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  Kyoto Guesthouses - Kyoto`s history and culture
Kyoto is widely known as the old capital of Japan.
Kyoto city and its suburbs were burnt down and it looked far from the beautiful capital city it used to be.
Kyoto once was devastated after the capital relocation but it kept growing as a historical sightseeing spot.
www.kyotoguesthouses.com /aboutkyoto.htm   (1545 words)

  
  Kyoto   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Kyoto's kimono weavers are particularly renowned, and the city remains the premier center of kimono manufacturing.
Kyoto is known as one of the academic centers of the country, and is home to thirty-seven institutions of higher education.
Kyoto Station is on Karasuma, and the subway system's Karasuma Line follows that street north and south from the station, with stops at many numbered avenues, and also at Imadegawa (a major street).
www.tocatch.info /en/Kyoto.htm   (1923 words)

  
 Kyoto Summary
Located in southern Kyoto Prefecture in central Honshu, 50 kilometers northeast of the industrial port of Osaka, Kyoto was the residence of the Japanese emperor and imperial court from 794 to 1868.
After the Meiji Restoration of 1868 and the transfer of the nation's symbolic and administrative governance to Tokyo, Kyoto was forced to remake itself, emerging as one of the most modern cities of the Meiji period (1868–1912); it claimed the first streetcars in Japan, as well as a thriving industrial quarter.
Kyoto is located on the middle-western portion of the island of Honshu.
www.bookrags.com /Kyoto   (2048 words)

  
 Kyoto Prefecture, Japan, Schema-Root news   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
The CDM is an aspect of the Kyoto Protocol that allows industrialized countries to invest in emissions-reducing projects in developing countries in exchange...
If you remember, Kyoto was, in an anticipatory fashion, rejected 95 to nothing in the US Senate, on the Byrd-Hagel resolution, which said that the Senate...
Kyoto, Japan - His fingers strengthened from almost a century of weaving, Yasujiro Yamaguchi worked the humming loom in his private workshop.
schema-root.org /region/asia/east_asia/japan/prefectures/kyoto   (905 words)

  
 Kyoto Prefecture - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kyoto is located almost in the center of Honshū and of Japan.
Kyoto is separated in the middle by the Tanba Mountains.
Kyoto · Mie · Miyagi · Miyazaki · Nagano · Nagasaki · Nara · Niigata · Ōita · Okayama · Okinawa · Osaka · Saga · Saitama · Shiga · Shimane · Shizuoka · Tochigi · Tokushima · Tokyo · Tottori · Toyama · Wakayama · Yamagata · Yamaguchi · Yamanashi
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kyoto_Prefecture   (941 words)

  
 Travel in Kyoto - Japan - Asia - History - WorldTravelGate.net®-
Once Heijyokyo and Nagaokakyo also used to be capitals, but Yamasiro region was provided as new capital by Emperor Kanmu in 794.
Heian shrine was constructed to commemorate the 1,100th anniversary of founding Heiankyo in 1895 and "Jidai Maturi", Festival of the ages of Heian shrine which is one of the three big festivals had started.
The decision to construct the Kyoto State Guest House was made at a Cabinet meeting.
www.asiatravelling.net /japan/kyoto/kyoto_history.htm   (976 words)

  
 history and traditions in Japan: Nagaokakyo - Netsuke
But after the move to Nagaoka in 784, a flood demolished the main gate of his palace and Nagaoka's weak point was discovered.
But soon Godaigo had to flee to Yoshino mountains to establish the southern court, due to a treason of Takauji who nominated Emperor Komei to form the northern court at Kyoto in 1337.
Though the supporters of the southern court had been decimated, the division subsisted until 1392 due to an internal conflict of Muromachi shogunate.
www.webdico.com /dico/histxtg36.html   (984 words)

  
 Nagaokakyo, Kyoto Information
Nagaokakyō (長岡京市; -shi) is a city located in Kyoto, Japan.
As of 2003, the city has an estimated population of 78,081 and the density of 4,070.96 persons per km².
The name of city is derived from Nagaoka-kyo, the ancient Japanese capital Emperor Kammu established there from 784 until 794.
www.bookrags.com /Nagaokakyo   (63 words)

  
 Nagaokakyo City: Geography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
About sixty percent of Nagaokakyo's geographical area consists of habitable flat land, with the remaining forty percent consisting of a mountainous region to the west.
Nagaokakyo is blessed with facilities for travel: the Hankyu Kyoto Line runs through the central region, and the JR Toukaido Line, Meishin Expressway and National Highway 171 run longitudinally through the eastern region.
With a mild, comfortable climate characteristic of the Yamashiro Basin, Nagaokakyo is an urban town in close proximity to metropolitan areas, a city in which natural abundance and high technology coexist.
www.city.nagaokakyo.kyoto.jp /Files/ekc/html_eng/geography_statistics_eng/geography_statistics_eng.html   (145 words)

  
 Colorful Events Planned Under Colored Autumn Leaves (Kyoto Shimbun:2005.10.14)
Temple in Ao, Nagaokakyo City, Kyoto Prefecture, the best among the famous spots for beautifully colored autumn leaves in the Otokuni region, the southern area of Kyoto, announced that the period it accepts only paying visitors will be from November 12 to December 4.
Although the length of the admission charge period has been shortened by about ten days, the temple plans to offer some attractions during that time, including an exhibition for local citizens to display their writings or paintings and some events to experience, to promote the autumn sightseeing season.
Komyoji Temple, one of the good locations to enjoy the autumn color of leaves near the city of Kyoto, had attracted many tourists from both inside and outside of the prefecture, and, in peak years, more than 200,000 tourists visited the temple.
www.kyoto-np.co.jp /kp/topics/eng/2005oct/10-14.html   (512 words)

  
 Kyoto Visitor's Guide/Kyoto Buisiness Directory
Kyoto Business Directory is produced in cooperation with AD BRAIN Inc..
AD BRAIN Inc. monthly publishes English magazine, Kyoto Visitor's Guide which greatly helps tourists coming to Kyoto from all over the world.
Kyoto Visitor's Guide can enable the foreign tourists to enjoy this historical city in the full extent.
www.kyotoguide.com /e-kbd/miscellaneous.html   (383 words)

  
 Nagaoka-tenjin   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
There is Hachijo-ga-ike pond near Nagaokatenmangu and in spring, it is very beautiful with a lot of Kirishima azaleas around it.
In 784, Kanmu regent had moved their capital from Nara to Nagaokakyo.
Nagaokakyo capital was as big as Heiankyo, 4.3 km from east to east to west and 5.3 km from north to south.
www.edu.city.kyoto.jp /hp/hiyoshi/htm_eng/oideyasu/rakunan/n_tenjin.htm   (164 words)

  
 History of Kyoto
Japan's capital was transferred to Nagaokakyo (Now Muko City and Nagaokakyo City in Kyoto Prefecture).
Kyoto Prefectural Government established the Chemistry Bureau (Seimi-kyoku) to promote modernization of the chemical industry.
The 1st National Athletic Meet was held in Kyoto and nearby prefectures.
www.yamasa.org /japan/english/destinations/kyoto/history.html   (598 words)

  
 MBAA Convention 2003 - Oral Presentation Abstract   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
The new brewhouse in Suntory Kyoto brewery was in operation in 2000 and Mr.
He then was engaged in new product development of beer and happou-shu until 2001, and various types of beer and happou-shu were launched on the market.
In 2001, he transferred to Kyoto Brewery as an assistant brewmaster and he has been engaged in a development of brewing technology not only for beer but also for happou-shu, including improvement of the flavor stability and yeast handling.
www.mbaa.com /meeting/2003/abstracts/O-29.html   (292 words)

  
 Appendix D. Site Reports-Japan
The panel visited the Yasu plant at company headquarters in Kyoto, where the number of employees is 1,850.
Research is carried out both in Kyoto and in Yokohama.
Kyoto seems to do more basic and design work, while Yokohama tests final products.
www.wtec.org /loyola/wireless/0d_07.htm   (1689 words)

  
 Live From Arlington - Arlington's Sister Cities
Finally, the oldest, which will be celebrating its 20th year in this year, is Nagaokakyo, (their English web-site: http://www.city.nagaokakyo.kyoto.jp/) a suburb of Kyoto, in Japan.
Nagaokakyo was actually the capital of Japan for a short 10- year period in the 8th century.
As a result of this relationship, and a relationship with an exchange program out of which the Sister City relationship grew, several hundred Arlingtonians have visited Japan, and hundreds more from Japan have come to Arlington.
www.livefromarlington.com /article.php?story=20040416220829882   (276 words)

  
 Landscape Planting Area (Green Belt) for the Kyoto Second Outer Loop Highway
We are now in the planning process for trial works employing this concept.
The flowers and trees scheduled for future use in the landscape planting area of the Kyoto Second Outer Loop Highway are now being raised under careful supervision in the wide riverbed area.
This landscape area is very large and open to the general public, so please do come and visit it.
www.kyoto.kkr.mlit.go.jp /english/contents/konichiwa_j2p_d2.html   (118 words)

  
 KOSHIN LTD.
Appointed by the Kyoto Prefecture as a model factory of small and medium enterprises
We have been were awarded the prize from the Director General of the Small and Medium Enterprise Agency twice in the past.
We were appointed by the Kyoto Prefecture to be a model factory of small and medium enterprises and also appointed as an instructive model factory of small and medium enterprises, for the past years.
www.koshin-ltd.jp /english/gaiyou/index.html   (449 words)

  
 MK TAXI - Skygateshuttle
We meet you after customs clearance and take you to your hotel in Kyoto or Kobe.
We pick you up at your hotel and take you to the entrance of the airport.
Kyoto to Kansai International Airport : from 3,000yen
www.mk-group.co.jp /english/shuttle/index.html   (530 words)

  
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Anywire Corporation is established in Nagaokakyo-City, Kyoto Prefecture.
It is recognized from Kyoto Chamber of Commerce and Industry as a "business model enterprise".
Bank of Kyoto applied to technology evaluation "Monozukuri-cluster conference" of the small and medium-sized enterprise for our company the first.
www.anywire.jp /company3.htm   (309 words)

  
 :: BriansPrediction.com :: 543 LOTTERY PICKS, 4,200 PLUS CONFIRMED DREAMS, 39 MISSING PERSON CASES AND MORE ' Look out ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
A 28-year-old man and his common-law wife of Nagaokakyo, Kyoto Prefecture, were arrested early Monday on suspicion of starving the man's 3-year-old son to death, police said.
The boy's 6-year-old sister was picked up by the police in late March when she was found walking near her home before dawn.
As she had bruises on her face, the police reported the case to the prefectural child consulting center in Kamigyo Ward, Kyoto.
www.briansprediction.com /dd/4517.htm   (761 words)

  
 Kyoto Post
Tokyo plans to call on the Japan Coast Guard, not the Maritime Self-Defense Force, to strengthen inspections of vessels entering or leaving North Korea under a United Nations Security Council resolution, sour...
NAGAOKAKYO, Kyoto Prefecture--A man and his common-law wife were arrested Monday over the starvation death of their 3-year-old son, whose bruised body weighed just 7 kilograms when he died, police said.
NAGAOKAKYO, Kyoto Prefecture--A man and his common-law wife were arrested Monday over the starvation death of their 3-year-old son, whose bruised body weighed just 7 kilograms (15.4 pounds) when he died, poli...
archive.wn.com /2006/10/24/1400/kyotopost   (1040 words)

  
 Kyoto FM - live via internet!
With a new plan for Canada to meet its Kyoto commitments expected as early as Monday, Environment Minister Stephane Dion and Finan...
A man stole 155,000 yen from the house of the wife of a former Hanshin Tigers president in Nagaokakyo, Kyoto Pre...
With the Kyoto Protocol on environment having come into force from February 16, a newer kind of commodity whic...
archive.wn.com /2005/03/03/1400/kyotofm   (738 words)

  
 About Volks Nagaokakyo Showroom/VOLKS INC.
Nagaokakyo Showroom is the largest hobby shop in Kyoto.
Take Hankyu Train Kyoto Line and get off at Nagaoka Tenjin Station.
Keep walking 100m beyond City Office and you will see VOLKS Nagaokakyo Showroom on your left hand.
210.136.214.65 /EN/volks/sr/nagaokakyo.html   (86 words)

  
 Maple Leaves Fantastically Emerge from Darkness (Kyoto Shimbun:2005.11.25)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
On November 25, night admission started at Komyoji Temple in Ao, Nagaokakyo City, Kyoto Prefecture, and "Momiji-to-shomyo-no-yube," a special one-night event, was also held.
Approximately 800 lights placed along Nyonin-zaka, the stone-paved slope leading to Miedo Hall, and the Momiji Sando approach fantastically illuminated autumn-colored maple leaves, and visitors were fascinated with the view.
Photo= Maple leaves beautifully emerge from the darkness along the path to Miedo Hall (Komyoji Temple, Ao, Nagaokakyo City)
www.kyoto-np.co.jp /kp/topics/eng/2005nov/11-25.html   (266 words)

  
 Kyoto prefecture Nagaokakyo Memorial Culture Hall   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Equiped with a device to alter the acoustics, so that many genres of orchestral preformances and so forth can be accommodated.
6 minutes on foot from the Nagaoka Tenjin station on the Hankyu Kyoto line.
7 minutes by bus from Nagaokakyo station on the JR Tokaido line.
202.34.13.103 /en/03/02-09-09.html   (97 words)

  
 (WO/2002/047093) POSITIVE TEMPERATURE COEFFICIENT THERMISTOR   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. [JP/JP]; 26-10, Tenjin 2-chome Nagaokakyo-shi, Kyoto 617-8555 (JP) (CN, GB, KR only).
NABIKA, Yasuhiro [JP/JP]; c/o Intellectual Property Group, Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. 26-10, Tenjin 2-chome Nagaokakyo-shi, Kyoto 617-8555 (JP).
In a semiconductive ceramic which has a positive resistance temperature characteristic and is used as a degaussing thermistor element, the current attenuation characteristic is slowly changed without increasing the size of the element by setting a resistance temperature coefficient in the range of from about 10 to 17.
www.wipo.int /pctdb/en/wo.jsp?KEY=02/47093.030220   (260 words)

  
 (WO/2002/061834) ELECTRONIC PART   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
SHIMOE, Kazunobu [JP/JP]; c/o Intellectual Property Group, Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd., 26-10, Tenjin 2-chome, Nagaokakyo-shi, Kyoto 617-8555 (JP).
TAKEDA, Mitsuo [JP/JP]; c/o Intellectual Property Group, Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd., 26-10, Tenjin 2-chome, Nagaokakyo-shi, Kyoto 617-8555 (JP).
TAKATA, Toshiaki [JP/JP]; c/o Intellectual Property Group, Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd., 26-10, Tenjin 2-chome, Nagaokakyo-shi, Kyoto 617-8555 (JP).
www.wipo.int /pctdb/en/wo.jsp?KEY=02/61834.030612   (298 words)

  
 Town Info - Nagaokakyo
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worldbeachlist.com /World/Japan/Kyoto/Town-Nagaokakyo.html   (105 words)

  
 Matsushita Electric to cut Japanese chip workforce by 1,000 - Forbes.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
It is expected to be one of the last steps in the company's personnel reduction drive, the newspaper reported.
The voluntary retirement program has already been started at Matsushita's in-house company at Nagaokakyo, Kyoto Prefecture, which has a total work force of 15,000.
Matsushita will use part of the 35 bln yen it has set aside for structural reform in the current fiscal year as extra retirement allowances for those who are accepted into the job-cut scheme, the newspaper said.
www.forbes.com /home/feeds/afx/2005/07/03/afx2121787.html   (491 words)

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