Geography & Life— Japan By Jinghua Ye ( 叶靖华 ) Jenks Public Schools, OK, 74137

Nippon -- “Land of the Rising Sun”

Geography & Behavior Geography & Food Geography & Taste+ Bushido Geography & Architecture Geography & the sense of conjuncture

Activity: Tell the kids to sit close right side by side and try to get out And in by each other. Ask about their feeling. Q: “What should we do when we will have to live this way?”

Point 1: Cooperation and good manners

Japan and the United States ---1/25 377,887 square kilometers (145,902 square miles) Japan Terrain Area (small) 127,288,419 (2008 est) Population (high density ): Area (small)

Point2: seafood

The map of Japan-- Isolated

Bodies of Water Sea of Japan Ishikari R. Korean Straits Pacific Ocean Tone R. Shinano R. Surrounded all by water Abundant seafood Inland Sea

Kitani Mts. Kitakami Mts. Mikuni Mts. Chugoku Mts. Kyushu Mts. Mt. Fuji Mountains & Peaks Islands Hokkaido Honshu Shikuku Kyushu Okinawa

Plains Kanto Plain Nobi Plain Ishikari Plain Osaka Plain

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 Hiroshima Tokyo Nagasaki Kyoto Yokohama The final map

Point3: Wooden Pagoda

Global Tectonic Plates Japan -- On the “Fire Rim of the Pacific”

Japanese Earthquakes:

Point4: The power of group & Bushido

–Isolation –Natural Disasters-Volcanoes & Earthquakes –Limited farm land –Few natural resources Point 5: Strong sense of Conjuncture A strong sense of conjuncture

Kobe Earthquake -- January 17, 1995 ► 7.2 Richter scale ► 5,500 deaths

Kobe Earthquake -- January 17, 1995

Tsunamis – Tidal Waves

Japan’s Land Area and Utilization

Natural Resources

Raw Materials

Thank you! -- The end- -