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.

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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

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Bullet Trains

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

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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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