Chitose

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Chitose

(chētō`sā), city (1990 pop. 78,946), Hokkaido prefecture, central Hokkaido, Japan, on the Chitose River. It is a communications center and has one of Japan's largest major airports.

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All Nippon Airways will fly an additional passenger charter flight between Chitose, Japan and Anchorage this month, officials said.

Japanese Charter Brings 700 Visitors to Alaska

28, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- New Chitose Airport International Animation Festival 2015, the second in a series, will be held in its entirety in the airport compound from Oct.

New Chitose Airport International Animation Festival to Be Held Oct. 31-Nov. 3

President Yoshinori Odagiri stated that the budget airline, partially possessed by Malaysia s AirAsia, would begin running services associating the airport with locations, including New Chitose Airport in Hokkaido, the city of Sendai in Miyagi Prefecture, and with Taipei, Taiwan, in early April 2016 at the earliest.

Japan : TRANSPORT MINISTRY gives nod to AirAsia Japan to begin services in April

About 1,500 people spent a night at New Chitose Airport on the island

Blizzard paralyzes northern Japan

With satellite imagery confirming at least 100 mm per hour of rain had been dumped on the Hokkaido cities of Eniwa and Chitose and around 120 mm on Ishimaki and Higashimatsushima, in Miyagi Prefecture, transportation companies in the region were quick to respond, with Hokkaido Railway Company halting its entire operation across the region.

Japan's weather agency issues emergency alert as Hokkaido braces for heavy rain

The Taiwanese carrier currently operates three of the type on flights to Fukuoka, Tokyo Haneda and Sapporo Chitose in Japan, Shanghai Hongqiao in China, as well as to Seoul Incheon in South Korea.

EVA Air to lease two more A330s from Intrepid Aviation

Our Chitose Tsuru has a variety of crisp and dry Sake.

Japanese companies use traditional techniques for modern products

The budget airline, based at Narita airport near Tokyo, will operate seven routes connecting five airports -- Narita, Osaka's Kansai International Airport, New Chitose airport, Fukuoka airport and Naha airport.

Jetstar to launch domestic freight business

a Taiwan-based airline, started flying to new Japanese destinations including Osaka, Hakodate, Okinawa, Sapporo (New Chitose Airport), Asahikawa, and Kushiro June 2012, aggressively targeting Japanese tourism with new weekly 20 scheduled round-trip flights, over 6,300 seats.

TransAsia Airways of Taiwan eagerly taps Japanese tourism

Anchorage has five other Sister Cities: Chitose, Japan; Incheon, Korea; Magadan, Russia; Tromso, Norway; and Whitby, England.

Anchorage Sister Cities Commission

It measured 4 in parts of the cities of Sapporo, Chitose and Hakodate.

UPDATE1: Strong quake shakes southern Hokkaido

The airline is set to begin service between Honolulu International Airport and New Chitose Airport on the island of Hokkaido three times per week in November 2012, pending Japan government approval.