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  2. 100 Fishing Village Heritage Sites (Japan) - Wikipedia

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    The 100 Fishing Village Heritage Sites, more fully the 100 Select Fishing Industry Fishing Village Historical and Cultural Heritage Sites to be Preserved for the Future (未来に残したい漁業漁村の歴史文化財産百選), is an initiative of the National Association of Fisheries Infrastructure (全国漁港漁場協会) endorsed by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries ...

  3. List of villages in Japan - Wikipedia

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    Geographically, a village's extent is contained within a prefecture. Villages are larger than a local settlement; each is a subdivision of rural district (郡, gun), which are subdivided into towns and villages with no overlap and no uncovered area. As a result of mergers and elevation to higher statuses, the number of villages in Japan is ...

  4. List of fishing villages - Wikipedia

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    The main populated area of Chibu, Japan View of the Charaki fishing village in the island of Rhodes, Greece Covelong Beach, India, view from the south Ona is a traditional fishing village in Norway Pittenweem, Fife, Scotland Saint Malo, Louisiana as it appeared in Harper's Weekly in 1883. This is a list of fishing villages.

  5. Fishing village - Wikipedia

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    A fishing village is a village, usually located near a fishing ground, with an economy based on catching fish and harvesting seafood. The continents and islands around the world have coastlines totalling around 356,000 kilometres (221,000 mi). [ 1 ]

  6. Taiji dolphin drive hunt - Wikipedia

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    The fishing village of Taiji 33°35′58″N 135°56′47″E  /  33.599329°N 135.946498°E  / 33.599329; 135.946498 The Taiji dolphin drive hunt is based on driving dolphins and other small cetaceans into a small bay where they can be killed or captured for their meat and for sale to dolphinariums

  7. Agriculture, forestry, and fishing in Japan - Wikipedia

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    Development of agricultural output of Japan in 2015 US$ since 1961 Fields of Chiba prefecture Rice fields. Agriculture, forestry, and fishing (Japanese: 農林水産, nōrinsuisan) form the primary sector of industry of the Japanese economy together with the Japanese mining industry, but together they account for only 1.3% of gross national product.

  8. Vanishing village in Japan is now home to more scarecrows ...

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    Today, the tiny village of Nagoro in southern Japan is teeming with Ayano's hand-sewn creations, frozen in time for a tableau that captures the motions of everyday life.

  9. Rokkasho - Wikipedia

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    Rokkasho village hall Rokkasho coastline. Rokkasho (六ヶ所村, Rokkasho-mura) is a village in Aomori Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 March 2023, the village had an estimated population of 9,845 in 4988 households, and a population density of 40 persons per km². [1] The total area of the village is 252.68 square kilometres (97.56 sq mi).