Japan is an island country located off the east coast of Asia. It consists of over 6,800 islands stretching along the Pacific coast in a northeast-southwest arc. The four main islands are Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu. Honshu is the largest island and contains the national capital of Tokyo in its eastern region. Japan has over 127 million people and a mountainous landscape with many active and dormant volcanoes such as Mount Fuji, its highest peak.
Japan is an island country located off the east coast of Asia. It consists of over 6,800 islands stretching along the Pacific coast in a northeast-southwest arc. The four main islands are Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu. Honshu is the largest island and contains the national capital of Tokyo in its eastern region. Japan has over 127 million people and a mountainous landscape with many active and dormant volcanoes such as Mount Fuji, its highest peak.
Japan is an island country located off the east coast of Asia. It consists of over 6,800 islands stretching along the Pacific coast in a northeast-southwest arc. The four main islands are Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu. Honshu is the largest island and contains the national capital of Tokyo in its eastern region. Japan has over 127 million people and a mountainous landscape with many active and dormant volcanoes such as Mount Fuji, its highest peak.
Japan, island country lying off the east coast of Asia.
Japan is in both the northern and eastern
hemispheres, and is positioned off the eastern coast of Asia, east of the Korean Peninsula .Japan is bordered by the Philippine Sea, East China Sea, Sea of Japan (East Sea), Sea of Okhotsk and the North Pacific Ocean. It consists of a great string of islands in a northeast-southwest arc that stretches for approximately 1,500 miles (2,400 km) through the western North Pacific Ocean. Nearly the entire land area is taken up by the country’s four main islands; from north to south these are Hokkaido (Hokkaidō), Honshu (Honshū), Shikoku, and Kyushu (Kyūshū). Honshu is the largest of the four, followed in size by Hokkaido, Kyushu, and Shikoku. In addition, there are numerous smaller islands, the major groups of which are the Ryukyu (Nansei) Islands (including the island of Okinawa) to the south and west of Kyushu and the Izu, Bonin (Ogasawara), and Volcano (Kazan) islands to the south and east of central Honshu. The national capital, Tokyo (Tōkyō), in east-central Honshu, is one of the world’s most populous cities. The Japanese landscape is rugged, with more than four-fifths of the land surface consisting of mountains. There are many active and dormant volcanoes, including Mount Fuji (Fuji-san), which, at an elevation of 12,388 feet (3,776 metres), is Japan’s highest mountain. Abundant precipitation and the generally mild temperatures throughout most of the country have produced a lush vegetation cover and, despite the mountainous terrain and generally poor soils, have made it possible to raise a variety of crops. Japan has a large and, to a great extent, ethnically homogeneous population, which is heavily concentrated in the low-lying areas along the Pacific coast of Honshu. MOUNT FUJI, Japanese Fuji-san, also spelled Fujisan, also called Fujiyama or Fuji no Yama, highest mountain in Japan. It rises to 12,388 feet (3,776 metres) near the Pacific Ocean coast in Yamanashiand Shizuoka ken (prefectures) of central Honshu, about 60 miles (100 km) west of the Tokyo-Yokohama metropolitan area. The location of Mount Fuji is 35.4 degrees north latitude and 138.7 degrees east longitude. Mount Fuji is located near the Pacific coast of central Honshu, one of the 4 major islands that make up the country of Japan. It straddles the boundary of Shizuoka and Yamanashi prefectures just west of Tokyo. The map coordinates are 35°21′28.8″N ,138°43′51.6″E --or 35 degrees 21minutes 28.8 seconds North latitude (or 35 deg. 21' 28.8" N); 138 degrees 43 minutes 51.6 seconds East longitude (138 deg. 43' 51.6" E). Mt. Fuji stands at 3,776 m (12,388 ft) high, and its climate is very cold due to the altitude (the cone is covered by snow for several months of the year). At the summit, in July, the average temperature is 6.5 deg. C (or 43.7 deg. F) during the day; 1.8 deg. C (or 35.24 deg. F) at night. It is a volcano that has been dormant since its last eruption, in 1707, but is still generally classified as active by geologists. The mountain is the major feature of Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park (1936), and it is at the centre of a UNESCO World Heritage site designated in 2013. It first appears as Fuji no Yama in Hitachi no kuni fudoki (713 CE), an early government record. Among the several theories about the source of the name is that it is derived from an Ainu term meaning “fire,” coupled with san, the Japanese word for “mountain.” The Chinese ideograms (kanji) now used to write Fuji connote more of a sense of good fortune or well being. Mount Fuji, with its graceful conical form, has become famous throughout the world and is considered the sacred symbol of Japan. Among Japanese there is a sense of personal identification with the mountain, and each summer thousands of Japanese climb to the shrine on its peak. OSAKA (Japanese: 大 阪 市 Hepburn: Ōsaka-shi, pronounced [oːsakaɕi]; commonly just 大 阪 Ōsaka [oːsaka] Osaka is in South East Asia and the Kansi region. Osaka is in between Hiroshima and Tokyo, and is also in the Kansi region. It is the capital city of Osaka Prefecture and the largest component of the Keihanshin Metropolitan Area, the second largest metropolitan area in Japan and among the largest in the world with over 19 million inhabitants. Osaka will host Expo 2025.[2] The current mayor of Osaka is Hirofumi Yoshimura. Osaka is a large port city and commercial center on the Japanese island of Honshu. It's known for its modern architecture, nightlife and hearty street food. The 16th-century shogunate Osaka Castle, which has undergone several restorations, is its main historical landmark. It's surrounded by a moat and park with plum, peach and cherry-blossom trees. Sumiyoshi-taisha is among Japan’s oldest Shinto shrines. Osaka has traditionally been regarded as a city of merchants while Tokyo traditionally has had a reputation of being a city of bureaucrats and samurai. Osaka is also noted as the birthplace of traditional Japanese theatricals like Kabuki and Bunraku puppet dramas and as the site of some of Japan's most important battles. For a long time Osaka was the major commercial center of Japan. Until the late 19th century, about 70 percent of the country's wealth was concentrated in Osaka even though Tokyo was the capital. by the 1920s, Tokyo began to catch up. After World War II, it surpassed Osaka as big companies began transferring their headquarters to Tokyo. As is true with Tokyo, the majority of Osaka's historical monuments were destroyed during the firing bombing raids of World War II and the vast majority of the city has been rebuilt since the war. Osaka received worldwide attention in 1970 when it hosted a World Exposition. It wasn't damaged much by the 1995 Kobe earthquake even though Kobe is only 45 minutes away by train. OTTAWA is the capital city of Canada. Ottawa, city, capital of Canada, located in southeastern Ontario. In the eastern extreme of the province, Ottawa is situated on the south bank of the Ottawa River across from Gatineau, Quebec, at the confluence of the Ottawa (Outaouais), Gatineau, and Rideau rivers. The absolute location of Ottawa, Canada is 45.4214° North and 75.6919° West. The relative location for Ottawa is on the Southeastern side of the province Ontario.It stands on the south bank of the Ottawa River in the eastern portion of southern Ontario. Ottawa borders Gatineau, Quebec; the two form the core of the Ottawa–Gatineau census metropolitan area (CMA) and the National Capital Region(NCR).[12] As of 2016, Ottawa had a city population of 964,743 and a metropolitan population of 1,323,783 making it the fourth-largest city and the fifth-largest CMA in Canada. Founded in 1826 as Bytown, and incorporated as Ottawa in 1855, the city has evolved into the political centre of Canada. Its original boundaries were expanded through numerous annexations and were ultimately replaced by a new city incorporation and amalgamation in 2001 which significantly increased its land area. The city name "Ottawa" was chosen in reference to the Ottawa River, the name of which is derived from the Algonquin Odawa, meaning "to trade".[13] KYOTO (also Kyōto) is former capital of Japan and for more than a thousand years the center of traditional Japanese culture. Located in west-central Honshu, in the picturesque valley of the Kamo River with surrounding mountains, it is one of the most historic and attractive of the world's cities. KYOTO (315 miles southwest of Tokyo and 25 miles east of Osaka) was the home of the Japanese Emperor, the center of Japanese civilization and the capital of Japan for about 1,100 years or its 1,200 years of existence. Today it known best for its geishas, great temples, beautiful gardens and works of art. It is also the home of Nintendo and more than its share of urban sprawl. Kyoto is home to about 1.5 million residents. Around 50 million tourists visit Kyoto every year-- -including 1 million foreigners, of whom 100,000 are Americans. The number of tourists dipped somewhat after the Kobe earthquake, even though Kyoto was not seriously damaged (the Golden Temple developed cracks and a 9th century statue of a Goddess of Mercy in the Koryuji Temple lost a right arm, but that was about it) but soon returned to normal Kyoto became Japan's capital at the beginning of the Heian Period (A.D. 794-1192) and flourished until 1868 when the Edo Period ended and Emperor Meiji moved the imperial seat to Tokyo. Although a variety of feudal lords have ruled Japan from different places during the country's long history, Kyoto has always remained its cultural and artistic center and for most of Japan's history the home of the imperial family. Surrounded by beautiful hills and laid out in a checkerboard design of streets and avenues developed more than 1,000 years ago, Kyoto is a repository for much of Japan's best art, architecture, culture, religion and thought. Kyoto boasts over 1,650 Buddhist temples, over 400 Shinto shrines, two vast Imperial complexes, 20 percent of Japan's national treasures, 15 percent of Japan's Important Cultural Properties, 24 museums, gardens and 37 universities and colleges. TOKYO (officially Tokyo Metropolis (東京都 Tōkyō-to), one of the 47 prefectures of Japan, has served as the Japanese capital since 1869. Tokyo is a city found in Tokyo, Japan. It is located 35.69 latitude and 139.69 longitude and it is situated at elevation 44 meters above sea level. Japan 43°N 141°E Japan is in Asia near China. As of 2018, the Greater Tokyo Area ranked as the most populous metropolitan area in the world. The urban area houses the seat of the Emperor of Japan, of the Japanese government and of the National Diet. Tokyo forms part of the Kantō region on the southeastern side of Japan's main island, Honshu, and includes the Izu Islands and Ogasawara Islands. Tokyo was formerly named Edo when ShōgunTokugawa Ieyasu made the city his headquarters in 1603. It became the capital after Emperor Meiji moved his seat to the city from Kyoto in 1868; at that time Edo was renamed Tokyo. Tokyo Metropolis formed in 1943 from the merger of the former Tokyo Prefecture (東京府 Tōkyō-fu) and the city of Tokyo (東京市 Tōkyō-shi). Tokyo is often referred to as a city but is officially known and governed as a "metropolitan prefecture", which differs from and combines elements of a city and a prefecture, a characteristic unique to Tokyo. Tokyo, Japan’s busy capital, mixes the ultramodern and the traditional, from neon-lit skyscrapers to historic temples. The opulent Meiji Shinto Shrine is known for its towering gate and surrounding woods. The Imperial Palace sits amid large public gardens. The city's many museums offer exhibits ranging from classical art (in the Tokyo National Museum) to a reconstructed kabuki theater (in the Edo-Tokyo Museum).
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