Subject: RE: [BoundaryPoint] Re: My last 3 Japanese Tripoints
Date: Nov 17, 2005 @ 16:29
Author: Hugh Wallis ("Hugh Wallis" <hugh@...>)
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I believe at least 5 are wet - notably:
 
Gifu Mie Aichi
Nagano Aichi Shizuoka
Tochigi Saitama Ibaraki
Ibaraki Saitama Chiba
Saitama Tokyo Chiba
 
One I would characterise as damp (being in a marshy area according to the topo maps) - notably:
 
Niigata Gumma Fukushima
 
There may be other wet ones that I just haven't had time to check the maps for
 
Also there are 4 possible additional ones (over and above the 44 you identified in an earlier e-mail) that lie in the waters between the islands of Shikoku and Honshu which may require some research and debate as to whether they qualify as genuine tripoints (i.e., how wet is wet?) - notably:
 
Hiroshima Yamaguchi Ehime
Hiroshima Ehime Kagawa
Okayama Hiroshima Kagawa
Okayama Kagawa Hyogo
(Apologies for not getting them in correct alphabetical order but I'll leave that as a exercise to the reader :)
 
Cheers
 
Hugh
 
P.S. Just for the record here are all of them working from South West to North East - I have also included prefectures that have no tripoints by identifying those prefectures with which they have a border:
 
 
 
Island Pref 1 Pref 2 Pref 3 Lat/Long
         
Kyushu Nagasaki Saga    
Kyushu Saga Fukuoka    
         
Kyushu Kumamoto Kagoshima Miyazaki  
Kyushu Oita Kumamoto Miyazaki  
Kyushu Fukuoka Kumamoto Oita  
         
Shikoku Ehime Kochi Tokushima  
Shikoku Kagawa Ehime Tokushima  
         
Honshu Shimane Yamaguchi Hiroshima  
Honshu Tottori Shimane Hiroshima  
Honshu Tottori Hiroshima Okayama  
Honshu Hyogo Tottori Okayama  
Honshu Kyoto Hyogo Osaka  
Honshu Osaka Wakayama Nara 34°22.986'N, 135°39.066'E
Honshu Kyoto Osaka Nara 34°46.668'N, 135°43.715'E
Honshu Nara Wakayama Mie  
Honshu Fukui Kyoto Shiga 35°21.349'N, 135°46.120'E
Honshu Kyoto Nara Mie 34°44.299'N, 136°03.330'E
Honshu Shiga Kyoto Mie 34°47.477'N, 136°01.334'E
Honshu Fukui Shiga Gifu 35°39.506'N, 136°16.837'E
Honshu Gifu Shiga Mie 35°13.058'N, 136°24.903'E
Honshu Gifu Mie Aichi 35°08.077'N, 136°40.368'E
Honshu Ishikawa Fukui Gifu 36°05.164'N, 136°45.242'E
Honshu Toyama Ishikawa Gifu 36°17.948'N, 136°47.535'E
Honshu Nagano Gifu Aichi 35°17.345'N, 137°33.712'E
Honshu Nagano Toyama Gifu 36°23.380'N, 137°35.230'E
Honshu Niigata Toyama Nagano 36°45.962'N, 137°45.743'E
Honshu Nagano Aichi Shizuoka 35°12.734'N, 137°50.283'E
Honshu Nagano Shizuoka Yamanashi 35°38.661'N, 138°13.119'E
Honshu Saitama Nagano Yamanashi 35°54.541'N, 138°43.742'E
Honshu Gumma Nagano Saitama 35°59.109'N, 138°42.748'E
Honshu Niigata Nagano Gumma 36°44.297'N, 138°41.756'E
Honshu Yamanashi Shizuoka Kanagawa 35°24.026'N, 138°54.974'E
Honshu Saitama Yamanashi Tokyo 35°51.276'N, 138°56.625'E
Honshu Tokyo Yamanashi Kanagawa 35°40.312'N, 139°07.859'E
Honshu Niigata Gumma Fukushima 36°56.422'N, 139°13.907'E
Honshu Fukushima Gumma Tochigi 36°54.632'N, 139°23.594'E
Honshu Tochigi Gumma Saitama 36°12.421'N, 139°39.853'E
Honshu Tochigi Saitama Ibaraki 36°11.968'N, 139°41.263'E
Honshu Ibaraki Saitama Chiba 36°05.438'N, 139°46.562'E
Honshu Saitama Tokyo Chiba 35°46.954'N, 139°53.613'E
Honshu Fukushima Tochigi Ibaraki 36°55.990'N, 140°15.853'E
Honshu Yamagata Niigata Fukushima  
Honshu Miyagi Yamagata Fukushima  
Honshu Akita Yamagata Miyagi  
Honshu
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