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  Nara -A journey to the ancient city-   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-23)
Located almost at the center of the Japanese archipelago, Nara Prefecture is an inland prefecture surrounded by the four prefectures of Osaka to the west, Kyoto to the north, Wakayama to the south and Mie to the east.
Nara, with a total population of some 1.44 million, has a diversified geography, a plane to the north and the Kii Mountain Range, or 'the Roof of Kinki (or Osaka Area)' to the south.
Nara occupies an important position in the history of Japan; it is said that the first state was located in Nara.
www.pref.nara.jp /nara_e   (315 words)

  
 Middle East Open Encyclopedia: Nara Prefecture   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-23)
Nara Prefecture is located in the middle of the Kii Peninsula on the western half of Honshu, Japan.
Nara is bordered to the west by Wakayama Prefecture and Osaka Prefecture; on the north by Kyoto Prefecture and on the east by Mie Prefecture.
Despite being in the middle of Japan, Nara is one of Japan's warmest prefectures; snow is a rarity in Nara, although there is some accumulation in the southern mountains during the winter.
www.baghdadmuseum.org /ref/index.php?title=Nara_Prefecture   (985 words)

  
 Yoshino, Nara   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-23)
Yoshino (吉野町; -cho) is a town located in Yoshino District, Nara, Japan.
As of 2003, the town has an estimated population of 10,580 and a density of 110.61 persons per km²;.
It is famous for its 100 000 sakura trees on Mt. Yoshino.
www.worldhistory.com /wiki/Y/Yoshino,-Nara.htm   (141 words)

  
 Dictionary of Meaning www.mauspfeil.net   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-23)
'''Nara''' can refer to: * Nara Prefecture Nara prefecture, part of the Kansai Kansai region of central Honshu, Japan ** Nara, Nara Nara is the city of Nara Prefecture Nara Prefecture, Japan * The Nara Period of the History of Japan *'''Nara''' is a major Manchu clan.
Empress Dowager Cixi was from the Yehe Nara clan.
* Nara (village) Nara is a village in the Abbottabad District of Pakistan.
www.mauspfeil.net /NARA.html   (262 words)

  
 Oto, Nara - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Oto, Nara   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-23)
Oto, Nara - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Oto, Nara.
Oto (大塔村; -mura) is a village located in Yoshino District, Nara, Japan.
As of 2003, the village has an estimated population of 781 and a density of 7.03 persons per km²;.
www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/Oto-Nara.html   (107 words)

  
 Yoshino, Nara - TheBestLinks.com - Japan, Population, 2003, Square kilometer, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-23)
Yoshino, Nara - TheBestLinks.com - Japan, Population, 2003, Square kilometer,...
Yoshino, Nara, Japan, Population, 2003, Square kilometer, Population density...
As of 2003, the town has an estimated population of 10,580 and a density of 110.61 persons per kmandsup2.
www.thebestlinks.com /Yoshino__2C___Nara.html   (96 words)

  
 Yoshino, Nara -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-23)
Yoshino, Nara -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
As of 2003, the town has an estimated ((statistics) the entire aggregation of items from which samples can be drawn) population of 10,580 and a (The amount per unit size) density of 110.61 persons per (additional info and facts about km²;) km²;.
They are planted in three groves at different altitude so that they bloom at different times of the spring.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/y/yo/yoshino,_nara.htm   (81 words)

  
 Letters from the Global Province
Yoshino is the variety of cherry tree most dominant in Washington’s wonderful blossoming each Springtime.
As well, Yoshino is the name of the cryptomeria we most admire, cryptomeria yoshino, a beautiful Evergreen which grows heartily in several climes and provides greenery throughout all the seasons.
Nearby to Nara are Yoshino Mountain and the Yoshino River (www.reggie.net/album.php?albid=725).
www.globalprovince.com /letters/4-6-05.htm   (1951 words)

  
 Kyoto information site『2Kyoto』◇Stays information/Ikkyu-an(一休庵)◇
Speaking of Yoshino, it is famous for the famous place of a cherry tree.
It is the meat of the wild boar of the wildness caught in the Yoshino mountain.
It is a deer born in Yoshino to meet a visitor outside the front door.
www.2kyoto.net /eng/syukuhaku/nara_yoshino/ikkyuan.html   (327 words)

  
 Nara -Yoshino Area-   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-23)
It is said that this is one of the temples established by the magico-religious practitioner, Ennogyoja who underwent ascetic training on Mt. Katsuragi in Yamato area (the present day Nara Prefecture) in the 8th century.
As well as the spring, Yoshino is worth visiting at other times of the year: to see the colored leaves in fall and snowscapes in winter.
Yoshino has many historical spots all around the area and many people visit Yoshino throughout the year.
www01.pref.nara.jp /nara_e/area07   (251 words)

  
 Kawakami, Nara - TheBestLinks.com - Japan, Population, 2003, Square kilometer, ...
Kawakami, Nara, Japan, Population, 2003, Square kilometer, Population density...
Kawakami (川上村; -mura) is a village located in Yoshino District, Nara, Japan.
As of 2003, the village has an estimated population of 2,286 and a density of 8.49 persons per kmandsup2.
www.thebestlinks.com /Kawakami__2C___Nara.html   (96 words)

  
 Emperor Komyo of Japan - Wikpedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-23)
Despite lacking the Sacred Treasures, Prince Yutahito was enthroned as Emperor, beginning the Northern Court.
On November 18, 1348, he abdicated to the eldest son of his older brother, the former claimant to the throne Kōgon, who became the Northern Pretender Sukō.
In the Shōhei Reunification, Kōmyō and his companions were placed under house arrest in Yamato Province, in what is today the village of Nishiyoshino, Yoshino District, Nara.
www.bostoncoop.net /~tpryor/wiki/index.php?title=Emperor_Komyo_of_Japan   (200 words)

  
 Rise of the Ashikaga - The Ashikaga Shoguns and Civil War - History - Japan - Asia
Go-Daigo and his supporters fled south to Yoshino, near Nara, to establish a rival court.
For the next 56 years, civil war between the Northern Court (at Kyoto) and the Southern Court (at Yoshino) divided the country.
The dispute was eventually resolved in 1392, when the third Ashikaga shogun, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, persuaded the emperor at Yoshino to abdicate and worked out a compromise over the imperial succession.
www.countriesquest.com /asia/japan/history/the_ashikaga_shoguns_and_civil_war/rise_of_the_ashikaga.htm   (440 words)

  
 Yoshino District, Nara -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-23)
Yoshino District, Nara -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
Yoshino (吉野郡; -gun) is a (A region marked off for administrative or other purposes) district located in (The independent agency that oversees management of federal government records including presidential libraries and historic collections) Nara, (A constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building) Japan.
As of 2003, the district has an estimated ((statistics) the entire aggregation of items from which samples can be drawn) population of 59,020 and a (The amount per unit size) density of 26.14 persons per (additional info and facts about km²;) km²;.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/y/yo/yoshino_district,_nara.htm   (116 words)

  
 Playshop2000 in Yoshino - Post-playshop Dialog
Playshop was held at Neo-Museum in the beautiful natural environment of Yoshino, Nara on July 2, 2000.
Historically speaking, Yoshino is a really interesting place because many of the people who live there fled from the centers of powers to start something new.
One reason why we decided to have the workshop in Yoshino is that the workshops have not really paid much attention to space, time flow, combining and editing elements of space and time.
www.childresearch.net /PROJECT/PLAYSHOP/PLAYSHOP2000/2000YOSHINO/DIALOG   (8163 words)

  
 Mt. Yoshino petals, Nara-ken
In the morning, there was little difficulty in getting a lift to the Kusatsu parking area, just before the Nara turn off on the Meihan expressway.
He was going to Osaka, but wasn't in a rush, so took me all the way to Yoshino - right up to the village itself in the mountains.
Eventually, I looked on a map in the convenience store to find where the nearest parking area was.
www.reggie.net /diary.php?date=2002-04-08   (640 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-23)
The park extends as a narrow 80km strip along the coast from Kushimoto in the south to Owase in the north, thence inland following the Kumano-Kitayama river (Doro gorge) to Mount Omine, Mount Odaigahara and Mount Shaka.
A small outlier of Mount Yoshino is situated about 5km to the north of the main Park boundary.
The Park is located in Yoshino and Kumano districts.
sea.unep-wcmc.org /sites/pa/1339v.htm   (1070 words)

  
 Yoshiya Reibo   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-23)
This is a Koten piece in the Takuhatsu style from the Kinko Ryu school.
This piece was named after the place called Yoshino in Nara.
In other Shakuhachi schools different Chinese characters are used for "Yoshino" and though the titles are read the same way, the content of the respective pieces differs markedly.
www.komuso.com /pieces/Yoshiya_Reibo.html   (200 words)

  
 Biography
A Jounin from Leaf Village, Shikaku hails from the Nara Clan, known for their ability to control their shadow.
Nara Shikaku is the father of Nara Shikamaru.
Yoshino is the mother of Nara Shikamaru and the wife of Nara Shikaku.
www.leafninja.com /biographies-N.php   (675 words)

  
 mayu_ham: Trip to Yoshino
Yoshino is the place which was authorized the World Heritage.
Nara's deer know that peaple gives "Shikasennbei" which deer like very much.
Thank you to praise my picture.It was taken in Yoshino.
www.livejournal.com /users/mayu_ham/2934.html   (225 words)

  
 contents   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-23)
Even today, crowds of people flock to places noted for their cherry blossom and hold parties beneath the trees.
Yoshino in Nara Prefecture and Ueno Park in Tokyo are favoured placesfor cherry-blossom viewing (ohanami).
Cherry-blossom (sakura) is a shortlived flower and in Japan it symbolizes the impermanence of things, hence its importance in a culture heavily influenced by Buddhist philosophy.
park.org /Japan/Panasonic/no_sw_tc/english/s/c/a/b/S_23_5_6.html   (105 words)

  
 Japan Times: KANSAI: Who & What   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-23)
A volunteer guide interpreter is organizing a one-day tour for English-speaking foreigners to visit Yoshino, Nara Prefecture, for cherry-blossom viewing on April 10.
Participants will go to Mount Yoshino, a scenic spot historically considered one of the best places to view cherry blossoms.
On the mountain, which was recently designated a world cultural heritage site by UNESCO along with surrounding areas, more than 30,000 cherry trees gradually come into bloom from the foothills to the top.
search.japantimes.co.jp /print/news/nn04-2005/nn20050403k1.htm   (426 words)

  
 muromachi-p
Emperor Godaigo escaped from Kyoto and went to Yoshino in Nara since Kyoto was under Takauji's control and the position of the emperor was replaced.
The Imperial Court in Kyoto was called Hokucho, and the Imperial Court in Nara was called Nancho.
2nd floor is an architecture style introduced from China in Nara period, and 3rd floor is the style of Zen architecture.
www.mnsu.edu /emuseum/prehistory/japan/muromachi/muromachi-p.htm   (2557 words)

  
 Go-Daigo --  Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - The online encyclopedia you can trust!
Emperor of Japan whose efforts to overthrow the Kamakura shogunate (see Kamakura period) resulted in a split in the imperial family.
Takauji rebelled and, victorious, elevated another member of the imperial family to the throne.
Go-Daigo fled south to the Yoshino Mountains and established a rival court there.
www.britannica.com /ebc/article-9365741   (855 words)

  
 Cherry Blossoms   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-23)
I lounge by some deer in Nara Park.
Leon points a toy gun at a deer in Nara park...
Former students Kaori and Yuko pose near the Kurogawa River in Nishinomiya (near Kobe).
www.cayenne.net /pictures/cherryblossoms2003/cherryblossoms2003.html   (794 words)

  
 Tennoji Miyako Hotel, Osaka, Japan - E-Biz-Travel.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-23)
From here there is easy access to Nara and Kyoto, ancient and medieval capitals of Japan; to the modern port city of Kobe; and to Ise-Shima resort, the home town of culturued pearl, A huge Kintetsu Department store is just beside the hotel.
The hall is designed with a motif of cherry blossoms and cedars of Yoshino, Nara.
In addition to this hall, we have a large variety of medium and small banquet halls.
www.e-biz-travel.com /japan/osaka_hotels/tennoji_miyako_hotel_osaka/index.asp   (550 words)

  
 Ominelite Mineral Data
Accessory mineral found in a high alumina porphyritic granite of Miocene age associated with sekaninaite (Fe cordierite).
Omine Mountains near the misen River at Tenkawa, Yoshio, Nara Prefecture, Japan.
Location: Misen River in Tenkawa, Yoshino, Nara Prefecture, Japan.
webmineral.com /data/Ominelite.shtml   (255 words)

  
 Technical Visits in the Kansai - Nara Prefectured Fruit Tree Promotion Center (Persimmon Museum)
Nara Prefectured Fruit Tree Promotion Center (Persimmon Museum)
Exhibition of varieties of persimmon fruits, dyed textile using persimmon and its astringent juice, and other products made of persimmon.
Please click here for the Rules of browsing this site by visitors.
www.italconsosaka.org /intkansai/business/tech-visits/N-01.html   (163 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-23)
The Japanese wolf officially became extinct 99 years ago.
More accurately, there has not been a confirmed sighting since the last of the species was captured in the village of Higashi-Yoshino, Nara Prefecture, in 1905.
My thoughts turned to various extinct animals when the Paleontological Society of Japan last Sunday released a picture of a wolf's skull, said to be the largest ever discovered.
www.timberwolfinformation.org /info/archieve/newspapers/viewnews.cfm?ID=1649   (352 words)

  
 MANGA-WORLD/Glass No Kamen 40
All Japan involved in a terrific civil war.
Japan was divided into 2 sides: Bakufu governmental in Tokyo and the emperor in Yoshino, Nara.
After pray and pray, one early morning, in the beginning of spring, the chief priest of Kotoku Shrine saw a weird ray in the East.
www.geocities.com /vigxi/glass/glass40.html   (2468 words)

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