1. Geography & Life— Japan By Jinghua Ye ( 叶靖华 ) Jenks Public Schools, OK, 74137

2. Nippon -- “Land of the Rising Sun”

3. Geography & Behavior Geography & Food Geography & Taste+ Bushido Geography & Architecture Geography & the sense of conjuncture

4. Activity: Tell the kids to sit close right side by side and try to get out And in by each other. Ask about their feeling. Q: “What should we do when we will have to live this way?”

5. Point 1: Cooperation and good manners

6. Japan and the United States ---1/25 377,887 square kilometers (145,902 square miles) Japan Terrain Area (small) 127,288,419 (2008 est) Population (high density ): Area (small)

7. Point2: seafood

8. The map of Japan-- Isolated

9. Bodies of Water Sea of Japan Ishikari R. Korean Straits Pacific Ocean Tone R. Shinano R. Surrounded all by water Abundant seafood Inland Sea

10. Kitani Mts. Kitakami Mts. Mikuni Mts. Chugoku Mts. Kyushu Mts. Mt. Fuji Mountains & Peaks Islands Hokkaido Honshu Shikuku Kyushu Okinawa

11. Plains Kanto Plain Nobi Plain Ishikari Plain Osaka Plain

12. Sea of Japan Ishikari R. Korean Straits Pacific Ocean Inland Sea Tone R. Shinano R. Kitani Mts. Kitakami Mts. Mikuni Mts. Chugoku Mts. Kyushu Mts. Mt. Fuji Kanto Plain Nobi Plain Osaka Plain Ishikari Plain Hokkaido Honshu Shikuku Kyushu Okinawa Russia China N. Korea S. Korea Hiroshima Tokyo Nagasaki Kyoto Yokohama The final map

13. Point3: Wooden Pagoda

14. Global Tectonic Plates Japan -- On the “Fire Rim of the Pacific”

15. Japanese Earthquakes: 1961-1994

16. Point4: The power of group & Bushido

17. –Isolation –Natural Disasters-Volcanoes & Earthquakes –Limited farm land –Few natural resources Point 5: Strong sense of Conjuncture A strong sense of conjuncture

18. Kobe Earthquake -- January 17, 1995 ► 7.2 Richter scale ► 5,500 deaths

19. Kobe Earthquake -- January 17, 1995

20. Tsunamis – Tidal Waves

21. Japan’s Land Area and Utilization

22. Natural Resources

23. Raw Materials

24. Thank you! -- The end- -