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  NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Yamanashi Prefecture
Yamanshi Prefecture is bordered by Tokyo, Kanagawa, Saitama, Shizuoka, and Nagano.
The prefecture is landlocked, and surrounded by mountains with a narrow central valley.
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.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Yamanashi-Prefecture   (555 words)

  
 Yamanashi Gakuin University - Introduction to Yamanashi Prefecture
Yamanashi Prefecture is situated approximately in the center of the Japanese Archipelago.
Yamanashi is an inland region, so it has extreme variation in temperature between summer and winter.
The population of Yamanashi Prefecture is approximately 900,000.
www.ygu.ac.jp /english/about_yamanashi.html   (262 words)

  
 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.
In 1995, the Integrated Prefectural Forest Utilization Plan was developed to maximize the value of the environmental, cultural and economic resources of the forest.
www.rainforest-alliance.org /news/2003/yamanashi.html   (625 words)

  
 Yamanashi Travel: Shosenkyo Gorge
It is part of the Chichibu-Tama-Kai National Park, which covers more than 1250 square kilometers of forested mountains, valleys and some rural towns in the prefectures of Yamanashi, Saitama, Nagano and Tokyo.
The Shosenkyo is particularly beautiful and well visited during the autumn leaf season, which typically reaches its peak from late October to mid November.
The Shosenkyo Gorge is just outside of Kofu City, the prefectural capital of Yamanashi Prefecture, 100 kilometers west of Tokyo.
www.japan-guide.com /e/e6952.html   (425 words)

  
  Introducing Yamanashi Prefecture/yamanashi "Home of Mt.Fuji" Sightseeing Net   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Yamanashi prefecture is located near the center of Honshu, the main island of Japan.
Kofu city, the capital of Yamanashi, is located in a geographically important area, connecting the industrial areas of the Pacific Ocean and the Japan Sea coasts.
Yamanashi is well noted as an inland industrial prefecture with both advanced technological and traditional industries.
www.yamanashi-kankou.jp /english/english026.html   (417 words)

  
  Yamanashi Prefecture - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Yamanashi Prefecture corresponds to the pre-Meiji Restoration Kai Province.
Yamanshi Prefecture is bordered by Tokyo, Kanagawa, Saitama, Shizuoka, and Nagano.
The prefecture is landlocked, and surrounded by mountains with a narrow central valley.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Yamanashi_Prefecture   (593 words)

  
 Yamanashi Prefecture - RecipeFacts   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Template:Japanese prefecture Template:Nihongo is located in the Chubu region on Honshu island, Japan.
On February 13, 2005, the town of Uenohara from Kitatsuru District merged with the village of Akiyama from Minamitsuru District to become city of Uenohara.
On March 22, 2005, the town of Makioka and the village of Mitomi from Higashiyamanashi District merged into the city of Yamanashi to form the new city of Yamanashi.
www.recipeland.com:8080 /facts/Yamanashi_Prefecture   (616 words)

  
 Celestica : Careers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Celesticaýs facility in Yamanashi, Japan is situated in the Yamanashi prefecture.
Yamanashi is relatively small with a population of 32,000, yet it has prospered as the center for political, economic and cultural activities in the Eastern district of Yamanashi.
Yamanashi City is a beautiful place, with three rivers flowing through it and the sight of the spectacular Mt. Fuji.
www.celestica.com /hr/Dispatcher?Action=300&languageID=1&locationID=221&jobID=null   (174 words)

  
 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Yamanashi Prefecture
Yamanashi Prefecture is bordered by Tokyo, Kanagawa, Saitama, Shizuoka, and Nagano.
Yamanashi is one of the major fruit producing regions in Japan.
A considerable portion of Haruki Murakami's 2002 novel Kafka on the Shore occurs in the Yamanshi Prefecture.
www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Yamanashi_Prefecture   (717 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 articles associated with the same title.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Yamanashi   (91 words)

  
 French Restaurant Elysee Hikaru
Unfortunately, natural mushrooms do not exist in Kanagawa prefecture so we have to make another exception to our philosophy of using all ingredients from Kanagawa prefecture and make our selections from another prefecture.
Yamanashi prefecture has a wonderful offering of mushrooms; there are actually more varieties of mushrooms in Yamanashi than in France.
In Yamanashi the autumn comes early, usually the middle of August, and starts from the 8th station of Mt. Fuji.
www.elysee-hikaru.com /e/suppliers_e.html   (1070 words)

  
 Yamanashi travel guide - Wikitravel
Yamanashi prefecture (山梨県 Yamanashi-ken) is in the central Chubu region of the main Japanese island Honshu.
One of the most visited places in the Yamanashi prefecture is Mount Fuji, Japan's highest and most famous peak.
Yamanashi is famous for its grapes and peaches.
wikitravel.org /en/Yamanashi   (662 words)

  
 SAKE / Skyward Sake Series [ Yamanashi ]
Yamanashi has as its dominant physical feature the rugged mountains that cover most of this prefecture.
Among the Yamanashi mountains is one that goes by the name of Fuji, the highest and most famous peak in the land.
Though Yamanashi is famed as the wine-producing center of Japan, the local sake is most definitely the preferred beverage when enjoying the local cuisine.
www.jal.com /de/sake/skyward/yamanashi.html   (307 words)

  
 Katsunuma Wine Cave - bento.com
There are plenty of hot spring resorts and hiking trails nearby, and the prefectural capital city of Kofu is just a few stops away by local train.
The main attraction here is the fascinating Fruit Museum, where you can explore the history of fruit through the centuries, with particular emphasis on the role of fruit in the history of Yamanashi Prefecture.
Yamanashi and Katsunuma are 10 and 15 minutes, respectively, from Kofu, which is 90 minutes by express train from Shinjuku.
www.bento.com /winecave.html   (849 words)

  
 Gov. Vilsack and wife to present Japanese dignitaries with UICB guest books
The Iowa City-based Iowa Yamanashi Prefecture Friendship Committee commissioned the books, the largest of which will be given to Amano to record the names of Yamanashi Prefecture's important visitors.
Iowa's relationship with Yamanashi Prefecture, located west of Tokyo, began in 1959 when it was devastated by two typhoons that destroyed its agricultural production.
In 1960, the Yamanashi Prefecture legislative assembly asked Iowa to be a sister state and in 1961, Iowa accepted.
www.uiowa.edu /~ournews/2000/november/1114guest_book.html   (553 words)

  
 Juniper Networks :: Juniper Networks Routers Deployed for Core of Yamanashi Information Highway
The Yamanashi Information Highway, deployed in July 2006, consolidates all data communications and broadcasting networks on a single, converged IP/MPLS network, and leverages the JUNOS operating system to create a customizable management interface for connected institutions.
One of the objectives of the Yamanashi Information Highway is to provide a community of 1 million people with a network of local government offices.
The Yamanashi Prefecture is one of Japan's 47 sub-national governmental jurisdictions, and is located near the center of the main island of Japan, covering an area of 1,724 square miles and consisting of approximately 890,000 residents.
www.juniper.net /company/presscenter/pr/2006/pr-060816.html   (649 words)

  
 National university corporation University of Yamanashi
Our department is a center of neurosurgery in Yamanashi prefecture located 100km west from
We offer most advanced therapies for cerebrovascular disorders, brain and spinal tumors, neurospinal disorders, functional neurological disorders, and pediatric(congenital) neurological disorders.
Our practice is the center of brain tumor program in Yamanashi.
www.yamanashi.ac.jp /english/medical/25noshinkei.html   (422 words)

  
 jomonjapan.org: Chubu (Nagoya...)
Links to Jomon archaeology in the prefectures of Chubu region, central Honshu.
The prefectural capital cities are Fukui, Gifu, Kanazawa, Kofu, Nagano, Nagoya, Niigata, Shizuoka, and Toyama.
Climate: cool temperate, with heavy winter snow in mountains and western areas near the Japan Sea coast.
www.jomonjapan.org /chubu.html   (160 words)

  
 Yamanashi Prefecture English Home Page
Friends of Yamanashi Database online registration is now available.
In addition to basic information about Yamanashi Prefecture, the Yamanashi Multilingual Website offers various services, such as the “Friends of Yamanashi Global Network,” a network designed to further strengthen the ties between those who hold connections with our prefecture and the prefecture itself.
We hope that, through these web pages, we will be able to build a strong network between Yamanashi and the world.
www.pref.yamanashi.jp /global_net/html/English/index.html   (271 words)

  
 Yamanashi Prefecture
Keeping you up to date on Japan travel and living related issues and site updates.
Yamanashi Prefecture is located immediately west of Tokyo in the Chubu Region.
The northern half of Mount Fuji and the Fuji Five Lake region are located in Yamanashi Prefecture.
www.japan-guide.com /list/e1217.html   (52 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)

  
 UNITAS JAPANESE LANGUAGE SHOOL-Regional Information
Yamanashi (the prefecture of Mt.Fuji) is adjacent to Tokyo and it takes about 1.5h to get to Unitas Japanese language school (Kofu station).
The monthly rent of private rental housing in Yamanashi in2002 is \3,774 per 3.3㎡,which is the 29th level in Japan.
There are also many cultural facilities, such as Yamanashi prefectural museum(by name of the “Millet museum”, and the Yamanashi archeology museum.
www.unitas-ej.com /uni-j/en/area/area_idx.htm   (589 words)

  
 Rural and Remote Health Journal - View Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Results: An initial group of 329 nurses was recruited from three affiliated, rural locations in Yamanashi prefecture, central Japan; 247 usable replies were obtained (final response rate: 75.1%).
The purpose of this research was to conduct a cross-sectional, epidemiological analysis of MSD among rural hospital nurses from three affiliated facilities in rural Yamanashi prefecture, central Japan.
Yamanashi prefecture is approximately 120 km from Tokyo and occupies a 4463 km
rrh.deakin.edu.au /articles/subviewnew.asp?ArticleID=241   (2480 words)

  
 Yamanashi - Eco Kids - Kids Web Japan - Web Japan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
amanashi is an inland prefecture with a population of 890,000 and an area of 4,465 square kilometers.
It is surrounded by many of Japan's highest mountains: the Yatsugatake range to the north, the Southern Japan Alps to the west, and Mount Fuji to the south.
In addition to offering easy access to four national and quasi-national parks, the prefecture is conveniently located relatively near the Tokyo area, and the number of tourists has been increasing each year.
web-japan.org /kidsweb/ecokids/00-08egusa/yamanashi.html   (306 words)

  
 Yamanashi_Prefecture - SiteTracer.com
Mount Fuji lies on the boundary of Yamanashi and Shizuoka Prefectures.
Yamanashi Prefecture is located in the Chubu region on Honshu island, Japan.
History Yamanashi Prefecture corresponds to the pre-Meiji Restoration Kai Province.
www.sitetracer.com /search/Yamanashi_Prefecture/1-4.html   (127 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.
From our second floor windows and the balconies we have views of a shrine, two temples, the former prefectural silk inspection building, (which even our Japanese friends thought was a school), a coke machine (of great importance), a pharmacy, tofu shop, barber shop, a restaurant, and other assorted shops and homes.
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.
www.biz2web.com /grant/c4.htm   (3116 words)

  
 b-zenjapan - Introduction of Traditional Crafts : Yamanashi Prefecture - Koshu Seals
Mention is made in a late Edo period (1600-1868) "shopping guide" for Kofu, the capital of Yamanashi prefecture, that seals were being sold and skilled craftsmen were making blocks and seals in wood.
This would seem to prove that already during the second half of the 19th century, all manner of seals were being produced in Kofu.
All the specialists including the carvers and seal marketing specialists can be found at work in Yamanashi prefecture and the situation is the same today as it has always been.
www.b-zenjapan.com /crafts/yamanashi_03.phtml   (286 words)

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