

	r0nin
		I forgot to mention, but while I was in Osaka, the Hanshin Tigers won their league.
		It was nice being in Osaka and Kishiwada for a week, but I've really grown to enjoy living in a small town.
		The Kishiwada Festival is one of the oldest and largest in Japan [I've been told this repeatedly by everyone I've met here].
	r0nin.org /archives/2003/09 (2243 words)

	PHOTOGUIDE.JP - Japan Photos - Home > Osaka 大阪府
		Osaka city 大阪市Pictures of Osaka city, Osaka Prefecture.
		A symbol of Osaka and one of Japan's largest reconstructed castles.
		The castle tower was reconstructed in 1931 and underwent major renovation during 1995-97 and serves as a very modern history museum.
	photoguide.jp /pix/index.php?cat=50 (251 words)

	Global E-net Osaka / e-mail updates!
		Osaka is honored to host such international events to further
		Kishiwada take part in the festival and the danjiri festival is
		The Osaka Prefectural Government is conducting various measures for
	www.clair-osaka.jp /backnume.cgi?id=13 (995 words)

	KANSAICONNECT.com - Latest World News
		OSAKA -- The Osaka mayoral campaign kicked off Sunday with all four candidates promising financial reform and a cleansing of a city bureaucracy racked by a year of scandals.
		The Osaka prefectural police warned a Tokyo-based TV production company for setting up a video camera on a signal post without permission and shooting traffic behavior on an Osaka highway for a Fuji TV program, it was learned Saturday.
		President George W Bush, seen in picture arriving at Osaka International Airport in Japan with First Lady Laura Bush yesterday, seeking to reassert US influence in Asia during meetings with leaders in the region this week, is bringing a limited agenda and few tools to advance it.
	kansaiconnect.com /advance/modules/xoopsheadline/index.php?id=33 (552 words)

	Osaka
		2,623,801), capital of Osaka prefecture, S Honshu, Japan, on Osaka Bay, at the mouth of the Yodo River.
		The city is also a major port, transportation hub, and financial and media center; a new international airport opened in 1992 on an artificial island in Osaka Bay.
		A cultural and educational center, Osaka is known for its puppet and other theaters and for Osaka and Kansai universities.
	www.factmonster.com /ce6/world/A0836955.html (259 words)

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