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Beside Prefecture, there's also districts which compose main islands.  
Beside Prefecture, there's also districts which compose main islands.  
Honshu has also aeras. 


The shape of Japan looks like a curve. With a few of imagination, we can see the letter "J" with a top bar.  
The shape of Japan looks like a curve. With a few of imagination, we can see the letter "J" with a top bar.  
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== Honshu ==
== Honshu ==
Is the main Island. Hon, means main, It is located between the north and the West of the country.  
Hon, means main. Honshu Is the largest of four. Located between the south of Hokkaidou and the north of Kyuushuu.  


== Shikoku ==
Contrary to other islands, Honshu also got aeras which are : Touhoku, Kantou, Chuubu, Kansai and Chuugoku. 
 
Is located in the deep east of Japan.  
Is located in the deep east of Japan.  



Revision as of 10:20, 28 October 2016

Japan is an archipel. It means it is a complex of isles (6852).

There are many small isles but Japan is known to be mainly composed by 4 large islands.

Hokkaidou, Honshu, Shikoku and Kyuushuu. Each of them is divided in a set of prefectures, except for Hokkaidou which has only one prefecture : HOKKAIDOU.

Beside Prefecture, there's also districts which compose main islands.

The shape of Japan looks like a curve. With a few of imagination, we can see the letter "J" with a top bar.

Hokkaidou

Hokkaidou is a whole itself. Isle, prefecture and everything.

Means, there only Hokkaidou, nothing else.

Honshu

Hon, means main. Honshu Is the largest of four. Located between the south of Hokkaidou and the north of Kyuushuu.

Contrary to other islands, Honshu also got aeras which are : Touhoku, Kantou, Chuubu, Kansai and Chuugoku.

Is located in the deep east of Japan.

Kyuushuu

Is the south east of Japan.

Historic facts

1995 : Kobe got hit by an earthquake which made ...

2011 : The biggest earthquake ever happend in the region of Tohoku, distric of Sendai