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  Brand-New Osaka   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Kishiwada Danjiri Festival boasts a 300 year history of well preserved traditions.
This takes place not only in Kishiwada city, but throughout other cities in Sensyu area (southern part in Osaka Prefecture) that also hold danjiri festivals in the autumn months.
At the Kishiwada Danjiri Hall which was opened in 1993, you are able to learn about the history of danjiri festivals through an exhibition which aims to make you feel as if you are in the middle of a festival.
www.pref.osaka.jp /osaka-pref/koho/brand/no1/ss_osakan/kishiwada.html   (262 words)

  
 Japan Forum - View Single Post - Kishiwada Danjiri Matsuri
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.
Schools shut down, and people take time off work to make sure their town is represented well, and people that have left Osaka for Tokyo or other places for university or work even come back home to take part.
www.jref.com /forum/showpost.php?p=127613&postcount=5   (369 words)

  
 Travel
We had to shake them out of the futon at night, and they would scramble to the back of every kitchen drawer when it was opened.
Kishiwada is best known for its Danjiri Matsuri (Shrine/Float Festival) in September.
If you actually live in Kishiwada during the festival, you will find out that it is two solid days of drinking and partying day and night.
earth.prohosting.com /margiez/travel.html   (628 words)

  
 Kishiwada Danjiri Festival | Osaka | 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/,304094/114/record.html   (130 words)

  
 yakuza eiga   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Miike would follow up “Young Thugs: Innocent Blood” a year later with “Young Thugs: Nostalgia” and he has openly declared that the latter belongs to one of his favourite films.
Kishiwada is a district of Okinawa and as Miike himself is an Okinawa-homeboy, it’s easy to understand that he would feel connected to these stories based on the real life of writer Riichi Nakabe.
There is an interview with Miike about the movie/story (approximately 17minutes), one can look at the original sleeve design with a nifty "translation thingy" and then there’s a short docu on Okinawa (of which Kishiwada is a district).
www.supertoni.ch /71429/113083.html   (678 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | In Depth | Photo Gallery | In pictures: Japanese matsuri
The festival in the town of Kishiwada is billed as the most dangerous.
More than 30 teams represent the different wards of Kishiwada, and each has its own flags and costumes.
Many in Kishiwada, like this man in his 60s, have been taking part in the festival all their lives.
news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/in_depth/photo_gallery/3962345.stm   (247 words)

  
 HighBeam Research: Library Search: Results   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Hokushin Co Ltd of Kishiwada, near Osaka in southern Honshu, claims...
According to the police, Toshichika Nishimura, 27, an officer stationed at Kishiwada Police Station, was dragged into a car by twin brothers...
The ECOARC furnace, which is fitted with dioxin counter-measures, has been ordered by Kishiwada Steel Co., which specializes in making small round bars.
www.highbeam.com /library/search.asp?FN=SS&search_newspapers=on&search_magazines=on&q=Kishiwada&refid=ency_botnm   (558 words)

  
 Kishiwada News - Headlines   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
NHK Chairman Genichi Hashimoto apologized Sunday morning after a 24-year-old NHK reporter was arrested Saturday on suspicion of attempting to set fire to a house under construction in Kishiwada, Osaka Prefecture.
A 24-year-old NHK reporter was arrested Saturday on suspicion of attempted arson at a house under construction in Kishiwada, Osaka Prefecture, with police saying he was a suspect in 11 arson attacks, including burning down a house in Otsu.
NHK President Genichi Hashimoto speaks in reply to a question at a press conference at his office in Tokyo on Nov. 6.
www.local-news.net /go/135.39/34.47   (343 words)

  
 r0nin
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].
The place I'm staying in [local residents of Kishiwada] is a hive of activity, day and night.
r0nin.org /archives/2003/09   (2243 words)

  
 Alamo Drafthouse Cinema
Kishiwada is a working class neighbourhood of Osaka, very similar to the one Miike himself grew up in.
BOY HOOLIGANS IN KISHOWADA (aka NOSTALGIA) is set at the end of the sixties and portrays a couple of months in the life a 12-year old boy.
Kishiwada Shonen Gurentai-Bokyo is, in short, one of Miike's greatest achievements as a filmmaker." (Tom Mes)
www.originalalamo.com /online_tix/show_details.asp?show_id=2497   (115 words)

  
 DGUSA, Covering Dragon Gate - Toryumon - dragondoor - Asaism
Also on that Korakuen, Magnitude Kishiwada finally made his expected challenge for the Open the Dream Gate.
The next and really the final big in ring happening of the month was on 11/15, when former Osaka Pro referee Matsui, in conjunction with Kishiwada and other former Osaka wrestlers presented Bikkuri Pro Wrestling.
Kishiwada has the hometown advantage, the match is happening in Osaka.
dragongate.puroresufan.com   (2609 words)

  
 Ship Schedule
Kishiwada, Japan - Sailed - Oct. 26th 1400 hrs
Kishiwada, Japan - Sailed - Sep. 3rd 1705 hrs
Kishiwada, Japan - Sailed - Jul. 21st 1640 hrs
www.sealaskatimber.com /ship_schedule.htm   (1817 words)

  
 International Director Ryoji Kamei
Ryoji Kamei, of Kishiwada City, Osaka, Japan, was appointed to serve as a director of The International Association of Lions Clubs in April 2003.
A member of the Kishiwada Chuo Lions Club since 1964, Director Kamei became a Lion in 1963.
In addition to his Lion activities, Director Kamei is active in numerous professional and community organizations and has served as a member of the Board of Education in Kishiwada City, Osaka, Japan.
www.lionsclubs.org /EN/content/lions_leaders_director33.shtml   (223 words)

  
 The Other One. A webcomic. Cute!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Kei was born in America to Japanese parents, and lead a pretty uneventful life until he was selected be the international tutor for the Kishiwada Insitute.
In addition to conducting research on a top secret project, the institute serves as as boarding school of sorts for the children of the reseachers and workers.
Professor Kishiwada is always extremely busy with research and is almost never seen.
otherone.keenspace.com /characters.html   (372 words)

  
 Danjiri Festival
About three hundred years ago, Nagayasu Okabe who is a feudal lord at those days built Shinto temple praying for rich harvest, and he permitted town folk to come into precincts of Castle of Kishiwada, pulling Danjiri.
Please don't stay around station of Kishiwada, because you will not be able to view many Danjiri parade.
You can view many Danjiri's parade at seaside street in Kishiwa-city, and so, please inquire of mature men who are wearing festival's uniforms as follows.
www.existenz.co.jp /festival.htm   (1031 words)

  
 JGarden - JGarden Forum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Posted by Mankowitz Tal, Ganey Tikva, Israel(talmanko@hotmail.com) at 12/26/2003 8:38:00 AM I am looking for information about the rock garden at Kishiwada Castle, especially for an architectural plan.
Posted by Koichi Kobayashi, (koichik@qwest.net) at 2/26/2004 6:18:00 PM One of the presenters at the Fourth International Symposium on Japanese garden, Christian Tsuchumi will feature Mirei Shigemori, covering Kishiwada project as well.
Posted by john, (jhks@onetel.com) at 3/30/2004 11:42:00 AM I am looking to buy a Japanese pagoda a slim one to stand in my japanese garden.
www.jgarden.org /forum.asp?ID=689&PAGE=6&COUNT=1   (799 words)

  
 More computer work and meeting students in Kishiwada
I was very busy in the morning preparing the new release of the CD.
It meant that I was unable to get to the Kishiwada class until it was nearly finished.
There were some more programs to install for Mr.
www.reggie.net /diary.php?date=2002-03-22   (151 words)

  
 r0nin
I've taken more than 200 photos over the 3 days of the Kishiwada Festival, so I'm going to have a little editing session and choose the gems.
It's Kishiwada Festival time again, but more on that later.
I love to see the stats on how many accounts get canned in the next few days...probably be a record in there somewhere.
r0nin.org /archives/2004/09   (2358 words)

  
 Art Show Entries - Late Show 03 - "Mother and Son (Kishiwada Kimonos)~for the "Incognito" Show" by Laura K ...
Art Show Entries - Late Show 03 - "Mother and Son (Kishiwada Kimonos)~for the "Incognito" Show" by Laura K Misztela
Kishiwada was a place like that for me, and this time of year always reminds me of that feeling of a waking dream.
I've tried to distill a memory and to express a feeling of peering into another place by letting the composition lead us to look at the clothes rather than the people who are wearing them, as many tourists in transition and expatriates alike are apt to do in another land.
www.ebsqart.com /ArtShows/cmd_25_Exhibition_Entries_9_4_G.htm   (248 words)

  
 The Mercers - Craig & Kana Mercer's Website
Kana's hometown of Kishiwada is famous all over Japan for their annual Danjiri Matsuri (Mobile Float/Shrine Festival).
You can learn more about the historic roots of this wacky festival at the Kishiwada City homepage here.
The main Danjiri Masturi happens every year in Kishiwada on Sep.14-15.
www.themercers.ca   (1500 words)

  
 Osaka - Fly Gold Coast - We Fly To And From - Australia, South East Queensland, Queensland, Gold Coast, Coolangatta, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
It has developed as a castle town since Kishiwada Castle, also called Chigiri, was built in the 16th century.
It is famous for the Kishiwada Danjiri Matsuri Festival held in the fall.
Kyoto became the capital of Japan in the 8th century.
flygoldcoast.com.au /Osaka.html   (297 words)

  
 VH1.com : Movies : Movie : Kishiwada Shonen Gurentai : Plot
Kazuyuki Izutsu directs this film about, gangs, layabouts, and the downwardly mobile, based on the autobiographical novel by truck-driver turned author Riichi Nakaba.
Yabe) (two noted Osaka comedians), who hail from Osaka's working-class neighborhood of Kishiwada.
They spend much of the film beating the snot out of each other, beating the snot out of some hapless third party, or getting the snot beat out of them.
www.vh1.com /movies/movie/197992/plot.jhtml   (200 words)

  
 Photokyo - Japan Pictures: Kishiwada Danjiri Matsuri - September 14/2004   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Photokyo - Japan Pictures: Kishiwada Danjiri Matsuri - September 14/2004
Slowly pulling the danjiri through the streets of Kishiwada
Dunno what happened, but he was laying on the ground after the float passed
www.photokyo.com /gallery2.asp?category=danjiri   (359 words)

  
 Kishiwada, Ôsaka Flash Designers - Flash Site Design Firms   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
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www.marketingtool.com /channel/flash/b.459.g.15372.html   (333 words)

  
 The Senshu Bank, Ltd. - Wikpedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
The Senshu Bank, Ltd. (株式会社泉州銀行; Kabushikigaisha Senshu Ginkō) is a Japanese bank, headquartered in Kishiwada, and has 63 branches.
It is traded on the Osaka Securities Exchange under symbol 8372.
This page was last modified 17:58, 22 Jan 2005.
www.bostoncoop.net /~tpryor/wiki/index.php?title=The_Senshu_Bank,_Ltd.   (63 words)

  
 Nederlandse Vereniging in West Japan: Exciting Kishiwada Danjiri Matsuri (9/14-15)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Nederlandse Vereniging in West Japan: Exciting Kishiwada Danjiri Matsuri (9/14-15)
Kishiwada Danjiri Matsuri in the city of Kishiwada is one of Japan’s best known matsuri and one of the wildest in Osaka.
Teams of hundreds of citizens in bright white clothing and traditional happi coats pull centuries old wooden floats that weigh 4 tons.
www.hollandjapan.com /article/76/exciting-kishiwada-danjiri-matsuri-914-15   (231 words)

  
 Endobronchial closure of postoperative bronchopleural fistula using vascular occluding coils and ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Endobronchial closure of postoperative bronchopleural fistula using vascular occluding coils and n-butyl-2-cyanoacrylate
Department of Respirology, Kishiwada City Hospital, Kishiwada City, Japan
Department of Radiology, Kishiwada City Hospital, Kishiwada City, Osaka, Japan
ats.ctsnetjournals.org /cgi/content/abstract/74/6/2174   (154 words)

  
 TrekEarth | Kishiwada Danjiri Festival Photo
Photos: Earth >> Asia >> Japan >> Kinki >> Osaka >> Kishiwada
This picture was taken at the Kishiwada Danjiri festival which is a city in Southern Osaka.
The riders you see are ontop of a danjiri, which is like a portable shrine on wheels (rather than being carried) it is beautifully crafted with a variety of carvings featuring various religeous figures.
www.trekearth.com /gallery/Asia/Japan/photo175285.htm   (232 words)

  
 Osaka Tourist Guide   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
HOME > Facilities > Kishiwada City Natural History Museum
The Kishiwada City Natural History Museum includes the 'Story of the Earth' and 'Beech Woods' sections where visitors can see various animals and plants and listen to the mysterious voice of nature.
Various exciting events are held frequently and the museum offers experiments, handicrafts, and many other attractive programs that both parents and kids can enjoy together.
www.octb.jp /english/search/detail.cgi?id=01092&Level=6   (223 words)

  
 VirtualTourist.com - Kishiwada Travel Guide - Pictures, Tips and Reviews
Tips, Reviews and Photos plus Hotels, Restaurants, Activities and More in Kishiwada
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