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Kochi, Kochi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Kōchi (高知市 Kōchi-shi) is the capital city of Kochi Prefecture on the Shikoku island of Japan. Kochi is the main city of the prefecture with most of the population. Kochi's most famous festival is the Yosakoi (よさこい　come to the night) which is held in August. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kochi,_Kochi   (226 words)

Kochi Prefecture - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Kochi Prefecture comprises the southwestern part of the island of Shikoku, facing the Pacific Ocean. On October 1, 2004 the village of Hongawa from Tosa District and the village of Gohoku from Agawa District merged with the old town of Ino (also from Agawa District) to form the new town of Ino in Agawa District. On February 1, 2005 the villages of Hayama and Higashitsuno from Takaoka District merged to form the new town of Tsuno. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kochi_Prefecture   (406 words)

MIT, Kochi announce chair, cultural exchange program - MIT News Office MIT and Kochi Prefecture (state) of Japan have announced the formation of the Kochi-MIT Joint International Exchange Program in Communication, continuing a 150-year-old cultural link between Kochi and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Kochi Prefecture, about 600 kilometers west-southwest of Tokyo, is a mountainous region facing the Pacific Ocean on the island of Shikoku. Geographically, it is the 17th largest of the 47 Japanese prefectures and has a population of 820,000. web.mit.edu /newsoffice/1995/kochi-0517.html   (682 words)

Kochi Travel Guide Kochi is the capital of Kochi Prefecture on the southern coast of Shikoku. Kochi is also the proud home town of popular Sakamoto Ryoma, who played a role in realizing the Meiji Restoration and was assassinated at a young age. Between Okayama and Kochi, there are hourly JR limited express trains (tokkyu), which take about two and a half hours and cost 5,790 Yen for the one way trip. www.japan-guide.com /e/e5600.html   (188 words)

Welcome to Kochi - Site Map of Treasure Island Kochi Prefecture faces the vast Pacific Ocean and covers half of southern part of Shikoku island. The average temperature and rainfall of Kochi Prefecture The temples that are in Kochi Prefecture are the 24th to the 39th (of the 88) and they are called gascetic practice templesh because of the hardships of traveling the route. www.attaka.or.jp /foreign/english   (381 words)

Kochi Vice Gov. Kira to quit over loans scandal Japan Policy & Politics - Find Articles Kochi Vice Gov. Masahito Kira said Monday he plans to resign following revelations he received a pair of 80,000 yen cufflinks from the head of an apparel makers' group in an illicit loans scandal involving the Kochi prefectural government. Yasuhara and another Mode Avance executive, as well as former and current prefectural officials, have been arrested on breach of trust charges in connection with the scandal in which former Vice Gov. Takashi Yamamoto allegedly extended loans worth about 1.2 billion yen in public money to the association despite high risks. Mode Avance, based in Nankoku in Kochi Prefecture, reportedly has more than 3 billion yen in liabilities, including 2.6 billion yen in debts to the prefecture. www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0XPQ/is_2001_June_23/ai_76143984   (394 words)

County News Online In Kochi Prefecture, there was major concern about the aging population and infrastructure of the area. We learned that in Kochi Prefecture, 25 percent of the population is more than 65 years old. In other parts of Kochi, tourism is seen as part of the solution to the economy of the prefecture. www.naco.org /cnews/2000/00-12-18/first.htm   (979 words)

What is Tosa Washi, Paper Connection International Tosa Province on Shikoku Island, now Kochi Prefecture, is called "Tosa, the kingdom of paper". Kochi Prefecture is still Japan's main producing center of both material plants and handmade paper. Unfortunately there are not many young people in Kochi who have been trained to succeed their elders in the tradition of Tosa Washi. www.paperconnection.com /whatistosawashi.html   (428 words)

Dan Ribble - El Shakuhachi In Kochi prefecture, the main body of shakuhachi, shamisen, and koto players are members of the Kochi Sankyoku Kyokai (the prefectural organization of koto, shamisen, and shakuhachi players) which has a little over a hundred members, perhaps a little more than a third of whom are shakuhachi players. There are several koto players in Kochi who have large numbers of students and make a living through teaching koto and shamisen, but there are no professional shakuhachi players currently residing in the prefecture. At one of the college clubs, that of Kochi University, women students predominate, though the number of student players of shakuhachi in the prefecture is probably less than twenty. www.shakuhachi.com /K-Ribble-OSP.html   (1327 words)

Kochi: A Retrospective by Bruce Akizuki - Community Images - A Photo Gallery / In Motion Magazine Kochi served as the source of the freedom and people’s movement in Japan and one of the leaders was Inagaki Taisuke (1837-1919) who promoted the equality of people. Nakahama (John) Manjiro (1827-1898) was born in Kochi Prefecture, he lived in America and traveled the world. The men and women of Kochi look forward towards the future and step forward when change is needed. www.inmotionmagazine.com /ci/kochi95/kar1.html   (394 words)

Kochi South Breeze Hotel. Kochi, Kochi Prefecture, Japan - Discounted rates at www.bookings.net Kochi always welcomes its visitors with warmth and enthusiasm. Located within walking distance from the business district and the tourism center of Harimaya Bridge is Kochi South Breeze Hotel. By Plane: From Kochi Airport with Limousine Bus (700 yen) to Kochi Station, then with Taxi to Hotel (total 60 minutes). www.bookings.net /hotel/jp/southbreeze-kochi.en.html   (577 words)

Tosa Washi   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22) Tosa Prefecture on Shikoku Island, now Kochi is often referred to as "Tosa the Kingdom of paper", Kochi Prefecture is still Japan`s main producing center of raw materials and homemade paper. The papers "Hoshogami" and "Sugiwaragami" were dedicated to the Emperor Daigo and used for recording court, rites and official events during the tenth century. But fortunately there are many young people in Kochi who have been trained to suceed their elders in the tradition of Tosa Washi. www.baobab.or.jp /~stranger/yosakoi/washi.htm   (649 words)

Kochi - Search Results - MSN Encarta Kochi, city in Japan on southern Shikoku, capital of Kochi Prefecture, at the mouth of the Kagami River on Urado Bay, an inlet of Tosa Bay. Cochin, also Kochi, city and seaport in south-western India, in Kerala State on the Arabian Sea. Cochin lies at the northern end of a narrow neck of... uk.encarta.msn.com /Kochi.html   (78 words)

I Photo Central | Newsletter | E-Photo Newsletter Issue 84 | Ishimoto To Donate 7,000 Photos To Museum In Kochi, Japan The Japanese press has recently reported that noted photographer Yasuhiro Ishimoto, who lived as a child in Kochi Prefecture and now resides in Tokyo, has decided to donate about 7,000 photographs to the Kochi Museum of Art in Kochi, Japan. The Kochi Museum of Art held an exhibition of his works in 2001, and since then the relationship between Ishimoto and the museum has deepened. Besides the Kochi Museum, major and substantial holdings of Ishimoto's works are in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, the New York Museum of Modern Art, the Houston Museum of Fine Arts and the Canadian Centre for Architecture, although his photographs are in the collection of many other institutions. www.iphotocentral.com /news/article_view.php/90/84/449   (389 words)

Japan's Prefectures and their Capital Cities Japan is divided in 47 administrative divisions, the Japanese Prefectures. On the top of the list the Prefectures are indexed in alphabetical order to navigate to the entry on this page. The city of Kanazawa, capital of the Ishikawa Prefecture. www.nationsonline.org /oneworld/japan_prefectures.htm   (200 words)

Miyagawa is appointed to first Kochi Professorship - MIT News Office Professor Shigeru Miyagawa, a specialist in Japanese language and linguistics, has been appointed the first holder of the Kochi Prefecture-John Manjiro Professorship in Japanese Language and Culture. The Kochi Professorship was established earlier this year by a gift from the Kochi Prefecture in Japan. It honors John Manjiro, a native of Kochi Prefecture who was rescued at sea 150 years ago by an American ship. web.mit.edu /newsoffice/1995/miyagawa-1004.html   (437 words)

[No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22) Geographical Location The Park is situated on the south-west promontory and coast of Shikoku Island, the smallest of the 4 main Japanese isles. The National Park extends from Ashizuri cape westward along the coast to Daido (Kochi Prefecture). A separate part of the Park continues along the coast (Ehime Prefecture) and includes the isles of Hiburi, Mai and Okino. www.unep-wcmc.org /sites/pa/1319v.htm   (931 words)

What's New in INES no. 10/1999 Given the power relationship in the prefectural assembly, chances of the proposed "nuclear-free ordinance" to be adopted are fifty-fifty. The proposed ordinance has an attached administrative document, which announces that the prefectural government seeks from the Foreign Ministry of Japan a certificate to prove non-presence of nuclear arms on board the foreign warships coming into any of the 19 ports under Kochi Prefecture. The Japanese government and the ruling Liberal Democratic Party are exerting heavy pressure on this proposal, claiming, "This is the violation of the state right of diplomacy." The headquarters of the LDP issued directives to the Kochi Assembly's LDP members, who hold about a half of the seats, not to vote for the revised ordinance. www.mindspring.com /~vote4steve/wn10_99.htm   (1140 words)

Environmental Observations Recorded with a Moored Buoy System (Kuroshio Pasture) off the Coast of Kochi Prefecture, ... In Kochi Prefecture, fish farm in the Japan Current(Kuroshio Farm) steel buoys have been installed off Kochi Prefecture since 1984, and at present they number seven. On some buoys, measuring sensors for wind direction, wind velocity, current direction, current velocity, water temperature and salinity(at 3m water depth) were equipped since 1989(as for the positions,see the measurement and observation bases), and the measurement has been carried out every two hours since August 3, 1994. The data have been collected at the Fishery Experiment Station through radio circuit, and made into the data base as the EXCEL file using a personal computer. gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov /records/GCMD_KOPESKBD.html   (155 words)

Oceanographic Observation Data in the Sea Area of Kochi Prefecture,Japan Oceanographic Observation Data in the Sea Area of Kochi Prefecture,Japan In Kochi Prefectural Fishery Experiment Station, by operating a research ship,various observations such as water temperature, salinity, the net collection of spawn and fry and so on have been carried out periodically 8->11 times a year since 1970 at the same fixed points. In this Experiment Station, the data of the POD is processed, and made into the data base as the EXCEL file. gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov /records/GCMD_KOPESORD.html   (121 words)

Jan visits Kochi Prefecture - Shikoku, Japan! Yuka and I flew in to Kochi airport from Tokyo, and then got on a train to Nakamura. The goal of our trip was to see Japan's last undammed, naturally flowing river, namely Shimanto-gawa. It may seem like I am meditating, but that would be too advanced for me. Actually, I am just splashing my feet in the river. www.janhoo.com /2003/shikoku   (235 words)

CADwire.net - Directory > Regional > Asia > Japan > Prefectures   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22) Museum of Art, Kochi - Holds a permanent collection and various exhibitions of art work, workshops and cultural lectures, Noh plays, concerts and theatrical plays. The Sake of Tosa - Show brief overview of how sake is made in Kochi. Welcome to Usa, Kochi - Gives photos of Usa as well as the importance of the fishing industry there. cadwire.net /directory/dir.asp?/Regional/Asia/Japan/Prefectures/Kochi   (143 words)

THE ECO LODGE SHIMANTO  KOCHI   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22) We are very pleased to announce that the nation of Japan once again has created a luxury resort project that has qualified for and ECOTEL Certification award. The Eco Lodge Shimanto, located in Kochi-ken prefecture, satisfied all the requirements to qualify as a Developing ECOTEL. After becoming fully operational later this summer, a complete inspection of the resort will be completed by the ECOTEL Inspection Team. www.concepthospitality.com /ecotel/shimantokochiken.htm   (90 words)

DaVinci: Regional> Asia> Japan> Prefectures> Kochi - Show brief overview of how sake is made in Kochi. - Information of Hata (Kochi Prefecture southwest area). Employment opportunities in Hokkaido, as well as Akita, Aomori, Kagoshima, Kochi, Nagasaki and Okinawa prefectures, are still low. www.bluegrassdavinci.com /ODP/Regional/Asia/Japan/Prefectures/Kochi   (96 words)

Milkyway Live from Agawa Village(E)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22) Please enjoy the live with meteors which might be captured as well as beautiful Milkyway. --> The Milkyway Live from Agawa village in Kochi, Japan has finished on Dec.14,1998. Board of Education of Agawa village, Kochi prefecture www.media-i.com /www/Milkyway/index.html   (115 words)

Shikoku Travel Guide Capital of Kagawa Prefecture, famous for its garden. Largest city of Shikoku with a beautiful castle. can access Shikoku from Honshu via 1) the Akashi Kaikyo and Onaruto Bridges between Kobe and Tokushima, 2) the Seto Ohashi Bridge between Okayama and Kagawa and 3) the Setouchi Shimanami Kaido between Imabari and Onomichi, Hiroshima Prefecture. www.japan-guide.com /list/e1107.html   (133 words)

Kochi Photo Gallery by Alex Meeres at pbase.com Kochi Photo Gallery by Alex Meeres at pbase.com all galleries >> Japan >> Beautiful Japan >> Shikoku >> Kochi Pictures from Kochi prefecture, from Kochi city, west along the coast to Cape Ashizuri. www.pbase.com /alexjet/kochi   (33 words)

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