Geography of Japan

The north east hemisphere

Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu

The Sea of Japan is a partially enclosed sea of the western Pacific Ocean. It is bordered by Japan, North Korea, Russia, and South Korea. It served as a natural protective barrier that helps Japan from invaders.

A sea passage between South Korea and Japan, that connects the East China Sea and the Sea of Japan. It is in the northwest Pacific Ocean. It helps to give Japan semi-isolation.

The tallest of the volcanoes/mountain in Japan located on Honshu island. It is 12,389 feet high. Historically, it is a symbol of Japan and looked at as the foundation of the country.

It is the former capital of Japan. It is a city in the central part of the island of Honshu, Japan. Lots of antiquities through out the city. Osaka, Kobe, Kyoto are all part of the Kyoto area.

It is a city located in Hyogo Prefecture in the Kansai region of Japan. It is on the island of Honshu. Himeji has Japan's oldest castle (Himeji Castle) that has been around since Japan's feudal period.

Nagasaki is the capital and the largest city of Nagasaki Prefecture on the island of Kyushu in Japan. Nagasaki was founded by the Portuguese in the second half of the 16th century on the site of a small fishing village. The second bomb of World War II was dropped in Nagasaki.

Ise, formerly called Ujiyamada, is a city located in eastern Mie Prefecture, on the island of Honshu, Japan. It has the most important and sacred shinto shrine in Japan, called The Grand Shrine. In 1959, there was a typhoon that was the largest in Japan's recorded history of typhoons.

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea, abbreviated to DPRK or PRK, and commonly referred to as North Korea, is a country in East Asia, located in the northern half of the Korean Peninsula. Its capital is Pyongyang, the country's largest city by both land area and population.

A lot more open to the world than North Korea. It is one of the closest countries to Japan and they have a long history. It is between the Sea of Japan and the Yellow Sea.

Russia is also officially known as the Russian Federation. At 17,075,400 square kilometres (6,592,800 sq mi), Russia is the largest country in the world, covering more than one-eighth of the Earth's inhabited land area. It is in the north east hemisphere of the world.

China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is the world's most populated country, with a population of over 1.3 billion. Covering approximately 9.6 million square kilometres, the East Asian state is the world's second-largest country.

The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's oceans. It extends from the Arctic in the north to the Southern Ocean in the south, bounded by Asia and Australia in the west, and the Americas in the east. It borders Japan's eastern coast.

It separates the islands of Kyushu, Honshu, and Shikoku. It serves as an international waterway.