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Title: Japan


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Japan
  • The Land of the Rising Sun

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Japans Physical Geography
Japan is an archipelago. A group or string of
islands. Japan has 4 major islands and over
2,000 total islands. Japan is slightly smaller
then the land area of California. Japan has many
earthquakes and volcanoes.
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Japans Population
  • Japans population is 127 Million people. Yet it
    is only the slightly smaller then California.

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Japans Answer to Population
  • The Japanese do many things to maintain their
    limited space.
  • They have smaller houses. The average Japanese
    house is 1,060 sq. ft. The average U.S. house is
    2,270 sq. ft.

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Capsule Hotels
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Mass Transit
  • Most people in Japan do not own their own cars.
  • The mass transit system is the preferred method
    of travel.

8
Subway Crowding
  • Comparison of Rush-Hour Ridership in Five
    Countries
  • Hamburg, Germany 2.8 passengers per sq. meter
  • New York, U.S. 3.4 passengers per sq. meter
  • London, U.K. 5.5 passengers per sq. meter
  • Paris, France 6.4 passengers per sq. meter
  • Tokyo Japan 9.0 passengers per sq. meter

9
Bullet Trains
  • Japan was the first country to develop Bullet
    Trains that would travel over 200 mph.

10
Altering the land
  • Because Arable (Farmable) land is so scarce in
    Japan terrace farming practices are used.
  • Process of making terraces or steps along hills
    or mountains.

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Creating Land
  • Japan often uses technology to create new land
    out of the sea.
  • Narita International Airport of Tokyo is a great
    example.

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Japanese Culture in America
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