ISPRS Technical Commission VIII Remote Sensing Applications and Policies 2010 Annual Report President: Haruhisa Shimoda (Japan) Scientific Secretary: Kohei Cho (Japan) Administrative Secretary: Yoshiaki Honda (Japan)

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• Cartography
• Geodesy
• Science
• Photogrammetry
• Measurement
• ISPRS
• Global Earth Observation System of Systems
• UN-SPIDER
• CIPA
• Remote sensing
• Geography
• Disaster preparedness

69 Kōno Port Kōno, Minami Echizen-cho; Hirose-cho, Echizen City Kōno flourished as a way station between Tsuruga and Echizen, where cargo was transferred to horseback couriers who would then carry it into the Echizen

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85 Lakeside Plum Groves and Boathouses Tai and Elsewhere, Wakasa-cho A village song goes “What I see across the shore/Is it clouds or mist/It is the flowers of the western plum fields.” Plum blossoms are beautiful a

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• Wakasa
• Prunus mume
• Plum
• Fukui Prefecture
• Asia
• Botany
• Flora

40 Ichijōdani Asakura Clan Ruins Kido no Uchi-cho, Fukui City The bustling castle town that stood beneath the fortress of the powerful Asakura clan during the Warring States period was populated by as many as 10,000 re

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• Asakura clan
• Samurai
• Feudalism
• Ichijōdani Asakura Family Historic Ruins
• Asia
• Asakura Yoshikage
• Asakura
• Fukui
• Fukui
• Oda Nobunaga
• Japan
• Daimyo
• Seppuku

67 Yasha ga Ike Pond Iwaya, Minami Echizen-cho Various legends surround Yasha ga Ike, and its environs are equally mystical as the stories that feature it. The two hour climb from start to summit brings hikers through c

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• Yasha
• Chestnut
• Mikuni Awara Line

59 Echizen’s Crab and Port Towns Kokonogi, Echizen-cho; Mikuni-cho, Sakai City Echizen crabs are never frozen on the ships that catch them, but instead are boiled when they reach port. The vermillion crabs that float

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• Mikuni Awara Line
• Mikuni-Minato Station

43 Mt. Kanmuri and Ryūsōgataki Shidsuhara, Ikeda-cho and Elsewhere Water is the source of life, and Ikeda-cho is the source of much of Fukui’s water. Here, visitors can touch, taste, feel, and hear the pristine wate

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• Ikeda
• Cho
• Geography of Japan
• Japanese language
• Asuwa River
• Fukui Prefecture
• Fukui
• Fukui

10 Maruoka Castle, the Oldest of its Kind Remaining Kasumi-cho, Maruoka-cho, Sakai City The tower that remains at the castle site is the oldest of its kind, over 430 years old and built during the time of Oda Nobunaga a

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• Maruoka Castle
• Maruoka
• Fukui
• Japan

70 Imajō-Tsuruga Rail Lines Kanegasaki/Tone, Tsuruga; Ōgiri, Minami Echizen-cho; Etc. The rail lines that once lay along this path ferried people and cargo since the Meiji period. Though much of it no longer remains,

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• Transport in Japan
• Hokuriku Main Line
• Tsuruga
• Fukui
• Geography of Japan

22 Ono City’s Castle and Architecture Tera-machi/Moto-machi/Meirin-cho, Ono City Time passes slowly in the old districts of Ono. Marked by serene scenes of greenery and kind locals, the city preserves its history whil

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