10 Facts about

JAPAN The Japanese are very interesting people. Their unique culture has developed in relative isolation due to the mountainous and island-based nature of the country. As the Summer Olympics from 2020 wil l take place in Tokyo, thousands of people are expected to travel to Japan. If you're one of them, or if you just want to visit this country some day, here are a few things that you should know about the Japanese.

10 Facts about

JAPAN

1. Japan is made up of

6,852 islands.

2. The 4 main islands,

Honshu, Kyushu,

Shikoku and Hokkaido

comprise 97% of

Japan’s total land area.

HOKKAIDO

SHIKOKU

HONSU

KYUSHU

3. Almost 4/5 of Japan's land is either forest or mountains

and is difficult to be made into

farms, industrial or

residential areas.

4.

More than 70% of Japan

consists of mountains,

including

> 200 volcanoes.

5.

Mount Fuji (3,776m or 12,388ft),

the highest mountain in Japan,

is an active volcano.

6. There are > 1,500

earthquakes in Japan each year,

though most of them are minor.

7. Rivers are generally steep and swift,

and few are suitable for navigation

except in their lower reaches.

The Shinano River is the longest, flows into the Sea of

Japan, is only 367 km long.

8. The largest freshwater

lake is Lake Biwa, northeast of Kyoto.

The area of this lake is

about 670 km².

9. The Sea of Japan is a meeting

point of a warm current that

flows from the south and a colder

current from the north. The mixing of waters makes the

seas around Japan very rich in fish

and other sea life.

10. Due to gases

produced by power

plants, Japan sometimes suffers from

acid rain.

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