The territory of Japan is represented by the mainlandpart, large and small islands. There are almost seven thousand of them. They are located in the waters of the Sea of Japan, the Korean Strait, the East China Sea and the Pacific Ocean. Some of them barely exceed one hundred square meters in diameter. Almost all of them are in an unstable seismic zone.
There are also land areas that are located infreshwater bodies of water. Plus, the artificial mounds of Odaiba, Tennozu, Ogisima, Yumanosima. The names of the islands of Japan, which are widely known, are Honshu, Hokkaido and Kyushu. Together with Shikoku, they form an extensive archipelago, which is about 98% of the total area of the state.
The largest island of Japan - Honshu.He stretched from the Greater Tokyo congregation to the Osaka conglomerate. Its length exceeds 1,300 kilometers, the width is almost 230,000 km. And the size is slightly less than the British possessions. The names of the islands of Japan are easily translated into Russian. So, the word "Honshu" means "main".
Land is surrounded by the waters of the Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Japan. The local relief is hilly. In the mountains - volcanoes, which now and then wake up. Honshu's business card is the snow-capped peak of Fuji Peak.
From time immemorial, this place is famous for its skillful artisans. Housewares and dishes made by them, to this day, faithfully serve the representatives of the privileged families of the nation.
It is here that the largest metropolis is located. Next to Tokyo are the cities of Hiroshima, Yokohama, Kyoto and Osaka.
Древнее название острова в Японии Хоккайдо, the second largest, Ezo. Until 1960, this land plot was called Matsumae. The region lies in the northern part of the archipelago. It is washed by the icy waves of the Sea of Okhotsk. Its surface is divided into two parts. Mountain range stretched in the center.
Равнины занимают побережье и долины вдоль рек Ishikari and Tokati. The district is administered from Sapporo Prefecture. As we have said, many of the names of the islands of Japan are translated, and so "Hokkaido" means "the path to the north." The area of the island exceeds 83,000 square kilometers, where five and a half million people live.
In the forest tracts of these places inhabit the brown bear, fox, sable, weasel, ermine. In the south, predominantly deciduous trees grow. Towards the north, they are replaced by conifers.
Название третьего по величине острова Японии - Kyushu. Its territory exceeds 40,000 km ². The total number of inhabitants is 12 million. If historians are to be believed, it was on its rocky terrain that Japanese statehood originated.
From the capital Honshu island separates severalkilometers, which today can be overcome by one of the tunnels. The underground ferry is organized under the Simonsak Strait. The land transport accessibility of the province was organized at the expense of the Kammon Suspension Bridge, the traffic on which was started in the early seventies of the 20th century.
The local landscape is characterized by sharpelevation difference, which creates optimal conditions for the operation of hydroelectric power plants. As in other parts of the country, volcanoes are active here. The largest of them are Sakurajima, Aso and Kirishima.
The weather conditions of the region correspond to the subtropical climate. In summer, monsoon rains flood the coast. In winter, typhoons come here.
Остров Сикоку силен своими традициями.Its atmosphere and pace are strikingly different from the rhythm in which the metropolitan archipelago lives. Locals consider it the most provincial and one of the most remote. It is part of a system of bridges that extend from one land plot to another. Major settlements of the region - Kochi, Tokushima, Matsuyama, Takamatsu. Each of them heads the same prefecture.
The lion's share of the land of Shikoku is occupiedagricultural land. Because of the mountainous terrain, the road network in this part of Japan is poorly developed. The population is about 4 million. The prevailing part of the population is concentrated in the cities of the northern coast. The island is considered the center of Buddhism. In its open spaces stands 88 pilgrimage shrines.
The climate of the province combines the features of subtropical and Mediterranean. The closer to the Pacific, the hotter.
In Japanese submission is as many as sevenartificial islands. Odaiba - the largest. The crossing of the Rainbow Bridge connects it with Tokyo. The main attraction is a huge amusement park. The sandy embankments of the Tennozu was chosen by the elite public of the metropolis.
Ownership of Yumanosima is wholly under thethe municipal park, on the alleys of which there is a museum and a sports complex. Appointment Odaiba exclusively utilitarian. It was built metallurgical plant.
Thousands of travelers arriving fromOcean, meet the runways of Kansai International Airport, which has become the nominal name of the Japanese islands, created by human hands. This is the first round-the-clock air gate of Japan. The reinforced concrete dike encircling the land serves as a reliable shield against hurricane winds raging in the Osaka Gulf.
