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  Yokohama - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Yokohama was a small fishing village up to the end of the feudal Edo period, a time when Japan held a policy of national seclusion, having little contact with Western foreigners.
Yokohama is centered on an inlet on the western side of Tokyo Bay, 30 kilometers (18 miles) from Tokyo, to which it is connected by a half-dozen railway lines as well as expressways and surface streets.
Yokohama is the home of the Yokohama BayStars (Formerly Taiyo Whales), a Central League baseball team, and the Yokohama F Marinos and Yokohama FC, J.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Yokohama   (1568 words)

  
 Aomori Prefecture - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Aomori Prefecture is the northernmost prefecture on Honshu and faces Hokkaido across the Tsugaru Strait.
On January 1, 2006 the town of Nanbu merged with the town of Nagawa and the village of Fukuchi from Sannohe District to form the new town of Nanbu.
The two major dialects of Japanese spoken in Aomori Prefecture are Tsugaru-ben (津軽弁) and Nambu-ben (南部弁); the former is prevalent in the area around Aomori City, and the latter is heard in and around the city of Hachinohe.
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 Yokohama, Kamikita, Aomori - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The city Yokohama, the capital of Kanagawa Prefecture, is one of the major cities of Japan.
Yokohama (横浜町; Yokohamamachi) is a town located in Kamikita District, Aomori, Japan.
In 2003 the town had an estimated population of 5,324 and a population density of 42.07 persons per km².
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Yokohama,_Kamikita,_Aomori   (105 words)

  
 Yokohama
Yokohama was designated as a foreign port instead of Kanagawa, which the Tokugawa shogunate feared was too close to the Tokaido, a strategic highway connecting Edo to Nagoya, Kyoto, and Osaka.
Yokohama is located on a peninsula facing the western side of Tokyo Bay, 30 kilometers (18 miles) from Tokyo, to which it is connected by a half-dozen railway lines as well as expressways and surface streets.
Yokohama is the home of the Yokohama BayStars, a Central League baseball team, and the Yokohama F Marinos, a J. League soccer team.
www.governpub.com /Capitals-Y/Yokohama.php   (775 words)

  
 ipedia.com: Yokohama, Kanagawa Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Yokohama (Japanese: 横浜市; -shi) is the capital city of Kanagawa prefecture in Japan, and also a major port.
Yokohama had been a small fishing village before the sea port was opened in 1859.
Yokohama is the home of Yokohama Baystars, a Central League baseball team, and Yokohama F Marinos, a J.
www.ipedia.com /yokohama__kanagawa.html   (328 words)

  
 Yokohama Hotel - Discount Yokohama Hotel Reservations Save up to 70%
Yokohama is located on the western coast of Tokyo Bay directly south of Tokyo, Yokohama is almost a part of Tokyo.
Yokohama is in the Kanto region of Japan.
Yokohama Excel Tokyu Hotel has all of the amenities, facilities and levels of comfort you would expect from a hotel of this class and maintains the meticulous standards required by travel and tour operators worldwide.
www.japaneselifestyle.com.au /city.php?city_eng_text=Yokohama   (1715 words)

  
 Yokohama : Yokohama, Japan
Yokohama (横浜) is Japan's second-biggest city with a population of approximately 3.27 million people (1997), located on a peninsula facing the western side of Tokyo Bay.
One of the most famous tourist resorts in Yokohama is the ramen museum.
Yokamaha[?] is also a town[?] in Aomori, Japan.
www.findword.org /yo/yokohama,-japan.html   (276 words)

  
 The Ultimate Yokohama, Kanagawa Dog Breeds Information Guide and Reference
Yokohama was a small fishing village up to the end of the Edo period, a time when Japan did not trade with seafaring nations.
Sightseeing spots in Yokohama include the port area (Yamashita Park, Minato Mirai 21, and Chinatown), the Yamate area (foreigners' cemetery and harbour view park), and Sankeien Garden.
The manga series Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou written and drawn by Hitoshi Ashinano (芦奈野ひとし) features several scenes set in a post-ecodisaster Yokohama.
www.dogluvers.com /dog_breeds/Yokohama   (683 words)

  
 Yokohama Accommodation, Hotels in Yokohama - Octopus Travel
After Yokohama Port was opened in 1859, many foreign merchants moved to Yokohama, specially Yamate area where is a hill close to the harbour.
Being connected to the Shin Yokohama bullet train station and the Shopping Plaza Prince Pepe, housing 140 shops and restaurants, the hotel is a convenient hub for both business and leisure activities...
Yokohama Prince Flower Promenade, the botanic garden, is next to the hotel.
www.octopustravel.net.au /Japan_Yokohama_hotel_accommodation.html   (393 words)

  
 NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Kobe, Hyogo
Kobe is the capital of Hyogo Prefecture and is one of Japan's major ports along with the ports of Yokohama, Osaka, Nagoya, Hakata, and Tokyo.
It is in the Kansai region of Japan, in Hyogo Prefecture to the south-west of Osaka.
Kobe is also the home of world famous Kobe beef Kobe beef is beef made from cows that are fed a diet enriched with beer and massaged lovingly by attendants in Kobe, Hyogo, Japan.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Kobe,-Hyogo   (812 words)

  
 Hotels in Yokohama - Yokohama hotel reservations & reviews. Yokohama travel guide and hotel list. Hotels in Yokohama   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Yokohama hotels and resorts reservation guide - the definitive guide to Yokohama accommodation.
The Yokohama hotels and resorts guide provides a brief summary, customer ratings and reviews for hotels or resorts.
For detailed hotel information or to reserve a hotel or resort in Yokohama, please select a hotel or resort and let asiahotels.com be your Yokohama travel agent.
www.asiahotels.com /hl/Yokohama-Japan.asp   (298 words)

  
 Yokohama Avid Touring -- Recommendations and Resources   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
:''For the town of Yokohama in Aomori Prefecture, see Yokohama, Aomori.'', is in the Minato Mirai 21 district of Yokohama.]], the United States Navy used Yokohama's port as a transshipment base.
This ship departed Yokohama in 1951, carrying war dead home to the U.S.]] Yokohama (Japanese: 横浜市; -shi) is the capital city of Kanagawa Prefecture in Japan.
During the American occupation, Yokohama was a major transshipment base for American supplies and personnel,
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 Yokohama hotels. For cheap and luxury hotels in Yokohama use our secure online booking engine. Live, real time, instant ...
Situated on the hilltop of Isogo in the port city of Yokohama, the Prince Hotel overlooks the bay area.
The area surrounding the hotel is in itself a large amusement complex featuring various sports facilities, including a skating rink, indoor tennis courts and bowling alleys.
Also nearby are the landmarks of exotic Yokohama city, Chinatown and hillside parks.
www.rooms-japan.com /hotels/yokohama.html   (373 words)

  
 Budget Hotels Aomori | Restaurants in Aomori | Budget Hotels Aomori
Aomori like other tourists destinations of Japan has many hotels, both budget and cheap to luxury hotels.
Aomori hotels keep enough of spaces and lounges for the tourists so as to ensure an optimum comfort.
Once you are in Aomori hotels, you will feel by heart a never before experience, and that is primarily because of the array of attractions and hotspots of aomori.
www.budgetjapanhotels.com /aomori-hotels.htm   (194 words)

  
 Japan Travel Forum - VirtualTourist.com
We will be travelling to Ibaraki, her hometown and where her family is currently living(her father says he has the sake ready for us when when arrive).
We will also meet up with another friend of mine from houston and stay with her cousin in Yokohama for a few days, and then to her good friends place in Tokyo.
My only worry is, my girlfriend says that while in tokyo we are going to go to some bath houses, because she misses going to them.
forum.virtualtourist.com /forum-1392-18-Travel-Japan-1-forum.html   (1681 words)

  
 JAPAN CAPITULATES--Liberation of Allied Prisoners of War, II
An Allied prisoner of war lies weakly on his cot, almost reduced to a bundle of bones by ill-treatment at the hands of the Japanese.
Photographed upon the arrival of a U.S. Navy rescue team at the Aomori prison camp, near Yokohama, Japan, 29-30 August 1945.
He had been rescued from the Aomori POW camp, near Yokosuka, by a team led by Commodore Rodger Simpson and Commander Harold Stassen.
www.history.navy.mil /photos/events/wwii-pac/japansur/js-6f2.htm   (652 words)

  
 Aomori Hotels and Aomori Rooms
Aomori hotels sorted by price: Makes it easy to find the best value in Aomori lodgings.
If you did not find the Aomori hotels you were looking for or are looking for lodgings in other Japan cities you may want to check out the accommodations for other cities in our Japan cities list.
You may also view Aomori lodgings and hotels alphabetically or Aomori hotels and rooms sorted by price.
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 Japan
Japan's medieval era was characterized by the emergence of a ruling class of warriors called samurai.
In the year 1185, general Minamoto Yoritomo was the first to break the tradition of ruling alongside the Emperor in Kyoto, holding power in Kamakura, just south of present-day Yokohama.
After Yoritomo's death, another warrior clan, the Hojo, came to rule as regents for the shoguns.
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 Yokohama Landmark Tower :: Minato Mirai 21, Yokohama, Aomori-ken, Japan :: Glass Steel and Stone
Yokohama Landmark Tower :: Minato Mirai 21, Yokohama, Aomori-ken, Japan :: Glass Steel and Stone
A t the time it was completed, the Yokohama Landmark Tower was the tallest building in Japan, and it still doesn't look out of place in this country steeped in traditional mores, traditional lifestyles, and traditional architecture.
Its 70-story form echoes certain elements of traditional temples, most notably the distinct flared corners and elegant slopes.
www.glasssteelandstone.com /BuildingDetail/170.php   (239 words)

  
 International Market Research - Japan Aerospace 2004   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
INTERNATIONAL COPYRIGHT, U.S. Japan's only major air show, Japan Aerospace 2004, held in Yokohama on October 6-10, 2004, will offer U.S. aerospace industry suppliers perhaps the single most important promotional opportunity in Japan's $11 billion aerospace market.
Japan Aerospace 2004, Japan's only major air show, will be held on October 6-10, 2004, at the Pacifico Yokohama Convention Center in the metropolitan Tokyo area.
Japan's only major air show, Japan Aerospace 2004, is expected to host almost all major manufacturers, suppliers, trading firms, as well as government and research institutes, from both Japan and abroad, in the 20,000 square meter floor of the Pacifico Yokohama Convention Center.
strategis.ic.gc.ca /epic/internet/inimr-ri.nsf/en/gr114621e.html   (659 words)

  
 Avoidinglife.com - Puzzling Signs 3   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
My students at Yokohama Branch High School decided to choose Sesame Street as the theme for their annual school festival.
I wonder if the designer of this MOS Burger menu is a Yokohama graduate.
It seems like everywhere you go in Aomori you will come across cute food related art.
www.avoidinglife.com /index.php/2005/11/22/puzzling_signs_3   (658 words)

  
 Aomori Travel: Oirase Stream
The Japan Rail Pass is valid on both shinkansen and the JR Bus.
From Aomori Station, there are several direct JR buses to the Oirase Valley each day.
The one way ride to Ishigedo takes about two hours and costs 2,400 Yen.
www.japan-guide.com /e/e3775.html   (259 words)

  
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Korean War, the United States Navy Yokohama (Japanese Kanagawa Prefecture in Japan.
Yolanda of Flanders ruled the Latin Empire in Constantinople for her husband Peter of Courtenay from 1217 to 1219.
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 Hotel Aomori, Hotels in Aomori, japan Accommodation
Hotel Jal City Aomori - 4-12 Yasukata 2-Chome, Aomori City 030-0803 JP
The city of Aomori is a gateway to the historical sites and scenic beauty of Japan's rugged north country.
Hotel JAL City Aomori, just six minutes from...
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 Sentimental Graffiti General FAQ - IGN FAQs
If Protagonist stops at another city, unless he does not mind a random encounter with the heroine of the other city, choose a spot where he is less probable to random-encounter that heroine.
(Note most transportation pass through Osaka to reach Kyoto, or pass through Tokyo to reach Yokohama.
Kanazawa is different because it is on the opposite coast of Honshu from Tokyo.) If Protagonist arrives in the destination city or another city at or after 14:00, but before sunset, try to get an Arbeit.
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 Aomori Pref Hotels - Lodging & Accommodations in Aomori Pref Japan - RoomsANYWHERE
Aomori Pref Hotels - Lodging & Accommodations in Aomori Pref Japan - RoomsANYWHERE
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We specialize in discount hotels in Aomori Pref - Japan, resorts, hotels, Aomori Pref luxury hotels and Aomori Pref family hotel rooms.
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 Aomori Hotels - Lodging & Accommodations in Aomori Japan - RoomsANYWHERE
Aomori Hotels - Lodging & Accommodations in Aomori Japan - RoomsANYWHERE
Thank you for considering Aomori Hotels provided by RoomsAnywhere.
We specialize in discount hotels in Aomori - Japan, resorts, hotels, Aomori luxury hotels and Aomori family hotel rooms.
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 Aomori Hotels: Cheap Hotels in Aomori Japan, Discount Hotel Aomori
Aomori Hotels: Cheap Hotels in Aomori Japan, Discount Hotel Aomori
Below is the featured hotel chains which offers the cheap and discount hotels.
Aomori City 030-0803 JP Hotel Information - Room Reservations
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 Yokohama Hotel Rooms Holiday/Vacation Info
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