Travel Guide - Japan
Sometimes referred to as the Land of the
, this country also consists of many
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Japan is an island country in East
lying to the east of
, Korea and
. Japan has the world’s tenth largest population with about
people.
Japanese is the first
of about 99 percent of the population of the country, English is also
widely spoken, particularly in big cities.
signs and
often include English
as well as Japanese.
However, the Japanese people
as a whole are more comfortable dealing in written English and spoken.
The
life expectancy rate in Japan is one of the highest in the world at approximately 81 and a quarter years. The Greater Tokyo area is the most populated metropolitan area in the world with over 30 million residents and included in this area is Japan’s capital city Tokyo.
Of its over three thousand islands, many are volcanic, and most are mountainous. In fact about seventy-three percent of Japan is mountain covered.
Japan’s territory is one hundred and forty-six thousand square miles, a small
of which is water. Japan’s total area is
slightly smaller than the US state of Montana, and bigger than Germany,
, New Zealand and Britain.
Although Japan
belongs to the
zone and enjoys four distinct seasons, these effects on the country vary from north to south. In general, Japan is a country with
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
Mount Fuji, sleeping since the early 1700s, the volcano’s peak that 12,388 feet. Mount Fuji is a
symbol of Japan and it’s often
in Japanese art and visited by
sightseers.
Roughly 200,000 people climb Mount Fuji annually, 30 percent of whom are
foreigners. Including mountain Fuji, there are approximately 150 dormant volcanoes in Japan.
Japan has a network of
that connect most in the country’s major cities on the islands of Honshu and Kyushu
The
temple Otowa-san Kiyomizu-Dera is a UNESCO world heritage site and one of the
site of the city of Kiyomizu-dera. The temple is important because in the
wide which is supported by 100
pillars and expands over the
hill’s side and offers fantastic
of the city.
Because of the country’s
mild , residential homes in Japan have fairly
thin walls. Because of the significant
rainfall in the country, the
roofs of these homes are
overlapping,
slanted and slightly
curved.