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	Yubari, Hokkaido - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		As of 2003, the city has an estimated population of 13,766 and the density of 18.03 persons per km².
		The city is famous for melon and Yubari International fantastic film festival.
		Yubari local government to file for financial reconstruction after going bankrupt (06/2005)
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Yubari (94 words)

	Gogo Yubari - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Gogo Yubari is a seventeen-year old schoolgirl who is lethally skilled with a Chinese martial weapon, a Meteor hammer aka a Manriki.
		In the original script, Yubari had a sister called Yuki, who was to go on her own rampage of revenge to avenge her sister's death and ambush Kiddo after she killed Vernita Green.
		Gogo Yubari was named after a small town, Yubari, Hokkaido, where Quentin Tarantino received an award for Reservoir Dogs at Yubari international fantastic film festival in 1993.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gogo_Yubari (495 words)

	Sake-Drenched Postcards - Yubari: Japan's Melon Kingdom
		Yubari's native soil is rich with volcanic ash, a characteristic that easily allows for the soil temperature to be raised to the optimum level with the water pipe network.
		Yubari's 280 hectares of land dedicated to melons have produced a very steady 3 billion yen in sales on average over the past three years.
		Even though Yubari is presently steering itself away from its mining past, the sales procedure for its melons shares a little in common with the old controlled market of the coal days.
	www.bigempire.com /sake/yubari.html (2049 words)

	Hokkaido
		Hokkaido is an island at Japan's northern extremity, surrounded by sea in all directions.
		Hokkaido lies at about the same latitude as Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and Genoa, Italy, and is bounded by the Sea of Okhotsk on the north, the Pacific to the southeast, and the Sea of Japan on the west.
		Hokkaido experiences four distinct seasons like the rest of Japan, but lying so far north it is generally cooler in summer (22° C in July) and cold, snowy and blustery in winter (-5° C average in January).
	www.pacificislandtravel.com /asia/japan/about_destin/hokkaido.html (3853 words)

	Hokkaido - Free net encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Hokkaido Template:Audio (北海道 Hokkaidō, literal meaning: "North Sea Route", Ainu: Mosir), formerly known as Ezo, is the second largest island and largest prefecture of Japan.
		Image:Sounkyo1.jpg Image:Hokkaido satellite image.JPG Hokkaido Island is located at the north end of Japan, near Russia, and has coastlines on the Sea of Japan, the Sea of Okhotsk, and the Pacific Ocean.
		Hokkaido is known for its cool summers (which attracts many tourists from other parts of Japan) and icy winters.
	www.netipedia.com /index.php/Hokkaido_prefecture (1338 words)

	Hokkaido prefecture (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Hokkaido (北海道 Hokkaidō; literal meaning: "North Sea Circuit (political division) "; Ainu language : Mosir); formerlу known as Ezo; is the second largest island and largest prefectures of Japan of Japan
		Hokkaido Island is located at the north end of Japan; near Russia ; and has coastlines on the Sea of Japan ; the Sea of Okhotsk ; and the Pacific Ocean
		Within Hokkaido; there is a fairlу well-developed railwaу network (see Hokkaido Railwaу Companу); but manу cities can onlу be accessed bу bus or car.
	hokkaido.prefecture.en.ehhh.info (1373 words)

	Yubari:
		Japanese noodle dishes, curry, and drinks are served up by the staff behind the counter to tourists arriving by bus, perhaps to enjoy such attractions as the coal-miner exhibition hall, the coal museum, or one of the two roller coasters.
		Yubari, once a thriving center for coal mining, is now a mountain town left behind by time.
		The Yubari brand, as the melon is known across Japan, began in the early 1950s and today accounts for 97 percent of Yubari's agricultural income.
	www.pripix.com /captain/melon.htm (943 words)

	The Star Online eCentral - Malaysia Entertainment
		A celebrated annual film festival that attracted directors from all over the world to Yubari, Hokkaido, is to be discontinued as the city battles a fiscal crisis brought on by a sharply declining population.
		The city was keen to increase the number of visitors to compensate for the city's declining population, brought on by closure of the local coal mines that had provided the city's industrial base.
		In Yubari's case, it was possibly too ambitious for a city whose population has declined to about 13,000 to organize a festival on the same scale as, and sometimes larger than, that in Fukuoka - one of the biggest cities in the country.
	www.star-ecentral.com /news/story.asp?file=/2006/8/7/movies/20060807100252&sec=movies (844 words)

	Kyodo News - Story
		The city of Yubari in Hokkaido, once at the center of a thriving coal-mining industry but now known for the Yubari melon and an international movie festival, has been designated as a local government undergoing financial reconstruction, the equivalent of bankruptcy of a private enterprise.
		Yubari prospered as one of the leading coal mining areas in the country until 1990, when the last mine was closed.
		Yubari is the second municipal government designated as virtually bankrupt, following the town of Akaike (now Fukuchi) in Fukuoka Prefecture in 1992, another former coal-mining area.
	home.kyodo.co.jp /modules/fstStory/index.php?storyid=256268 (794 words)

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		This indicates that the central area of Hokkaido is being compressed in an east-west direction.
		These factors have led to speculation that the central area of Hokkaido is being compressed in an east-west direction by a force resulting from the subducting Pacific Plate.
		The area near the Oshima Peninsula (Osima Hanto) in southwest Hokkaido is believed to be a topographical and geological extension of the Ou Mountains (Ou Sanmyaku) in the Tohoku District.
	www.hp1039.jishin.go.jp /eqchreng/3-1-2.htm (613 words)

	Yubari Sisters Fandom - Go Go and Yuki Yubari
		The character of Yuki Yubari was made for Kou Shibasaki but she never signed on to Kill Bill.
		A: Yubari is the name of a small town (population 14,000) in the northern island of Hokkaido.
		The agrarian town is well known for its melons and the annual "Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival." In 1992, Tarantino went to the Yubari festival with his first film, Resevoir Dogs.
	yubari-sisters.zanlius.com (739 words)

	Cash-strapped local government cans international film festival - MSN-Mainichi Daily News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		YUBARI, Hokkaido -- The mayor of Yubari announced Friday that the Hokkaido city would stop holding a popular international film festival because the municipal government was strapped for cash.
		But Yubari Mayor Kenji Goto and officials have decided to stop holding the festival, saying the city should concentrate on economic reconstruction.
		The Yubari Municipal Government and a commission of residents and film-industry workers began the festival by utilizing a 100 million yen fund the central government allocated to local governments for promotional events in 1990.
	mdn.mainichi-msn.co.jp /entertainment/news/20060728p2a00m0et023000c.html (300 words)

	Research articles of how the Alkiline water help diary fram business
		The farmer was able to reduce the amount of mineral supplements that were being added to the diet on account of the alkali water.
		Due to the increase in calcium intake the legs were strengthened on the cow resulting in a longer life span for the cow as a milk producer.
		The milk output had increased from 317 tons to 393 tons or an increase of 24.0% 2.
	www.findhealer.com /mall/telstar/diary.php3 (1577 words)

	DaVinci: Regional> Asia> Japan> Prefectures> Hokkaido> Government
		In contrast, 83 percent in Hokkaido see worsening economic times ahead, and a...
		Children born in the low-income Hokkaido and Okinawa prefectures are not naturally less...
		Areas including Hokkaido, Japan's northernmost island, and cities in the southwest had...
	www.bluegrassdavinci.com /ODP/Regional/Asia/Japan/Prefectures/Hokkaido/Government (837 words)

	Taipei Times - archives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The season's first pair of Japan's luxurious Yubari melons were sold yesterday at ¥800,000 (US$7,258), the highest bidding price ever, at a Sapporo auction in the northern island of Hokkaido.
		The revered orange-fleshed Yubari melons, similar in size to a cantaloupe, were sold to Shikisya Co, an online produce seller in Hokkaido.
		A hybrid created in 1960, seedlings of the Yubari King are planted under vinyl greenhouses in February and 105 days later the first melons are carefully handpicked.
	www.taipeitimes.com /News/worldbiz/archives/2006/05/18/2003308832/print (217 words)

	DCP: Japan : Hokkaido (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		65.0 km (40.4 miles) ESE of Hiroo, Hokkaido, Japan
		13.0 km (8.1 miles) W of Horoizumi, Hokkaido, Japan
		38.0 km (23.6 miles) W of Aonae, Hokkaido, Japan
	www.confluence.org /region.php?id=1394 (218 words)

	DCP: 43 degrees north, 142 degrees east
		This is the first confluence to be found on Japan's island of Hokkaido.
		He was really excited to have us foreigners in his car and took photos of us with his cell phone and sent them to his friends.
		This is close to Lake Yubari and Mount Yubari, where some outdoor enthusiasts like to go.
	confluence.org /confluence.php?lat=43&lon=142 (1019 words)

	SNOW BRAND SEED Company Profile
		Hokkaido Kohno Kosha (current Snow Brand Milk Products Co., Ltd.) started its seed business together with the mainstay milk products business.
		Tokyo Branch was established to engage in marketing activities in other prefectures than Hokkaido.
		Horticulture Division was established, and production and distribution of seeds of vegetables and flowering plants, as well as seedlings of fruit plants, was started.
	www.daiwair.co.jp /CIB/2057/gaiyo.html (321 words)

	History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Yubari Precision Co., Ltd. established in Yubari City, Hokkaido.
		Sapiotech Co., Ltd. established in Sapporo City, Hokkaido.
		Yubari Precision Co.,Ltd.'s company name change to Citizen Yubari Co.,Ltd..
	www.sayama-pre.co.jp /english03/index.html (175 words)

	Water Ionizer, Alkaline and acid Water
		The farmer was able to reduce the amount of mineral supplements that were being added to the diet on account of the alkaline water.
		It was a financially and economically wise decision to use electrolysis alkaline water.
		In the long run, the use of alkaline water is a totally economical approach to the dairy industry.
	www.kirlian.org /interesting/chi_instruments/water.html (4802 words)

	Cretaceous Fossils: References Ma to Md (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The Bituberculate Pachydiscids From Hokkaido and Saghalien (Studies on the Cretaceous Ammonites from Hokkaido and Saghalien, VIII).
		Ainoceras, a New Heteromorph Ammonoid Genus from the Upper Cretaceous of Hokkaido (Studies of the Cretaceous Ammonites from Hokkaido and Saghalien, XVI).
		Uncommon Keeled Ammonites From the Upper Cretaceous of Hokkaido and Saghalien.
	www.cretaceousfossils.com /library/references_ma_to_md.htm (4962 words)

	Crisscross - Shukan Post Watcher (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		She's always misleading people by what she says.” Those not so kind words were the latest shots fired by Rinka, a 30-year-old former model and frequent TV variety show, at Chiriko Sakashita, a celebrity who gained popularity, if that’s the right word, by exposing her legs on an esthetic clinic commercial in 2000.
		On June 20, Kenji Goto, the mayor of Yubari, Hokkaido, officially announced the city’s bankruptcy at a city council meeting.
		This is the second time in its history that Yubari had officially declared bankruptcy.According to the midterm report released by Hokkaido Prefecture, the city’s debt totals 63.2 billion yen.
	www.crisscross.com /jp/shukan (838 words)

	Monsoons, Mambo & Music
		Their obachan needs their help because she runs an inn that becomes crowded during the annual film festival (a real-life film festival).
		He was influenced by Japanese director Yasujiro Ozu, a master at depicting the profundity of simply living and being.
		This aesthetic sense comes across especially in Hou's Hokkaido scenes which are stunning – snowball fights in the cloudy late afternoon light; luminous winter night scenes with lighted billboards and street lamps against a dark blue sky; the brothers and Vicky gathered around Obachan cooking oden with the steam rising around her.
	www.kyotojournal.org /10,000things/004.html (613 words)

	F. Mailing List (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Agric., Hokkaido University Sapporo, 060 Maruyama, Kiyoaki AFF Res.
		Station Oono-cho, Kameda-gun, Hokkaido, 041-12 Morishima, Hiroko National Institute of Genetics Yata, Misima, Shizuoka-ken, 411 Moue, Takehiko Fac.
		Biol., Okayama University Kurashiki, Okayama-ken, 710 Takita, Tadashi Tropical Agriculture Research Center Yatabe, Tsukuba, Ibaraki-ken, 305 Tamaru, Norihiko Kushiro Coll., Hokkaido Univ. Education Kushiro-shi, Hokkaido, 085 Tanaka, Sachihiko Institute of Radiation Breeding, NIAR Omiya-machi, Naka-gun, lbaraki-ken, 319-22 Tanisaka, Takatoshi Fac.
	www.gramene.org /newsletters/rice_genetics/rgn1/v1F.html (1849 words)

	Alkaline Water on Dairy Farms
		The milk output had increased from 317 tons to 393 tons or an increase of 24.0%
		There was a noticeable increase in their appetites.
		The milk output had increased from 8,641 kg to 10,1 77kg or an increase of 1 7.8%
	www.portalmarket.com /dairy.html (1194 words)

	Chapter Twenty-One
		From the window of the inn where he was staying, President Toda, who had come to Yubari on a guidance tour of the area, had seen Masayo looking so dejected and downcast that he was concerned she might be about to throw herself into the water.
		An account of one of these meetings in a local newspaper described the event as follows: 'Conspicuous at the gathering was the large number of women with young children, and junior and senior high school students.
		The problem with the Coal Miners' Union in Yubari might seem like a local incident, but it was an important struggle for the Law and for the victory of the people.
	www.buddhistinformation.com /the_lotus_sutra_study_center/wisdom_of_the_lotus_sutra_number_21.htm (19386 words)

	Welcome to FreshPlaza
		The worst excesses of Japan's economic bubble of the 1980s were on display again yesterday when a pair of melons fetched a record 800,000 yen (about £4,000) at the first auction of the fruit's season.
		The bid for the prized melons, from Yubari in Hokkaido, northern Japan, beat the previous record, set last year, by 200,000 yen.
		The price could rise further: the melons' new owner, a local wholesaler, said he planned to auction the pair on the internet.
	www.freshplaza.com /2006/19may/2_jp_melonrecordprice.htm (111 words)

	Aikijutsu and Aikido Genealogy
		In 1974 Kodo Horikawa received the "Order of Eternal Mastership", which is the highest title of the Budo society.
		Seigo Okamoto, was born in Yubari, Hokkaido in 1925.
		Okamoto recalls that the training was extremely tough in those days in Hokkaido, and only after two to three years did he become good at ukemi (falling).
	www.hwarang.org /Aikigenealogy.html (1622 words)

	NH Bankruptcy Attorney - Bankruptcy resources (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Las vegas bankruptcy attorney - Yubari’s fiscal rehab just tip of city bankruptcy iceberg
		Yubari’s fiscal rehab just tip of city bankruptcy iceberg
		The Japan Times, Japan - Jun 29, 2006… Yubari, Hokkaido, once the center of a thriving coal-mining industry, has the dubious honor of being the second city in the nation to get bankruptcy protection …
	www.your-bankruptcy-headquarters.info /archives/104 (227 words)

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