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	Japan Regional Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Iwate Prefecture, which boasts the largest land area among Japanese prefectures, is situated in the northeastern part of the Japanese main island, and its eastern side faces the Pacific Ocean.
		Hanamaki City, located in the center of the Kitakami Basin in the mid-western part of Iwate Prefecture, is a city of parks centered on hot spring zones dotted along the Dai-gawa River, a tributary of the Kitakami-gawa River, and the valley of Yunosawa.
		Hiraizumi in the southwestern part of Iwate Prefecture is a town extending up the Hiraizumi Hill on the west bank of the Kitakami-gawa River, that prospered for almost 100 years from the 11th to12th centuries as the center of the Tohoku region (the northeastern region).
	www.asia-planet.net /japan/iwate.htm (2220 words)

	Iwate's Profile/Nature of Iwate/Iwate prefecture's Home Page
		Iwate Park is the remains of the Morioka Castle where Nambu clan's leader resided.
		The central area of Iwate with a high cultural level is formed by Hanamaki city known as a hometown of Kenji Miyazawa, and Tono city famous for The story of Tono.
		Tenshochi is located along the Kitakami River, and has approximately 2km row of cherry blossoms from the bottom of Sango Bridge, which was chosen as one of the 100 best spots of cherry blossoms in Japan.
	www.pref.iwate.jp /~ipg/english/shizen (1220 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The interior of Iwate is comprised mainly of scenic mountains and hill country.
		To the west, at the border with the neighboring prefecture of Akita, lie the 0shu Mountains; parallel and to the east extends the Kitakami Plateau.
		Given Iwate's great natural beauty and resources, it is not surprising that the writer Miyazawa Kenji considered it a "dreamland," and chose it as the setting for the imaginary world he called Ihatov.
	www.morioka-fc.jp /english/body.html (480 words)

	Iwate Summary
		Iwate Prefecture is situated in the northern region of Japan's island of Honshu.
		With a population of 1,418,000 residents, Iwate occupies an area of 15,278 square kilometers.
		Iwate is bordered by the Pacific Ocean and by Aomori, Akita, and Miyagi Prefectures.
	www.bookrags.com /Iwate (415 words)

	Kitakami, Iwate - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Kitakami (北上市; -shi) is a city located in Iwate Prefecture on the main island of Japan.
		The 1st city of Kitakami was founded on April 1, 1954.
		As of August 2005, the city had an estimated population of 93,323, and a density of 213.29 persons per square kilometre.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kitakami,_Iwate (196 words)

	Atelier Aterui: Image Index: Kitakami City, Iwate
		Kitakami City is located in the southern part of Iwate Prefecture: it is along River Kitakami and River Waga, surrounding the Ou Mountains and Kitakami Highland.
		The central area of Kitakami was called "Kurosawajiri": the present Kitakami City was formed after merging old Kitakami City, Waga Town and Ezuriko Village in 1991.
		Currently Kitakami City, the second largest city of Iwate after Morioka, is the most developed industrial area of Iwate.
	p-www.iwate-pu.ac.jp /~acro-ito/Japan_pics/Japan_KTK/imageidx.html (374 words)

	Concord's Sister City
		Kitakami is located in the upper northeast area of Japan in the Iwate Prefecture.
		Kitakami offers many tourist attractions such as cherry blossoms in Tenshochi Park; Geto Hot Spring, famous for its seclusion; the Oni museum; Michinoku Folklore Village; the Museum of Japanese Modean Poetry, the only center of its kind for poetry in Japan; the Michinoku Geino Festival; and Japan Kids' Festival.
		A population of 91,000 as of the year 2000 means Kitakami is very similar in population size to the City of Concord.
	www.ci.concord.ca.us /about/highlights/sistercity.htm (187 words)

	Iwate Prefecture - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		There were also Emishi settlements in the Kitakami Basin until the end of the eighth century when the Nara authorities penetrated deeply into Iwate, with Fort Shiwa, to the north of present day Morioka, constructed in 803.
		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.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Iwate_Prefecture (748 words)

	Corporate Location Guide - Laboratories and supporting supporting organizatione (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Utilzing the research potential of Iwate Prefectural University etc., the center works to promote research and development in conjunction with businesses, universities and government, as well as to foster industrial advancement and the creation of new industries through the technical transfer of research and development results.
		The Iwate Clean Center is the country's first facility for the treatment of general industrial waste.
		Also, as a facility that is closely tied to the region, excess heat is recovered as steam and supplied to nearby heated pools and bathing facilities, etc. The Clean Center is the object of considerable attention, thanks to the use of general waste as a heat source in thermal recycling.
	www.pref.iwate.jp /~ritti/english/be05e.html (891 words)

	ICPP98 Paper Number 2.4.1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		A perennial plant, gentian, is one of economically important ornamental flowers in Iwate prefecture, Japan, but recently its cultivation has been severely damaged by the occurrence of viral disease.
		We have reported that cucumber mosaic virus (CMV) is important as the causal agent of viral disease of gentian plants in Iwate prefecture and suggested aphids, which multiplied on gentian plants only after flowering time, as main factor of CMV transmission in gentian fields [1,2].
		In this study, we investigated the behaviour of CMV in identical infected gentian plants and the spread of CMV infection in gentian fields precisely by immunodetection assay.
	www.bspp.org.uk /icpp98/2.4/1.html (569 words)

	A winter uniform of one junior high school in north of Kitakami Station. / Schoolgirls' Uniforms in Iwate Pref. ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		A winter uniform of one junior high school in north of Kitakami Station.
		This is a summer uniform for schoolgirls of one junior high school in north of Kitakami Station, Tohoku and Akita Shinkansen, Tohoku and Kitakami Lines, in Kitakami City, Iwate Prefecture.
		It is a navy blue sailor blouse with a navy blue stripe on its gray collars and a gray tie with one navy blue V-stripe.
	www.marguerite.to.cob-web.org:8888 /English/Seifuku/North/Iwate-Kitakami-01.html (68 words)

	Iwate Buddy: Admiral Yonai & General Itagaki
		Two of Iwate's native sons were Mitsumasa Yonai and Seishiro Itagaki.
		This newspaper article from The Hammond (INDIANA) Times of May 8, 1939 suggests that their Iwate origins were to some extent responsible for their advancement in the military and eventually Japan's military aggression leading to WWII!
		Cannibalism has been recorded as having taken place during some of the worst famines, notably that of 1788 when the populace ate grass roots until the supply gave out, ate dogs and cats until there were no more and finally, so the report reads, the outcasts turned cannibals."
	iwatebuddy.blogspot.com /2006/07/admiral-yonai-general-itagaki.html (423 words)

	Taiko Resource: Basic Tutorial (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		This tutorial will teach you the rhythm of Kitakami Sansa-daiko, a festival piece from the city of Kitakami in Iwate prefecture.
		Morioka, the capital of Iwate, has a wonderful festival each summer where the main street is filled with a seemingly endless parade of dancing Sansa-daiko drummers.
		This particular variation of Sansa-daiko is from Kitakami's Geino Matsuri.
	www.taiko.com /taiko_resource/tutorial.html (423 words)

	EMSNow - News Archives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The buyout is being executed according to the schedule agreed by Amkor and Toshiba when the original deal was signed three years ago.
		The $14 million includes a payment of $2 million to terminate a commitment to purchase a tract of land adjacent to the Amkor Iwate facility.
		Amkor's J1 factory, located near Kitakami, in Iwate Prefecture, Japan, has become Japan's leading source for contract semiconductor assembly and test services, supporting not only Toshiba, but more than a dozen other Japanese semiconductor companies.
	www.emsnow.com /newsarchives/archivedetails.cfm?ID=3756 (562 words)

	The walk way of Ihatov（English version） (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Kitakami Tenshoji, located along the river banks of the Kitakami River, isfamous in the Tohoku area as one of the most prominent areas for cherryblossom trees.
		In 1961,the song became a hit and in 1974 a stone monument was built as an autographsigniture of the two song creaters.
		This museum lies on the grounds of Hekisho Temples and has a rich collection of folklore materials, mainly of the Matagi (hunters living in the Tohoku area), collected from various parts of the Tohoku region.
	iwachuu.echna.ne.jp /kanko/eg/e_mirukiku_3.htm (641 words)

	Atelier Aterui: Image Index: Hanamaki City, Iwate
		Hanamaki, located between Morioka and Kitakami, South Iwate, is often associated with many hot springs, but perhaps the region's true symbol is Kenji Miyazawa (1896-1933).
		His deep love for the environment of "Ihatov" (his imaginary world based on Iwate Prefecture), his researches of geology, biology, astrology, and hundreds of poems and children's stories that made Miyazawa one of the nation's most popular literary giants.
		Hanamaki Festival, annually held in mid-September, is one of the well-known traditional festivals of Iwate.
	p-www.iwate-pu.ac.jp /~acro-ito/Japan_pics/Japan_HNM/imageidx.html (941 words)

	Kitakami, Iwate Copywriters - Copy Writer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Here are the most recent Kitakami, Iwate copywriter vendors that have requested a listing on Marketingtool.com.
		Actual Kitakami, Iwate listings appear in the search results at right.
		Click here to learn more about why a Marketingtool.com Kitakami copy writer featured listing is one of the best methods of advertising your business.
	www.marketingtool.com /channel/copy/b.457.g.15373.html (131 words)

	ICPP98 Paper Number 5.2.60 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Iwate Prefecture Agricultural Research Center, Kitakami, Iwate O2-OOO3, Japan;
		In Iwate, Japan, spinach was produced in the same vinyl house over a year, demonstrating injury by continuous cropping.
		Because the protective effect of soil sterilization is not continuous, a stable control method is required.
	www.bspp.org.uk /icpp98/5.2/60.html (383 words)

	JapanHotel.net Hotel List
		This hotel was ranked the best 122 in Japan in 1999.
		Formerly the Kitakami Washington Hotel, now under new management.
		Kitakami's premier hotel in a great location in front of the station.
	www.japanhotel.net /data/pref/Hotel_list.asp?Prefecture=IWATE&Area=KITAKAMI (157 words)

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		Plant and Molluscan Fossils from the Motohata formation in Waga district, Iwate Pref.
		Fossil mysticete vertebrae from the marine Pliocene strata near the Suzukamo-gawa River, Kitakami City, Northeast Japan ?
		The Fossils of Animal's Footsteps on the Isawa River in Iwate P. (abs.) ?
	staff.aist.go.jp /miyagi.iso14000/Works/Review/coop/0048/684.html (115 words)

	RedOrbit - Technology - Toshiba Plans to Build New Flash Memory Plant in Iwate Pref.
		Jul. 7--TOKYO -- Toshiba Corp. is considering building a new plant to make NAND-type flash memories mainly used in digital cameras and portable music players, possibly in Kitakami, Iwate Prefecture, company officials said Thursday.
		The new plant is likely to be built inside the site of a Toshiba affiliate in Kitakami.
		Its size will be about the same as that of a Toshiba plant in Yokkaichi, Mie Prefecture, with construction of a new building likely to begin next month.
	www.redorbit.com /news/technology/563274/toshiba_plans_to_build_new_flash_memory_plant_in_iwate/index.html (343 words)

	Important role of fungal intracellular laccase for melanin synthesis: purification and characterization of an ...
		Important role of fungal intracellular laccase for melanin synthesis: purification and characterization of an intracellular laccase from Lentinula edodes fruit bodies
		Iwate Biotechnology Research Center, 22-174-4 Narita, Kitakami, Iwate 024-0003, Japan
		A laccase (EC 1.10.3.2) was isolated from the fully browned
	mic.sgmjournals.org /cgi/content/abstract/149/9/2455 (237 words)

	MPMI Journal 1996 \| Decreased Symptoms of Rice Blast Disease on Leaves of bar-Expressing Transgenic Rice Plants ...
		Department of Genetic Engineering, Iwate Biotechnology Research Center, Kitakami, Iwate 024, Japan.
		(1) Department of Genetic Engineering, Iwate Biotechnology Research Center, Kitakami, Iwate 024, Japan; (2) Molecular and Cellular Biology Institute, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113, Japan.
		Transgenic rice plants harboring the bialaphos-resistant (bar) gene expressed from the maize ubiquitin promoter were inoculated with mycelia of the rice blast disease pathogen Magnaporthe grisea.
	www.apsnet.org /mpmi/search/1996/Microbe09-762.asp (208 words)

	Education: Iwate at Canadian Content (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Additional Information: This category is for sites on schools and education in Iwate Prefecture, Japan.
		With guide to student council, school song and fight song on Realaudio, camping trip, growing mushrooms, and area guide.
		The Junior High School Affiliated to the Faculty of Education, Iwate University
	www.canadiancontent.net /dir/Top/Regional/Asia/Japan/Prefectures/Iwate/Education (614 words)

	Kitakami, JPN Weather - Forecasts, Radar Maps, Video, and News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Kitakami, JPN Weather - Forecasts, Radar Maps, Video, and News
		To use this feature, you must allow the use of Javascript.
		Get your local forecast with the Windows Live Toolbar and Weather add-in.
	weather.msn.com /local.aspx?wealocations=wc:9766403 (76 words)

	Protoanthophyllite from Hayachine, Kitakami Mts, Iwate Prefecture, Tohoku Region, Honshu Island, Japan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Protoanthophyllite from Hayachine, Kitakami Mts, Iwate Prefecture, Tohoku Region, Honshu Island, Japan
		Hayachine, Kitakami Mts, Iwate Prefecture, Tohoku Region, Honshu Island, Japan
		Locality, mineral & photograph data are the copyright of the individuals who submitted them.
	www.mindat.org /locentry-195017.html (59 words)

	The walk way of Ihatov（English version） (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		It introduces legends about Oni Demons from Japan and around the world, and displays Oni pictures and masks.
		he largest outdoor museum in the Tohoku area is located at the basin of the Kitakami River, a village covering over 70,000 square meters and keeping 29 restored buildings.
		Visitors gain an understanding for the life-syle people lived during this time through seeing these restored classical private homes, stores, and samurai residences.
	iwachuu.echna.ne.jp /kanko/eg/e_mirukiku_2.htm (588 words)

	Kitakami, Iwate Illustrators - Illustration Service (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Here are the most recent Kitakami, Iwate illustrator vendors that have requested a listing on Marketingtool.com.
		Click here to learn more about why a Marketingtool.com Kitakami illustration service featured listing is one of the best methods of advertising your business.
		THE best place to find illustrators and graphic designers for your marketing initiatives.
	www.marketingtool.com /channel/illustrator/b.455.g.15373.html (128 words)

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