Geography & Life— Japan

By Jinghua Ye(叶靖华 )Jenks Public Schools, OK, 74137

NipponNippon -- “Land of the Rising Sun” -- “Land of the Rising Sun”

Geography & BehaviorGeography & Behavior

Geography & FoodGeography & Food

Geography & Taste+ BushidoGeography & Taste+ Bushido

Geography & ArchitectureGeography & Architecture

Geography & the sense of conjunctureGeography & the sense of conjuncture

Activity:

Tell the kids to sit close right side by side and try to get outAnd in by each other. Ask about their feeling.

Q: “What should we do when we will have to live this way?”

Point 1: Cooperation and good manners

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)

Point2: seafood

The map of Japan-- Isolated

BodiBodiesesofof

WateWaterr

Sea of Japan

Ishikari R.

Korean

Straits

Pacific Ocean

Tone R.Shinano R.

Surrounded all by water

Abundant seafood

Inland Sea

Kitani Mts.

Kitakami Mts.

Mikuni

Mts.

Chugoku

Mts.

Kyushu Mts. Mt. Fuji

MountMountains & ains & PeaksPeaks IslandsIslands

Hokkaido

Honshu

Shikuku

Kyushu

Okinawa

PlainPlainss

Kanto Plain

Nobi Plain

Ishikari Plain

Osaka Plain

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 PlainOsaka

Plain

Ishikari Plain

Hokkaido

Honshu

Shikuku

Kyushu

Okinawa

RussiaChina

N. Korea

S. Korea

Hiroshima

Tokyo

Nagasaki

Kyoto

Yokohama

The final map

Point3: Wooden Pagoda

Global Tectonic PlatesGlobal Tectonic PlatesJapan -- On the “Fire RimJapan -- On the “Fire Rim

of the Pacific”of the Pacific”

Japanese Earthquakes: 1961-1994

Point4: The power of group & Bushido

–Isolation–Natural Disasters-Volcanoes & Earthquakes–Limited farm land–Few natural resources

Point 5: Strong sense of Conjuncture

A strong sense of conjuncture

Kobe Earthquake -- January Kobe Earthquake -- January 17, 199517, 1995

► 7.2 Richter 7.2 Richter scalescale

► 5,500 deaths5,500 deaths

Kobe Earthquake -- January Kobe Earthquake -- January 17, 199517, 1995

Tsunamis – Tidal WavesTsunamis – Tidal Waves

Japan’s Land Area and Japan’s Land Area and UtilizationUtilization

Natural ResourcesNatural Resources

Raw MaterialsRaw Materials

Thank you!

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