1. The
Geography
of Japan
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2. Question # 1
Describe what you think the geography of Japan is like? (i.e. is it desert-like, mountainous, flat, cold, etc.)

3. Topography
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4. Nippon -- “Land of the Rising Sun”
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5. Japan and the United States
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6. Japan’s Regions
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7. Japan’s Prefectures
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8. Japan’s Topography
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9. Bodies of Water Ishikari R. Sea of Japan Shinano R. Tone R.
Korean Straits
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Pacific Ocean
Inland Sea

10. Mountains And Peaks Kitani Mts. Kitakami Mts. Mikuni Mts. Chugoku Mts.
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Mt. Fuji
Kyushu Mts.

11. Plains Ishikari Plain Kanto Plain Nobi Plain Osaka Plain
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Nobi Plain
Osaka Plain

12. Islands Hokkaido Honshu Shikuku Kyushu Okinawa
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Shikuku
Kyushu
Okinawa

13. Countries Russia China N. Korea S. Korea
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14. Cities Sapporo Kyoto Tokyo Kobe Yokohama Hiroshima Nagoya Osaka
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Hiroshima
Nagoya
Osaka
Nagasaki

15. Final Map Russia Kitani Mts. Ishikari R. China Hokkaido Sapporo
N. Korea
Ishikari Plain
Sea of Japan
Kitakami Mts.
Honshu
S. Korea
Shinano R.
Kanto Plain
Tone R.
Kyoto
Mikuni Mts.
Korean Straits
Tokyo
Kobe
Chugoku Mts.
Yokohama
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Hiroshima
Nagoya
Mt. Fuji
Kyushu Mts.
Osaka
Pacific Ocean
Shikuku
Nobi Plain
Osaka Plain
Nagasaki
Inland Sea
Kyushu
Okinawa

16. Fast Travel Throughout Japan
Shinkansen: Bullet Train
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Bullet Train National Lines

17. Very Mountainous: Little Arable Land
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18. Hells Lake Pool in Beppu
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19. Mt. Fuji
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20. Swift-Moving Rivers: Hydroelectric Power
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21. Japan’s Land Area and Utilization
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22. Japan by Satellite
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23. Mt. Aso -- Active Volcano
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24. Shiranesan Caldera
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25. Global Tectonic Plates Japan -- On the “Fire Rim of the Pacific”
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26. Japan’s Sub-Oceanic Trenches
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27. Japanese Earthquakes: 1961-1994
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28. Ginza Ruins After The Great Kanto Earthquake -- Tokyo, 1923
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Over 100,000 dead!

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

30. Kobe Earthquake -- January 17, 1995
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31. Tsunamis – Tidal Waves
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32. Climate
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33. Japan and the United States
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34. Japan’s Oceanic Currents
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35. Average Monthly Precipitation in Three Cities
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36. Precipitation
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37. Average January Temperature
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38. Average July Temperature
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39. Different Climates and Seasons in Japan
Spring
Summer
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Fall
Winter

40. Vegetation
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41. Igawa Town on the Izumo Plain
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42. Rice Farmer’s Farmhouse: Okutsu Town, Okayama Prefecture
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43. Terrace Farming of Rice
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44. The Japanese Farm the Sea
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Tokyo Fish Market

45. Raw Materials and Resources
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46. Natural Resources
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47. Raw Materials
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48. World Contributions to Global Warming
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49. Demographics
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50. Japan’s Population Density
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51. Japan’s Population Trends
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52. Population Comparisons
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53. Japan’s Population Over 65 versus the United States
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54. Japan’s Growing Older Japan’s Age Breakdown Under 15 years 15.8%
63.3%
60 and over years
20.9%
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55. THE FIRST SETTLERS OF JAPAN

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

57. 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.

58. Yamato Period: 300-710 “Great Kings” era
Began promoting the adoption of Chinese culture:
Confucianism.
Language (kanji characters).
Buddhist sects.
Chinese art & architecture.
Government structure.
“Great Kings” era

59. Prince Shotoku: 573-621 Adopted Chinese culture and Confucianism.
Buddhist sects allowed to develop.
Created a new government structure:
17 Article Constitution in 604. 

60. Prince Shotuku’s 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.

61. Yamato began the Taika or Great Change.
He divided Japan into provinces.
Shotoku’s reforms created Japan’s first strong central government.

62. Horyuji Japan’s Oldest temple and the world’s oldest surviving wooden building.

63. SAYONARA
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