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Japan finds another gap in its disaster readiness - Mount Fuji | Reuters  Sep 15, 2012 ... Japan had no plan in place to deal with a disaster in which an earthquake sparks a volcanic eruption at the country's most famous landmark. ... a national symbol that adorns Japanese passports has been silent since 1707.
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Famous Landmarks: Satellite View of Mount Fuji, Japan - Nations ...  Famous Landmarks - labeled Searchable map/satellite view of Mount Fuji, Japan. ... an active volcano, even though its last last eruption was at the end of 1707.
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Mount Fuji - Wikipedia  Mount Fuji located on Honshu Island, is the highest mountain in Japan at 3,776.24 m (12,389 ft). An active stratovolcano that last erupted in 170708, Mount Fuji lies about ... 100 Famous Japanese Mountains  Coordinates  352129N...
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General Trivia-:- Flash cards by cueFlash  In 1707, this prominent Japanese landmark erupts. What is Mount Fuji? The alphabetically last of the U.S. Presidents by first name. Who is Zachary Taylor?
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Sacred Mountains of the World: Fuji - National Park Service  The mountain that most represents Japan in the eyes of the world is, of course, Mount Fuji. ... ago when an eruption buried the surrounding plain beneath ten feet of volcanic ash. ... The mountain last shot forth fire in 1707 when ash swirled up to .... as treasured mementos of their climb of Japan's most famous landmark.
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Imperial Hotel, Tokyo - Wikipedia  The Imperial Hotel (, teikoku hoteru) is a hotel in Tokyo that was created in the late ... The original Imperial Hotel, designed by Yuzuru Watanabe (18901922); Hotel .... The structure famously survived the Great Kant earthquake on September 1, 1923 (7.9 on the Moment magnitude scale (Mw)). ..... [hide]. Asia...
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June 26, 2008  ... In 1192 Yoritomo, the leader of the Minamoto Clan controlling Japan, was given this title that means "great general" shogun If you travel here by Winnebago,...
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100 years after: The world's worst volcano disaster | World news ...  Apr 28, 2002 ... Finally, at 8am on 8 May 1902, Mount Pele blew its top, sending a massive cloud ... Three minutes later, the 'Paris of the West Indies' lay in ruins, its 30,000 ... Only one person survived: Auguste Ciparis, the sole occupant of the city's dungeon. The destruction of St Pierre was complete, and unprecedented.
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FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT'S IMPERIAL HOTEL: A SEISMIC REE ...  engineering into a comprehensive aseismic design, strategy. HOTEL ... reach the U.S. concerning the September 1, 1923 Great KEMO earthquake: _ the. Imperial Hotel ... the Imperial Hotel was the Only building in Tokyo to withstand the earth- quake. .... foundation,' etc,., one finds that what the man did was drive piles. It's.
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Natural Beauty Of Vancouver Could Steal The Spotlight From Expo ...  May 11, 1986 ... VANCOUVER, B.C.  Just 100 years after its founding, the city once called the ... Charles and Lady Diana cut the ribbon to officially open Expo 86. But while Canada`s man-made exposition will take center stage, the natural ... by the Japanese-built Pan Pacific, an elegant new luxury hotel (one of several...
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A Day That Shook The World: Windsor Castle fire | The Independent  Nov 18, 2010 ... On 20 November 1992 the home of the British monarchy for nearly 1000 years burst ... A Day That Shook The World: Windsor Castle fire ... It caused an estimated 37 million of damage and took months to restore the palace,...
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Benchmarks: May 8, 1902: The deadly eruption of Mount Pele ...  May 8, 2015 ... The volcanic eruption of Mount Pele on Martinique in 1902. ... One of these volcanoes, Mount Pele, sat just 7 kilometers from St. ... Everybody is afraid that the volcano has taken into its head to burst forth and destroy the whole island. ... At the same time, a cloud that formed on the summit of Montagne...
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LS 1/72 Mitsubishi "Kamikaze", previewed by Scott Van Aken  In the mid 1930's the Japanese Army had a requirement for a fast ... The aircraft flew beautifully and exceeded all specifications (see if that can happen nowadays!). ... use for a record flight between Japan and England for the coronation of George VI. ... of 1937 and registered J-BAAI with the name 'Kamikaze' (Divine Wind).
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J! Archive - Show #3, aired 1984-09-12  In Japan it's called "rasshu awa"; in L.A, 4 to 6 P.M. ... When its coffee crop was destroyed around 1870, Ceylon switched to growing this...
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Seven Major Volcanic Eruptions That Temporarily Cooled World's ...  It can be argued, though, that several periods of our planet's geological history have ... This volcano in Iceland erupted in 1783 with 130 craters opened with ... Heavy volcanic ash falls were observed as far away as Borneo, Sulawesi, Java .... the blood-red sky shown in Edvard Munch's famous 1893 painting The Scream is...
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Reconstruction - The Great Kant Earthquake.com  The reconstruction of Tokyo following the Great Kant Earthquake was a ... that a grandiose new capital with broad avenues and impressive government buildings could be ... and a concentration of political power that did not exist in 1923 Japan. ... of land readjustment [kukaku seiri] to redevelop devastated parts of the city.
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Mt. Fuji Eruption Imminent - Experts Say Volcano 'Under Great ...  Oct 1, 2014 ... ... powerful stresses caused by the tremors were directly beneath several volcanoes, ... The last time Mt. Fuji erupted was in 1707, just 49 days after an 8.7 ... of if but when  a Japanese government study has warned that over 750,000 ... Ash storms will descend on Tokyo, smothering the city and causing...
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Empress Suiko - Wikipedia  Empress Suiko (, Suiko-tenn) (554  15 April 628) was the 33rd monarch of Japan, ... and that male-only succession tradition must be maintained in the 21st century. ... This empress is traditionally venerated at a memorial Shinto shrine ... Yokohama Burning: The Deadly 1923 Earthquake and Fire that Helped...
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Eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 - Wikipedia  The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD was one of the most catastrophic volcanic eruptions ... Some of the damage had still not been repaired when the volcano erupted. ... remaining there and altering the landscape, including the coastline. .... Pliny and his mother to return to their home and wait for news of Pliny the Elder.
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Mount Fuji facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com articles ...  The highest mountain in Japan, it is a sacred mountain and the traditional goal of pilgrimage. According to legend, an earthquake created Fuji in 286 BC The...
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Jeopary Questions page 1867 - SCIENCE FICTION - TriviaBistro.com  LEGAL PEOPLE: This flamboyant western defense lawyer wrote the 1995 .... In 1995 this "beefy" capital of Hyogo prefecture was hit by a 7.2 earthquake.