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	Niigata Prefecture - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		January 1, 2005-The town of Yasuzuka and the villages of Maki, Oshima and Uragawara (all from Higashikubiki District) the towns of Itakura, Kakizaki, Ogata and Yoshikawa and the villages of Kiyosato, Kubiki, Nakagou and Sanwa (all from Nakakubiki District)+the town of Nadachi from Nishikubiki District=>the city of Joetsu.
		March 21, 2005-The city of Niitsu, Shirone and Toyosaka, the towns of Kameda, Kosudo and Yokogoshi from Nakakanbara District and the town of Nishikawa and the villages of Ajikata, Iwamuro, Katahigashi, Nakanokuchi and Tsukigata from Nishikanbara District were all merged into the city of Niigata.
		The city of Tokamachi merged with the towns of Matsudai and Matsunoyama from Higashikubiki District(dissolved by this merger) and the town of Kawanishi and the village of Nakasato from Nakauonuma District to create the city of Tokamachi.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Niigata_Prefecture (1568 words)

	Niigata, Niigata - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Niigata was one of the four cities besides Hiroshima, Kokura, and Nagasaki picked for the atomic bomb drop if Japan did not surrender during World War II.
		Niigata is situated on a fertile coastal plain on the Sea of Japan coast, facing Sado Island.
		The most remarkable feature of the climate in Niigata city in winter is its high Humidity brought with the Northeast wind along the Sea of Japan, which causes great snowfall.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Niigata,_Niigata (717 words)

	Niigata City Online English Index (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Niigata has a long history as a port and is distinguished for being the site of one of only five international ports opened in 1868 when Japan resumed contact with other countries after nearly 250 years of self-imposed isolation.
		Geographically, the city is distinctive in that it is surrounded by water.
		When Niigata is mentioned, many people often think immediately of the area's delicious rice and sake or the city's beautiful sunsets, but the residents of Niigata themselves take pride, rather, in the spirit of hospitality and community that so distinguishes the city.
	www.city.niigata.niigata.jp /e_page/e_index.html (400 words)

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		Niigata City is the capital of Niigata prefecture and is the largest Japanese city along the coast of Sea of Japan.
		In 1889, Niigata was formally incorporated as a city and in 1996 given the status of a "core urban city" by the Japanese Government.
		It is the primary shrine of the Niigata Prefecture.
	www.journeymart.com /DExplorer/AsiaEA/Japan/Niigata (1055 words)

	Niigata - Wikitravel
		Niigata (新潟) [1] is the capital of Niigata prefecture, Japan and the largest city on the Japan Sea coast.
		Niigata Airport handles international flights from the Russian Far East (Vladivostok twice weekly on Vladivostok Air; Khabarovsk twice weekly; Irkutsk once weekly), Korea (Seoul daily on Korean Air), China (Shanghai and Xian three times weekly on China Eastern, Harbin four times weekly on China Northern), and Guam (twice weekly on Continental).
		Niigata prefecture is an area rich in natural resources and it's natural park area ranks second in the nation.
	wikitravel.org /en/Niigata_(city) (655 words)

	Niigata City InformationJapan
		Niigata city is the capital of Niigata Prefecture.
		Niigata lies on almost the same latitudinal coordinates as San Francisco, Tiensin and Lisbon, and is located approximately 300km northwest of Tokyo, which can be reached in 1 hour and 40 minutes by the Joetsu Shinkansen bullet train or in about 3 hours and 30 minutes by car on the Kan-etsu Expressway.
		Niigata was a prosperous port city during the Edo period because of it lays on a key point along trade routes in the Sea of Japan.
	www.vostok.cc /city.php?id=94 (360 words)

	Encyclopedia of Japanese History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The heavily build-up area of the city is confined by the terrain to less than 4 square miles out of a total of about 35 square miles in the city as a whole.
		The city of Nagasaki had been one of the largest sea ports in southern Japan and was of great war-time importance because of its many and varied industries, including the production of ordnance, ships, military equipment, and other war materials.
		Nagasaki is a city at the south-western coast of Japan.
	www.openhistory.org /jhdp/encyclopedia/n.html (3125 words)

	Niigata - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		486,097), capital of Niigata prefecture, N Honshu, Japan, on the Sea of Japan at the mouth of the Shinano River.
		It is the main port for the west coast of Honshu and an important point for oil storage and the importing of liquid natural gas.
		The city is traversed by many canals and is the site of one of the largest flower farms in East Asia.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-niigata.html (297 words)

	virtual ifu - open space (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Modern Niigata was built in, around, and on top of this archipelago; its traces are still evident in the city structure.
		Niigata's original landmass was comprised of glacial drumlins, a series of island-like mounds deposited along the movement front of a glacier.
		However, in the case of Niigata, the city's growth gradually separated it from the river; canals were filled in, railways split the city, and the older dense center was scattered, creating a more singular, dispersed urbanity.
	www.vifu.de /new/os/1108_hasegawa.html (1451 words)

	Destinations Guide - Niigata
		Situated in the middle of the Japan Sea coast and straddling the Shinano river, Niigata is both an important port city and the capital of a prefecture famed for it’s rice and sea food.
		The city is connected to Tokyo by the world record setting 6 billion yen (approximately $55 million USD) a kilometre bullet train line built at the behest of Tanaka Kakue, a local politician who briefly served as Japan’s Prime Minister.
		The city itself is cut in half by the Shinano river and most of the sights are on the western side around Hakusan park.
	www.insidejapantours.com /2005/niigata.html (380 words)

	World Cup 2002 with Franz Beckenbauer - Naharnet
		Niigata, Japan (dpa) - People in Niigata are excited and honoured to host the first match of the 2002 World Cup in Japan, after South Korea's opening game of the tournament to be held in Seoul on May 31.
		Niigata city, located 300 kilometres north-west of Tokyo and is the capital of the Niigata Prefecture with a population of 530,000.
		The Niigata stadium was built on March 2001 at construction costs of 30 billion yen (230.8 million dollars) and has a capacity of 42,300.
	web.naharnet.com /worldcup/hosts.asp?id=70 (625 words)

	Football Stadiums in Japan: Niigata "Big Swan Stadium
		Niigata prefecture lies on the cool northern coast of Japan's main island, facing the Japan Sea.
		The city of Niigata lies at the heart of a rich coastal plain, carpeted by green rice fields, which is backed by towering mountains.
		Niigata has been a prosperous port city since the Edo period, because of its position at the center of the key trade routes in the Sea of Japan.
	www.wldcup.com /Asia/stadia/niigata.html (427 words)

	NIIGATA HOTELS & TRAVEL GUIDE
		Niigata (新潟市; -shi) is the capital city of Niigata Prefecture in the Chubu region of Japan.
		Niigata is the terminus of the Joetsu Shinkansen line to Tokyo.
		A cheaper way to reach Niigata from Tokyo is to take the Moonlight Echigo from Shinjuku, which makes a 6-hour run leaving Tokyo at night and arriving in Niigata very early in the morning.
	www.japaneselifestyle.com.au /travel/niigata.htm (536 words)

	Teaching English in Japan
		Niigata is a provicial city whose main virtues are its remoteness from Tokyo, its proximity to Sado Island, and the fact that the people there aren't yet burned out on foreigners -- at least they weren't when I was there in 1987-88.
		Niigata is hot in the summer (everywhere is in Japan) and chilly in the winter, but it's not as bad as the Japanese would have you believe.
		All the cities on the list -- there really was a list -- were passed over by conventional bombers during the war so that the U.S. military could see what the true effects of the bomb were.
	www.toobeautiful.org /japan.html (586 words)

	VII. Rediscovery of the Minamata disease in Niigata
		The citizens of Minamata City began to fear for the future of the city as the company began to decline in importance, and insult was added to injury when the government recognized the company's mercury-laden wastes as the cause of the Minamata disease.
		The national, prefectural, and city governments had much the same attitude as that of the citizens of Minamata City, out of a concern for the consequences of their inaction and irresponsibility as reflected in 12 years of ineptitude and non-involvement in efforts to find a solution.
		In the case of the second Minamata disease in Niigata, careful epidemiological surveys were made of the disease and it was discovered that the disease symptoms varied to a great extent, depending on the severity of the poisoning.
	www.unu.edu /unupress/unupbooks/uu35ie/uu35ie0d.htm (5558 words)

	Watercolor Worldwide Japan Workshop
		Niigata is along the western ocean shore surrounded by mountains and rice fields and visible from the coast is the mystical island of Sado (Sato).
		Niigata is northwest of Tokyo on the west coast, is ringed by the Alps of Japan on one side of Niigata and the rice fields and classic oriental scenery on the other side along the coast of this mid-sized city.
		Niigata is a modern and typical Japanese city with a university and old town temple center amongst the modern buildings along the longest river in Japan.
	www.watercolorworldwide.com /japan2003.html (1441 words)

	J League Teams: Albirex Niigata
		The roots of Albirex Niigata are very deep; the club can trace its history to 1955, with the formation of the Niigata Eleven Soccer Club, which took part in many local and national competitions, such as the Emperor's Cup, over the years.
		Niigata is located on the northern Japan Sea coast -- far from most of Japan's major cities and in a rather isolated area.
		In the immediate aftermath, team members travelled throughout the area, speaking to adoring crowds of schoolchildren, as well as their previously disinterested parents and grandparents, providing entertainment and solace to displaced families, and carrying a message of hope and endurance through the hardship.
	www.wldcup.com /Asia/jleague/albirex.html (1080 words)

	Venues of FIFA World Cup 2002 - Niigata - by La Cancha-News On World Cup 2002
		Facing the Japan of Sea, Niigata prefecture is located about 300 km northeast of Tokyo.
		Niigata is known as the nation's top producer of rice, cut tul;ips, and pears, and a leading source of "sake" (ricewine), watermelons and radishes.
		Due to it's location near the Japan's longest river, the Shinano, Niigata City has been flourishing as a trading port along the Japan Sea for a long time, serving as the centre of commerce and transportation.
	www.lacancha.com /Venues_Niigata.html (125 words)

	E-ASPAC
		Niigata was the seventh most popular place of residence among the Russians in Japan [20].
		The Russian wife of one of the city officials we interviewed also indicated that her contacts outside the family were limited and that her husband was very busy with his job, limiting opportunities to socialize together with other Japanese.
		Niigata has a long history of dealing with the Russian Far East and the individuals we interviewed were quite proud that Niigata was at the forefront of Japan’s relations with the Russian Far East.
	mcel.pacificu.edu /easpac/2004/akaha.php3 (10455 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Niigata (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		It rises in the mountains of central Honshu and flows generally NE to the Sea of Japan at Niigata.
		78,170), Niigata prefecture, W central Honshu, Japan, on the Kaji River.
		It is a distribution point for rice and a center for iron, steel, and chemical industries.
	www.encyclopedia.com /articles/09262.html (416 words)

	Niigata, Japan. Travel guide & tourist information by Hostelbookers.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		All Niigata's transport facilities are centred around the new developments on the east side of the Shinano-gawa.
		The JR station and the Eki-mae bus terminal lie at the east end of Higashi-Odori, the city's central spine which leads to Bandai City, with its distinctive Rainbow Tower and Bandai City Bus Centre.
		Not surprisingly, the city is famous for its fresh fish and fragrant rice, which means excellent sushi.
	www.hostelbookers.com /guides/japan/niigata (249 words)

	Niigata Hotels: Hotel Okura Niigata Official Site, Luxury Business Hotel in Niigata
		The Hotel Okura Niigata is a modern, 14-story hotel, ideally located right in the heart of Niigata city, overlooking the Shinano River and next to Bandai Bridge.
		With a total of nine meeting and function rooms, the Hotel Okura Niigata is the ideal venue to host your meeting, seminar, banquet, or social event in Niigata.
		Hotel Okura Niigata provides a peaceful environment in which hotel guests can unwind, and Okura's professionally dependable and attentive service ensures your stay is an intimate and tranquil experience.
	niigata.okura.com (315 words)

	History of Niigata City (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Niigata City is on the river mouth of the Shinano River, which is the longest river in Japan.
		Then Tokugawa Bakuhu opened five harbors in 1868, one of those was Niigata Port, others were Yokohama, Kobe and so on.
		After that Niigata City has been developing as the greatest cosmopolitan city in the west coast of Japan.
	www.geocities.com /hiyorihama/history (113 words)

	World Cup 2002 Japan Venues & Stadiums
		Access to Misaki Stadium is 10 minutes from Sannomiya Hanadokei Station to Misaki-koen Station on the new Kobe City Subway Kaigan Line or walk from JR Hyogo station or JR Wadamisaki (the branch line from JR Hyogo station operates mornings and evenings).
		The impressive football-specific venue has great views from the well-tiered seats, carpet-like turf and is part of the city’s regeneration project after the 1995 earthquake.
		The new 42,700-seat 'Big Swan' stadium in Niigata was completed in time for the Confederations Cup in June 2001.
	www.soccerphile.com /soccerphile/archives/wc2002/fo/jv.html (1544 words)

	Nature and Outdoors in Niigata City (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		It is one of international port cities in Japan.
		I am going to show Niigata City and our outdoors, and provide some interesting informations about them, maybe those are never written in other sites.
		It is Sport Fishing in Niigata City and Japan.
	www.geocities.com /hiyorihama (84 words)

	Niigata Toei Hotel. Niigata, Niigata Prefecture, Japan - Discounted rates at www.bookings.net
		Located in one of the most convenient spots in Niigata City, Niigata Toei Hotel is equipped not only with several banquet rooms, but also a wedding hall.
		At Niigata Toei Hotel the service comes from many decades of experience, a history that gives this simple hotel a aura of elegance.
		The sky restaurant "Resteny"offers a great view of Niigata City.
	www.bookings.net /hotel/jp/toei-niigata.en.html (561 words)

	Japan the Country People and Culture of Oldad.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		This is Niigata City, which is the capitol of the Niigata Prefecture.
		Niigata City is a port city on the Sea of Japan and has a population
		It is a very good way to grasp the city and surrounding area quickly.
	www.oldad.com /japanthecountry12.html (321 words)

	Gulf Coast E-news
		The city council approved a resolution adopting a hazard mitigation plan for the 13-county region served by the Houston-Galveston Area Council.
		Hitchcock City Commissioners at a special meeting on Monday voted unanimously to relocate 820 linear feet of a damaged sewer line on Pigeon Street, due to emergency conditions.
		The Galveston/Niigata Sister City Committee is planning a visit to Japan in August, in celebration of the 40th anniversary of the affiliation between the cities.
	www.guidrynews.com /05GCEN/09505April5.html (3099 words)

	The Unofficial World Cup Guide to Japan 2002
		Stadium 4 km from the centre of Niigata City
		Stadium 10 km from the centre of Osaka City although it is the only one actually inside the city limits.
		The publicity clains that it is a 15 minute walk from there to the stadium, but WARNING - at the Japan Australia game earlier this year it took 4 hours to clear the stafium.
	homepage.mac.com /deibuyagi/matches/venues.html (423 words)

	Falun Dafa Clearwisdom.net
		Japanese Falun Dafa practitioners are conducting an SOS Urgent Rescue Walk in Niigata County for the safe, timely return of Yuko Kaneko.
		The walkers will clarify the truth to the general public and ask for their help to rescue Yuko Kaneko, who is being illegally detained by the Jiang regime.
		The headline read, "Falun Gong Practitioners Conduct a Protest Walk in Niigata County." The report described, how Chinese citizen Yuko Kaneko, a housewife from Kamiyama, Sado Hamotimati in Niigata County, is being unjustly held by the Jiang regime.
	www.clearwisdom.net /emh/articles/2002/8/6/24918.html (468 words)

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