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  Hokkaido Prefecture - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Hokkaido Island is located at the north end of Japan, near Russia, and has coastlines on the Sea of Japan, the Sea of Okhotsk, and the Pacific Ocean.
Hokkaido is known for its cool summers (which attract many tourists from other parts of Japan) and icy winters.
Hokkaido can also be reached by ferry from Sendai, Niigata and some other cities.
www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Hokkaido   (1735 words)

  
 Districts of Japan - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
Cities belong directly to prefectures and are independent from districts, unlike cities in the US which usually belong to a county, excluding Virginia which cities are independent from counties administratively.
Because district names had been unique in the province and nowadays prefecture boundaries are roughly aligned to province boundaries, most district names are unique in the prefecture.
Abuta District, Rumoi District, Sorachi District, and Yufutsu District are deceptively similar, but each of them is a single district allotted to two subprefectures.
www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Districts_of_Japan   (393 words)

  
 Districts of Japan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The district (&37089;; gun) was most recently used as an administrative unit in Japan between 1878 and 1921 and is roughly equivalent to the county of the United States.
However, the Hokkaido Prefecture, consisting of eleven provinces, involves a few confusing cases.
There are three Kamikawa Districts and two Nakagawa Districts in the Hokkaido Prefecture.
districts-of-japan.mindbit.com   (327 words)

  
 Encyclopedia of Japanese Minerals, by Alfredo Petrov
Hokkaido: Sapphirine occurs on Poroshiri-dake in the granulites underlying the Nikanbetsu gabbro complex in the southwestern Hidaka metamorphic belt.
Hokkaido: Fumaroles on Showa-shinzan volcano in the Usu volcanic dome.
Hokkaido: As micro inclusions in chalcopyrite (whence "stannian chalcopyrite") in banded sphalerite-chalcopyrite ore in the Sorachi vein at the Toyoha mine; also with teallite, marcasite, arsenopyrite, chalcopyrite and rhodostannite in fractures and cavities in pyrite-sphalerite-wurtzite-galena ore on the 500m level of the Sorachi vein.
www.petrovrareminerals.com /articles02s.html   (10142 words)

  
 Far Outliers
In 1869 Ezo was renamed Hokkaido and the colonization of the island formally began.
Hokkaido was seen as the perfect place for prisons, as prison labour could accelerate colonization.
In addition, Hokkaido was far away from the political hot spot of Kyushu and therefore perceived as an ideal place for isolating ‘politically dangerous elements’ from mainland Japan.
faroutliers.blogspot.com /2006_03_01_faroutliers_archive.html   (12144 words)

  
 Brujula.Net - Your Latin Stating Point   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Hokkaido Island is located at the north end of Japan, near Russia, and has coastlines on the Sea of Japan, the
Hokkaido is known for its cool summers and icy winters.
Hokkaido Railway Company), but many cities can only be accessed by bus or car.
www.brujula.net /english/wiki/Hokkaido_Prefecture.html   (890 words)

  
 District of Port Hardy
Numata is situated in the northwestern part of Hokkaido Island in the Sorachi area.
The climate is dry in spring, warm in summer, rainy in autumn and cold in winter with the area recording some of the highest levels of snowfall for Hokkaido Island.
Numata is renowned throughout Hokkaido and Japan for the production of Sechu-mai rice which uses snow for cold storage, Yukinagori saki which is aged in a snow house and organic vegetables which use chaff as fertilizer.
www.district.porthardy.bc.ca /siteengine/ActivePage.asp?bhjs=0&PageID=83   (1013 words)

  
 Shiraoi District, Hokkaido Biography on DanceAge
The area of Shiraoi District in Iburi Subprefecture.
Shiraoi (白老郡; -gun) is a district located in Iburi Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan.
As of 2004, the district has an estimated population of 20,866 and a density of 49.01 persons per km².
music.musictnt.com /biography/sdmc_Shiraoi_District,_Hokkaido   (39 words)

  
 Esashi District, Hokkaidō - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The area of Esashi District in Soya Subprefecture.
As of 2004, the district has an estimated population of 16,986 and a density of 8.87 persons per km².
On March 20, 2006, the town of Utanobori merged into the town of Esashi.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Esashi_District,_Hokkaido   (93 words)

  
 Sapporo
(札幌市; -shi) is the fifth-largest city in Japan and it is the capital of Hokkaido Prefecture.
The entertainment district Susukino is among the largest and most well known in Japan.
The area was home to several settlements of indigenous Ainu, including the original "Satsuporo" village, before the area was chosen by the Hokkaido Development Department (Kaitakushi) to be the capital of the newly-renamed "Hokkaido" in 1869.
www.governpub.com /Bee-S/Sapporo.php   (282 words)

  
 title   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
This indicates that the central area of Hokkaido is being compressed in an east-west direction.
These factors have led to speculation that the central area of Hokkaido is being compressed in an east-west direction by a force resulting from the subducting Pacific Plate.
The area near the Oshima Peninsula (Osima Hanto) in southwest Hokkaido is believed to be a topographical and geological extension of the Ou Mountains (Ou Sanmyaku) in the Tohoku District.
www.hp1039.jishin.go.jp /eqchreng/3-1-2.htm   (613 words)

  
 sorachi_subprefecture   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Sorachi (空知支庁; -shichō) is a subprefecture of Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan.
See Merger and dissolution of municipalities of Japan.
On March 27, 2006, the town of Kurisawa and the village of Kita (both from Sorachi District) merged into the city of Iwamizawa.
www.teenpronvideo.com /wiki/?title=Sorachi_Subprefecture   (72 words)

  
 The International Collieries Study
To the south are the former wages room, the workers' baths, magazines, the lamp room, and rooms for the caretaker, shift foreman, and the young miners in one large building.
There are considerable colliery buildings and settlements remaining in the largest Japanese coalfield in the Sorachi District of the northern island of Hokkaido; they show a mix of the adaptation of UK, German, and American coal-mining technology and the indigenous development of housing and settlement types.
In 1998 the Sorachi Regional Government started a project to document the considerable heritage of the colliery settlements and associated mines and to found a large eco-museum.
www.icomos.org /studies/collieries.htm   (10024 words)

  
 History of the Sister-City Relationship between Abbotsford, B.C. and Fukagawa, Hokkaido
Study Tour to Hokkaido Community College/Takushoku University, Japan by Canadian students and faculty from Agriculture, Business and Early Childhood Education, a member of the UCFV Board of Governors, a member of the International Education Department and participants from the community
Hokkaido Community College/Takushoku University Early Childhood Education and Music Faculty Member (and Homestay Coordinator for visiting UCFV students in Japan) Hiryuki Domon is a visiting scholar at UCFV
Proposal for accreditation of Hokkaido Study Tour submitted by UCFV International Education Department to Dean of Arts at UCFV.
www.msacomputer.com /CJFAFV/SisterCityHistory.html   (1085 words)

  
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Geologic structure of the metamorphosed Mesozoic accretionary complex in the Sorachi-Yezo Belt, central Hokkaido, Japan - Unit-classification of the Biei Complex and proposal of Oichan Nappe - ?
Sandstone composition of the Middle-Upper Miocene in the Hobetsu-Nikappu district, Hokkaido, Japan (abs.) ?
Blueschist-bearing fluvial conglomerate and unconformity in the Cretaceous forearc sequence, south central Hokkaido, northern Japan: Rapid exhumation of a high-P/T metamorphic accretionary complex ?
staff.aist.go.jp /miyagi.iso14000/Works/Review/coop/0020/626.html   (1122 words)

  
 NEWS
Thanks to the generosity of the Hokkaido Fishermen’s Union, 18 ladies came to Fuji all the way from the Hiyama district of Hokkaido with fresh salmon, scallops and squid.
At the summit of Mount Asahi-dake, Hokkaido's highest peak, the group broke into song with a rendition of the Fuji school song, such was the emotion of the moment!
The aim of the trip was to examine the history and changes of the nearby South Sorachi region and Yubari city.
www.fuji-gjshs.jp /news/news_e/news_e_2006_summer.html   (3242 words)

  
 Hakodate #3 POW Camp (Utashundai)- Japan
Cho - town or district; Fu - city; Gun - district or sub-prefecture; Ken - prefecture; Ku - district; zone; Machi/Cho - town; Mura - village; Shi - city; Ura - seacoast or cove.
of the Hokkaido Tamlohisen Kaisha (Hokkaido Shipping and Mining Company, Ltd.) which controlled all mines in the Akibara area.
The mines in the area of Camp #3 (Utashaunai, were operated by a branch company called Sorachi Kogyosho (Sorachi Mining Company).
www.mansell.com /pow_resources/camplists/hokkaido/hakodate_3_main.html   (333 words)

  
 nkysdb: KAWAMURA Makoto
Geology of a collapse of the sea-cliff at the western entrance of the Toyohama Tunnel, Hokkaido, Japan ?
Mid-Cretaceous Exhumation of the Early Cretaceous Kamuikotan Blueschists in Hokkaido, Japan(poster session)(abs.) ?
New cheilostome bryozoans from the Middle Miocene of Hokkaido, Japan, and the first fossil occurrences of Kubaninella and Hayamiellina gen. nov.
staff.aist.go.jp /miyagi.iso14000/Works/Review/coop/0030/886.html   (341 words)

  
 New hop--Sorachi Ace - BrewBoard
Okay, further research as revealed that Sorachi is a district in Hokkaido (the northern island in Japan).
The Sorachi IPA is being bumped up! I'll do the Summit after that.
I tasted the hydro sample (fg 1.010) and I found that the Sorachi Ace is really mild.
www.brewboard.com /index.php?showtopic=62525&st=15   (1073 words)

  
 Learnkendo.com :: View topic - from where did RICE come to Japan... ?
As an aside, I want to also point out that the History of HOKKAIDO (the Northern-most Island of Japan) is somewhat different from the rest of Japan.
The Nihon-Shoki is said to be the first mention of Hokkaido in Recorded History.
During the winter, skiing and other Winter Sports continue to bring tourists to Hokkaido (the Winter Olympics was held in Sapporo, Japan, in 1972).
learnkendo.cheness.com /viewtopic.php?p=870   (5111 words)

  
 otaku central
And then Daizaburo made Master Sorachi’s grandson a substitute for his lost son, erased the child’s memories, and transplanted those of his dead son.
When a district attorney appears in Gowa City to inspect the operations of Gowa and what the corporation had to do with the TAs appearance in Belgistan, Kazukiyo lets him do as he likes at first.
She takes care of him, seeing to his healing, seeing that he does not over exert himself, and seeing that his enemies suffer and die.
homepage.mac.com /jubei1/villains/miscreants.html   (6176 words)

  
 Hokkaido Things To Do - Travel Guides - VirtualTourist.com
One of the key attractions of Hokkaido in the summer months, is viewing lavender.
Sorry to say but the red light district near Susukino in South eastern Sapporo has really great tasting food to offer.
The Ainu culture was forced to assimilate to Japanese culture and as a result much of their culture has been lost.
www.virtualtourist.com /travel/Asia/Japan/Hokkaido/Things_To_Do-Hokkaido-BR-4.html   (651 words)

  
 2003 Corporation Survey on Land Method of Estimating Asset Value of Land
Hokkaido, due to its vast space, has been divided into several areas conforming to "regional economic zones (Hokkaido)".
Ishikari subprefecture, Shiribeshi subprefecture, Sorachi subprefecture, Iburi subprefecture, Hidaka subprefecture
For Okinawa Prefecture, which is an island prefecture, industrial land was grouped with residential land based on dummy variables (industrial land dummies) due to the small sample size.
tochi.mlit.go.jp /kihon/h15_kihon/houjinn/tochi_shisan_eng.html   (2007 words)

  
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Genetical studies on rice plant, XCVII" J Fac Agr Hokkaido Univ 64(1):85-98.
"The one hunredth report of genetical studies on rice plant." Linkage studies and future prospects- J Fac Agr Hokkaido Univ 65(1):1-61.
LXI" Res Bull Univ Farm Hokkaido Univ 19:64-75.
grain.jouy.inra.fr /ggpages/rgn/rgn15/completerefs.html   (13259 words)

  
 For Sale : Japanese / Japan geology and natural history journals, bulletins, maps for sale
Variation of the bulk chemical composition of metamorphic rocks; Geology and petrography of the Hira granite.
57 #1 : 1986 : Cretaceous and Paleocene foraminifera from northern Hokkaido.
Ryoke metamorphic zone of the Kinki district, southwest Japan : accomplishment of a regional geological map.
www.woodenski.com /2neat/international/japan.htm   (4727 words)

  
 New hop--Sorachi Ace - BrewBoard
I ordered 8 ounces of Sorachi from Freshops...
Sorachi Ace smells fantastic out of the bag.
Won't really be able to tell much about the hop per se, but I'm thinking it will make good beer.
www.brewboard.com /index.php?showtopic=62525&st=15   (1203 words)

  
 TABI-NAVI [HOKKAIDO VERSION]
Hobetsu-cho is situated on the eastern edge of Iburi District, central Hokkaido.
It's a next-door neighbor to Hidaka, and Sorachi on the north.
Comparatively warmer than other rest of Hokkaido throughout the year.
www.tabinavi.net /english/ichi_map_files/10_hobetsu.html   (167 words)

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