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Sometimes referred to as the Land of the Rising Sun this country also consists of many islands. Hi I’m Rebecca Brayton and welcome to WatchMojo.com and today we’ll be considering our travel series with a look at Japan.
Japan is an island country in East Asia lying to the east of China, Korea, and Russia. Japan has the worlds 10th largest population with about 128 million people. Japanese is the first language of about 99% of the population of the country. English is also widely spoken particularly in big cities. Signs and announcement often include English as well as Japanese. However, the Japanese people as a whole are more comfortable dealing in written English than spoken.
The life expectancy rate in Japan is one of the highest in the world at approximately 81 and a quarter year. The Greater Tokyo area is the most populous metropolitan area in the world with over 30 million residents and included in this area is Japan’s capital city Tokyo, of it’s over 3,000 islands many are volcanic and most are mountainous. In fact about 73% of Japan is mountain covered. Japan’s territory is 146,000 square miles a small percentage of which is water. Japan’s total area is slightly smaller than the U.S State of Montana and bigger than Germany, Malaysia, New Zealand and Britain.
Although Japan belongs to the temperate zone and enjoys four distinct seasons these effects on the country vary from north to south. In general, Japan is a country with high humidity and rain. Warm summers are characteristic in the North but winter brings heavy snow and cold temperatures. The highest mountain in Japan is the dormant volcano Mount Fuji sleeping since the early 1700 the Volcanoes peek is at 12,388 feet. Mount Fuji is a well known symbol of Japan is often depicted in Japanese art and visited by sight seers.
Roughly 200,000 people climb Mt. Fuji annually, 30% of whom are foreigners including Mt. Fuji there are approximately 150 dormant volcanoes in Japan. Japan has a network of high speed railways that connect most of the country’s major cities on the islands of Honshu and Kyshu. The Buddhist temple Otowa-san Kiyomizu-dera is a UNESCO world heritage site and one of the best known sites of city of Kiyoumizu-dera. The temple is important because of the wide veranda which is supported hundreds of pillars that expands over the hillside and offers fantastic views of the city.
Because of the countries mild climate residential homes in Japan have fairly thin walls. Because of the significant rainfall in the country the rooms of these homes are overlapping slanted and slightly curved.
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