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Topic: Yamagata Prefecture

	Yamagata Prefecture - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Yamagata Prefecture is located in the southwest corner of Tohoku, facing the Sea of Japan.
		It borders Niigata Prefecture and Fukushima Prefecture on the south, Miyagi Prefecture on the east, and Akita Prefecture on the north.
		Yamagata Prefecture is also known for its local dialect Yamagata-ben, sometimes thought of as backward sounding and the butt of jokes in other parts of Japan.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Yamagata_Prefecture (613 words)

	Yamagata - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Yamagata City, the capital city of Yamagata Prefecture
		Yamagata, a village located in Higashichikuma District, Nagano, Japan.
		Yamagata District, Hiroshima, a district in Hiroshima Prefecture
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Yamagata (117 words)

	Football Stadiums in Japan: Yamagata Stadium (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Yamagata Stadium is a typical multipurpose stadium, much like those that you can find in hundreds of small towns throughout Japan.
		Yamagata Stadium is located quite some distance from the nearest train station, Tenri station, on the JR Dewa line.
		There is a shuttle bus service available from JR Yamagata station, leaving from berth Number 1 at the bus terminal outside the east exit of Yamagata station.
	www.wldcup.com /Asia/stadia/yamagata.html (217 words)

	Sake World Newsletter Archives 2002
		Yamagata prefecture lies packaged at a somewhat awkward angle in the lower left-hand corner of the Tohoku region.
		Yamagata is also the original home of Kame no O rice, and a large number of brewers use this rice, and use it well.
		As this month we looked at the history and culture of the sake of Yamagata Prefecture, it is most appropriate to focus this month on the sake of that prefecture.
	www.sake-world.com /html/sw-2002_7.html (3419 words)

	J League Teams: Montedio Yamagata
		Montedio Yamagata is based in the small, northern town of Yamagata, about halfway between Tokyo and the northernmost tip of the main island.
		This is a very appropriate name, as Yamagata is a rugged, mountainous prefecture in northern Japan, known for a harsh climate, tough men and reputedly beautiful women.
		Yamagata have a lot of very hard-working players who play a very team-oriented style which, when the breaks are going their way, can produce a cycle of spiralling hopes.
	www.wldcup.com /Asia/j2/montedio.html (623 words)

	Yamagata (prefecture) - Wikitravel
		Yamagata prefecture (山形県 Yamagata-ken) is in the northeastern Tohoku region of the main Japanese island Honshu.
		Yamagata prefecture is often described as 'hidden' Japan.
		Home to amazing unspoilt scenery, ancient temples, world class skiing, wonderful local food, summer festivals and some of the best onsen (hot springs) in Japan, Yamagata is a real change for the visitor who believes that Japan is best understood in the municipal centres of Tokyo, Osaka or Kyoto.
	wikitravel.org /en/Yamagata_(prefecture) (185 words)

	Yamagata City (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The highest temperature on record in Japan was set in Yamagata city in 1933 at 105.4 Fahrenheit.
		Yamagata is a major agricultural producer of rice, fruit, vegetables and even flowers; with rice paddies, fields and orchards taking up most of the available arable land.
		There is a noticeable trend for the younger generation to try to return to or remain in the major cities of Yamagata Prefecture, such as Yamagata City.
	www.thomsontimes.com /Facts_Yamagata.html (244 words)

	Swan Hill Rural City Council (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The link between Swan Hill and Yamagata officially occurred in 1980 and was one of the earliest Sister City arrangements with Japan.
		The Yamagata Prefecture is similar to a State Government whilst the City of Yamagata operates similarly to Local Government.
		In population terms the Yamagata Prefecture is one of the smallest in Japan and regarded as a farming area well off the beaten tourist route.
	www.swanhill.vic.gov.au /index.php?f_func=yamagata_info (575 words)

	The Buddhist Mummies of Japan
		I was on a pilgrimage to three sacred mountains in the Yamagata prefecture, and had stopped for the night at a town in short distance of the first of these, Haguro.
		Shinnyo-kai [1688-1783]: at Dainichi-bo temple, Asahi, in Yamagata prefecture.
		Futsu-kai-shonin [?-1903]: at Kannonji temple, Murakami, in Niigata prefecture.
	www.sonic.net /~anomaly/japan/dbuddha.htm (1514 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - Yamagata Aritomo
		Yamagata Aritomo (1838-1922), Japanese statesman, who built up the modern Japanese army after the Meiji restoration.
		Yamagata, city in Japan, on northern Honshū Island, capital of Yamagata Prefecture.
		It is a center of silk reeling; iron, copper, and lacquerwares are...
	encarta.msn.com /Yamagata_Aritomo.html (94 words)

	Yamagata Prefecture (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Yamagat Prefecture is located in the southwest corner of Tohoku, facing the Sea of Japan.
		The Towns of Tachikawa, Yamagata and Amarume, Yamagata are to be merged to form the Town of Shonai, Yamagata (Shnai-Ch).
		The Merger Council of Central Shonai (in Japanese) Merger: Southern Shonai (1 October 2005) The City of Tsuruoka, Yamagata, the Towns of Fujishima, Yamagata, Atsumi, Yamagata, Haguro, Yamagata and Kushibiki, Yamagata and the Village of Asahi%2C-Yamagata-%28Tagawa%29 are to be merged to form the new City of Tsuruoka, Yamagata (Tsuruoka-Shi).
	read-and-go.hopto.org /Yamagata-Prefecture/Yamagata-Prefecture.html (270 words)

	Outdoor Japan - Onsen - Yamagata - Japanese Hot Springs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		It boasts as the only Prefecture in Japan in which every municipality has its own hot spring area, most equipped with different kinds of therapeutic amenities and recreation facilities.
		Located in the southern part of the prefecture, Yonezawa is an old castle town once ruled by the Uesugi clan.
		There are several ski resorts in the area, numerous hiking trails throughout the mountains and hot springs.
	www.outdoorjapan.com /onsen/onsen-yamagata.html (362 words)

	GASSAN: Pilgrimage to "Moon Mountain" - First Tracks!! Online Ski Magazine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Last year I had the chance to participate in the homage deep into Yamagata Prefecture, and it has been one of the more memorable moments of my stay in Japan.
		Yamagata, incidentally, in Japanese means "mountain-shaped," and the view from Gassan gives a lot of credence to it being the perfect name for the prefecture.
		As previously stated, Yamagata means "mountain-shaped", and from that viewpoint you couldn`t help but agree with the naming of the prefecture.
	www.firsttracksonline.com /gassan.htm (1778 words)

	Regional Revitalization in the Okitama Basin of Yamagata Prefecture -- www.tsujiru.net/moen/
		In this report, I focus on a group of organic farmers in Okitama County (Yamagata Prefecture) who are involved in revitalizing their entire regional economy.1 Okitama County, with its three cities, five towns, and numerous villages, lies in a fertile basin surrounded by the Northern Japan Alps.
		One day, near the end of his sophomore year, he read a newspaper article about two farmers in Aomori Prefecture (north of Yamagata) who had committed suicide due to the government policy of rice acreage reduction (gentan), which, they stated in their suicide notes, had made them feel that they would be better off dead.
		Hikita also noted that Yamagata Prefecture has the dubious distinction of being number one in the nation for having both husbands and wives working on a full-time basis.
	www.tsujiru.net /moen/essays/essay_5.html (8851 words)

	History of Natto and Its Relatives
		Fukushima prefecture's Momen Natto, made by wrapping cooked soybeans in a clean cotton bag, wrapping this in a reed mat (mushiro), and incubating it in a clean compost pile of straw and fallen leaves.
		Gunma prefecture's Naisho mame (naisho means "secret"); the name derives from a humorous Rakugo story about a priest who made natto secretly in an underground incubator, then ate them alone, hidden from the young monks.
		Yamagata's prefecture's Yukiwari Natto and Goto Natto, both types of finger lickin' natto.
	www.thesoydailyclub.com /SFC/Fsoyfoods453.asp (2938 words)

	Encyclopedia of Japanese History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Held the rank of admiral when he was shot down by American fighters in 1943.
		A province in the area that is today Kyōto Prefecture.
		A province in the area that is today Nara Prefecture.
	www.openhistory.org /jhdp/encyclopedia/y.html (1090 words)

	Erskine alumna teaching in Japan
		Yamagata is the capital city of Yamagata Prefecture in northern Japan.
		The Yamagata City Board of Education asked her to take a full-time teaching position at Yamagata Commercial High School.
		Johnson is in her second year at Yamagata Commercial High School and she said she enjoys it immensely.
	www.erskine.edu /news/12.10.04/jap.12.10.04.htm (879 words)

	Search Results for Yamagata - Encyclopædia Britannica
		prefecture (ken), northern Honshu, Japan, on the Sea of Japan.
		Yamagata was from a family of the lowest samurai rank in Choshu, a feudal domain strongly opposed to the military dictatorship that ruled Japan from the 17th century until the restoration of Imperial...
		Tsuruoka developed as a castle town during the Tokugawa period (1603–1867), and most of its buildings are of that period.
	www.britannica.com /search?query=Yamagata&submit=Find&source=MWTEXT (377 words)

	Welcome to Sakata City
		Sakata is located at the mouth of the Mogami River in the northwestern part of Yamagata prefecture.
		The only island belonging to Yamagata prefecture is Tobishima, which is in the Japan Sea.
		Sakata Port is the sole and essential port in Yamagata prefecture.
	www.city.sakata.yamagata.jp /sakata_tmp/e (296 words)

	BBC NEWS \| World \| Asia-Pacific \| Fruit bandits hit Japan's cherry orchards
		Police in Yamagata prefecture investigating the thefts said that the stolen cherries were of the highly-prized "Sugar Brocade" variety, and that the total market value of the haul was in the region of 3.7 million yen (US$31,335).
		One local cherry farmer said that it was impossible for even a skilful farmer to pick more than 100 kilogrammes of cherries in a day.
		Yamagata prefecture is renowned for its succulent cherries and has been targeted by thieves in previous years, although not on this scale.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/asia-pacific/3012634.stm (187 words)

	Tohoku and Niigata Region
		The Tohoku region of Japan is comprised of six prefectures in the northern part of the main island of Honshu: Aomori, Akita, Iwate, Miyagi, Fukushima and Yamagata.
		The Yamagata Shinkansen certainly does not meet these standards; it has level crossings; the grade is not separated; stock and structures must be kept small; train controls and signalling systems are different from the shinkansen; and local trains use the track during intervals between Tsubasa services.
		The reaction of the Iwate prefectural government and municipalities located along the line was to establish the Sanriku Railway Co., Ltd., acquire ownership of the entire line, and promote construction of the incomplete section.
	www.jrtr.net /jrtr29/s40_tak.html (5180 words)

	CBS News \| Japan Trail Derailment Leaves Four Dead
		The injuries of the survivors did not appear to be life-threatening, Yamagata police spokesman Yoshikatsu Oe said.
		One of the men was pulled from the wreckage early Monday and was believed to be the last body on the train, a Yamagata police official said on condition of anonymity, citing departmental policy.
		Yamagata police official Yasuhiro Sugiu said there had been high wind warnings at the time of the accident.
	www.cbsnews.com /stories/2005/12/26/ap/world/mainD8ENM5K80.shtml (430 words)

	flag of Yamagata (Japan) flags, Fahnen, Flaggen, FOTW bei Nationalflaggen.de (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		White stylized three mountains on blue field because Yamagata means a shape of mountain.
		"Mountain mouth" as translation of the name of the prefecture may not have any appeal in English, or any other indo-European language, but with the artist's perspective of view, sound, and calligraphy in mind, it is very pleasing to the esthetics of Japanese.
		The flag is that of Yamagata prefecture however.
	www.nationalflaggen.de /flags-of-the-world/flags/jp-06.html (192 words)

	ReliefWeb » Document Preview » Typhoon Chaba hits northern Japan with 11 feared dead
		In western Fukui prefecture, a 26-year-old man was in critical condition after a gust blew him off the balcony of his house on to the concrete ground seven metres below.
		In the north of the country, two students were hurt in Yamagata prefecture when shattered glass fell on them as winds tore through the region, police said.
		About 5,900 people in six prefectures were ordered to evacuate their homes as Chaba passed over southern and western Japan.
	www.reliefweb.int /rw/rwb.nsf/AllDocsByUNID/4355f51e35d7a7dac1256f010035c701 (596 words)

	Welcome to the real Japan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Yamagata Prefecture stretches from the Japan sea and the beaches of the coastal Shonai plain in the east to the Zao mountain range in the west; the spectacular mount Chokai in the north to the Yonezawa basin in the south.
		Yamagata has a wide range of hot springs, with at least one in every city, town and village, there are abundant ski slopes, hiking courses and numerous other outdoor pursuits, together with a long history and rich culture.
		Admittedly, this is not the most famous place in Japan, but it is not a place you should miss.
	www.yamagatakanko.com /nly/kokusai (141 words)

	Yamagata AJET (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Throughout the JET year we organise many events around Yamagata Prefecture and further afield.
		Yamagata AJET photo page is powered by Shutterbug.
		Please e-mail us with news of any upcoming events in your area, or anything you think may be of interest to the Jets of Yamagata.
	www.ajet.net /yamagata/photo.htm (225 words)

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