1. Japan

2. 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

7. Tokyo

9. Japanese Zen Buddhism

17. 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

18. Itsukushima Shinto Shrine Miyajima in the Seto Inland Sea

22. Shinto Cemetery

37. Hiroshima and 2005

39. U.S. Military Bases on Okinawa
US Bases in Japan
Wiki

52. Kanto Plain

93. Before and after the quake and tsunami at the Sendai Nuke

94. Japanese Shoes Now and Then