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What do you notice about Japan from this Google Earth image?

What do you notice about Japan from this Google Earth image?. What do you notice most about Japan from this map?. http://www.bugbog.com/maps/asia/japan_map.html. The Impact of Physical Geography on Culture. http://asnic.utexas.edu/asnic/image/Japan.GIF.

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What do you notice about Japan from this Google Earth image?

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  1. What do you notice about Japan from this Google Earth image?

  2. What do you notice most about Japan from this map? http://www.bugbog.com/maps/asia/japan_map.html

  3. The Impact of Physical Geography on Culture http://asnic.utexas.edu/asnic/image/Japan.GIF

  4. Japan is much smaller than the United States. http://www.international.ucla.edu/eas/japan/geography/overlay1.htm

  5. Japan is slightly smaller than California, but it has almost 3 x as many people.Japan 128 millionCalifornia 38 million http://www.smgov.net/farmers_market/images/california%20map.jpg http://www.nanzan-u.ac.jp/English/campus/img/map_japan-nagoya.jpg

  6. Forested mountains cover over 65% of the land.

  7. What do you notice when you compare these two maps? http://www.international.ucla.edu/eas/japan/geography/popmap1.gif http://www.maps.com/ref_map.aspx?pid=12106

  8. What unique challenges do you think Japan faces in dealing with such a high population density? http://www.johnnyjet.com/images/PicForNewsletterJapan2005KyotoKiyomizuderaTempleStreetUp.JPG

  9. How might high population density and limited land affect Japan’s: • transportation • agriculture • architecture http://www.flickr.com/photos/arrowsican/401855032/

  10. Mass transportation moves large numbers of people. http://www.flickr.com/photos/iidesne/1665204886/ They have many subways. . . http://ozymandias.com/ftpimages/FuninJapanNowwithPictures_1298E/IMAGE_0712.jpg

  11. . . .and busses. http://www.flickr.com/photos/26217373@N00/1489025344/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/webmikey/256650089/

  12. Even then, they have lots of cars on the roads. http://www.flickr.com/photos/marley1/1434516269/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/msimantov/374383690/

  13. And they have creative ways to http://www.flickr.com/photos/meckleychina/355627389/ provide parking spaces. http://www.flickr.com/photos/st3f4n/130905968/ http://picasaweb.google.com/richworkhardman/PhotoSOfJapan/photo#5060930666112892770

  14. J.Hall, Tokyo, 12 July 2010

  15. J.Hall, Kyoto, 16 July 2010

  16. Bicycles are very popular, since they are easy to maneuver on crowded streets. http://www.flickr.com/photos/samwilkins/173305585/ They even have bicycle parking lots.  This one is at a subway station. http://www.flickr.com/photos/tokyololas/1422936985/

  17. J.Hall, Kyoto, 17 July 2010

  18. They are also very cautious about spreading germs. If you’re sick, you’re expected to wear a mask. J.Hall, Tokyo, 10 July 2011

  19. J.Hall, Tokyo, 12 July 2010

  20. J.Hall, Kyoto, 17 July 2010 Convenience Store

  21. Agriculture is important in Japan. http://www.flickr.com/photos/arrowsican/1530394309/ But often fields are on mountainsides. http://www.flickr.com/photos/pauldavidson/33038678/

  22. Stair-steps were cut into the mountainsides years ago to allow terraced fields. http://www.flickr.com/photos/bethany_ng/1468992530/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/bethany_ng/1469448849/

  23. architecture Limited land means land is very expensive. So most people don’t have yards. http://www.flickr.com/photos/annamatic3000/134919276/

  24. Which is Oklahoma City?Which is Osaka, Japan?

  25. Why do you suppose so many Japanese homes have limited amounts of furniture? http://www.kyotojp.com/living2.JPG This is a main room. It may be used as a living room, dining room, and bedroom.

  26. Traditional style hotel in Nara, Japan J.Hall, Nara, 15 July 2010

  27. Why is a “futon” bed a good choice for a small home? http://www.flickr.com/photos/courtneyistre/39198683/

  28. Japan: 170 square feetGeography Alive! (Palo Alto, California: Teachers’ Curriculum Institute), 2006, p.447 U.S: 721 square feet of living space per person (U.S.Department of Energy, http://www.heritage.org/Research/Reports/2004/01/Understanding-Poverty-in-America )

  29. As in big cities around the world, the Japanese build to get more use out of limited land. UP http://www.flickr.com/photos/cloganese/241165650/

  30. A “capsule hotel”! Each capsule is a 1-person room.

  31. They even have TVs! http://www.flickr.com/photos/de-boo/39307484/ Sweet dreams. . . http://www.yesicanusechopsticks.com/larrygreg/capsule%202.jpg

  32. http://www.traveladdicts.connectfree.co.uk/Japan/Images/Capsule_hotel_with_open_curtain.jpghttp://www.traveladdicts.connectfree.co.uk/Japan/Images/Capsule_hotel_with_open_curtain.jpg

  33. In 1994, Japan opened Kansai International Airport in Osaka Bay. It is built on an artificial island. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fd/Kansai_closeup.jpg

  34. The first built a “sea wall” and then filled it in using dirt from 3 nearby mountains. http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/xY5eBHkJ1mWt189xDc2VMg

  35. http://www.wonderfulinfo.com/amazing/kansaiairport/ http://mapsget.com/wp-content/thumbnails/2346.jpg

  36. It is sinking 2-3 centimeters per year. http://mrkellysclass.net/Japan/Images/our_trip_detailed/Osaka-Airport-aerial-view.jpg

  37. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0A9-oUoMug

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