Thanks

A couple of addtional details/clarifications that might help those interested enough to wade through this

1. >>are or were also provincial tripoint peaks or mikuni<< - I don't think you are intending to imply that "provincial tripoint peaks" and "mikuni" are synonymous - "mikuni" means literally "3 countries" and so can be applied to any tripoint, peak or not I believe.

2. Also, the list you have provided are all of current tripoints. It is the list at http://www.glin.jp/nam/mikuni.html which also contains points that were mikuni in the Edo era but no longer are - see http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BoundaryPoint/message/18393 (where, I notice, it doesn't render the Kanji charactes correctly :( ) for more detailed explanation - and so I don't think the word "were" is needed

3. I have independently cross referenced the list below to the list at http://www.glin.jp/nam/mikuni.html - and there appear to be two omissions in your list below - namely

gmnnni >

> 10 gumma 26 nagano 29 niigata - is item45

sttkyn >

> 34 saitama 40 tokyo 46 yamanashi - is item7

On your last question "were you aware of being at a provincial tripoint peak or mikuni" I'm not sure what you are trying to get at - sure I was aware of it - that's why I went there in the first place :) But I don't think that is what you really meant - hehehe

As I posted in my report, there were a number of signs around indicating it was a "Mikuni" - in fact the hill itself is called "Mikuni Mountain" (in Japanese of course) as you can observe from the signs I photographed. I just noticed that I had not included photos of two additional signs that were at the top of the hill, at the Mikuni point, - my page at http://tinyurl.com/9gzsz has now been updated with these two additional photos. http://tinyurl.com/alw2o is especially detailed. I'm not sure what the other one is saying (maybe "Don't jump off the cliff" - I don't know!!)

Hope this helps

Cheers

Hugh

From: BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com [mailto:BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of aletheiak
Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2005 5:21 PM
To: BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [BoundaryPoint] revised prefectural punctoscopy of japan thanxx again especially to hugh & henry

major insertions into previous roundup are fairly obvious from their missing carets tho some other additions & corrections are just quiety added now too > cribbing from the zoomable map links provided by this site in vertical column 6 > thanx to henry > http://www.glin.jp/nam/mikuni.html > it looks like as many as 17 of the 44 confirmed & now likely 48 total prefectural tripoints > as indicated by the item numbers following their names below > are or were also provincial tripoint peaks or mikuni & look for the 4 maritimes & other key insertions below now too thanx to hugh mostly taken from http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BoundaryPoint/message/18787 which includes various other data too & i should add using the prefectural numbers seemed like a bright idea on the first go round & they have been continued here since i find they do assist identification but if you use them please be careful to notice number 47 okinawa has been inserted as an afterthought between 31 & 32 in the otherwise perfectly alphanumerical series per http://statoids.com/ujp.html who btw is also the trustworthy source for all these diglyphs aigfme > > 1 aichi 9 gifu 23 mie wet per hw aigfnn > > 1 aichi 9 gifu 26 nagano item13 ainnsz > > 1 aichi 26 nagano 37 shizuoka wet per hw akaoiw > > 2 akita 3 aomori 16 iwate akiwmg > > 2 akita 16 iwate 24 miyagi akmgyt > > 2 akita 24 miyagi 44 yamagata chibst > > 4 chiba 14 ibaraki 34 saitama wet per hw chsttk > > 4 chiba 35 saitama 40 tokyo wet possibly ehhskg maritime 5 ehime 11 hiroshima 17 kagawa ehhsyc maritime 5 ehime 11 hiroshima 45 yamaguchi ehkgts > > 5 ehime 17 kagawa 39 tokushima wet possibly ehkcts > > 5 ehime 20 kochi 39 tokushima item34 figfis > > 6 fukui 9 gifu 15 ishikawa figfsh > > 6 fukui 9 gifu 35 shiga item16 fikysh > > 6 fukui 22 kyoto 36 shiga item19 fokmot > > 7 fukuoka 21 kumamoto 30 oita item35 fsgmni > > 8 fukushima 10 gumma 29 niigata damp per hw fsgmtc > > 8 fukushima 10 gumma 38 tochigi fsibtc > > 8 fukushima 14 ibaraki 38 tochigi class e fsmgyt > > 8 fukushima 24 miyagi 44 yamagata fsniyt > > 8 fukushima 29 niigata 44 yamagata item3 gfisty > > 9 gifu 15 ishikawa 42 toyama gfmesh > > 9 gifu 23 mie 35 shiga item17 gfnnty > > 9 gifu 26 nagano 42 toyama item11 gmnnni > > 10 gumma 26 nagano 29 niigata gmnnst > > 10 gumma 26 nagano 34 saitama item5 gmsttc > > 10 gumma 34 saitama 38 tochigi class e hskgoy maritime 11 hiroshima 17 kagawa 33 okayama hsoytt > > 11 hiroshima 31 okayama 41 tottori item31 hssmtt > > 11 hiroshima 36 shimane 41 tottori item30 hssmyc > > 11 hiroshima 36 shimane 45 yamaguchi mt kammuri 1339m hgkgoy maritime 13 hyogo 17 kagawa 31 okayama hgkyos > > 13 hyogo 22 kyoto 32 osaka hgoytt > > 13 hyogo 31 okayama 41 tottori ibsttc > > 14 ibaraki 34 saitama 38 tochigi wet class d kskmmz > > 18 kagoshima 21 kumamoto 25 miyazaki knszyn > > 19 kanagawa 37 shizuoka 46 yamanashi item8 class a kntkyn > > 19 kanagawa 40 tokyo 46 yamanashi item7 kmmzot > > 21 kumamoto 25 miyazaki 30 oita kymenr > > 22 kyoto 23 mie 28 nara class e kymesh > > 22 kyoto 23 mie 35 shiga item21 kynros > > 22 kyoto 28 nara 32 osaka menrwk > > 23 mie 28 nara 43 wakayama wet possibly nnnity > > 26 nagano 29 niigata 42 toyama item4 nnstyn > > 26 nagano 34 saitama 46 yamanashi item6 nnszyn > > 26 nagano 37 shizuoka 46 yamanashi item10 nroswk > > 28 nara 32 osaka 43 wakayama sttkyn > > 34 saitama 40 tokyo 46 yamanashi > for the distinction between prefectures & provinces > http://www.answers.com/topic/provinces-of-japan & an afterthought question for hugh when you visited knszyn were you aware of being at a provincial tripoint peak or mikuni per item 8 this fact alone could explain why you found the rock there & not say at kymenr or gmsttc & suggests we may find no fewer but also no more than 16 additional rocks at the 16 remaining mikuni points