By: Ms. Susan M. Pojer Horace Greeley HS Chappaqua, NY
Nippon -- “Land of the Rising Sun”
Japan and the United States
Japan’s Regions
Japan’s Prefectures
Japan’s Topography
Bodies of Water
Sea of Japan
Ishikari R.
Shinano R. Tone R.
Pacific Ocean
Inland Sea
Mountain s And Peaks
Kitani Mts.
Kitakami Mts.
Mt. Fuji
Plains
Ishikari Plain
Kanto Plain
Nobi Plain
Osaka Plain
Islands
Hokkaido
Honshu
Shikuku
Kyushu
Okinawa
Countries
China
Russia
N. Korea
S. Korea
Cities
Sapporo
Kyoto Kobe Hiroshima Nagasaki
Tokyo Yokohama Nagoya Osaka
Final Map
China
Russia
Kitani Mts. Ishikari R. Hokkaido Sapporo Ishikari Plain Kitakami Mts.
N. Korea
S. Korea
Sea of Japan Honshu Shinano R.
Kanto Plain Tone R. Kyoto Tokyo Kobe Yokohama Hiroshima Nagoya Mt. Fuji Osaka Nobi Plain Pacific Shikuku Ocean Osaka Plain Nagasaki Inland Sea Kyushu
Okinawa
Fast Travel Throughout Japan
Shinkansen:
Bullet Train
Bullet Train National Lines
Very Mountainous: Little Arable Land
Hells Lake Pool in Beppu
Mt. Fuji
Swift-Moving Rivers: Hydroelectric Power
Japan’s Land Area and Utilization
Japan by Satellite
Mt. Aso -- Active Volcano
Shiranesan Caldera
Global Tectonic Plates
Japan -- On the “Fire Rim of the Pacific”
Japan’s Sub-Oceanic Trenches
Japanese Earthquakes: 1961-1994
Ginza Ruins After The Great Kanto Earthquake -- Tokyo, 1923
Over 100,000 dead!
Kobe Earthquake -- January 17, 1995
► 7.2 Richter scale ► 5,500 deaths
Kobe Earthquake -- January 17, 1995
Tsunamis – Tidal Waves
Japan and the United States
Japan’s Oceanic Currents
Average Monthly Precipitation in Three Cities
Precipitation
Average January Temperature
Average July Temperature
Different Climates and Seasons in Japan
Spring
Summer
Fall
Winter
Igawa Town on the Izumo Plain
Rice Farmer’s Farmhouse:
Okutsu Town, Okayama Prefecture
Terrace Farming of Rice
The Japanese Farm the Sea
Tokyo Fish Market
Natural Resources
Raw Materials
World Contributions to Global Warming
Japan’s Population Density
Japan’s Population Trends
Population Comparisons
1,400 1,200 1,000 800 600 400 200 0 Population in Millions 61 126 7 4 Thailand Japan China Hong Kong Singapore 1,250
Japan’s Population Over 65 versus the United States
Japan’s Growing Older
Japan’s Age Breakdown
Under 15 years 15 – 59 years
60 and over years
15.8% 63.3%
20.9%
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