The Geography of Japan

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The Geography of Japan

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Question 1

• Describe what you think the geography of Japan is
  like? (i.e. is it desert-like, mountainous,
  flat, cold, etc.)

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Topography
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Nippon -- Land of the Rising Sun
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Japan and the United States
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Japans Regions
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Japans Prefectures
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Japans Topography
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BodiesofWater
Ishikari R.
Sea of Japan
Shinano R.
Tone R.
Korean Straits
Pacific Ocean
Inland Sea
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MountainsAndPeaks
Kitani Mts.
Kitakami Mts.
Mikuni Mts.
Chugoku Mts.
Mt. Fuji
Kyushu Mts.
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Plains
Ishikari Plain
Kanto Plain
Nobi Plain
Osaka Plain
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Islands
Hokkaido
Honshu
Shikuku
Kyushu
Okinawa
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Countries
Russia
China
N. Korea
S. Korea
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Cities
Sapporo
Kyoto
Tokyo
Kobe
Yokohama
Hiroshima
Nagoya
Osaka
Nagasaki
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FinalMap
Kitani Mts.
Russia
Ishikari R.
China
Hokkaido
Sapporo
Ishikari Plain
N. Korea
Sea of Japan
Kitakami Mts.
Honshu
S. Korea
Shinano R.
Kanto Plain
Tone R.
Mikuni Mts.
Kyoto
Korean Straits
Tokyo
Kobe
Chugoku Mts.
Yokohama
Hiroshima
Nagoya
Mt. Fuji
Kyushu Mts.
Osaka
Pacific Ocean
Nobi Plain
Shikuku
Osaka Plain
Nagasaki
Inland Sea
Kyushu
Okinawa
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Fast Travel Throughout Japan
ShinkansenBullet Train
Bullet Train National Lines
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Very Mountainous Little Arable Land
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Hells Lake Pool in Beppu
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Mt. Fuji
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Swift-Moving Rivers Hydroelectric Power
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Japans Land Area and Utilization
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Japan by Satellite
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Mt. Aso -- Active Volcano
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Shiranesan Caldera
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Global Tectonic PlatesJapan -- On the Fire
Rimof the Pacific
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Japans Sub-Oceanic Trenches
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Japanese Earthquakes 1961-1994
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Ginza Ruins After The Great Kanto Earthquake --
Tokyo, 1923
Over 100,000 dead!
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Kobe Earthquake -- January 17, 1995

• 7.2 Richter scale
• 5,500 deaths

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Kobe Earthquake -- January 17, 1995
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Tsunamis Tidal Waves
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Climate
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Japan and the United States
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Japans Oceanic Currents
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Average Monthly Precipitation in Three Cities
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Precipitation
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Average January Temperature
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Average July Temperature
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Different Climates and Seasons in Japan
Spring
Summer
Fall
Winter
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Vegetation
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Igawa Town on the Izumo Plain
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Rice Farmers FarmhouseOkutsu Town, Okayama
Prefecture
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Terrace Farming of Rice
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The Japanese Farm the Sea
TokyoFish Market
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Raw Materials and Resources
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Natural Resources
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Raw Materials
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World Contributions to Global Warming
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Demographics
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Japans Population Density
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Japans Population Trends
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Population Comparisons
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Japans Population Over 65 versus the United
States
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Japans Growing Older
Japans Age Breakdown Japans Age Breakdown
Under 15 years 15.8
15 59 years 63.3
60 and over years 20.9
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• THE FIRST SETTLERS OF JAPAN

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The First Settlers of JapanThe Yayoi

• 300 B.C. The Yayoi appeared.
• Organized into clans or group of families related
  by blood and marriage.
• Introduced farming and metalworking.

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The Yamato

• 500 A.D. a clan called the Yamato became strong
  enough to rule most of Japan.
• Claimed to be descendents of the sun goddess and
  therefore had the right to rule.
• The Yamato leader Jimmu took the title emperor
  of heaven and founded a line of rulers in Japan
  that has never been broken.

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Yamato Period 300-710

• Began promoting the adoption of Chinese culture
• Confucianism.
• Language (kanji characters).
• Buddhist sects.
• Chinese art architecture.
• Government structure.

Great Kings era
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Prince Shotoku 573-621

• Adopted Chinese culture and Confucianism.
• Buddhist sects allowed to develop.
• Created a new government structure
• 17 Article Constitution in 604. ?

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Prince Shotukus Reforms

• 600 A.D. a Yamato prince name Shotoku took
  charge of Japan on behalf of his aunt, the
  empress Suiko.
• Wanted a strong government like China.
• Created a constitution that gave all the power to
  the emperor.
• Sent officials to China to learn from their
  brilliant civilization.
• Brought back art, medicine, and philosophy-much
  of which had been brought through Korea.
• Brought Buddhism to Japan.

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• Yamato began the Taika or Great Change.
• He divided Japan into provinces.
• Shotokus reforms created Japans first strong
  central government.

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Horyuji Japans Oldest temple and the worlds
oldest surviving wooden building.
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