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  Morioka, Iwate - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Morioka (盛岡市; -shi) is the capital city of Iwate prefecture, Japan.
At the end of the Heian period, Morioka was under the control of Oshu Fujiwara Clan based on Hiraizumi, the south of Morioka.
Morioka Station was the original northern terminal of Tohoku Shinkansen.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Morioka,_Iwate   (511 words)

  
 Morioka - Wikipedia
Morioka (盛岡市; -shi) ist die Hauptstadt der japanischen Präfektur Iwate, der größten der sechs Präfekturen in der Region Tōhoku.
Morioka ist vor allem für seine Eisenwaren, Nanbu tetsubin, bekannt.
Zu den Sehenswürdigkeiten der Stadt Morioka zählt der Stein spaltende Kirschbaum, ein Baum, der aus dem Spalt eines Grantitblocks wächst und diesen beim Wachsen sprengte.
de.wikipedia.org /wiki/Morioka   (246 words)

  
 The Japan Times Online   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
In an exclusive interview with The Japan Times, Morioka detailed an incredible pattern of abuse by her supervisor, an atmosphere in the MLB International Department that she claims was overtly racist against Asians, and says that when she confronted top management with the allegations, she was fired and the whole case was covered up.
Morioka blames her initial negative job performance evaluation, which was done after she had worked for six months, on the fact that she is Japanese.
Morioka believes that the EEOC was unable to determine what happened to her, because they didn't have sufficient information to reach a conclusion.
www.japantimes.co.jp /cgi-bin/getsp.pl5?sp20040109jg.htm   (2805 words)

  
 Morioka: philosopher, writer, professor, thinker: chronological profile, Japan
Morioka thought that the most important thing was to seek the meaning of life and death in contemporary society where everyone seemed to be looking for transient pleasure and superficial freedom.
Morioka began to believe that a fundamental reconsideration of life and scientific technology together with the criticism of contemporary civilization should be needed.
Morioka is considered by many to be one of the most important thinkers of today in the field of philosophy and sociology, together with Masachi Osawa (Kyoto University), Shinya Tateiwa (Ritsumeikan University), Shinji Miyadai (Metropolitan University), and Hitoshi Nagai (Chiba University).
www.lifestudies.org /profile.html   (1087 words)

  
 JNTO Website > Regional Tourist Guides   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Morioka is situated in the north of the Kitakami Basin in the central part of Iwate.
Morioka flourished with the building of Morioka Castle during the 16th and the 17th centuries.
The Morioka Hashimoto Museum of Art on the mountainside is proud of its collection of paintings by French realists from the 18th and the 19th centuries including Millet.
www.jnto.go.jp /eng/RTG/RI/tohoku/iwate/morioka/morioka.html   (314 words)

  
 visit_morioka   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Morioka (population 290,000) is the capital of Iwate Prefecture and is a leading city in the Northern Tohoku District of Japan.
The greater Morioka area is composed of Morioka City itself, and ten neighbouring towns which form a market of 500,000 people.
Morioka serves as a distribution center for the Northern Tohoku area.
www.victoria-morioka.com /visit_morioka.htm   (147 words)

  
 Morioka Hiroyuki - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Morioka Hiroyuki (森岡浩之: 1962-) is a Japanese sci-fi novelist.
Morioka had already suggested in Seikai no Monshou 2 that the entire series should narrate the life of Princess Lamhirh (aka Lafiel), from her birth to her eventual ascention to the imperial throne.
Three volumes of Seikai no Senki are now available and Morioka named them "Diahoc Trilogy" but the series itself has not yet finished.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Morioka_Hiroyuki   (213 words)

  
 Shimizu S-Pulse: Ryuzo Morioka   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
But by 1998, Morioka was clearly a rising star in the league, and he was even briefly considered for inclusion in the 1998 World Cup squad.
By the time Phillippe Troussier took over, Morioka was entering his prime, and his quick reflexes and positioning instincts made him an ideal choice to fill one of the slots in Troussier's "flat three" defence.
Morioka played a central role in the Japanese national team throughout the Troussier Era, establishing himself as a regular starter by late 1999 and making a major contribution to Japan's victory in the 2000 Asian Cup.
www.wldcup.com /Asia/jleague/spulse/morioka.html   (326 words)

  
 Ring Japan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Morioka, a Kinki University graduate, whose amateur mark was 114-10, 64 stoppages, won the bronze medal in the bantamweight class of the Olympic Games in Mexico in 1968.
Morioka was once elected president of West Japan Professional Boxing Association, union of club owners, holding the post for three years from 1998.
Morioka had an unsuccessful shot at the Japanese national bantam throne against Shintaro Uchiyama, losing a 10-round decision in July 1970.
www.ring-japan.com /ori04/ori041111.htm   (437 words)

  
 Morioka Hiroyuki -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Morioka Hiroyuki (森岡浩之: 1962-) is a (A constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building) Japanese sci-fi novelist.
In 1992 his first novel Yume no ki ga tsugeta nara ("If we can plant a dream-tree") appeared in Hayakawa Shoten ((The capital and largest city of Japan; the economic and cultural center of Japan) Tokyo)'s SF Magazine.
He released its sequel Seikai no Senki ((Click link for more info and facts about Banner of the Stars) Banner of the Stars), where he said that Seikai no Monsho was actually an overture to Seikai no Senki.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/M/Mo/Morioka_Hiroyuki.htm   (283 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Morioka, Japan (Japanese Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
AllRefer.com - Morioka, Japan (Japanese Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
An industrial and commercial center, it is noted for the production of ironware.
Iwate Univ. and a 12th-century castle are in Morioka.
reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/M/Morioka.html   (129 words)

  
 Morioka Airport: Hanamaki Airport airport service, Japan
Rental cars Morioka Airport: find the best car rent deals from dozens of international and local car rental companies at Hanamaki Airport.
Hotels Morioka Airport: find the best hotel deals from all major hotel chains and independent hotels near Hanamaki Airport.
Morioka Airport Service offers direct access to multiple databases with rent a car deals, special flight offers and cheap hotel reservation.
www.international-airport-service.com /japan/morioka.html   (168 words)

  
 City of Victoria - Morioka, Japan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
While Morioka is Victoria's third sister city by the signing date of May 1985, it is perhaps the most active in number of two-way visits and in diversity in the types of exchanges.
An ancient castle town, which the late 19th century, Morioka was the seat of the feudal Nambu lords.
The signing of the sister city agreement with Morioka marked the beginning of an intensive series of visits and exchanges, including numerous cultural and sporting exchanges, both official and private.
www.city.victoria.bc.ca /visitors/about_twinmorika.shtml   (204 words)

  
 Morioka
We decided that we wanted to visit the northern end of the main island (no way we were going to Hokkaido this late in the year) before December actually rolled around.
A quick look at the weather reports convinced me that Morioka was about as far north as we should get unless we wanted to invest in parkas.
There's not much to see or do in Morioka, but that was part of the point.
www.tkolar.com /travel/Asia/Japan/Morioka/Morioka.html   (485 words)

  
 Morioka on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Japan opposition party urges Morioka to resign over remarks on war criminals.
Powder 11 11 0134 --White powder found at JR Morioka Station
Skipper Morioka to miss Japan camp with ankle injury
www.encyclopedia.com /html/M/Morioka.asp   (396 words)

  
 innsaver.com -- Destination Guides - Asia - Japan - Northern Honshu - Morioka
A former castle town on the confluence of three rivers, the small, congenial city of MORIOKA is the terminus of the Tohoku Shinkansen.
Additionally, Morioka is one of the main access points for hikes around the nearby Hachimantai plateau.
The Nakatsu-gawa cuts through the centre of Morioka, flowing south beneath the old castle walls and under a seventeenth-century bridge, which is the pride of the city.
dg.travelnow.com /index.jsp?cid=60122&action=viewLocation&locationId=28918   (238 words)

  
 Morioka   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Kenji lived in Morioka from the age of 13 until he was 24, attending Morioka Junior High School and later Morioka Upper Agricultural and Forestry School (presently the Department of Agricultural in Iwate University).
Morioka and the mountains and fields in the environs played an important role in shaping both Kenji and his literary works.
Morio (Morioka) and its environs are the principle setting for the story Polano's Square.
www.kenji-world.net /english/ihatov/climate/morioka.html   (360 words)

  
 Web Morioka_Attractions   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Estimated to be three to four hundred years old, it grows in front of the Morioka Court of Justice.
The Morioka Handi-work's Square, open to the general public, is focal point for Morioka tourists.
This Japanese style building with a tiled roof and white walls, opening in 1988, was built to manifest the achievements of predecessors from the Morioka area.
www2.city.morioka.iwate.jp /02kikaku/kokusai/en/attractions.html   (575 words)

  
 AsianWeek.com: Feature:Howard Morioka, Private Investigator   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
However, such confidence, Howard Morioka, a retired-FBI-agent-now-private-investigator, says, is a luxury and usually completely absent from this profession.
Morioka never intended to be a private investigator, falling into it somewhat accidentally, and now he considers, fortunately.
Morioka was lucky because his previous career as a FBI agent fulfilled his requirements easily.
www.asianweek.com /2001_06_29/feature_privtinvestigator.html   (609 words)

  
 Chikako Morioka   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Ceramist Chikako Morioka directs the 92nd Street Y's ceramics program, considered one of the best in the country.
Morioka was an associate professor at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, one of Canada's oldest independent cultural institutions and an organization devoted to the visual arts.
She has served as artist-in-residence and instructor of ceramics at the Clay Art Center in Port Chester, NY, and was an adjunct professor of ceramics at the State University of New York at New Paltz.
www.92y.org /content/chikako_morioka.asp   (194 words)

  
 The Geta Page Visits a Geta Shop
Morioka is a city of almost 300,000 residents about 300 miles north of Tokyo in Iwate prefecture.
I was thinking about how to ask someone where the shop was in my somewhat limited Japanese, when I noticed a young woman looking at me as I rode down the escalator from the train platform.
It's located in the basement of Fesan, which is like a department store, except each counter or section is an independent business.
www.egeorgeonline.com /getapage/morioka.html   (541 words)

  
 MORIOKA RACECOURSE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Opened in April 1996, Morioka Racecourse is a recently established left-handed circuit replacing the former course of the same name.
Race fans are looking forward to the champions of the future making their mark here in the newly laid dirt and turf courses.
A free bus service is available from JR Morioka Station on race days.
www.jair.jrao.ne.jp /courses/nar/nar008.html   (87 words)

  
 Life Studies Network: philosophy of life, death, desire, bioethics, nature, and disability
This essay illustrates the development of Morioka's philosophy from his boyhood to the mid-1990s.
Professor Ulrike WÖHR criticized Morioka's works 1988-1999 from the viewpoint of religious and Japanese studies.
This is a book that declared the third way between religion and science, as a response to Aum Shinrikyo cult's sarin nerve gas attack on Tokyo's subway systems in 1995 as a result of their pursuit of "truth" and "awakening." Morioka's most loved book.
www.lifestudies.org   (1131 words)

  
 Paintings & Drawings by Juri Morioka
Juri Morioka Hidden treasure oil on wood 16 x 16 in.
Juri Morioka A cupful of water oil on canvas, 22 x 28 in.
Juri Morioka Change of the season Mixed media on paper 7 3/4 x 8 1/8 in.
home.netcom.com /~rsidj3/work.html   (255 words)

  
 Car hire Morioka Morioka car hire Cheap car rental Morioka Airport
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www.beneluxcar.com /car-rentals/japan/morioka   (337 words)

  
 Hotel Rich Morioka, Morioka (Hotels Morioka)
Morioka has a long history of being one of the major castle towns in the Tohoku region.
The elegant light brown building of Hotel Rich Morioka stands in front of Morioka Station, right by Kitakami River.
By Car: 15 minutes from Tohoku Expressway, Morioka I.C. On Foot: 3 minute walk from Morioka Station (JR Tohoku Line).
www.bookings.org /hotel/jp/rich-morioka.html?aid=300620   (242 words)

  
 Alquiler de coches Morioka coches de alquiler Morioka aeropuerto
Beneluxcar puede ayudarte a alquilar un coche en Morioka y entregar tu coche de alquiler en otra ciudad.
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Alquilar un coche en Morioka es muy sencillo, descubre esta importante ciudad de Morioka sus habitantes, sus lugares más turísticos y su gastronomía.
www.beneluxcar.com /alquiler-coches/japon/morioka   (377 words)

  
 Japan Atlas: Nambu Ironware   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The area around Morioka in Iwate Prefecture was known as Nambu in the Edo period (1603-1868).
Nambu Tekki is the traditional ironware that was produced in two areas: in Morioka City and in Mizusawa City to the south.
Production of Nambu ironware is thought to have begun in Morioka City at the end of the 17th century, when craftsmen who came from Kyoto started producing ironwares such as teakettles, weapons, and temple bells.
web-japan.org /atlas/crafts/cra01.html   (304 words)

  
 Rap Sheet - Person : Atsushi Morioka
Atsushi Morioka was credited on a game as early as 1999 and as recently as 2004.
Atsushi Morioka has been credited with the roles Graphics and Design.
Atsushi Morioka has been credited on games developed by the following companies: SCEI.
www.mobygames.com /developer/sheet/view/developerId,40611   (129 words)

  
 Hotel Ace Morioka, Morioka   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
This petit hotel is located in the center of Morioka City.
On Foot: 13 minute walk from JR Morioka Station.
By Plane: From Hanamaki Airport with Limousine Bus (1,260 yen) to JR Morioka Station and walk to Hotel (total 55 minutes).
www.chelepa.com /travel/hotels/Japan/Morioka/Hotel_Ace_Morioka   (254 words)

  
 World Soccer News, Rhys, if youre out there . . .
you might be interested in the latest news flash from Morioka.
Last night, Morioka town held a meeting to organise a JFL team, and hopes to eventually build a club strong enough to win promotion to the J2 or J3 by 2008 (the date that they are thinking about expanding to three divisions)
The new player-coach of the team, which will be named "Gurulla Morioka," will be none other than Shinichi Muto, who dropped out of sight after JEF decided not to reclaim him from Oita Trinita at the end of last year.
www.wldcup.com /wwwboard/messages/144021.html   (219 words)

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