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JAPAN. Where is Japan?. The Northern Hemisphere. Japan. The equator. We’re here. ★. Australia. The Southern Hemisphere. How far is it between Australia and Japan?. It takes about 9 hours from Sydney to Tokyo by plane. The plane travels about 900 km per hour.

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JAPAN

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  1. JAPAN

  2. Where is Japan?

  3. The Northern Hemisphere Japan The equator We’re here ★ Australia The Southern 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. 9hoursX 900km= 8,100km (Japanese Culture Resources and Activities, Nelson Thomson Learning P.2)

  6. How big do you think Japan is?

  7. The area of Australia is 8,000,000sq km The area of Japan is 380,000sq km 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. (Japanese Culture Resources and Activities, Nelson Thomson Learning P.1)

  8. How many people live in Japan?

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

  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, Kyushuand Shikoku. Hokkaido 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. Honshu Tokyo Okinawa Shikoku Kyushu (Japan Talk: Japan Travel and Culture Guide: http://www.japan-talk.com/jt/new/how-many-islands-are-there-in-Japan)

  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 The prefectures are also often grouped into 9 regions. • 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 • Hokkaido • 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 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prefectures_of_Japan)

  15. Let’s travel to Japan!

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

  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 APedestrian scramble in Shibuya One of the world's most heavily used pedestrian scrambles, at HachikoSquare 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 22nd June 2013.

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

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

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

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