Chapters: Mizusawa, Iwate, Senmaya, Iwate, hasama, Iwate, Matsuo, Iwate, Taneichi, Iwate, Niisato, Iwate, Kawasaki, Iwate, Tar, Iwate, Dait, Iwate, T wa, Iwate, Esashi, Iwate, Maesawa, Iwate, Higashiyama, Iwate, Isawa, Iwate, Hanaizumi, Iwate, J b ji, Iwate, Murone, Iwate, Ishidoriya, Iwate, Ashiro, Iwate, Koromogawa, Iwate, Yamagata, Iwate, Nishine, Iwate, no, Iwate, Yuda, Iwate, Miyamori, Iwate, Sawauchi, Iwate, Tamayama, Iwate. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 68. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Mizusawa (; -shi) was a city located in Iwate Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003, the city had an estimated population of 60,979 and a population density of 629.17 persons per km . The total area was 96.92 km . The city was founded on April 1, 1954. Mizusawa is home to one of the six International Latitude Observatories. The observatories were close to the parallel of 39 degrees 8 minutes north latitude. They worked together to study the earth's "wobble" using stars selected by Dr. Kimura, the astronomer in charge of the Mizusawa station. Twelve groups of stars that had six pairs of stars each were chosen. Two groups of stars were observed at each station following a schedule of dates, time, and duration prepared by Kimura. On February 20, 2006 Mizusawa was merged with the city of Esashi, the towns of Maesawa and Isawa, and the village of Koromogawa, all from Isawa District, to form the new city of sh. In Mizusawa Ward there are eight elementary schools and three junior high schools. All elementary and junior high schools in Mizusawa are public schools. There are four public and one private senior high schools: Mizusawa Koko () is an academic school and as such aims for its students to move on into further education. Mizusawa Shogyo Koko () is a commercial high school whose primary focus...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=328205