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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