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  NameTraq | Last Name: Kagawa
NAOSHIMA, Kagawa -- The local government lifted its evacuation recommendation for the residents of this island on Wednesday after deeming that a mountain fire...
Arrested was Hideki Kanechika, 42, unemployed, a resident of Manno, Kagawa Prefecture.
KAGAWA -- A girl who told police she had been slashed in the face in an attack by two men made up the story because she didn't want to go to school, it has...
www.nametraq.com /genealogy_jan04/K/Kagawa.shtml   (823 words)

  
 Naoshima - Wikitravel
Naoshima (直島) is an island located in the Seto Inland Sea of Japan.
Naoshima can be reached by boat from Uno (Honshu) and from Takamatsu (Shikoku).
Naoshima is far enough off the beaten track to require a little preparation.
wikitravel.org /en/Naoshima,_Kagawa   (935 words)

  
 Naoshima, Kagawa - TheBestLinks.com - Japan, Population, 2003, Square kilometer, ...
Naoshima, Kagawa - TheBestLinks.com - Japan, Population, 2003, Square kilometer,...
Naoshima, Kagawa, Japan, Population, 2003, Square kilometer, Population...
As of 2003, the town has an estimated population of 3,583 and a density of 251.97 persons per kmandsup2.
www.thebestlinks.com /Naoshima__2C___Kagawa.html   (95 words)

  
 Art Naoshima Japan by Tadao Ando
Naoshima is a small island in Japan’s Inland Sea that is home to local fishermen as well as a development for the arts.
Also located on Naoshima Island in Naoshima’s residential district of Honmura is another part to the Museum complex.
Currently under construction, across the cove, is another addition to the Naoshima Contemporary Art Museum complex.
www.galinsky.com /buildings/naoshima   (826 words)

  
 departures.com | The Island of Mr. Ando   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Their singular, quixotic visions fit right in on Naoshima, where the Chichu is the latest project in a unique collaboration between Ando and Japanese businessman Soichiro Fukutake, one of the country's more extravagant art collectors.
Ever since his father bought a large swath of Naoshima in the eighties and turned it into a retreat for his employees, Fukutake, 59, has been determined to leave his mark on the island.
Naoshima also has a new Shinto shrine designed by the artist Hiroshi Sugimoto that is definitely worth a look.
www.departures.com /ad/ad_0905_ando.html   (1620 words)

  
 'The Man With The Red Tattoo' Museum to Open in Japan - James Bond 007 - CommanderBond.net - James Bond At Its ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Between 1996 and 2002, Benson, a resident of Buffalo Grove, Illinois, was the third writer officially commissioned by the Estate of Ian Fleming to pen 007 continuation novels.
Since the novel's publication, Kagawa Prefecture, Naoshima Town, and a number of other organizations have been working together to promote the cinematic adaptation and filming of the novel in a move to revitalize Naoshima and the wider Seto Inland Sea region.
Their efforts have been receiving a great deal of attention in the Japanese media, leading to the construction of a facility which could be used to introduce the locations on the island.
commanderbond.net /Public/Stories/2807-1.shtml   (418 words)

  
 007 Location Promotion Committee
A letter from the governor of Kagawa, expressing his hope for 007 to be filmed in Kagawa was sent to the Eon Productions (London), the company which produces the 007 films
To get local people into the spirit of encouraging the filming of James Bond on Naoshima, the "Bring James Bond to Naoshima conference" held in the Naoshima community and welfare centre.
The Naoshima town assembly presents Kagawa Prefecture with a request to push all related national organizations to work towards having Raymond Benson's novel "The Man with the Red Tattoo" turned into a film.
www.007japan.org /data/e/keii.html   (492 words)

  
 Naoshima smelter, Copper, Mitsubishi Materials Corporation, Japan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Naoshima is a smelter located in Naoshima, Kagawa Prefecture, Japan.
The Naoshima smelter is owned by Mitsubishi Materials Corporation.
AME Mineral Economics undertakes extensive analysis on the Naoshima smelter in Japan via our individual cost reports, global cost analysis and strategic studies.(Copper cost report, Copper strategic market study)
www.ame.com.au /Smelters/cu/Naoshima.htm   (228 words)

  
 Kyodo World News Service: Ceremony held for construction of waste plant in Kagawa@ HighBeam Research
Ceremony held for construction of waste plant in Kagawa
TAKAMATSU, Japan, Aug. 3 (Kyodo) -- A groundbreaking ceremony was held Friday in Naoshima Island, Kagawa Prefecture in western Japan, for the construction of a plant to detoxify industrial waste illegally dumped in nearby Teshima Island in the prefecture.
Kagawa Gov. Takeki Manabe and Katsuya Nagata, chairman of the technological committee of Teshima's industrial waste, were among about 120 people who attended the ceremony at the planned construction site within the grounds of Mitsubishi Materials...
highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1P1:46139389&...   (219 words)

  
 The Official Raymond Benson Website - News
The government of Kagawa Prefecture in Japan has honored author Raymond Benson with a museum dedicated to one of his James Bond 007 novels.
Between 1996 and 2002, Benson, a resident of Buffalo Grove, Illinois, was the third writer officially commissioned by the Estate of Ian Fleming, the original creator of James Bond, to pen 007 continuation novels.
His sixth original novel, The Man With the Red Tattoo (published in 2002 in the U.S. by Penguin/Putnam and in the U.K. by Hodder & Stoughton), was set in Japan.
www.raymondbenson.com /news   (1237 words)

  
 Journal - Ealish Wilson and Michiko Kawarabayashi
June 8th, Bennesse Naoshima, the contemporary art museum.
There is a project called, Art House Project in Naoshima.
Artists transform old houses in Naoshima into works.
www.throughthesurface.com /journal/EW_MK_June.htm   (1130 words)

  
 AJET Photos   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Meet the World at Naoshima, May 29/30 2004, Naoshima, Kagawa
Kagawa Mid-Year Conference Lacquerware, January 2005, Takamatsu, Kagawa
Tsuda Beach Clean-up, May 2005, Tsuda Beach, Kagawa
www.ajetkagawa.com /current/html/crphoto.html   (68 words)

  
 Benesse Art Site Naoshima   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
While old houses are remodeled in the district of Honmura, artists transform these spaces into artworks.
A location that collects and presents the publications and archives of Benesse Art Site Naoshima.
Related merchandise is sold in an adjacent store.
www.naoshima-is.co.jp /english/first.html   (57 words)

  
 Kagawa Photos at PBase.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
kagawa Galleries Search Results 1 to 2 of 2
kagawa Pictures Search Results 1 to 5 of 5
Please contact the photographer before using an image for any reason.
search.pbase.com /search?q=Kagawa   (37 words)

  
 Wallpaper*   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
At first sight Naoshima, an island of natural beauty in Japan's Inland Sea, is an unlikely place of artistic pilgrimage.
It has no bridges to the mainland and can be reached only by boat.
The Chichu's tranquil setting, Ando's restrained design and the contemplative work it houses couldn't combine better to encourage the visitor to reflect on the relationship between man and his environment.
www.wallpaper.com /print.htm?a=472   (280 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Tadao Ando - Architektur der Stille/Architecture of Silence : Naoshima Contemporary Art Museum: Books   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Plattformen und Wände in Sichtbeton greifen weit in die Landschaft hinaus oder rahmen die Natur als Bild ein.
Von dem Zeitpunkt an, als die Menschen begannen,die ihnen bisonders charakteristische Lebensweise in Gemeinschaften zur Schau zu stellen und ihre jeweils individuellen Lebensraume mit eigenen Handen zu gestalten, hat das Erhalten von Architektur sowie der zeitlichen und raumlichen Kontinuitat ihrer Stadte jedes Zeitalter Oberdauert, und dies hat sich als absolut gultige Regel etabliert.
Tadao Ando, Naoshima Contemporary Art Museum, James Turrell, Art House Project, Naoshima Island, Benesse House, Inland Sea of Japan, Hyogo Prefecture, Awaji-Island Yumebutai Garden City, Honorary Fellow, Seto Inland Sea, Rokko Housing, Visiting Professor, Winning Idea
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/3764364483?v=glance   (537 words)

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