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  Yamanashi Prefecture Earns Forest Stewardship Council Certification
The first prefecture to be certified, Yamanashi is also the largest certified forest in Japan, with 143,000 hectares of the approximately 158,000 total hectares in the prefecture, assessed for certification.
With a population of 890,000, Yamanashi is near the center of Honshu, the main island of Japan, and less than two hours by train from Tokyo.
Forest cover within Yamanashi prefecture is 78 percent of the prefecture's total land area, while the prefectural forest is the second largest in Japan.
www.rainforest-alliance.org /news/2003/yamanashi.html   (625 words)

  
 The Yamanashi Study:
Yamanashi is a mixed rural and urban area, located in the center of Japan.
Within the Yamanashi prefecture, 40 neighborhoods were randomly selected by postal code, with a random selection of 33 individuals within each of those neighborhoods.
The Yamanashi evidence, taken together with research done in North America and Europe, shows that the Internet is not a self-contained transcendental world but is immanent in everyday life (Wellman and Hogan, 2004).
www.chass.utoronto.ca /~wellman/publications/webphone/webphone4c1.htm   (8564 words)

  
 Travel - Bounty in Yamanashi
Yamanashi Prefecture, site of two previous TRAVEL destinations (Mt. Fuji and Fujigaoka), deserve proper treatment, so this installment is being devoted to a discussion of this particularly scenic and interesting area of Japan.
Furthermore, Yamanashi’s own Capital City, Kofu, is likewise favorably situated, since it also occupies the geographically important area that connects the industrial zones of the Pacific Ocean to the Japan Sea Coasts.
Yamanashi enjoys the reputation of refining techniques for cutting precious stones; it is among the most advanced in the world.
www.sushiandtofu.com /trip_to_japan/trip_to_japan/travel_bountyInYamanashi.htm   (598 words)

  
 Yamanashi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Yamanashi Prefecture - a Japanese prefecture with 888,170 people.
Yamanashi, Yamanashi - a Japanese city with 39,631 people.
This is a disambiguation page, a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Yamanashi   (83 words)

  
 Oizumi, Yamanashi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the former village in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan.
There is a town with the same name in Gunma Prefecture, see Oizumi, Gunma.
On November 1, 2004 the village merged with six other towns and villages from Kitakoma District forming the city of Hokuto.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Oizumi,_Yamanashi   (111 words)

  
 Irony and relevance: A reply to Drs Seto, Hamamoto and Yamanashi
Yamanashi gives several examples of utterances such as (14), which "cannot be taken to be a hundred per cent ironic":
Hamamoto and Yamanashi believe that not all irony is intentionally echoic.
Yamanashi, M. 1997 Some issues in the treatment of irony and related tropes.
www.dan.sperber.com /Irony98.htm   (3458 words)

  
 Kofu, Yamanashi   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
IsawaTown A Kofu City suburb of about 25,000 residents in central Yamanashi, with mayoral greetings, events and festival information, native plants, hot springs, and access.
Yamanashi Prefecture Official website of the Yamanashi prefectural government.
Travel Japan Site: Yamanashi Prefecture Japan Travel Bureau's information on Yamanashi.
www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Kofu,_Yamanashi.html   (216 words)

  
 Yamanashi Kyoyukai Friendship Club   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The Hawaii Yamanashi Kyoyukai Friendship club was formed 80 years ago for the purpose of bringing together immigrants to Hawaii from the Yamanashi Prefecture.
Yamanashi is located in the Chubu Region of Japan, 120 kilometers (72 miles) west, or inland, of Tokyo.
Because there were significantly fewer Yamanashi immigrants, the club is not as large as other Japanese cultural or friendship clubs, such as those from Hiroshima, Fukushima, Fukuoka, etc.
www.leahi.net /yamanashi/aboutus.html   (279 words)

  
 Yamanashi, Japan
Yamanashi prefecture is well known for fruits including grapes, peaches, and cherries, wine, crystals, jewelry, inden (deer skin), mountains, great hiking, hot springs, hoto noodles, and of'course Mt Fuji.
Next is the seemingly required gaudy appearance as seen in this well known love hotel in Futaba, Yamanashi with a mini statue of liberty on the roof.
Since Yamanashi has lots of nature, its next door neighbors in Tokyo often come in the bus loads for peach, grape, and cherry picking, hiking, and skiing and snowboarding.
www.bornplaydie.com /japan/travel/yamanashi/yamanashi.htm   (611 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Yamanashi, Japan (Japanese Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
AllRefer.com - Yamanashi, Japan (Japanese Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
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Yamanashi is a major producer of raw silk and fruit (grapes, peaches, apples, and cherries).
reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/Y/Yamanash.html   (137 words)

  
 EKU News: Tree Planting Commemorates Life, Contributions of Yamanashi University Official
Ogawa, a professor of English at Japan's Yamanashi University, was the liaison in 1993 when EKU and Yamanashi initiated an agreement for the exchange of students and faculty.
In 1994, Ogawa brought the first group of 24 Yamanashi students to study English in a special summer English As a Second Language program directed by Dr.
Others on hand for the ceremony included Kazuhiko Nakamura, associate professor, Department of Health and Physical Education at Yamanashi, and Masahiro Shiojima, with the Student Affairs Section at Yamanashi.
www.pr.eku.edu /news/eeli.htm   (377 words)

  
 Yamanashi --  Encyclopædia Britannica
It is bordered by the ken (prefectures) of Saitama (north), Chiba (east), Yamanashi (west), and Kanagawa (southwest) and by Tokyo Bay (southeast).
March 28, 1996, Yamanashi), served in three Cabinet posts and as deputy prime minister (1986-87), but his real power was exercised behind the scenes, where he was the kingmaker who handpicked at least four prime ministers.
chiho (region), central Honshu, Japan, embracing the ken (prefectures) of Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui, Yamanashi, Nagano, Gifu, Shizuoka, and Aichi.
www.britannica.com /eb/article-9077765?tocId=9077765   (387 words)

  
 Panawave :: Yamanashi Pref. blocks roads   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The Yamanashi prefectural government Friday closed two forest roads to prevent a convoy of cult members wearing white garments from entering Oizumimura in the prefecture, where the cult is constructing dome-shaped buildings.
The prefectural government is planning to close more roads leading to the village, which is considered a possible destination for the members of a group called Pana Wave Laboratory.
The Yamanashi prefectural government closed the narrow roads with two signboards at points three kilometers west and six kilometers north of the cult's buildings.
www.religionnewsblog.com /3198-_Yamanashi_Pref._blocks_roads.html   (439 words)

  
 Overview of Maglev R&D   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The Minister of Transport authorized construction of the Yamanashi Maglev Test Line, targeting the final confirmation of Maglev for practical use.
The new test line called the Yamanashi Maglev Test Line opened on April 3, 1997 and is now being used to perform running tests in Yamanashi Prefecture.
In the same year, the Maglev vehicle MLX01 in a three-car train set achieved world speed records, attaining a maximum speed of 531 km/h in a manned vehicle run on December 12, and a maximum speed of 550 km/h in an unmanned vehicle run on December 24.
www.rtri.or.jp /rd/maglev/html/english/maglev_introduction_E.html   (518 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Yamanashi Gakuin Elementary School is located in Kofu city, Yamanashi prefecture,Japan.
Yamanashi Gakuin Elementary School is a private elementary school established in 2004.
The educational aim of ourinstitution is to foster in our students, a rich imagination, a strong sense ofautonomy, and the ability to coexist peacefully with others.
www.yges.ed.jp /english.html   (98 words)

  
 UI Museum of Art will show quilts from Iowa's sister state in Japan Sept. 2-Dec. 17   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The exhibition, "Sharing Traditions: Quilts from Yamanashi," celebrates the 40th anniversary of the sister-state relationship between Iowa and Yamanashi.
The exhibition reveals an influence from Iowa quilting traditions on a group of women from Yamanashi Prefecture that has been one of the many results of the cultural exchanges between the sister states.
Since then, the group from Yamanashi and the group from Des Moines have established an exchange program and a close friendship.
www.uiowa.edu /~ournews/2000/august/0825quilts.html   (398 words)

  
 Yamanashi Reunions
Then, after the service, off to a Batik exposition at the Yamanashi Prefectural building where we were introduced to a famous Indonesian batik artist -- and then it was time for our next visit -- with Fumiko.
Kaoru took us to a Yamanashi flower park and shopping for the couple of things that were high on our list.
We knew that we could count on her to help us find yukatas which we wear every day and which are favorite gifts among our female relatives.
www.biz2web.com /grant/Yamanashi.htm   (2420 words)

  
 Sioux City This Week Archive   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
According to the State of Iowa, after typhoons in 1959 severely damaged crops, homes, and farmlands of Yamanashi Prefecture in Japan, citizens of Iowa sent breeding hogs and feed corn to aid that district.
As a sign of their appreciation, the citizens of Yamanashi presented a monument to Iowa in 1962.
The Yamanashi Prefecture later became one of Iowa’s sister states.
www.sioux-city.org /city_manager/archive_result.asp?key=36   (675 words)

  
 Doctoral Scholarships at Yamanashi University   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The Center of Excellence (CoE) of Yamanashi University is offering a number of scholarships under its ‘Special Graduate International Course’ for students intending to pursue a doctoral degree in engineering.
Located at Kofu, Japan, the Center of Excellence for Research and Education on Integrated River Basin Management in the Asian Monsoon Region was established at the University of Yamanashi in July 2003 by Japan’s Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.
A number of prospective candidates from the School of Civil Engineering and the School of Environment, Resources and Development were interviewed by a panel of faculty from Yamanashi University on 30 November and 1 December 2004.
www.sce.ait.ac.th /events/aitcenews/newsid.asp?id=729   (212 words)

  
 Kyodo World News Service: Elections Local Yamanashi 2 2 0329 Ex Kofu Mayor Yamamoto wins Yamanashi gubernatorial poll@ ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Yamamoto, 67, an independent supported by the Democratic Party of Japan and the Liberal Party, defeated Yokouchi and two other candidates in the election in the central Japan prefecture.
Voter turnout was 67.45%, up sharply from 45.13% in the last election four years ago.
The Yamanashi gubernatorial election, the Aichi gubernatorial election, the Hiroshima and Kofu mayoral...
www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1P1:71448761&refid=ip_encyclopedia_hf   (200 words)

  
 Directory - Regional: Asia: Japan: Prefectures: Yamanashi
Katsunuma Wine Cave  · cached · Katsunuma Wine Cave, a visit to a wine-tasting cave near Yamanashi and Katsunuma train stations.
Shunsen Art Museum (Kushigata-Town Yamanashi)  · cached · Collection of works and documents of Shunsen Natori, known as the last postwar master of kabuki ukiyoe woodblock prints, along with works by other print makers.
Yamanashi Prefectural Art Museum  · Includes virtual guide, history, and FAQ.
www.incywincy.com /default?p=83222   (154 words)

  
 Search: Yamanashi - Info.co.uk
Yamanashi Prefecture (Yamanashi) Government, Location, History, Industries, Facilities, Album.
Yamanashi Prefecture Official homepage of the prefectural government.
Yamanashi is a major producer of raw silk and...
dpxml.infospace.com /infocom.uk/results?otmpl=dog/webresults.htm&qkw=Yamanashi&CMP=KNC-3LS480536328&infoad=1   (317 words)

  
 What is the Yamanashi Maglev Test Line ?
The Linear Chuo Shinkansen must fulfill many serious requirements that are expected to arise at the stage of commercial operation.
The double-tracked Yamanashi Maglev Test Line is equipped with curves, slopes, tunnels and other natural features.
In addition to the development of trains for the Superconducting Maglev services, the power supply, train control, and safety administration systems will be developed taking into consideration the rugged geographic conditions unique to Japan.
www.pref.aichi.jp /kotsu/rinia/4_e.html   (151 words)

  
 Yamanashi on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Yamanashi family to file perjury case against hospital
Pana Wave 5 6 0505 Pana Wave group pulls out from Yamanashi stop
Emperor, empress to attend tree-planting ceremony in Yamanashi
www.encyclopedia.com /html/Y/Yamanash.asp   (350 words)

  
 Settling In Yamanashi
Kofu is on the Yamanashi plain and surrounded by mountains.Yamanashi means "pear mountain" and the plain is profuse with orchards - pears, apples, peaches and kiwi -- and vineyards.
It is listed as one the ten most beautiful gorges in Japan and should be seen by anyone visiting Kofu.We started out with the intention of walking along the bus route until we got tired and then ride to the gorge.Well, we didn't get tired and walked all the way to the gorge.
We had a lovely day, taking a video of the waterfall and other scenery, riding a cable car to view some marvelous vistas of Yamanashi and just sitting on the rocks to watch the water.
www.biz2web.com /grant/c4.htm   (3116 words)

  
 Alquiler de coches Yamanashi coches de alquiler Yamanashi aeropuerto
Beneluxcar puede ayudarte a alquilar un coche en Yamanashi y entregar tu coche de alquiler en otra ciudad.
Para realizar un alquiler de coches economico en Yamanashi, encuentra y compara los precios de las compañías principales de alquiler de coches.
Alquilar un coche en Yamanashi es muy sencillo, descubre esta importante ciudad de Yamanashi sus habitantes, sus lugares más turísticos y su gastronomía.
www.beneluxcar.com /alquiler-coches/japon/yamanashi   (377 words)

  
 SCM of the Yamanashi Maglev Test Line   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Each SCM of the Yamanashi Maglev Test Line consists of 4 SC coils.
The SCM features high reliability and high durability, embodying the achievements of the Miyazaki Maglev Test Track and RTRI (Kunitachi, Tokyo).
At one end of the tank is the integrally-attached on-board refrigerator, which serves to re-liquefy the helium gas once vaporized by regular heat absorption and external disturbances during running.
www.rtri.or.jp /rd/maglev/html/english/yamanashi_scm_E.html   (128 words)

  
 TownNet.com - World > Asia > Japan > Yamanashi
Yamanashi called Kai is surrounded by many mountains.
A cool guide to 4 National Parks in Japan > Mt. Fuji - Hakone - lzu, the Southern Alps, Chichibu, and the Yatsugatake National Park.
Yamanashi > just a few hours from Tokyo.
www.townnet.com /world/asia/japan/yamanashi.html   (112 words)

  
 Daily Iowegian   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The Iowa-Yamanashi Sister State relationship was the first of its kind in Japan; it started in 1960 after Yamanashi Prefecture was hit by a devastating typhoon.
In their time of need, the state of Iowa sent agricultural goods and livestock to help Yamanashi get back on their feet.
This allowed the State of Iowa and Yamanashi Prefecture to establish a sister-state relationship.
www.zwire.com /site/news.cfm?newsid=10681964&BRD=1284&PAG=461&dept_id=179799&rfi=6   (499 words)

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