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	Noto - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		NOTO [Noto], peninsula, c.45 mi (70 km) long and from 6 to 17 mi (9.6-27 km) wide, Ishikawa prefecture, W central Honshu, Japan, between the Sea of Japan and Toyama Bay.
		The partial reconstruction design of the Cathedral of Noto Part I: the social-economic impact on the town and on the territory and the cross-vaults, arches and dome system.
		On-site investigation on the remains of the Cathedral of Noto.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/n/noto.asp (357 words)

	1923 Great Kanto earthquake - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The fires spread rapidly due to high winds from a nearby typhoon off the coast of Noto Peninsula in Northern Japan and some developed into firestorms which swept across cities.
		At the railway station in the village of Nebukawa west of Odawara, a collapsing mountainside plunged a passing passenger train with over 100 passengers downhill into the sea along with the entire station structure and the village itself.
		Tokyo is located near a fault line beneath the Izu peninsula which, on average, causes a major earthquake about once every 70 years.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Great_Kanto_Earthquake (1359 words)

	Noto Peninsula - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Landsat image with high-resolution data from Space Shuttle.
		Noto Peninsula (能登半島, Noto-hantō) is a peninsula that projects north into the Sea of Japan from the coast of Ishikawa prefecture in central Honshu, the main island of Japan.
		This page was last modified 14:08, 23 April 2006.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Noto_Peninsula (69 words)

	Japan Travel Information \| Lonely Planet Destination Guide
		For an enjoyable combination of rugged seascapes, traditional rural life and a light diet of cultural sights, this peninsula is highly recommended.
		The wild, unsheltered western side of the peninsula is of most interest, as it is less developed than the indented eastern coastline.
		The wild, unsheltered western side of the peninsula is probably of most interest, as it is less developed than the indented eastern coastline.
	www.lonelyplanet.com /worldguide/destinations/asia/japan?att=67064 (148 words)

	Noto (disambiguation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Noto, Ishikawa, a town in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan
		Noto, or sometimes Alva Noto, the pseudonym of the German artist Carsten Nicolai
		This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Noto_(disambiguation) (90 words)

	Japan, join Freewheeling Adventures on a bicycle trip around the Noto Peninsula.
		Nagoya to Kanazawa city to begin your ride into the rustic region of the Noto Peninsula in the Sea of Japan.
		Noto to Noto, with ride into the peninsula’s interior to see Tokikuni Old House.
		Noto to Wakura Onsenv via Hegurajima Island with the snow-covered peaks of the Japanese Alps as our background.
	www.freewheeling.ca /tours/japan.htm (744 words)

	Salon.com People \| UFOs in the land of the rising sun
		My girlfriend, Kaori, and I are preparing for a day trip to the Noto Peninsula on the northern coast of Japan when the man we are traveling to see calls with a friendly piece of advice about our visit.
		The Noto Peninsula is one spooky piece of turf -- Japan's Alien Central, in at least three different ways.
		Lift the Noto Peninsula into a mother ship, drop it so it sits off the New York coast and you'd have the summer headquarters of every Manhattanite important enough to screen calls.
	archive.salon.com /people/feature/2001/05/31/noto (769 words)

	GORP - Kayak the Noto Peninsula - Japan Top 20
		Framed by a dramatic and rugged western coastline, you will be dwarfed by the sea and the towering mountains that fill the peninsula.
		Skip Noto's tightly curved east coast—though calm and protected, it's also more touristed—and head to the weather-beaten northern and western coasts.
		Lug your gear to the small town of Himi on the peninsula's eastern base, and begin the 360-mile trek around this stretch of coast.
	gorp.away.com /gorp/location/asia/japan/top_twenty19.htm (221 words)

	notopics
		For three days in September 1998, I had the great opportunity to participate in the Tour de Noto 400 -- this being the 10th anniversary of this event.
		The Noto peninsula was a beautiful location for the ride; it extending into the Sea of Japan.
		Was very happy with my performance -- finishing with the lead pack on the 1st and 3rd days.
	members.tripod.com /CyclinWes/notopics.htm (200 words)

	Chubu
		Offshore is Sado-ga-shima, a remote island used for the exile of powerful lords and known for its hauntingly beautiful folk ballads.
		At the east and west base of the wild Noto Hanto peninsula, which pokes like a gnarled finger into the frothy Japan Sea, are the two historical cities of Toyama and Kanazawa.
		At the western base of the Noto Hanto peninsula is Kanazawa, long dedicated to art.
	www.pacificislandtravel.com /asia/japan/about_destin/chubu.html (1999 words)

	Mike Media: Camping on the Noto Peninsula
		Sean and I rented a car last weekend and traveled to the Noto Peninsula for two nights of camping on the beach.
		Noto Peninsula is the large finger of land that juts out into the Sea of Japan to the west of Nagano.
		As we drove further north along the west coast of Noto, we took some small back roads that curved up into the hills along the coast.
	www.mikegerhardt.com /blog/archives/000060.html (528 words)

	Penisola: Tutte le informazioni su Penisola su Encyclopedia.it (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
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		Yucatán Peninsula, separa parzialmente il Golfo del Messico dal Mar dei Caraibi
	www.encyclopedia.it /p/pe/penisola.html (229 words)

	Japan Omnibus - Sightseeing - Chubu Area - Hokuriku
		Its coastal scenery, especially on the large Noto Peninsula, is among the most beautiful in Japan.
		This peninsula is largely mountainous and there is quite a difference between its 'inner' and 'outer' coasts.
		The coastline near Sojiji is known as Noto Kongo and is famous for its views and rock formations.
	www.japan-zone.com /omnibus/chubu_n.shtml (933 words)

	Ripples in 'earth current' may signal quakes - 27 March 1993 - New Scientist (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		In the weeks before an earthquake struck the Noto peninsula in February, monitors near the epicentre detected changes in the 'earth current' five times greater than usual.
		But the Noto peninsula, 270 kilometres northwest of Tokyo, is relatively rural.
		Also, the earthquake was strong enough, 6.6 on the Richter scale, and close enough to the Suzu monitoring centre to give good, clear signals.
	www.newscientist.com /article/mg13718661.000.html (281 words)

	NOTO/Cultural & Recreational Guide
		This aquarium, containing 400 tons of water in 53 tanks, houses about 30,000 fish of about 300 species which live off the coast of Noto Peninsula.
		This recently erected museum is built on the birthplace of the famous Japanese painter, Hasegawa Tohaku (1539-1610), whom it commemorates.
		This temple was reconstructed in the same design as the Noto Kokubunji Temple (a state-established provincial temple built about 1,000 years) and features the Southern gate, a moat, a tower, a gold auditorium and many corridors.
	hot-ishikawa.jp /f-lang/english/e_point/p_noto/peot-reh/peot-reh.htm (356 words)

	Marimari.com : Japan - Ishikawa Prefecture, Noto-hanto Peninsula
		A touch of seascapes, a glimpse of traditional rural life, and a pinch of cultural sights are what you will find in the Noto-hanto Peninsula.
		The Peninsula is also well-known for the lacquerware produced in Wajima, a rather small town.
		The bus is the more convenient form of transportation as it travels directly to the more popular places in the Peninsula, such as Wajima.
	www.marimari.com /content/japan/popular_places/central/ishikawa1.html (406 words)

	A City Full of Rain
		The Noto juts out into the Sea of Japan from the northern coast of Honshu like an unfinished thought, and I thought it might be one of the few regions of Japan which had been left relatively unspoiled by the postwar industrialization.
		She was dressed all right, too, for the rugged Noto, in hiking boots, khaki walking shorts and cotton shirt.
		Her long legs were folded up uncomfortably and her face was drawn and tired from the week's camping on the Noto.
	www2.xlibris.com /BOOKSTORE/book_excerpt.asp?bookid=11674 (6101 words)

	Japan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		This was a trip that I took from my home in Kanagawa to the Noto Peninsula on the Japan Sea coast during the summer of 2002.
		There were lots of climbs, including one to 2700 meters, the highest I'd been at the time.
		The grand finale was a fireworks display that burst from the forest, provoking more than the usual number of oohs and aahs and leaving the audience speechless.
	homepage.mac.com /cherubum/NotoHanto.html (372 words)

	Movie Info for Warm Water Under A Red Bridge on MSN Movies
		One of his few friends is Taro (Kazuo Kitamura), an aging bum living under a blue tarp with his collection of rare books.
		During one of his drunken rants, Taro tells Yosuke of a golden Buddha he stole from a temple in Kyoto and stashed in a ramshackle house adjacent to a red bridge on the rugged Noto peninsula.
		After Taro dies, Yosuke ventures to the hinterland to see if he can find the priceless statue, and he finds the house, which is inhabited by a senile confectionery maker (Imamura regular Mitsuko Baisho) and by her vivacious granddaughter Saeko (Misa Shimizu).
	entertainment.msn.com /movies/movie.aspx?m=140 (354 words)

	Trip to Kanazawa, Summer 2005 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The day after I arrived, the plan was to go up to the Noto Peninsula to see a jazz festival.
		Somewhat bizarrely named "The Monterey Jazz Festival in Noto," the festival somehow acknowledges a sister-city-esque relationship between the city of Nanao and Monterey.
		The picture below was taken as we headed out, my camera dangled dangerously out the window of a moving car.
	www.people.fas.harvard.edu /~aeggers/kanazawa.html (669 words)

	Silicoflagellate Literature
		In Fossil diatoms, pollen grains and spores, silicoflagellates and arachaeomonads in the Miocene Hojuji diatomaceous mudstone, Noto Peninsula, Central Japan: Kanazawa University, Science Reports, vol.
		ICHIKAWA, W., F. Fossil diatoms, pollen grains and spores, silicoflagellates and archaeomonads in the Miocene Hojuji Diatomaceous Mudstone, Noto Peninsula, central Japan.
		ICHIKAWA, W. and A. Fossil silicoflagellates and their associated uncertain forms in Iida Diatomite, Noto Peninsula, Central Japan.
	www.umpi.maine.edu /~mccartnk/silrefs.htm (5150 words)

	Apa Hotel - Kanazawa West. Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan - Discounted rates at www.bookings.net
		Apa Hotel Kanazawa West is located near the Kanazawa-nishi (Kanazawa-west) I.C. on the Hokuriku Expressway.
		It is an ideal launch point for accessing the Noto Peninsula.
		It is also close to Kanazawa and only a 5 minute walk from Ishikawa Prefecture Industrial Exhibition Center.
	www.bookings.net /hotel/jp/apa-kanazawanishi.en.html (559 words)

	Caudata.org Newt and Salamander Forum: Hynobius takedai
		And here is something from the website of a Japanese organization set up to preserve this species, which is listed as "endangered" in the Red Data Book of Japan.
		H.takedai (red dots) cohabits the Noto Peninsula together with H.nigrensis (blue), Hynobius kimurae (orange) and Onychodactylus japonicus (green).
		Three more ponds have been constructed, two in the planned grounds of Noto airport in Ishikawa Prefecture, which is scheduled to open in July, and one in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture.
	www.caudata.org /forum/messages/13/2618.html?1054186566 (1725 words)

	Japan Biking Trip Brings Cyclists from Tokyo to Noto and Kyoto, with weather, maps
		Butterfield and Robinson's return to Japan follows the release of the movie.
		Participants fly from Tokyo to Noto Peninsula, where they bike past rice fields, thatched-roof houses and intimate shrines.
		After an introduction to Japanese Buddhism at the Sojiji Temple, they ride through terraced farmland and traditional villages to the Sea of Japan.
	www.krolltravel.com /TravelNews/tn04060145.htm (302 words)

	Tuesday, April 6, 1999
		(1) Seven North Korean spy ships detected off Noto Peninsula by ASDF radar; Provocation might be their mission
		(6) Uphill fight going on in Japanese economy; Slow external demand cannot be relied on; Europe also constraining exports to U.S. Seven North Korean spy ships detected off Noto Peninsula by ASDF radar; Provocation might be their mission
		All seven ships emerged in waters off the Noto Peninsula on the morning of March 21 and five of them except the ships disguised as Taisei Maru No. 1 and Yamato Maru No. 2 fled in the direction of North Korea later in the day.
	www.usc.edu /libraries/archives/dsjp/summaries/1999/April/SM990406.htm (2675 words)

	Find in a Library: Noto : an unexplored corner of Japan
		Subjects: Noto Peninsula (Japan) -- Description and travel.
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	worldcatlibraries.org /wcpa/ow/49b7702254e449bca19afeb4da09e526.html (79 words)

	diversicolor localities
		Honshu, Ishikawa, Noto Peninsula, Lighthouse at Akasaki (LACM 82-7, 1).
		N Australia; Indonesia; Philippines; China; Ryukyu; Amami Isl.; Bonin Isl.; Kyushu Isl.; Shikoku Isl.; S Honshu - Boso Peninsula (Habe & Kosuge, 1964).
		Shirahama, Kii Peninsula (Japan) and S (Lindner, 1975).
	www.vetigastropoda.com /ABMAP/dive-loc.html (417 words)

	\| Winter Escapes \|
		Marvel at the colorful wildlife and pristine beaches of Costa Rica.
		Pedal through the serene landscape of Japan's Noto Peninsula and experience its intriguing culture first hand.
		And know that on a Backroads vacation, there are plenty of activities and options to choose from, and the time to soak up the scenery at your own leisurely pace.
	www.backroads.com /virtually/wtvig2.html (187 words)

	New Page 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Geological Map of Noto Peninsula @ Geological Society of Japan
		Noto Peninsula Backgrounder @ Dictionary of Geography and Travel in Japan
		Noto Peninsula @ West Japan Railway Historic Highlights
	home1.gte.net /springfieldlp/jt07.html (480 words)

	SUNY New Paltz Study Abroad - Study Abroad Programs
		It is an old city facing the Sea of Japan.
		If you look at the map, you will find Kanazawa near the base of the beautiful Noto Peninsula which stretches out into the Sea of Japan.
		Kanazawa is the main city of the Hokuriku District and is well-known as an ancient castle town.
	www.newpaltz.edu /studyabroad/prog_fasp_japan.html (296 words)

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