1. JAPAN

2. JAPAN Has about 50 active volcanoes and numerous hot springs
Sitting atop the Ring of Fire is the tallest mountain, Mount Fugi, an important spiritual symbol to Japan’s people
Mount Fugi has not erupted in nearly 300 years, but scientists believe it could erupt again

3. JAPAN More than 1,000 small earthquakes shake Japan every year
The process of subduction created the Sea of Japan
Four large, mountainous islands and thousands of smaller ones form the archipelago, or island chain, of Japan

4. JAPAN Honshu is the central and largest island
Hokkaido is in the North
Kyushu and Shikoku in the South
Honshu is the location of most major cities

5. JAPAN Sea of Okhotsk in the north
Sea of Japan and East China Sea on the west
Philippine Sea in the south

6. JAPAN Shinano river Tone River Provide hydroelectric power
Been altered for irrigation and regulate water flow