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Chapter 18

Chapter 18. Section 1 Geography and Heritage of Japan. Horyuji Temple's central gate, main hall and pagoda are the world's oldest surviving wooden structures. . Himeji Castle is the most beautiful and complete surviving example of a Japanese feudal castle. .

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Chapter 18

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  1. Chapter 18 Section 1 Geography and Heritage of Japan

  2. Horyuji Temple's central gate, main hall and pagoda are the world's oldest surviving wooden structures.

  3. Himeji Castle is the most beautiful and complete surviving example of a Japanese feudal castle.

  4. The A-Bomb Dome is the only remaining structure in central Hiroshima, which predates the atomic blast of 1945.

  5. The island nation of Japan sits off the coast of East Asia • Influence of China

  6. The legend: • Male and female Gods created Japan by throwing a jeweled spear into the sea. Salt water dripped from the spear and hardened to form islands.

  7. A Chain of Islands • Archipelago, or chain of islands, 100 miles off the coast of East Asia. • Lies on the Pacific Ring of Fire, earthquakes and volcanos

  8. 4 main islands and more than 3000 tiny islands • Honshu-in north most islolated • Hokkiaido- in North most isolated.

  9. Landforms and Climate • Size=state of Montana • More than 125 million people ranks 7th in the world. • More than four fifths is mountains • Mild climate

  10. Intensive land use • Using every available piece of land • Major crop-rice • Until modern times, the Japanese produced own food

  11. Limited Mineral resources • No oil resources, imports nearly all oil from middle east

  12. People of Japan • Population: • 127.5 million • Government estimates suggest Japan's population will shrink by 30 per cent by 2060 • because of a low birthrate and a high proportion of elderly people, to just 86.74 million. • Homogeneous society • Speak same languages and share cultures • Almost no ethnic minorities • Rarely grant citizenship to immigrants

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