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	Encyclopedia: Tottori Prefecture
		Tottori (鳥取市; -shi) is the capital city of Tottori Prefecture in the Chugoku region of Japan.
		Tottori Prefecture is located in the northeast corner of the Chugoku region, which lies on the westernmost part of the main Japanese island of Honshu.
		Tottori Prefecture aims at becoming the western center for exchanges in the Japan Sea Rim, and through interaction and mutual cooperation, pursue future development with the other countries of the region.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Tottori-Prefecture (689 words)

	Tottori Prefecture - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Tottori Prefecture (鳥取県; Tottori-ken) is located in the Chugoku region on Honshu island, Japan.
		On October 1, 2004 the towns of Hawai and Togo and the village of Tomari (all from Tohaku District) merged to form the new town of Yurihama.
		On October 1, 2005 the towns of Daiei and Hojo from Tohaku District merged to form the new town of Hokuei.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tottori_Prefecture (329 words)

	Tottori Prefecture
		Tottori Prefecture, which is bounded by the Sea of Japan, is a 7th smallest prefecture in Japan.
		Tottori Prefecture generally has a warm climate and not much snow, which is typical on the coast of the Sea of Japan.
		The major sightseeing spots in Tottori Prefecture are the Tottori Sand Dune and the Daisen.
	www.crystalinks.com /tottori.html (703 words)

	PREFACE
		Japanese pear ‘Nijisseiki’, which Tottori Prefecture prides on its worldwide fame, is a cultivar derived from chance seedlings in Matsudo City, Chiba Prefecture in 1888.
		Acknowledgements are due to the government of Tottori Prefecture, the government of Kurayoshi City and Tottori Head Quarters National Federation of Agricultural Co-operative Associations of Japan for their cooperation and financial support.
		Tottori prefecture is the biggest producer of Nijisseiki Nashi in Japan.
	www.actahort.org /books/587/587_0.htm (2035 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		She is one of the nation's four assistant language teachers (ALTs) who specialize in Korean and a key person in Tottori Prefecture's efforts for internationalization at the grassroots level.
		She was given a warm welcome by the principal and teachers of the high school, but did not receive any particular instruction as to how she should organize the Korean language lessons whose introduction at the school was timed to her arrival.
		Tottori became the first prefecture to invite a Korean ALT in 1998, against a backdrop of close cultural ties between the prefecture and South Korea that have been nurtured since 1992.
	www.asu.edu /educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art629.txt (897 words)

	Tottori - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Tottori Prefecture - a Japanese prefecture with 613,229 people.
		Tottori, Tottori - a Japanese city with 202,015 people.
		This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tottori (99 words)

	Encyclopedia of Japanese History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Tokugawa was originally daimyo of Mikawa (present-day Eastern part of Aichi prefecture) but was displaced to Kanto during Toyotomi's rule.
		A province in the area that is today Kōchi Prefecture on Shikoku.
		This was part of a broader Russo-Japanese rivalry in Northeast Asia that resulted in the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905.
	www.openhistory.org /jhdp/encyclopedia/t.html (1820 words)

	Kyodo World News Service: FEATURE: Ingenuity name of the game for Tottori gov.@ HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		TOTTORI, Japan, March 12 (Kyodo) -- Nagano's Yasuo Tanaka is not the only maverick governor in Japan.
		Yoshihiro Katayama, too, is considered an unconventional politician who relies on his ingenuity rather than precedents to run Tottori Prefecture on the coast of the Sea of Japan in western Honshu.
		The reform-minded governor, who is in the second year of his first four-year term, has won applause from citizens for taking such steps as opening police documents to the public and helping elderly people...
	www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1P1:42667924&refid=ip_encyclopedia_hf (226 words)

	Pike's Western Japan Guidebook (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Hiroshima Prefecture is opposite Shikoku on the south side of Honshu between Yamaguchi Prefecture and Okayama Prefecture.
		Tottori Prefecture is on the north side of Honshu between Shimane Prefecture and Hyogo Prefecture.
		Located on the north side of Honshu and west of Tottori Prefecture, Shimane is one of the least densely populated prefectures in Japan.
	apike.ca /japan.html (399 words)

	Football Stadiums in Japan: Tottori "Bird" Stadium (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Tottori "Bird" Stadium is one of several venues which demonstrates that the JFL enjoys nearly as much variety and quality in sports facilities as even the J.League.
		Although it is not football-only, Bird Stadium has a very cozy feel to it, and the unique design of the central roof sets it apart from the crowd of similar, small-town athletic stadiums.
		The stadium is about a 15 minute walk from the nearest train station, but it is served by city buses and is reasonably convenient to get to..
	www.wldcup.com /Asia/stadia/tottori.html (127 words)

	Westholme Wagyu - Bloodlines
		The prefecture is relatively level in topography and historically cattle with a balance of traits have been sought after.
		Tajiri or Tajima line cattle are descendants of Tajiri, a sire born in 1939 in the Mikata District of the Hyogo Prefecture.
		The Kedaka line was formed in the Tottori Prefecture from descendants of the sire Kedaka born in 1959 from the Eiko strain.
	www.westholmewagyu.com.au /content/bloodlines/bloodlines.html (1349 words)

	Two superpowers grapple with IT issues (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Prefecture CIOs are moving forward faster than state CIOs on wireless services because of the pervasiveness of Web-enabled wireless devices in Japan, but they are struggling with many similar issues, too.
		Officials in the Gifu prefecture, which is often referred to as the Silicon Valley of Japan, launched the second version of their government portal, and the changes they made have already resulted in three times as many visitors as before, said Tanemasa Chiji, senior director of the prefecture's IT policy division.
		The Tottori prefecture, which is Japan's smallest by population, has long had a semiprivate technology center.
	www.fcw.com /article84478 (636 words)

	The Japan Times Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Tottori City is most famous for its immense sand dunes, which front the Sea of Japan, but this time of year, the kilometers of swept-up sand won't be what first catch your eye.
		Karo Port in Tottori City is the best place to find the freshest of these small crustaceans, which are a type of spider crab with a white underside.
		The season for matsubagani in Tottori and several other prefectures on the Sea of Japan coast began Nov. 6 and ends March 20.
	www.japantimes.co.jp /cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?fv20040130a3.htm (1315 words)

	Tottori Prefecture Encyclopedia Article, Description, History and Biography @ VariedTastes.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
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	www.variedtastes.com /encyclopedia/Tottori_Prefecture (250 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - Sendai
		Sendai, city, Japan, capital of Miyagi Prefecture, eastern Honshū Island.
		The city is important as a trading center for salt and fish.
		Tottori, city in central Japan on western Honshū Island, in northeastern Tottori Prefecture where the Sendai River empties into the Sea of Japan (East...
	ca.encarta.msn.com /Sendai.html (75 words)

	NewsOnJapan.com - Linkbase - Regional Websites: Chugoku Region: Tottori Prefecture (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Tottori Sand Dunes - Tottori sand dune is the largest dune in Japan.
		It is said that the history of Tottori sand dune can be traced back to 100,000 years.
		Tottori University - Official homepage of Tottori prefectural university.
	newsonjapan.com /html/linkbase/Regional_Websites/Chugoku_Region/Tottori_Prefecture/index.shtml (133 words)

	Tottori on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Tottori SANYO and Centillium Communications Partner to Deploy ADSL Routers to Japan.
		Tottori aiming to fight off sharks as more spotted Wed.
		Drill US Tottori 11 18 0392 Tottori Pref.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/T/Tottori.asp (398 words)

	Center for Voting and Democracy
		The Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled the July 2001 Upper House election was constitutional, even though a single vote in Tottori Prefecture was worth 5.06 ballots in Tokyo.
		The plaintiffs, mainly lawyers living in Tokyo, contested the realignment of seats in the Upper House in 2000, which produced a system in which a vote by an individual in the least populated Tottori Prefecture was worth 5.06 times the vote of an individual in Tokyo.
		But the system was changed to give rural prefectures like Tottori at least two Upper House seats to ensure the prefectures' voters get to cast ballots every three years.
	www.fairvote.org /pr/global/japanweighty.htm (406 words)

	Tottori (Japan) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		White stylized Hiragana character of To (と) of Tottori in a bird shape on dark blue field as Tottori means many birds.
		Tottori Prefecture lies on the western shore of Honshu.
		The prefectural flag reflects a stylized bird, white on blue.
	flagspot.net /flags/jp-31.html (116 words)

	The Asia Rice Foundation: Japan Rice Articles
		Here are some farms in Nara, Tottori, Nagano and Yamanashi prefectures that offer the chance to experience the fun of working the land or simply enjoying domestically grown produce.
		JA Tohaku in Tottori Prefecture is offering people the chance to come out and pick pears at harvest time.
		Nakano Farm in Dai, Kahokucho, Yamagata Prefecture, is leasing Satonishiki cherry trees from 50,000 yen (for trees bearing 10-15 kilograms of cherries) to 200,000 yen (for trees bearing about 70 kilograms) a year.
	www.asiarice.org /sections/whatsnew/Japan12.html (792 words)

	Earth Change News on Earth Changes TV on the Web
		Its epicenter was some six miles underground in largely rural western Tottori prefecture, officials said.
		It was the strongest earthquake since January 17, 1995, when a devastating 7.2 magnitude earthquake killed nearly 6,500 people and destroyed hundreds of thousands of homes in the western port city of Kobe.
		Saturday classes were canceled at 117 schools in the three prefectures of Tottori, Shimane and Okayama, where about 2,600 households were left without water, public broadcaster NHK said.
	www.earthchangestv.com /breaking/October2000/1007japan.htm (467 words)

	Genetic Diversity Within and Between Hatchery Strains
		Wild Japanese flounder samples were collected from the Japan Sea in Hokkaido Prefecture (HKD, 50 individuals), from Tottori Prefecture (TTR, 69 individuals) and from the Pacific Ocean in Chiba Prefecture (CHB, 72 individuals).
		Hatchery fish were provided from a hatchery station in Hokkaido Prefecture (HH, 100 individuals), in Tottori Prefecture (HT, 100 individuals) and in Miyagi Prefecture (HM, 100 individuals).
		Thanks are due to the staff of the Tottori Prefectural Fisheries Station, Hokkaido Central Fisheries Experimental Station, and Miyagi Prefectural Fish Farming Station, for collecting the fish samples.
	www.lib.noaa.gov /japan/aquaculture/proceedings/report30/sekino.htm (2052 words)

	Kansai hot springs
		Again, it is located in the north of Hyogo Prefecture, not far from the border with neighbouring Tottori Pref.
		Fukube is a one-building onsen,right on the Japan Sea coast, a couple of miles of the Tottori Sand Dunes.
		The actual bath house is a modern concrete affair, but the view from the bath is lovely, especially at dusk, when the lights from all the fishing boats become visible out at sea.
	www.geocities.com /TheTropics/Shores/2096/Kansaionsen.html (1937 words)

	Blogger: Email Post to a Friend (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The big news this evening is the earthquake in Tottori Prefecture, in western Japan, an area usually known for very little Earthquake activity.
		The quake was supposedly felt in Tokyo, but none of us noticed it at all in Gunma, right in the center of the main land of Honshu (and about 100 km from Tokyo).
		Tottori is incidentally the least populated prefecture, the Wyoming of Japan more or less, and it's home to Japan's only desert
	www.blogger.com /email-post.g?blogID=9653036&postID=110459146885052562 (741 words)

	Yayoi brain tissue preserved in ruins (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		TOTTORI (Kyodo) Brain tissue has been found in three human skulls dating back to the second century that were unearthed last year in Tottori Prefecture, researchers said Monday.
		The brain tissue, which was well preserved, was found in the skulls of two men and one woman, according to the Tottori education and culture foundation.
		Inoue and other researchers at the university are expected to take nuclear DNA samples from the tissue to analyze the human leukocyte antigen, a pattern of white blood corpuscles.
	www.trussel.com /prehist/news252.htm (555 words)

	InformationWeek \| Government IT \| Public-Sector IT Challenges in Japan, U.S. 'Identical' \| September 22, 2004
		Cell-phone use is growing quickly in the Shizuoka prefecture, up from 7.5 million phones in 1999 to 70 million phones a year ago, Shigeru Muramatsu said during Monday's panel.
		Although the Tottori prefecture is Japan's least populated, it has many of the same concerns as the larger regions.
		Japan's Gifu prefecture may be middling in size, but it's got the largest IT budget of any prefecture in the country.
	www.informationweek.com /story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=47901027&tid=13692 (910 words)

	Planet Ark (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Its epicentre was some 10 km (six miles) underground in largely rural western Tottori prefecture, officials said.
		Rural areas were among the hardest hit by the tremor, although the impact could even be felt in parts of Tokyo, about 600 km (360 miles) east of the worst-hit areas.
		Experts attributed the relatively limited scale of the damage in part to the fact that the epicentre was far from heavily populated areas.
	www.planetark.com /avantgo/dailynewsstory.cfm?newsid=8467 (470 words)

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