Japan
Things to know about Japan Crowded Island Nation-State Mid-latitude location Tectonic instability Shogunate period interrupted by European colonialism Closed off to the rest of the world until American Commodore Perry forced them to open up to trade Meiji Restoration 1869: Japan emerges from Feudalism to Capitalism Imperialist Industrialized Japan sought an Asian and Pacific Empire from the 1890s to 1940s Only country to receive atom bombing Shinto and Buddhism widely practiced Highly urbanized
Tokyo
Japanese Zen Buddhism
Japanese Shintoism Polytheistic Native Japanese Religion Formerly the State Religion The Emperor was the Sun King AND the Rice King Deities in many things and places, for example, Mount Fuji Compatible with Buddhism
Itsukushima Shinto Shrine Miyajima in the Seto Inland Sea
Shinto Cemetery
Hiroshima 1945 and 2005
U.S. Military Bases on Okinawa US Bases in Japan Wiki
Kanto Plain
Before and after the quake and tsunami at the Sendai Nuke
Japanese Shoes Now and Then