1. JAPAN

2. Where is Japan?

3. ★ Australia We’re here Japan The equator The Southern Hemisphere The Northern Hemisphere

4. How far is it between Australia and Japan?

5. It takes about 9 hours from Sydney to Tokyo by plane. The plane travels about 900 km per hour. Let’s work out how many kilometers it is from Sydney to Tokyo. (Japanese Culture Resources and Activities, Nelson Thomson Learning P.2) 9hours X 900km =8,100km

6. How big do you think Japan is?

7. The area of Australia is 21 times larger than the area of Japan. Look at the way the map of Japan fits into the map of Australia. The area of Australia is 8,000,000 sq km The area of Japan is 380,000 sq km (Japanese Culture Resources and Activities, Nelson Thomson Learning P.1)

8. How many people live in Japan?

9. (World Population Review:http://worldpopulationreview.com/) The population of Australia is 23million (2014:23,344,735) The population of Japan is 127million (2014:126,981,371)

10. About 5.5 times more people live in Japan than live in Australia!!!

11. Do you know? Japan is an island group (archipelago) of 6,852 islands. (Japan Talk: Japan Travel and Culture Guide: http://www.japan-talk.com/jt/new/how-many-islands-are-there-in-Japan)

12. There are four main islands in Japan: Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu and Shikoku. Honshu Hokkaido Kyushu Shikoku Honshu is the main island and the location of the capital city of Japan, Tokyo. Hokkaido is Japan's second largest island. It is north of Honshu. Kyushu and Shikoku are close to the south of Honshu. Japan also has a chain of tropical islands to the south called the Ryukyu Islands. The biggest island here is called Okinawa. (Japan Talk: Japan Travel and Culture Guide: http://www.japan-talk.com/jt/new/how-many-islands-are-there-in-Japan) Okinawa Tokyo

13. How many states and territories does Australia have? Australia has 6 states: 1. Queensland (QLD) 2. New South Wales (NSW) 3. Victoria (VIC) 4. South Australia (SA) 5. Western Australia (WA) 6. Tasmania (TAS) There are two mainland territories: 1. Australian Capital Territory (ACT) 2. Northern Territory (NT) How many states and territories do you think Japan has?

14. The 47 prefectures of Japan Hokkaido 1.Hokkaido Tohoku 2. Aomori 3. Iwate 4. Miyagi 5. Akita 6. Yamagata 7. Fukushima Kanto 8. Ibaraki 9. Tochigi 10. Gunma 11. Saitama 12. Chiba 13. Tokyo 14. Kanagawa Chubu 15. Niigata 16. Toyama 17. Ishikawa 18. Fukui 19. Yamanashi 20. Nagano 21. Gifu 22.Shizuoka 23. Aichi Kansai 24. Mie 25. Shiga 26. Kyoto 27. Osaka 28. Hyogo 29. Nara 30. Wakayama Chugoku 31. Tottori 32. Shimane 33. Okayama 34. Hiroshima 35. Yamaguchi Shikoku 36. Tokushima 37. Kagawa 38. Ehime 39. Kochi Kyushu 40. Fukuoka 41. Saga 42. Nagasaki 43. Kumamoto 44. Oita 45. Miyazaki 46. Kagoshima Okinawa 47. Okinawa The prefectures are also often grouped into 9 regions. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prefectures_of_Japan)

15. Let’s travel to Japan!

16. The Sapporo Snow Festival One of Japan's largest winter events in February. Every winter, about 2 million people come to Sapporo to see a large number of splendid snow and ice sculptures. Sapporo

17. Tokyo The capital of Japan Aria: 2,188 sq km Population: 13.23 million Tokyo Tower & Tokyo Skytree Tokyo Tower: Built in 1958 Height 333m Tokyo Skytree: Built in 2012 Height 634m A Pedestrian scramble in Shibuya One of the world's most heavily used pedestrian scrambles, at Hachiko Square in Shibuya, Tokyo.

18. Shizuoka Mt. Fuji Mt. Fuji is the highest mountain in Japan at 3,776.24m. Mt. Fuji was added to the World Heritage List as a Cultural Site on 22 nd June 2013.

19. Kyoto Kyoto is formerly the imperial capital of Japan for more than 1,000 years. Kyoto

20. Hiroshima Nagasaki An atomic bombing of Hiroshima The atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima on 6 th August 1945. 90,000–166,000 people were killed in Hiroshima. The Atomic Bomb Dome is part of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park and was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1996. An atomic bombing of Nagasaki The atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki on 9 th August 1945. 60,000 to 80,000 people were killed in Nagasaki.

21. Which part of Japan are you interested in travelling to?