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	Encyclopedia: Japan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Shikoku (å››å›½, four provinces) is the smallest and least populous of the four main islands of Japan.
		They range from subtropical moist broadleaf forests in the Ryukyu and Bonin islands, to temperate broadleaf and mixed forests in the mild climate regions of the main islands, to temperate coniferous forests in the cold, winter portions of the northern islands.
		Shikoku - the smallest of the main four islands, known as a destination for Buddhist pilgrims.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Japan (9772 words)

	MSN Encarta - Japan
		The tallest peak on the island (and in the region) is Mount Ishizuchi at 1,982 km (6,503 ft).
		Shikoku’s mountainous terrain has limited settlement primarily to coastal plains on the northern shore along the Inland Sea.
		The island is connected to the mainland by a bridge and several tunnels, including one for Japan’s high-speed train, the Shinkansen.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761566679_3/Japan.html (1151 words)

	Shikoku
		Shikoku developed as a major trade and communications link of the old empire and as such allowed its people to keep a finger on the pulse of innovation, though most chose to remain traditional and aloof from modern trappings.
		Shikoku covers an area of 18,787 square km and is bordered by the Inland Sea on the north and the Pacific on the south.
		The island's main function throughout history was that of a cultural pathway, and from the times when the Yamato Japanese began their northeastward thrust led by the half-mystical emperor Jimmu Tenno, the bays of northern Shikoku provided natural stopovers.
	www.pacificislandtravel.com /asia/japan/about_destin/shikoku.html (3475 words)

	Japan - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		It is comprised of a chain of islands.
		The largest of the islands (known as the Home Islands) are, from north to south, Hokkaido (北海道;), Honshu (本州, the largest island), Shikoku (四国), and Kyushu (九州;).
		A number of smaller islands immediately surround these four, as well as one outlying group of small islands well to the south including Okinawa.
	encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /japan.htm (3975 words)

	Paper: Hiroshi Tanaka Shimazaki
		The popular pilgrimage to the 88 temples on Shikoku Island, Japan, associated with Kobo Daishi (774-835 A.D.), the founder of the Shingon sect of Buddhism, is a large scale representative circular pilgrimage covering some 1400 kilometre s (960 miles).
		Shikoku being the birthplace of Kobo Daishi, it is reasonable that it was here that the pilgrimage to the various places associated with Kobo Daishi developed.
		This map shows that Shikoku, literally four provinces, was divided into four prefectures and that there was a road leading from Kyoto, th e capital of Japan at that time, across Awaji Island to Shikoku and around most of the island.
	www.colorado.edu /Conferences/pilgrimage/papers/Shimazaki.html (8209 words)

	Shikoku Island Pilgrimage Julian Skinner New Zealand (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Shikoku is the smallest of the four main Japanese islands and intimately connected with Japan's greatest spiritual figure, Kobo Daishi.
		The eighty eight temples of the Shikoku pilgrimage are all connected with him and I think I mentioned before that he is believed to be still working in the world in a mysterious way.
		When Shikoku is giving me food, drink, the very air I breathe, I merely provide the feet - Shikoku is really both the pilgrimage and the pilgrim and this powerful experience (which I'm over-intellectualising here) is paced out in sweaty kilometres on mountain paths, city streets and beach promenades in the most concrete way possible.
	www.chirising.co.nz /naturalhealtharticles/skinnershikoku.html (1968 words)

	Kagawa Prefecture - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Kagawa comprises the northeast corner of Shikoku, bordering Ehime Prefecture on the west and Tokushima Prefecture on the south, with a coastline on the Seto Inland Sea facing Okayama Prefecture and the Kansai.
		Kagawa is a relatively narrow prefecture between the mountains of Shikoku and the sea.
		The also fictional island much of the novel is set on is in the Seto Inland Sea.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kagawa_Prefecture (225 words)

	Japan - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Japan (日本, Nippon/Nihon, literally "the origin of the sun") is a country in East Asia situated on a chain of islands east of the Asian continent on the western edge of the Pacific Ocean.
		The largest of these islands are, from north to south, Hokkaido (北海道;), Honshu (本州, the largest island), Shikoku (四国), and Kyushu (九州;).
		The main islands, running from north to south, are Hokkaido, Honshu (or the mainland), Shikoku, and Kyushu.
	open-encyclopedia.com /Japan (3839 words)

	Shikoku - TheBestLinks.com - Shikoku island, Japan, Geography of Japan, Pacific Ocean, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Shikoku island, Shikoku, Japan, Geography of Japan, Pacific Ocean, Public...
		The Shikoku region--comprising the entire island of Shikoku-- covers about 18,800 square kilometers and consists of four prefectures: Ehime, Kagawa, Kochi, and Tokushima.
		The larger southern area of Shikoku is mountainous and sparsely populated.
	www.thebestlinks.com /Shikoku_island.html (401 words)

	International Seminar: PILGRIMAGE AND COMPLEXITY
		Tradition holds that the Shikoku pilgrimage was established by K_b_ Daishi, a late eighth/early ninth century priest who founded the esoteric Shingon Mikky_ sect of Buddhism and a "cultural hero" who introduced many new ideas, technolog ies and practices after a period of study in China (Hasuo).
		Review of Shikoku temple histories revealed that there were at least 165 temples, of which 130 claim a strong association with K_b_ Daishi, citing him as founder, consecrator, or sculptor of their honzon(chief deity), or claiming association with his activities (Tanaka 1983).
		Thus it could be said that fr om the outset, the Shikoku pilgrimage assumed a convenient circuit for the pilgrims, at least for those approaching the island from the east.
	www.colorado.edu /Conferences/pilgrimage/papers99/Shimazaki.html (6772 words)

	AsianDOC E-Newsletter 1:1 Global Shikoku Internet Project
		Shikoku is one of the less developed regions of Japan, south of the main island of Honshu across the Seto Inland Sea, with four prefectures and a total population of about four million.
		Shikoku has a richer ancient history than Tokyo and northern Japan, because it was along the route of Chinese civilization passing through the Inland Sea to reach the ancient capitals around present-day Nara.
		Along with the digitization of bilingual research on Shikoku, community volunteers are sought to retype parts of guidebooks to Shikoku Island and Kagawa Prefecture, e-mail their work to the project coordinator, who will then write the HTML and upload the data to the Web server of Kagawa Junior College (KJC).
	asiandoc.lib.ohio-state.edu /v1n1/dbs/globalshikoku.html (1452 words)

	Chapter 16- Japan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Japan’s four main islands are separated by narrow straits: Tsugaru Strait lies between Hokkaidô and Honshû, and the narrow Kammon Strait lies between Honshû and Kyûshû.
		The northern part of Honshû island is the region known as Tôhoku, meaning “the northeast.” Like Hokkaidô, Tôhoku is mountainous, forested, and generally lightly settled, although its population density is about twice that of its northern neighbor.
		South of Tôhoku on Honshû island is the Kantô region, the political, cultural, and economic heart of Japan.
	www.ibiblio.org /chinesehistory/contents/chap16.html (21262 words)

	Search Results for Takamatsu - Encyclopædia Britannica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The city is composed of the former towns of Tama, Hibi, and the port of Uno.
		It is separated from Honshu by the Inland Sea and from Kyushu by the Bungo Strait.
		It is the largest prefecture on the island, with an area of 2,744 square miles (7,107 square km).
	www.britannica.com /search?query=Takamatsu&submit=Find&source=MWTEXT (330 words)

	Japan, Inc.: Holy strollers: Shikoku's popular pilgrimages bridge the gap between Buddhism and tourism. But can the ...
		The famous Shikoku island pilgrimage is only one of hundreds of sacred routes on the archipelago.
		Customers on the popular Shikoku tours are mostly in their 70s and 80s, although trips from Tokyo to temples and shrines in the suburbs attract younger pilgrims.
		Holy place number 75 on the Shikoku pilgrimage, the temple is one of the island's busiest and biggest.
	findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0NTN/is_47/ai_108722612 (1508 words)

	Japan Omnibus - Sightseeing - Shikoku
		Shikoku is the smallest of Japan's four main islands and perhaps its least visited.
		The region was not very developed until the construction of several bridges to connect Shikoku with the mainland of Honshu.
		The western part of Shikoku is dominated by the city of Matsuyama in the north of Ehime Prefecture.
	www.japan-zone.com /omnibus/shikoku.shtml (770 words)

	Search Results for Shikoku - Encyclopædia Britannica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The island lies at the eastern end of the Inland Sea, between west-central Honshu and eastern Shikoku.
		Historic region of the Japanese island of Shikoku.
		Island country, lying off the eastern coast of Asia in the western...
	www.britannica.com /search?query=Shikoku&submit=Find&source=MWTEXT (331 words)

	Alaska Motorcycle Tours by Alaska Rider Tours
		Shikoku is Japan's fourth largest island, southwest of Japan's main island Honshu.
		Shikoku is divided into four prefectures, and is known for its rich history: It has 88 religious temples.
		The coastal highway of northern Shikoku was spectacular.
	www.akrider.com /photos05japan.html (641 words)

	Shikoku
		It should also be noted that the conventional route is clockwise round the island; "But some people deliberately make a counterclockwise circuit as Emon Saburo did until he finally succeeded in meeting the Daishi" according to http://www.kagawa-jc.ac.jp/~steve_mc/shikoku/pilgrimage.html.
		It's established early on that Sayori is able to connect with the dead on some level, and indeed the female members of her Hiura family are usually priestesses of some kind.
		Shikoku is a beautifully shot and lit supernatural drama, but lacks pace and a sense of dread.
	www.mandiapple.com /snowblood/shikoku.htm (1564 words)

	Biking in Shikoku 2000 words
		The island of Shikoku is not known for wild pigs, it's not known for much.
		Japan's fourth largest island is not even known as a particularly rural environment because its north shore (which forms the south side of the famous Inland Sea) has been sacrificed to the industrialization that afflicts much of Japan.
		But they weren't, the strongest image I have of Japan is of one of a Japanese farm woman standing beside me in her pink bonnet, shyly flashing a huge warm smile as she insists on stuffing my pocket with yet another brilliant and gleaming orange kaki.
	www.johnnylucas.com /travel/shiko-2.htm (1948 words)

	Shikoku (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Shikoku relies less on scares and more of character study then you typical horror film.
		Shikoku has a few chilling moments like when Sayori appears to Hinako and Funiya even though she is dead.
		Shikoku is another quality release from Adness, still this film is an acquired taste that may leave some viewers flat.
	www.10kbullets.com /reviews/shikoku.htm (503 words)

	DVD Talk > Reviews > Shikoku > Printer Friendly
		Shikoku is a supernatural Japanese film featuring a young female with a white dress and long fl hair combed over her face.
		As it opens, three young children are playing together on the island of Shikoku: a young boy, Fumiya, and two girls, Hinako and Sayori.
		Shikoku is yet another Japanese horror film focusing on what's supposed to be a creepy crawling girl ghost in a white dress with long fl hair hiding her face.
	www.dvdtalk.com /reviews/print.php?ID=12800 (687 words)

	Ocean Drilling Program: Leg 190 Preliminary Report
		The Nankai Trough is the subducting plate boundary between the Shikoku Basin and the southwest Japan arc (Eurasian plate).
		The Shikoku Basin is part of the Philippine Sea plate, which is subducting to the northwest under southwest Japan at a rate of 2—4 cm/yr (Karig and Angevine, 1986; Seno, 1977), slightly oblique to the plate margin.
		The Cretaceous and Tertiary Shimanto Belt is characterized by imbricated thrust slices of trench turbidites and melanges composed of ocean-floor basalt, pelagic limestone, radiolarian chert, and hemipelagic shale intermixed with highly sheared scaly shale (Taira et al., 1988).
	www-odp.tamu.edu /publications/prelim/190_prel/190back.html (2235 words)

	Shikoku Island, Japan: GoNOMAD DESTINATION MINI GUIDE
		Shikoku is the smallest of Japan's four main islands.
		Shikoku was the birthplace of Kobo Daishi, Buddhist "saint" and founder of the Shingon sect.
		Yes, the island has the usual line-up of regional culinary specialties -- its own variation of noodles (five-colored somen), its local style of pickles, its special type of fish sausage...
	www.gonomad.com /destinations/0101/johannsen_shikokuminiguide.html (1255 words)

	Portfolio 11 > Inland Sea: Census and Family Research - Japan & the Allied Occupation
		Two of particular interest were; first, migratory fishing communities--groups of families that wandered from island to island, camping on beaches and occasionally settling down for short periods to mend nets and raise some crops; and second, a number of extremely densely-populated coastal communities where families displayed special problems of size, interaction, and member retention.
		This was another gemlike island, with a high lava mesa in the center, covered with grazing cattle, and with wonderful little villages in the valleys.
		The island and the lagoon--the main island of Shikoku is in the distance.
	library.osu.edu /sites/rarebooks/japan/2_11_photos.html (3729 words)

	Japan - Shikoku (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The Shikoku region--comprising the entire island of Shikoku-- covers about 18,800 square kilometers and consists of four prefectures.
		Until completion of the bridges, the region was isolated from the rest of Japan, and the freer movement between Honshu and Shikoku is expected to promote economic development on both sides of the bridges.
		Most of the population lives in the north, and all but one of the island's few larger cites are located there.
	countrystudies.us /japan/44.htm (242 words)

	The Shikoku Pilgrimage - Intro - 88 Temples on the island of Shikoku in Japan with Jim Damico (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The route of the 88 temples of Shikoku is the classic Japanese Buddhist pilgrimage.
		Shikoku is the smallest of Japan's four main islands, with a rugged mountain range that cuts the island in half.
		The Buddhist saint Kobo Daishi was born on Shikoku in 774 and he founded the Shingon sect of Buddhism.
	www.wanderingtheworld.com /shikoku (693 words)

	Amazon.com: Shikoku: DVD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Sagori’s friends decide to investigate the history of Shikoku Island which is also known as The Kingdom of the Dead.
		The island of Shikoku is one of Japan's most rural provinces, with few large cities and scores of small villages scattered amongst the high mountains.
		Sayori's father is hospitalized, and her shamaness mother is gone on a pilgrimage, the great 88 Temple Pilgrimage of Kobo Daishi, found across the island of Shikoku.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0002IQLT4?v=glance (1329 words)

	Shikoku (1999) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		And then they learn that Sayori's mother, an aging priestess, has spent years conducting a pilgrimage around each of the island's 88 temples, something that, according to folklore, is supposed to keep the spirits of the dead escaping from the underworld.
		There’s a grandiose idea to the film - that of the island which houses a gateway from which the dead can emerge unless they are kept imprisoned by a series of Shinto rituals paying obeisance in a circuit of each of the island’s 88 temples.
		But in actuality the idea emerges much more mundanely - all the gateway to the afterlife is ever used for is to raise a single ghost and, at the climax, despatch her back to the underworld and return things to the status quo.
	www.roogulator.esmartweb.com /horror/shikoku.htm (411 words)

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