Geographic Map Of Japan

As a result of the shortage of land its largest cities ring the coastline.

Geographic map of japan. Are home to most of its people. It consists of a great string of islands in a northeast southwest arc that stretches for approximately 1 500 miles 2 400 km through the western north pacific ocean. Japan s forest cover rate is 68 55 since the mountains are heavily forested. Steeped in centuries of asian culture and history japan an archipelago of 4 major and over 4 000 smaller islands is a mostly mountainous country with only 15 of its land cultivable.

Japan and korea north and south this map shows a combination of political and physical features. The country of japan consists of several fairly mountainous islands which are often referred to as the japanese archipelago. Japan s highest mountain is mount fuji with an elevation of 3 776 m 12 388 ft. Japan has a population of 127 368 088.

Click on above map to view higher resolution image. Japan is an island nation located in eastern asia in the pacific ocean to the east of china russia north korea and south korea. Japan is in eastern asia. Physical map of japan equirectangular projection.

It is an archipelago that is made up of over 6 500 islands the largest of which are honshu hokkaido kyushu and shikoku. The four dominant islands of the archipelago are. Japan island country lying off the east coast of asia. The first ever recorded mention of japan was made in the first century ad.

Interesting facts on japan from where it is to what japans flag looks like. The mammoth metropolis of tokyo and the other major cities along the pacific ocean. Japanese paper crafts. All about japan and the geography of japan.

Japan map and geography japan constitutional monarchy in east asia comprising four large islands as well as the ryukyu islands and more than 1 000 lesser adjacent islands. It is an island chain between the north pacific ocean and the sea of japan east of the.