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	Kumamoto Prefecture - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Kumamoto Prefecture (熊本県; Kumamoto-ken) is located on Kyushu Island, Japan.
		Historically the area was called Higo province and was renamed to Kumamoto prefecture during the Meiji Restoration as part of the abolition of the feudal system.
		Kumamoto Prefecture is located in the center of Kyushu, the southernmost of the four major Japanese islands.
	open-encyclopedia.com /Kumamoto_Prefecture (116 words)

	the ringworld - factual basis behind the Ring
		Mifune Chizuko was born in 1886 in Kumamoto Prefecture.
		By 1909, rumors of her powers of foresight, which developed one day while practicing a kind of meditation involving deep breathing, had begun to spread throughout Kumamoto and beyond.
		While the actual demonstration was free of the fatality portrayed in the movie, Chizuko--like Shizuko--was accused of being a charlatan, a blow from which she never recovered.
	www.theringworld.com /fact.php (728 words)

	Welcome to Takeda school Kyubadou Yabusame (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The former Master Heita Inoue passed away in Kumamoto, and the 34th head master of Takeda family was succeeded by Yurin Kaneko.
		The famous actor Toshiro Mifune, who was good at Japanese traditional horsemanship and martial arts was one of the best disciples of the Takeda school.
		In March of Showa 55, because of the advancing age of Yurin Kaneko, 94, the ancestry and art of the Takeda school was passed to the chief of the family, Shirou Ietaka Kaneko,.
	www.yabusame.com /k_history.html (1058 words)

	Jeremy in Japan
		It's the prefecture to the Northeast of Kumamoto.
		This will probably be it though, and soon I'll be wishing for low temperatures as I wilt in the Kumamoto summer.
		Two kids at Mifune Junior High won the national robot competition...pretty impressive for a tiny town of 18,000, so they have to have a party for Mr.
	spaces.msn.com /members/jerjapan (867 words)

	Gallatin Woodwind Quintet Japan Tour
		The quintet performed in Takamori, Mifune, Tamana, Kumamoto City, and Arao.
		Original contacts and arrangements for this musical tour were made through the assistance of Shoji Shimada, a Japanese high school English teacher from Kumamoto who taught in the Bozeman and Belgrade public schools the past two years.
		Tim, from Kalispell, taught English for the past three years in Mifune and is now the State of Montana's new Japan representative.
	www.notess.com /japan/japan.html (780 words)

	Stickgrappler's MMA page - Submissions - JUDO ARTICLE: Masahiko Kimura page
		Kimura(5’6”,170cm;85kg,187lbs) was born on September 10, 1917 in Kumamoto, Japan.
		Eventually Mifune, 10th dan, declared both of them champions.
		Ishikawa went on to win the title in 1950, was runner up in 1952, and 3rd in 1951, 1953 at age 36.
	stickgrappler.tripod.com /sub/jimchen1.html (2649 words)

	World Head of Family Sokeship Council Member Hayes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Most notable to American audiences was his role alongside Richard Chamberlain and Toshiro Mifune in the NBC samurai epic Shogun.
		His presentations inspire by translating his extensive background in martial arts and meditation into practical lessons for handling the pressures, uncertainties, and stresses of life.
		Stephen K. Hayes' wife Rumiko Urata Hayes was born in Kumamoto, Japan, graduated from Sophia University in Tokyo, and has been married to Stephen K. Hayes for 21 years.
	bushido.org /~WHFSC/Grandmaster/Hayes.htm (634 words)

	JCS: Nonaka interview: Narimatsu
		The oldest of eight children (three boys and four girls), Takashi Nonaka was born on Big Island of Hawaii on May 8, 1925.
		His grandparents were from Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan, and his father, Satoru Nonaka (1903-1986), was born there as well.
		Nonaka met an elderly man who had known Grandpa, and this man said that every time sumo season came, Grandpa abandoned the farm and headed straight to the ring, that was how much he loved his wrestling.
	ejmas.com /jcs/jcsart_narimatsu_0101.htm (4268 words)

	Chapter 16- Japan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Japan lies in a zone of extreme geological instability, where four tectonic plates—the Pacific plate, the Eurasian plate, the North American plate, and the Philippine plate—come together.
		The quintessential Kurosawa actor was Mifune Toshirô, who made 16 films with the director.
		Whereas Kurosawa is probably best known for his samurai stories, including some based on Shakespeare such as Ran (1985; the story of King Lear, set in 16th-century Japan), other Japanese directors have gained fame for the aesthetic qualities of their work.
	www.ibiblio.org /chinesehistory/contents/chap16.html (21262 words)

	Warrior Quest Society
		was born in Kumamoto, Japan, graduated from Sophia University in Tokyo, and has been married to Stephen K. Hayes for 22 years.
		She earned Senior Master Instructor licensing from Grandmaster Masaaki Hatsumi, often travels with her husband as a seminar leader, and teaches classes at their network of SKH Quest Center schools around the USA.
		He used his professional acting skills in a broad variety of Japanese television and film projects - most notably alongside Richard Chamberlain and Toshiro Mifune in the NBC samurai epic Shogun.
	www.warriorquestsociety.com /WQS_What.htm (411 words)

	Instructor's Profile (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		He is karate instructor at the Kyuzo Mifune Institute in Buenos Aires.
		Yukio Nogachi, 38, was born in Dambara Kumamoto, Japan.
		When he was 16 he took up judo, karate, kendo and sumo simultaneously and today he holds Black Belts in all those martial arts.
	www.chatlink.com /~dnolan/p11.html (1879 words)

	Earth Change News on Earth Changes TV on the Web
		local time between the cities of Mifune and Jonan in Kumamoto Prefecture, located about 560 miles southwest of Tokyo.
		Officials from Kumamoto reported that a magnitude 3.8 aftershock hit the region eight minutes later.
		Both quakes occurred 6 miles beneath the surface of the earth.
	www.earthchangestv.com /breaking/September2000/PrinterFriendly/0927quakejapan.htm (128 words)

	Middle East Open Encyclopedia: Kumamoto Prefecture (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		This is an extract from The Middle East Open Encyclopedia, made possible through the Wikimedia Foundation.
		Iraq Museum International always displays the most recent published revision of the source article, Kumamoto Prefecture; all previous versions may be viewed here.
		They link directly to authoring tools for you to start writing a particular article.
	www.baghdadmuseum.org /ref/index.php?title=Kumamoto_Prefecture (284 words)

	Japanese Historical Flyleaf :: Samurai Lives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Some of these fugitives (the Minamotos still hunted them down) managed to conceal their identities and lived at a place called Hitoyoshi (that name means 'goodman') in today's Kumamoto Prefecture.
		One of the Kato sergeants employed this man not for anything but to provide some free amusement when the clan was busy building Kumamoto castle -- a tedious and heavyweight job, so that anything was welcomed to light things up a bit.
		Since Kinta couldn't be in more than one place at a time, other Kato regiments stationed elsewhere -- all had heard of how funny Kinta was -- made some dolls -- usually painted all red, with movable tongue and eyes -- as substitutes.
	www.geocities.com /kazenaga23/kaiko3.htm (1137 words)

	the Magic Ball Network Forums - Do you believe there was once a place called Atlantis? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		What you probably don't know is that this event, and the character of Yamamura Shizuko herself, is based on a real person.
		Actually, I did not bring Ringu into the discussion, but the true facts, that Ringu was based on.
		Fukurai, Mifune Chizuko, and Takahashi Sadako really existed (Ringu characters are Dr. Ikuma, Yamamura Shizuko, and Yamaura Sadako, so to make it clear for you).
	el-muerte.student.utwente.nl /lba/forum/printthread.php?t=9244&pp=50 (4226 words)

	Eugene Woodbury \| Japan \| The Last Samurai (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The last time Hollywood made a big deal about an epic event in Japanese history (prior to 1941, that is), the aforementioned Richard Chamberlain was helping Toshiro Mifune establish the Tokugawa Shogunate and unify Japan under a single authoritarian regime.
		A quarter century and 250 years later, we find Tom Cruise alongside Saigo Takamori, the man largely responsible for overthrowing the Shogunate and ushering in Japan's modern age.
		By the time they had regrouped and started a long retreat, a larger conscript army commanded by Aritomo Yamagata (who would become the first prime minister under the Meiji Constitution), equipped with better weapons and supported by much better logistics, had caught up with them.
	www.eugenewoodbury.com /lastsamurai.htm (2960 words)

	Big in Japan: a custom- tailored cowboy culture (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		KUMAMOTO, JAPAN - They arrive in buckskin leggings and spurs.
		If you're gonna get it right one night at a time, or if you've been livin' too long on refried beans, well, Kumamoto is the place where country is king.
		It is quintessentially Japanese to pick up styles, then adopt and recreate them, experts say.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/787943/posts (1922 words)

	Ghost of a flea: Ringu
		Having just had a Ringu, Ring, Ring Virus film festival I am entirely certain I did not want to learn this bit of Ring trivia.
		I can only imagine what Mifune Chizuko would make of the film(s) based on Suzuki Koji's novel.
		I had avoided Ringu due to marketing comparisons of its American remake with the entirely mediocre Sixth Sense.
	www.ghostofaflea.com /archives/003031.html (204 words)

	Aso, Kumamoto -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Aso, Kumamoto -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
		Aso (阿蘇町; -machi) is a (An urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city) town in (additional info and facts about Aso District) Aso District, (additional info and facts about Kumamoto) Kumamoto, (A constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building) Japan.
		As of 2003, the town has an estimated ((statistics) the entire aggregation of items from which samples can be drawn) population of 18,332 and a (The amount per unit size) density of 91.95 persons per (additional info and facts about km²;) km²;.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/a/as/aso,_kumamoto.htm (105 words)

	ii ja nai ka movie was: Laughing Matters
		The servant is actually the foot soldier played by Mifune.
		It's listed as a comedy, but I thought it was a brilliant suggestion that people become, if they pretend long enough, to be what that aspire to be.
		cheers joe Joseph Tomei Kumamoto Gakuen Daigaku Department of Foreign Languages Oe 2 chome, 5-1, Kumamoto 862-0911 JAPAN (81) (0)96-364-5161 x1410 fax (81) (0)96-372-0702 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.kumagaku.ac.jp/teacher/~jtomei/homepage.htm New entry for a 21st century English dictionary genk (n) the amount of energy andc that one has a particular point in time.
	www.mail-archive.com /fukuzawa@ucsd.edu/msg04480.html (147 words)

	Masahiko Kimura
		A fortune teller told him to return to Kumamoto as something terrible might happen to him.
		Kimura (5’6’’,187lb) was born on September 10,1917 in Kumamoto, Japan.
		In the quarterfinal, Kimura had a tough fight against Hidenosuke Tsujimoto 5th dan who was three years older, also from Kumamoto where they practiced before.
	www.judoinfo.com /kimura/masahiko_kimura.htm (5973 words)

	Japundit » 2005 » February
		Rashomon, the famous literary montage by Ryunosuke Akutagawa that Akira Kurosawa turned into an even more famous film starring Toshiro Mifune, tells the story of a man’s murder and the rape of his wife from the perspectives of four people.
		A former journalist, upper house MP, and governor of Kumamoto Prefecture, Hosokawa quit the Liberal-Democratic Party and formed the Japan New Party in May 1992 when public dissatisfaction with the ruling LDP’s handling of national affairs was beginning to crest.
		After the Lower House Diet election in the summer of 1993, Hosokawa became the first non-LDP prime minister in nearly 40 years by cobbling together a seven-party coalition that took the reigns of government from August 1993 to April 1994.
	japundit.com /archives/2005/02/page/3 (5702 words)

	Jim's Reviews - Kurosawa's RAN
		Before this retrospective, I had admired Kurosawa (who doesn't?); but afterwards, I was in complete awe of his achievement, from many scenes in his earliest films, made during World War II, to his first two masterpieces,
		The mountains and plains of Hidetora's domain were shot at Mount Aso, an active volcano in the broad central plains of Kyushu, Japan's still largely wild southern island.
		Kurosawa, as Japan's most highly respected filmmaker, also obtained rare permission to shoot at two of the country's most cherished landmarks, the ancient castles at Kumamoto and Himeji; the third castle, which was burned to the ground, was constructed of plastic and wood on the slopes of Mount Fuji.
	jclarkmedia.com /film/filmreviewran.html (2343 words)

	Cretaceous Fossils: References Ta to Tm
		TAMURA, M.; Matsumura, M. On the Age of the Mifune Group, with a Description of Ammonite from the Group by T. Matsumoto.
		AMURA, M.; Tashiro, M.; Motojima, T. The Correlation of the Mifune Group with the Upper Formation of the Goshonoura Group, with Description of Some Important Pelecypods from the Strata.
		TAN, K. Ptychodus latissimus Agassiz From the Upper Cretaceous of Hokkaido.
	www.cretaceousfossils.com /library/references_ta_to_tm.htm (1681 words)

	Class Notes, Pacific Lutheran Scene, Summer 2000
		John Haines is a missionary English teacher at the Kyushu Gakkuin Lutheran School, ELCA, in Kumamoto, Japan.
		He previously taught English in Mifune, as part of the JET program.
		Jerilyn Dunlap and Marc Hander were married on Jan. 15 at Luther Seminary in St. Paul, Minn. Shannon (Reed) Boldt ’95 was the matron of honor.
	www.plu.edu /scene/issue/2000/fall/notes.html (8305 words)

	MASAHIKO KIMURA
		Kimura was born on September 10, 1917 in Kumamoto Prefecture in Kyusu, Japan.
		He started to practice Judo at age 10.
		However after three overtimes with neither scoring at least a Wazari, Mifune (10th dan), the referee, declared both of them champions.
	www.ebji.org /akeem/kimura.html (1660 words)

	Occurrence - Search Result (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Koori-gawa River: Kumamoto Pref., Yatsushiro Cty., Kagami Town
		Kuma-gawa River system, Kudaragi-gawa River: Kumamoto Pref., Yatsushiro Cty., Sakamoto Vil.
		Midori-gawa River system, Mifune-gawa River: Kumamoto Pref., Shimomashiki Cty., Mifune Town
	www.fishbase.org /museum/GenusOccurrenceList.cfm?genus=Odontobutis (523 words)

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