Taiji (太地町, Taiji-chō) is a town located in Higashimuro District, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 August 2021[update], the town had an estimated population...
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Agency, 1,623 were caught in Wakayama Prefecture in 2007 for human consumption or resale to dolphinariums, mostly caught at Taiji. Results of 2015-2016 Drive...
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(name), a Japanese given name and surname Taiji Cave, religious site in China Taiji, Wakayama, a town in Japan Taiji Program in Space, a proposed Chinese satellite-based...
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Taiji Station (太地駅, Taiji-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the town of Taiji, Higashimuro District, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan, operated...
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in Asakusa to take Hachi in before moving back to her hometown of Taiji, Wakayama. However, Hachi finds his way back to Ueno's home in Shibuya, which...
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The Whaleman Foundation to try to disrupt the annual dolphin hunt in Taiji, Wakayama, Japan. She was involved in a confrontation between Japanese fishermen...
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describes the annual mass slaughter of dolphins in a national park at Taiji, Wakayama. The organization's second project, Emmy-nominated documentary, Racing...
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The Cove (film) (category Films set in Wakayama Prefecture)
Ric O'Barry's quest to document the dolphin hunting operations in Taiji, Wakayama, Japan. In the 1960s, O'Barry helped capture and train the five wild...
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Wakayama Prefecture (和歌山県, Wakayama-ken) is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu.: 1026 Wakayama Prefecture has a population...
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early 20th century. Techniques were developed in the 17th century in Taiji, Wakayama. Wada Chubei Yorimoto established a fishery by organizing the group...
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List of aquaria in Japan (section Wakayama Prefecture)
Shirahama, Wakayama Shirahama Aquarium, Shirahama, Wakayama Taiji Whale Museum, Taiji, Wakayama Kushimoto Marine Park Center, Kushimoto, Wakayama Wakayama Pref...
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Kii Peninsula (category Landforms of Wakayama Prefecture)
Falls. Another name is Muro District. Kushimoto, Wakayama, the southernmost point in Honshū. Taiji, Wakayama, the birthplace of Japanese traditional whaling...
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Vaya Phrachanh, who took part in a protest against dolphin culling in Taiji, Wakayama, Japan. The group paddled out on surfboards to the dolphins in an attempt...
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Higashimuro (東牟婁郡, Higashimuro-gun) is a district located in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. As of September 1, 2008, the district has an estimated population...
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testing cosmetics on animals. The Taiji dolphin drive hunt is an annual dolphin drive hunt that takes place in Taiji, Wakayama, Japan, every year from September...
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needed] The film addresses the problem of whale and dolphin killing in Taiji, Wakayama, Japan. Clark sits on the board and is one of the primary investors...
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Nachikatsuura (redirect from Nachikatsura, Wakayama)
and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range" Wakayama Prefecture Shingū Kozagawa Kushimoto Taiji Nachikatsuura has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen...
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water bombs to disorient the animals and force them into a bay near Taiji, Wakayama, a technique known as dolphin drive hunting which these villagers have...
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Released in 2009, the film examines the yearly killing of dolphins in Taiji, Wakayama, Japan. Unable to acquire permission from the Japanese government,...
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and display of dolphins all over the world. The 2009 film centers on Taiji, Wakayama, Japan, drawing attention to the hunt of about 2,000 dolphins taking...
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residents could be temporarily used as workers when dolphins arrived. Taiji (now in Wakayama Prefecture) is said to be the birthplace of old-style whaling and...
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Hall of Fame in 2011. The Hiromitsu Ochiai Baseball Hall opened in Taiji, Wakayama in 1993 starting a trend of museums dedicated to famous ballplayers...
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that describes the annual killing of dolphins in a National Park at Taiji, Wakayama The Cove (novel), a 2012 novel by Ron Rash "The Cove", nickname of...
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of approximately 900 Japanese immigrants in the Meiji period from Taiji, Wakayama. The immigrants were in Broome to dive for pearls. Cowra: Cemetery...
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Eitaro Ishigaki was an issei painter who immigrated to America from Taiji, Wakayama, in Japan. At the outbreak of the Second Sino-Japanese War, and the...
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Action for Dolphins (section Taiji dolphins billboards)
refused entry. In May 2014, AFD filed legal action against the Taiji government in the Wakayama District Court. The Action for Angel lawsuit asserted that...
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Eitaro Ishigaki (category People from Wakayama Prefecture)
Wakayama, Japan. Eitaro Ishigaki was born on December 1, 1893, in Taiji, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. In 1909, at the age of 16, he emigrated to the United...
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Kisei Main Line (category Rail transport in Wakayama Prefecture)
side, it extended the line from Wakayama to Esumi in sections between 1924 and 1938. In 1935, the Kii-Katsuura to Taiji section was opened by JGR, extended...
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Tomisaburō Wakayama (若山 富三郎, Wakayama Tomisaburō, September 1, 1929 – April 2, 1992), born Masaru Okumura (奥村 勝), was a Japanese actor best known for playing...
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Yoshino-Kumano National Park (category Parks and gardens in Wakayama Prefecture)
Shimokitayama, Tenkawa, Totsukawa, Yoshino Wakayama: Kitayama, Kushimoto, Nachikatsuura, Shingū, Taiji, Tanabe Wikimedia Commons has media related to...
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