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  Okayama Prefecture - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Okayama Prefecture was formerly divided into Bitchu Province, Bizen Province, and Mimasaka Province until the Meiji Restoration.
Okayama Prefecture borders Hyogo Prefecture, Tottori Prefecture and Hiroshima Prefecture.
Most of the population is concentrated around Kurashiki and Okayama, and the northern mountains are declining in population.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Okayama_prefecture   (577 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Okayama prefecture   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
Okayama (岡山市; -shi) is the capital city of Okayama Prefecture in the Chugoku region of Japan.
Kurashiki (倉敷市;; -shi) is a historic city located to the west of Okayama, Japan, sitting on the Takahashi River, on the coast of the Inland Sea.
Koshi Inaba Koshi Inaba (稲葉浩志, Inaba Kohshi, born in Tsuyama, Okayama, September 23, 1964) is a Japanese vocalist.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Okayama-prefecture   (5137 words)

  
 1964 Ramon Magsaysay Awardee for Government Service - Yukiharu Miki
Leaving Okayama to take up this position in Tokyo he promised friends he would come back one day when he could be of service to the prefecture.
Okayama grows all fruits cultivable in Japan except cherries, and is especially famous for the Muscat of Alexandria.
Okayama is now a popular location for regional and national conventions, and the Governor is regularly asked to make addresses, sometimes on subjects he relishes.
www.rmaf.org.ph /Awardees/Biography/BiographyMikiYuk.htm   (5828 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
Okayama is a city with a population of 630 000 and is situated midway between Tokyo and Shanghai.
Located on the Setouchi Inland Sea, Okayama enjoys a temperate climate with an average yearly temperature of 16 Ž and an average annual rainfall of 1300 mm, one of the regions with least precipitation in Japan.
Okayama aims to be a healthful place to live where more and more people choose to voluntarily and actively improve the environment.
www.city.okayama.okayama.jp /kankyou/kankyoutyousei/Johannesburg/johannesburg(English).htm   (2620 words)

  
 SETOUCHI CITY
Setouchi is a city of exchange and creation which harnessed natural and historical property.
The natural and pleasant scenery on the sea or the bay of floated oyster-rafts, gives grace to townsmen's lives, and it must be fascinating for the tourists.
Takehisa was born on Sept. 16, 1884 in the Okayama Prefecture village of Honjo.
www.city.setouchi.lg.jp /english/index.html   (741 words)

  
 Kasaoka, Okayama   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
Mortar fragments were found Monday on the Sanyo Shinkansen Line bullet train tracks inside a tunnel in the city of Kasaoka, Okayama Prefecture, West Japan Railway Co. (JR West) said.
Bioassay and preliminary characterization of ovigerous-hair stripping substance (OHSS) in hatch water at crab larvae.
We were fortunate to receive these animals because they are protected by the Japanese government as a result...
hallencyclopedia.com /Kasaoka,_Okayama   (312 words)

  
 Setouchi --  Encyclopædia Britannica
Setouchi includes the southern portion of Chugoku chiho (region) on the island of Honshu, the northern part of Shikoku, and many nearby industrial areas on islands of the Inland Sea.
Setouchi is neither an administrative nor a political entity; it includes portions of the ken (prefectures) of Okayama, Hiroshima, and Yamaguchi on Honshu, …
Setouchi includes the southern portion of Chugoku chiho (region) on the island of Honshu, the northern part of Shikoku, and many nearby industrial areas on islands...
www.britannica.com /eb/article?tocId=9066919   (226 words)

  
 Hotel Okayama - Japan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
Okayama Ko-rakuen Garden is one of the three largest gardens in Japan.
Okayama Plaza Hotel stands majestically facing this garden across Asahi River.
Hotel Repose Okayama is located in the center of Okayama City at the north-east corner of Daiunji Crossing, where Route Two Expressway and the Old Route 2 Expressway intersect.
jp.hotels-web.org /en/ville/okayama   (155 words)

  
 Weekly News 43   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
"Action Sports Park Okayama," the sports facility where inline skating and BMX-riding can be enjoyed, finally opened today in Okayama City at the site of the old JR switchyard, which has continued its
The opening ceremony, which was held from 10 o'clock, was celebrated by an Okayama fire fighter riding in a helicopter and presenting Mayor Hagiwara a bouquet from the sky.
Okayama City originally acquired the old switchyard as a site for Tivoli Park.
www.ksb.co.jp /new_ksb/weekly/01-08-13.html   (270 words)

  
 Setouchi, Okayama -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
Setouchi, Okayama -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
The city has a population of 39,377 (as of 2004).
The name "Setouchi" derived from (Click link for more info and facts about Seto Inland Sea) Seto Inland Sea (in Japanese: Setonaikai).
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/S/Se/Setouchi,_Okayama.htm   (436 words)

  
 Okayama Prefecture in TutorGig Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
'Okayama Prefecture ' (岡山県; Okayama-ken) is located in the Chugoku region on Honshu island, Japan.
The Japanese American renunciants of Okayama prefecture: Their accommodation and assimilation to Japanese culture, by University Microfilms
A Mio-Pliocene flora from the Ningyo-toge area on the border between Tottori and Okayama Prefectures, Japan (Report / Geological Survey of Japan), by Geological Survey of Japan
www.tutorgig.com /ed/Okayama_Prefecture   (713 words)

  
 Weekly News 08   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
In making a new start to completely remove industrial waste, the first "Setouchi Olive Foundation" tree planting was carried out on Teshima Island, Tonosho-cho in Kagawa Prefecture.
Enquiries about the Setouchi Olive Foundation should be directed to the "Setouchi Olive Foundation Secretariat" at 06-6371-2227.
According to the Handayama Nursery in Okayama City, it is extremely rare to see an old sasanqua over 100 years old.
www.ksb.co.jp /new_ksb/weekly/00-11-20.html   (342 words)

  
 Okayama Prefecture - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
** Oku (now part of city of Setouchi)
A Mio-Pliocene flora from the Ningyo-toge area on the border between Tottori and Okayama Prefectures, Japan (Report / Geological Survey of Japan)
Report on economic research of Seto Great Bridge, Kagawa Prefecture, Okayama Prefecture
encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /okayama_prefecture.htm   (178 words)

  
 Japan's Prefectural Flags, from Aichi to Yamanashi (Geobop's Symbols)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
White symbolizes brightness and honesty, blue the Sea of Japan and Setouchi sea.
The color white is symbolic of equality and peace, red of sincerity.
Gold stylized Kanji character of Oka of Okayama on dark purple field.
www.geobop.com /symbols/Flags/world/japan/2   (1617 words)

  
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The result indicates that the colour of pottery changed during the Final Comb-marked pottery in southern Korea, about 1000 B.C., that corresponds to the phase 1 of the Final Jomon in Kyushu.
At that time, a similar change in the colour of deep bowls occurred in the northwest coast of Kyushu, but not in the areas far from this point such as Kinki, Setouchi, northeast part of Kyushu and south Kyushu.
It should be noted that the earliest Yayoi culture developed later in the northwest coast of Kyushu.
www.abdn.ac.uk /chags9/1Matsumoto.htm   (4457 words)

  
 [ OKAYAMA MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. ]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
The Okayama production base for the Murata manufacturing company produces mainly multilayer device and ceramic capacitors.
The wide range of products produced at Okayama Murata are used in more than half of the worlds' mobile phones.
Murata holds a share of more than 40% of the world market for monolithic ceramic capacitors.
www.takeoffinc.co.jp /invest/2005/EN/accumulate/companies/murata.html   (61 words)

  
 Seto Inland Sea   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
Before the construction of the Sanyo Main Line, it was the main transportation link between the Kansai region and Kyushu.
Hiroshima prefecture, Yamaguchi prefecture, Okayama prefecture, Kagawa prefecture, and Ehime prefecture all have coasts on the sea.
The cities of Hiroshima, Iwakuni, and Matsuyama are also located on the sea.
seto-inland-sea.wikiverse.org   (293 words)

  
 Hiroshima Topics
This year is the 82nd summer high school baseball tournament and teams from all the 47 prefectures have been chosen by elimination contests.
The team representing Hiroshima Prefecture is Setouchi High School, whose visit to the Koshien baseball ground, the eField of Dreamsf, was their first in summer.
Last Wednesday, Setouchi beat Okayama Rikadai Fuzoku High School from Okayama Prefecture by 10 points to 1.
www.chugoku-np.co.jp /weekly/2000/000819.html   (418 words)

  
 Inland Sea beckons
By the end of the day we had probably poured a gallon each of bottled water and green tea into ourselves.
The first stop was the Inland Sea port of Okayama, where we visited the Korakuen Garden.
The rest of the day was to be spent bicycling across the recently completed Setouchi Shimanami Kaido, a 39-mile chain of 10 bridges across nine islands between Shikoku and Honshu.
www.dailypress.com /travel/dp-travinlandsean24nov21,0,7073403.story?coll=dp-travel-utility   (1198 words)

  
 Okayama, Okayama
As of 2003, the city has an estimated population of 633,705 and the density of 1,234.62 persons per km².
The city is known as the site of the Korakuen Garden and the striking fl Okayama Castle.
The popular Japanese folktale of Momotaro may have originated there.
www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/o/ok/okayama__okayama.php   (506 words)

  
 Setouchi Kojima Hotel. Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, Japan - Kortingsprijzen bij www.bookings-japan.net
Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, Japan - Kortingsprijzen bij www.bookings-japan.net
Setouchi Kojima Hotel is in the best location where can overlook the Seto Bridge and islands.
Train Lines : Okayama Station (JR Seto Ohashi Line) -> Kojima Station (Bus) -> Washu zan high land Amusement Park, Bound for Washu zan (Walk) -> Hotel
www.bookings-japan.net /hotel/jp/kojima.nl.html   (341 words)

  
 Okayama hotels, hotel reservations, Japan accommodation and resorts   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
Okayama hotels, hotel reservations, Japan accommodation and resorts
Okayama hotels, accommodation, travel, resorts, hotel in Japan
In the evening, both the garden and nearby Okayama Castle c...<
www.america-hotels-travel.net /asia/japan/okayama_hotels/index.html   (166 words)

  
 Origin of the slab component in arc lavas from across-arc variation of B and Pb isotopes
The Pheasant Memorial Laboratory, Institute for Study of the Earth's Interior, Okayama University at Misasa, Misasa, Tottori 682-01, Japan
Our data suggest that a homogeneous slab fluid contributes to all Izu volcan-oes, but that the amount of this fluid decreases continuously with increasing depth of the subducting slab.
Whereas the Izu slab fluid conies primarily from altered oceanic crust, our data for high-Mg andesites from the Setouchi volcanic belt (a nearby fore-arc) indicate a significant involvement of sediment in the fluid source.
www.nature.com /nature/journal/v370/n6486/abs/370205a0.html   (441 words)

  
 Ushimado, Okayama -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
Ushimado, Okayama -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
As of 2003, the town had an estimated ((statistics) the entire aggregation of items from which samples can be drawn) population of 7,545 and a (The amount per unit size) density of 274.36 persons per (Click link for more info and facts about km²) km².
On November 1, 2004, Ushimado became part of the new city of (Click link for more info and facts about Setouchi, Okayama) Setouchi, Okayama.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/U/Us/Ushimado,_Okayama.htm   (77 words)

  
 Setouchi Kojima Hotel. Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, Japan - Discounted rates at lists.bookings.nl
Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, Japan - Discounted rates at lists.bookings.nl
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 asahi.com : English
Sanitarium residents testified during the trial, and the ruling noted, that more than 3,000 abortions were performed.
Of the 13 national sanitariums nationwide, 112 fetus specimens were found at five, including 35 at Tama Zensei-en in Tokyo and 49 at Oku-Komyo-en in Setouchi, Okayama Prefecture.
Two specimens were found at the Leprosy Research Center of the National Institute of Infectious Diseases in Tokyo.
www.asahi.com /english/nation/TKY200501280142.html   (508 words)

  
 Setouchi Kojima Hotel - Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture - compare and book the lowest rate
Setouchi Kojima Hotel - Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture - compare and book the lowest rate
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 Cotton Textile woven from dyed yarn - JETRO TTPP(Trade Tie-up Promotion Program)
We are a TEXTILE manufacture, which produces and sells original woven cotton made from dyed yarn.
We make TEXTILE you have never seen before, in the environment surrounded with clean air and water of Japan's SETOUCHI sea.
The TTPP provides a variety of business information including a large number of business proposals.
www3.jetro.go.jp /ttppoas/anken/0001043000/1043536_e.html   (143 words)

  
 Japanese Overnight Buses
Tokyo Shinagawa, Hamamatsucho to Tsuyama/ Okayama/ Kurashiki " Le Blanc "
Tokyo Shinjuku to Tsuyama/ Okayama/ Kurashiki/ Kojima " Luminous "
Tokyo Maruyama, Nakano, Shinjuku to Tsuyama/ Okayama/ Kurashiki/ Soja " Muscat "
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