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  Shizuoka Prefecture - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Shizuoka Prefecture (静岡県; Shizuoka-ken) is located in the Chubu region on Honshu island, Japan.
Shizuoka Prefecture is an elongated region following the coast of the Pacific Ocean.
In the west, the prefecture extends deep into the Japan Alps, while further east it becomes a narrower coast bounded on the north by Mount Fuji, until it comes to the Izu Peninsula, a popular resort area pointing south into the Pacific.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Shizuoka_Prefecture   (174 words)

  
 Shimoda   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
the streets, the Perry Aqua Dome at the Shimoda Aquarium and the dramatization of the...
Shimoda is the name of several places or a character.
Donald Shimoda is the name of the main character in Illusions by Richard Bach.
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 Japan Times: Shimoda marks opening to U.S   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Shimoda marks opening to U.S. SHIZUOKA (Kyodo) The city of Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture, held a ceremony Wednesday to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the port city's opening to U.S. ships upon Japan's signing of the Treaty of Peace and Amity with the United States on March 31, 1854.
Perry and his fl warships arrived in Shimoda, on the southern tip of the Izu Peninsula, in July 1853 and pressured Japan into signing the treaty, known as the Treaty of Kanagawa, to open itself to the world.
Shimoda Mayor Naoki Ishii lit a Japan-U.S. friendship torch that came from Newport, Shimoda's sister city in Rhode Island.
search.japantimes.co.jp /print/news/nn04-2004/nn20040401a8.htm   (222 words)

  
 Shizuoka, Shizuoka   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Shizuoka (静岡市; -shi) is the capital city of Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan.
Shizuoka lies on the JR main rail line from Tokyo to Osaka "Tokaido main line" and is well served by the Shinkansen, limited express and regional trains.
Central station of Shizuoka is close to the city centre Shizuoka also has a LRT line "Shizuoka Railway".
www.tocatch.info /en/Shizuoka,_Shizuoka.htm   (218 words)

  
 Shimoda, Shizuoka - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the city in Shizuoka Prefecture.
Shimoda (下田市; -shi) is a city and port in Shizuoka, Japan.
In 2003 the city had an estimated population of 27,256 and a population density of 260.40 persons per square kilometer.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Shimoda,_Shizuoka   (92 words)

  
 Shimoda, Shizuoka - TheBestLinks.com - Japan, January 1, March 31, Population, ...
Shimoda, Shizuoka - TheBestLinks.com - Japan, January 1, March 31, Population,...
Shimoda, Shizuoka, Japan, January 1, March 31, Population, United States, 1971...
Shimoda (下田市; -shi) is a city and port located in Shizuoka, Japan.
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 Shizuoka Prefecture @ FootballLiving.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
SHIZUOKA — A summary court in Shizuoka Prefecture on Monday permitted a request filed by prosecutors to detain a 16-year-old girl for psychiatric examination over her alleged attempt to kill her mother with poison.
SHIZUOKA — Two bicycles, a fire extinguisher and about 10 other items were thrown off an overpass that had a 2-meter-high fence and fell onto a road in Shizuoka Prefecture Monday morning, damaging four automobiles although no one was hurt, the police said.
The unnamed Shizuoka Prefecture minor, from the tiny town of Izunokuni, emulated the infamous Teacup Poisoner, Graham Young.
www.footballliving.com /moreinfo/Shizuoka_Prefecture   (613 words)

  
 Shizuoka
Shizuoka International Business Association (SIBA) - Subsidized public body and consultant to promote investment and trade between Shizuoka and foreign firms.
Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art - Includes European and Japanese paintings and sculptures, mostly 19th and 20th century.
Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art - Paintings and sculptures, European as well as Japanese, mostly 19th and 20th century.
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 Shimoda Yamatokan | Tokyo | Visiting the City | Tourist Attractions & Sightseeing | Day Trips & Walks | WCities ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Shimoda Yamatokan is a deluxe resort hotel, close to the beaches of the Izu Peninsula.
Shimoda City is famous as the site where Commodore Perry's "fl ships" dropped anchor in 1853.
Shimoda is famous for seafood and the hotel specializes in exotic preparations of the local fish.
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 SHIZUOKA JAPAN ASIA Hotel booking   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
The city of Shizuoka is the capital and historical heart of Shizuoka Prefecture.
The main symbol of Japanese aesthetics, Mt. Fuji, rises majestically on the western side of the town.
Shizuoka Town Hotel lies directly in the middle of this magnificaint scenery.
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 Japan Times: What price is heritage   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
In addition, a symposium in the city on June 25 was presented by officials and students at Tokyo University who are keen to protect the city's cultural heritage, including Nanzu, said Naoko Shimizu, a local hotel owner and supporter of STMO's cause.
In addition, Shimoda is also famed for its fl-and-white namako-kabe (slug-wall) buildings and other Western influenced structures made from local stone, which once dominated the city but have now largely been demolished in a money-making trend that has seen the demise of so many similar cultural assets across the land.
And, as Tanaka observed, "If Shimoda is to continue to promote itself as an historic center boasting such fine structures, we surely cannot afford to start knocking them down.
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 Kamo District, Shizuoka   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
This article is about the district in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan.
Kamo (賀茂郡; -gun) is a district located in Shizuoka, Japan.
As of 2003, the district has an estimated population of 53,208 and a density of 110.86 persons per km².
www.toshare.info /en/Kamo_District,_Shizuoka.htm   (67 words)

  
 Kyodo World News Service: Shimoda celebrates 150th anniv. of opening to U.S. ships+@ HighBeam Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
The city of Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture, held a ceremony Wednesday to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the port city's opening to U.S. ships upon Japan's signing of the Treaty of Peace and Amity with the United States on March 31, 1854.
In the ceremony at Perry Park, which commemorates the landing of Commodore Matthew Perry in 1853, an Australian man dressed up as Perry and 14 others landed from a ship amid a musical performance by the U.S. Navy.
Perry and his fl warships arrived in Shimoda, on the southern tip of...
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 Asia Japan Shizuoka - Tourism Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Shizuoka Guide - Detailed regional guide to the prefecture.
Shizuoka Life - Shizuoka entertainment and information, plus cricket in Shizuoka and extensive...
Websites submitted here must be Shizuoka related and in English.
www.moretourism.com /hotels/asia/japan/shizuoka/index.php   (235 words)

  
 Hotels Shimoda Shizuoka - Hotels in Shimoda Shizuoka Japan - Shimoda Shizuoka Hotels
Several Spa Spurces Are Found In The Near By Mountains.
Historical Street Shimoda Kaido Famous With Izu no odoriko Of Nobel Prized Novelist Y...
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 Shimoda Bay Kuroshio Izu Peninsula Japan - Hostel Reviews & Ratings
Shimoda Bay Kuroshio in Izu Peninsula, Japan, Asia
Shimoda Bay Kuroshio is located in the tip of Izu Peninsula, and it is built in front of the Pacific Ocean.
There is a white sandy beach and a natural park and a historic sightseeing spot near by.
www.hostelworld.com /hosteldetails.php/ShimodaBayKuroshio-IzuPeninsula-12689   (420 words)

  
 Shimoda, Shizuoka-ken, Japan web design & development firms on The Firm List
Your source for finding web design & development firms as well as individual web designers, developers, programmers and other multimedia & new media professionals from all over the world, including Japan.
This list of web design firms located in Shimoda, Japan is not a complete list, rather it is just the firms that have either been submitted or found by the editor.
Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo-to, Chuo-ku, Osaka-fu, Higashinari-ku, Osaka-fu, Kita-ku, Osaka-fu, Machida, Tokyo-to, Meguro-ku, Tokyo-to, Minato-ku, Tokyo-to, Nishinomiya, Hyogo-ken, Okegawa, Saitama-ken, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo-to, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo-to, Shimoda, Shizuoka-fu, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo-to, Taito-ku, Tokyo-to & Toyonaka, Osaka-fu.
www.firmlist.com /japan/shizuoka-ken/shimoda.phtml   (227 words)

  
 Shimoda - Poems by Brandon Shimoda in Shampoo Issue 12   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Shimoda - Poems by Brandon Shimoda in Shampoo Issue 12
Shimoda (pronounced SHI-mow-da) draws strongly upon her roots to create her art from her Harlem Shimoda learned how to sew and crochet from her mother,
Seiji Shimoda is performance artist, poet and director of NIPAF (Nippon International Performance Art Festival).
www.megaindexes.com /mgid/shimoda.htm   (183 words)

  
 Kyodo World News Service: Japan, Russia mark 150 years of relations in Shimoda+@ HighBeam Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Japan, Russia mark 150 years of relations in Shimoda+
(Kyodo) _ Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and Russian Ambassador to Japan Alexander Losyukov joined other dignitaries Saturday in marking the 150th anniversary of bilateral relations at a ceremony in Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture.
The event was held in this central Japan city where the two countries signed the Treaty of Commerce, Navigation and Delimitation in 1855.
www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1P1:107486966&refid=ip_encyclopedia_hf   (212 words)

  
 Middle East Open Encyclopedia: Shizuoka, Shizuoka   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
This is an extract from The Middle East Open Encyclopedia, made possible through the Wikimedia Foundation.
Iraq Museum International always displays the most recent published revision of the source article, Shizuoka, Shizuoka; all previous versions may be viewed here.
They link directly to authoring tools for you to start writing a particular article.
www.baghdadmuseum.org /ref/index.php?title=Shizuoka,_Shizuoka   (367 words)

  
 Shimoda - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Shimoda   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Here you will find more informations about Shimoda.
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* Donald Shimoda is the name of the main character in Illusions by Richard Bach.
www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/Shimoda.html   (65 words)

  
 JGFA NEWS
JIBT this year was jointly held with Shimoda Marine Festival again, with the latter event in the adjacent Shimoda Bay Stage.
In the evening, with the support of Shimoda City, a big party was thrown for all competitors, guests and local people.
In the afternoons of 14th and 16th, volunteer boats cruised the coast of Shimoda, with a lot of local people and tourists aboard.
www.jgfa.or.jp /e/news/bn_1.html   (427 words)

  
 Cheap Seiryuso Hotel Shizuoka cheap hotels reservation with cheaphotelsclub.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
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 Kazuo Takahashi, Kanagawa group plans sea voyage in Jomon-style craft
Takuya Onishi, 24, a surveying engineer from Kawasaki, and nine others have been building two dugout canoes for their planned journey in mid-July.
The trip would take them on a 55-kilometer-long route from Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture, to Kozu Island, one of the seven islands in the Izu Archipelago.
Onishi, who has been interested in the distribution route of the volcanic rocks for some time, decided in the fall of 1997 to model the canoes exactly after those excavated from Jomon ruins in Chiba Prefecture.
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Cidade de Shimoda - Peninsula de Izu - Provincia de Shizuoka.
Shimoda City - Izu Peninsula - Shizuoka Prefecture.
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 Seiryuso - Shizuoka Ken   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
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 Fuji, Shizuoka - Wikpedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Fuji (富士市 Fuji-shi) is a city located in Shizuoka, Japan.
As of 2003, the city has an estimated population of 236,706 and the density of 1,105.64 persons per km².
This page was last modified 03:19, 20 Jan 2005.
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 Shizuoka Motels & Accommodation - Discount and Cheap Motel Reservations in Shizuoka   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
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 Shimoda Prince Hotel - Izu Shimoda Hotels - Japan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
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