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Topic: Ueno, Mie


  
  Iga Ueno Travel Guide
Ueno is commonly referred to as Iga Ueno in order to avoid confusion with an identically named city district in Tokyo.
The Iga school of ninjutsu (art of stealth), based in Ueno City, used to be one of Japan's two leading ninja schools during the feudal era (the Koga school in Shiga Prefecture was the other).
Iga Ueno is also known as the birthplace of one of Japan's greatest poets, Basho Matsuo, who lived during the early Edo Period.
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  Ueno, Mie - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ueno (上野市; -shi) was a city located in Mie, Japan.
As of 2003, the city has an estimated population of 61,753 and the density of 316.26 persons per km².
On November 1, 2004, Ueno merged with other communities to form the new city of Iga, Mie.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ueno,_Mie   (108 words)

  
 Mie Prefecture - Open Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Mie prefecture (三重県; Mie-ken) is part of the Kinki region on Honshu island, Japan.
Mie prefecture is bordered by Aichi, Gifu, Shiga, Kyoto, Nara, and Wakayama.
As of 2000 Mie prefecture's 5,776.44 km²; landmass is divided into 64.8% forest, 11.5% agriculture, 6% residential area, 3.8% roads, and 3.6% rivers.
open-encyclopedia.com /Mie_Prefecture   (84 words)

  
 Encyclopedia topic: Ueno, Mie   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Ueno (上野市; -shi) was a city (A large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts) located in Mie (additional info and facts about Mie), Japan (A constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building).
As of 2003, the city has an estimated population ((statistics) the entire aggregation of items from which samples can be drawn) of 61,753 and the density (The amount per unit size) of 316.26 persons per km²; (additional info and facts about km²;).
On November 1, 2004, Ueno merged with other communities to form the new city of Iga, Mie (additional info and facts about Iga, Mie).
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/u/ue/ueno,_mie.htm   (142 words)

  
 Iga Ueno City, Mie
Ueno City in Mie Prefecture, is a castle town well-known as the home of the Iga-ryu Ninja sect and the birthplace of the famous haiku poet, Matsuo Basho.
The Iga Ueno Castle and the Ninja Yashiki Museum, profiling the Iga sect Ninjas, are both located in Ueno Park, the heart of the city's year-round tourist attractions.
To reach Ueno Park, where the Ueno Castle, Basho Memorial Museum, and Ninja Yashiki Museum are located, as well the nearby Danjiri Museum, transfer to Kintetsu Iga Line to Uenoichi Station.
www.yamasa.org /japan/english/destinations/mie/ueno.html   (1191 words)

  
 Ninja Yashiki of the Iga Sect, Ueno, Mie
Ninja Yashiki of the Iga Sect, Ueno, Mie
While the Ninja Yashiki of the Iga Sect in Ueno City (Mie-ken) entertains some of them to draw you in, it also attempts to explain or debunk the myths disbursed by popular entertainment.
Among the numerous ninja schools in Japan, the Iga-ryu (style) in Ueno and Koga-ryu in Shiga Prefecture are claimed to be the most predominant in the country.
www.yamasa.org /japan/english/destinations/mie/ueno_ninja.html   (1666 words)

  
 Ueno - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ueno can refer to a number of places in Japan:
an historical village in Kumamoto Prefecture: Ueno, Kumamoto
Ueno can also refer to a Japanese family name, as in:
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ueno   (145 words)

  
 Ueno --  Encyclopædia Britannica
The Aizen Temple in Ueno is dedicated to the god of love.
It was founded in 1882, and its administration was transferred to the Tokyo city government in 1924.
Occupying a 32-acre (13-hectare) site in the Ueno district of Tokyo, it is landscaped in traditional Japanese style.
www.britannica.com /eb/article-9074092   (465 words)

  
 Iga Ueno Danjiri Museum, Mie
One of Ueno city's big annual events is the 400 year-old Ueno Tenjin festival held between October 23rd to 25th.
Ueno City is about 95 kilometers west of Nagoya and eighty kilometres east of Osaka.
A combined admission ticket is available for Ueno Castle, Ninja Yashiki Museum and the Danjiri Museum, all within walking distance.
www.yamasa.org /japan/english/destinations/mie/ueno_danjiri.html   (734 words)

  
 Iga Ueno Guide - Japan Reference
The region is known as Iga, and the city is often called Iga Ueno to differentiate it from other Ueno in Japan.
In he late 16th and early 17th century, the rebellion of Tensho Iga against one of Oda Nobunaga's sons saw the almost anihilation of the Iga ninja.
Iga Ueno being a small isolated town, it is not so easy to reach by public transport.
www.jref.com /practical/iga_ueno.shtml   (355 words)

  
 Ueno - TheBestLinks.com - Mie, Disambig, Okinawa, Disambiguation, ...
Ueno - TheBestLinks.com - Mie, Disambig, Okinawa, Disambiguation,...
Ueno, Ueno, Mie, Disambig, Ueno, Okinawa, Disambiguation, Ueno, Tokyo
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