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Slide1: By: Ms. Susan M. Pojer Horace Greeley HS Chappaqua, NY


Slide3: Nippon -- “Land of the Rising Sun”


Slide4: Japan and the United States


Slide5: Japan’s Regions


Slide6: Japan’s Prefectures


Slide7: Japan’s Topography


Slide8: Bodies of Water Sea of Japan Ishikari R. Korean Straits Pacific Ocean Inland Sea Tone R. Shinano R.


Slide9: Kitani Mts. Kitakami Mts. Mikuni Mts. Chugoku Mts. Kyushu Mts. Mt. Fuji Mountains And Peaks


Slide10: Plains Kanto Plain Nobi Plain Ishikari Plain Osaka Plain


Slide11: Islands Hokkaido Honshu Shikuku Kyushu Okinawa


Slide12: Countries Russia China N. Korea S. Korea


Slide13: Cities Sapporo Hiroshima Kobe Tokyo Nagasaki Kyoto Yokohama Nagoya Osaka


Slide14: Final Map 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 Plain Osaka Plain Ishikari Plain Hokkaido Honshu Shikuku Kyushu Okinawa Russia China N. Korea S. Korea Sapporo Hiroshima Kobe Tokyo Nagasaki Kyoto Yokohama Nagoya Osaka


Slide15: Fast Travel Throughout Japan Shinkansen: Bullet Train Bullet Train National Lines


Slide16: Very Mountainous: Little Arable Land


Slide17: Hells Lake Pool in Beppu


Slide18: Mt. Fuji


Slide19: Swift-Moving Rivers: Hydroelectric Power


Slide20: Japan’s Land Area and Utilization


Slide21: Japan by Satellite


Slide22: Mt. Aso -- Active Volcano


Slide23: Shiranesan Caldera


Slide24: Global Tectonic Plates Japan -- On the “Fire Rim of the Pacific”


Slide25: Japan’s Sub-Oceanic Trenches


Slide26: Japanese Earthquakes: 1961-1994


Slide27: Ginza Ruins After The Great Kanto Earthquake -- Tokyo, 1923 Over 100,000 dead!


Slide28: Kobe Earthquake -- January 17, 1995 7.2 Richter scale 5,500 deaths


Slide29: Kobe Earthquake -- January 17, 1995


Slide30: Tsunamis – Tidal Waves


Slide32: Japan and the United States


Slide33: Japan’s Oceanic Currents


Slide34: Average Monthly Precipitation in Three Cities


Slide35: Precipitation


Slide36: Average January Temperature


Slide37: Average July Temperature


Slide38: Different Climates and Seasons in Japan Fall Winter Spring Summer


Slide40: Igawa Town on the Izumo Plain


Slide41: Rice Farmer’s Farmhouse: Okutsu Town, Okayama Prefecture


Slide42: Terrace Farming of Rice


Slide43: The Japanese Farm the Sea Tokyo Fish Market


Slide45: Natural Resources


Slide46: Raw Materials


Slide47: World Contributions to Global Warming


Slide49: Japan’s Population Density


Japan’s Population Trends: Japan’s Population Trends


Population Comparisons: Population Comparisons


Slide52: Japan’s Population Over 65 versus the United States


Slide53: Japan’s Growing Older


Slide54: SAYONARA