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  qstart_classicblu
We made reference to the announcements that were made over the loudspeakers on the streets about a bear that was seen in Ofunato.
Our memories of Ofunato extend far beyond the natural occurences and natural beauty of the city.
This is the giddy Ofunato group at our last luncheon.
www.geocities.com /obrieninjapan/Day_17_Text.html   (204 words)

  
 Kesen District, Iwate - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kesen consists of 4 towns/cities (in order of population size): Ofunato, Rikuzentakata, Sumita and Sanriku (although recently (2003) Sanriku officially became a part of Ofunato).
Ofunato is a port town where ships dock from many other countries.
Squid fishing and other types of fishing take place off its coast.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kesen   (255 words)

  
 NewStandard: 11/15/99   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
There was no danger of tsunami, or undersea waves set off by volcanic activity or earthquakes, the agency said.
The earthquake slightly swayed office buildings in Tokyo, but it was most strongly felt in northwestern cities, including Ofunato in Miyagi and Morioka in Iwate Prefecture.
Ofunato, a Pacific coastal town, is 250 miles, north of Tokyo, and Morioka is 290 miles north of the capital.
www.southcoasttoday.com /daily/11-99/11-15-99/a02wn018.htm   (183 words)

  
 BON EVE
By the way, my mom was one of passengers on the Ofunato Line and got off the train at Ichinoseki station yesterday, though.
According to local evening TV news yesterday, a carrier fighter of the US from the Pacific Ocean dropped off a few bombs on the station on July 11, 1945, it was just 60 years ago, 28 persons, mostly station employees died by the attack.
If the train had left from the station on time, the train should have been got a terrible damage by the bomb.
www.tblog.com /templates/index.php?bid=riversider&static=1969749100   (290 words)

  
 PhotoPage_floral
Eight days were spent with 19 other teachers, a travel guide and an interpreter at a hotel which had just opened in downtown Ofunato.
One night was spent at a ryoken, an inn with a public bath.
Since this family lived near the sea, they had a statue of a deity for fishermen and merchants.
www.geocities.com /obrieninjapan/Day_8_Photos.html   (97 words)

  
 Toxicon.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Daniel Kurnik, Yael Haviv, Elazar Kochva, A snake bite by the Burrowing Asp, Atractaspis engaddensis, Toxicon 37 (1) (1999) pp.
Shigeru Sato, Takehiko Ogata, Valeriano Borja, Cielito Gonzales, Yasuwo Fukuyo, Masaaki Kodama, Frequent occurrence of paralytic shellfish poisoning toxins as dominant toxins in marine puffer from tropical water, Toxicon 38 (8) (2000) pp.
Kazuhiko Koike, Shigeru Sato, Mikinari Yamaji, Yukio Nagahama, Yuichi Kotaki, Takehiko Ogata, Masaaki Kodama, Occurrence of okadaic acid-producing Prorocentrum lima on the Sanriku coast, Northern Japan, Toxicon 36 (12) (1998) pp.
www.elsevier.com /cdweb/journals/00410101/viewer.htt?viewtype=authors&rangeselected=137   (934 words)

  
 Ofunato - Yellow Pages   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Online yellow pages of Ofunato provide a unique opportunity to reach consumers at the very moment they are seeking a source for just the product or service you offer in Ofunato.
Unlike their print counterpart, online yellow pages of Ofunato provide a dynamic advertising vehicle suitable for running promotion-based advertising campaigns that are highly engaging, interactive and measurable.
It is basically a business directory of Ofunato, listing local businesses and having advertisements from local and foreign companies.
www.go4yp.com /Country/Japan/Gifu-ken/Ofunato.shtml   (120 words)

  
 Oofunato Line   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Part of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) system, it runs from Ichinoseki Station in Ichinoseki, Iwate to Sakari Station in Ofunato, Iwate.
This 105.7 km, 1067 mm gauge, non-electrified line acts as a spur line from the Tohoku Main Line and the Tohoku Shinkansen in Ichinoseki, running through southern Iwate and Kesennuma in northeastern Miyagi Prefecture.
The nickname of this line is the "Dragon Rail", as the spur line is thought to resemble the thin tail of a Chinese dragon and as a a statement of the speed of the train over the considerable distance.
www.worldhistory.com /wiki/O/Oofunato-Line.htm   (282 words)

  
 Blogs, like Legos, only better!: July 2003   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
To keep things short, this is what I bought today: futon set, mountain bike, Ofunato City trash bags (we'll leave the explanation for some other time), and tape measurer (I need curtains).
Suzuki-sensei connected the tubing for the washing machine and returned the futon set I borrowed from Miles and the day was pretty much over.
Hirayama-sensei (who picked up Miles and I from Morioka) brought us first to the Ofunato City Board of Education (hereto referred as BoE) where we made our introductions.
feferant.blogspot.com /2003_07_01_feferant_archive.html   (380 words)

  
 Details of: Ofunato Plaza Hotel (Japan Iwate Prefecture Ofunato)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Japan: Iwate Prefecture: Ofunato: 34-5 Aza Chayamae, Ofunato-cho
Ofunato is a port town surrounded by mountains with a coastline that resembles that of Rias Bajas in Spain.
Ofunato Plaza Hotel is only minutes away from the main train station and the waterfront.
cityindex.com /detailstravel/1037674452.html   (109 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The ship sailed from Ofunato at 0100 UTC on 3 November 1992.
Since the forecast of the approach of typhoon 9228 and of the passage the low pressure trough, we discontinued temporarily the PR03N observation after the observation at the station KO6269 and went to Ofunato to avoid them.
We resume the observation of PR03N at 1434 UTC on 12 November.
www.nodc.noaa.gov /woce_V2/disk02/data/repeat/pacific/pr03n/pr03n_c/pr03n_cdo.txt   (248 words)

  
 Accommodation in Ofunato hotels and lodgings - ASE.net   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Accommodation in Ofunato hotels and lodgings - ASE.net
Ofunato is a port town surrounded by mountains with a coastline that resembles that of Rias Bajas i...
Can't find the lodging you were looking for, but know the name?
www.ase.net /servlet/HotelList/415/39.077/141.709/Ofunato   (76 words)

  
 WITHDRAWN: Morphological variation in Alexandrium tamiyavanichii and Alexandrium minutum (Dinophyceae) -- Lim and ...
School of Fisheries Science, Kitasato University, Sanriku, Ofunato, Iwate, 022-0101 Japan; Faculty of Resource Science and Technology, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Kuching, Sarawak, 94300 Malaysia
School of Fisheries Science, Kitasato University, Sanriku, Ofunato, Iwate, 022-0101 Japan
This paper has been withdrawn at the request of the authors.
plankt.oxfordjournals.org /cgi/content/abstract/fbi017v3   (114 words)

  
 USGS Earthquake Hazards Program: Significant Earthquakes for 1987   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Felt from Hikone and Wajima, Honshu to Kushiro, Hokkaido.
Local tsunami recorded with maximum wave heights 12 cm at Onahama, 8 cm at Ishinomaki and 7 cm at Ofunato.
The focal mechanism is moderately well controlled and corresponds to reverse faulting with a moderate left-lateral strike-slip component.
neic.usgs.gov /neis/eqlists/sig_1987.html   (3480 words)

  
 Eastern Coastline of Honshu - Siriya Saki to Tokyo - 23 Charts   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Kamaishi Ko Ishinomaki-Wan to Miyako-Ko, Plan: Miyako Wan
Ofunato Ko and Kesennuma Ko Ishinomaki Ko (Hohshu-East Coast)
Approaches to Onagawa Ko Plan: Onagawa Ko Shiya-Saki to Ishinomaki-Wan (Loran-C) Shiogama
www.tidesend.com /action.lasso?-database=tel_products&-layout=Web&-response=p_productinfo.lasso&ProductID=943&-search   (258 words)

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