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Japan is a fascinating country with a rich culture, history, and geography. The geography of Japan ranges from its stunning coastline to its towering mountain ranges, and from its bustling cities to its serene rural areas. To fully appreciate and understand this beautiful country, it is important to learn about its geography and the vocabulary associated with it in the Japanese language. This article will provide an introduction to the geography of Japan and a comprehensive list of vocabulary words related to geography that can help you improve your Japanese language skills. Whether you are a student, traveler, or language learner, this article will be a valuable resource for you.

Japan is an archipel (a group of isles). 

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.   

<blockquote>Summary: Japan is 4 main islands, 8 aeras and 47 prefectures.</blockquote> 

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

It means there is 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. 

=== Tohoku prefectures===
Aomori, Iwate, Miyagi, Akita, Yamagata, Fukushima.

===Kantou prefectures===
Ibaraki, Tochigi, Gunma, Saitam, Chiba, Tokyo, Kanagawa.

===Chuubu prefectures===
Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui, Yamanashi, Nagano, Gifu, Shizuoka, Aichi.

===Kansai prefectures===
Mie, Shiga, Kyoto, Osaka, Hyogo, Nara, Wakayama.

===Chuugoku prefectures===
Tottori, Shimane, Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi

== Shikoku ==
Shikoku is the smallest main island. It is located under the Chuugoku aera and between Kansai aera and Kyuushuu island.

It is composed of 4 prefectures. 

Tokushima, Kagawa, Ehime, Kochi.

== Kyuushuu ==
Is the south east of Japan.

Located is the very far west south, the most famous city is Nagasaki, known to has been hit by the A-Bomb at the end of WW2.

== Okinawa ==
There is also another very famous Island called Okinawa which is attached to Kyuushuu.

== 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

==Vocabulary related to Geography==

=== Main words ===
Here is a list of the main Japanese words related to geography, along with their pronunciation in the Romanized script, Hiragana and Katakana writing systems, and Kanji.
{| class="wikitable"
!English
!Romanized
!Hiragana
!Katakana
!Kanji
|-
|Mountain
|Yama
|やま
|ヤマ
|山
|-
|River
|Kawa
|かわ
|カワ
|川
|-
|Sea
|Umi
|うみ
|ウミ
|海
|-
|Island
|Shima
|しま
|シマ
|島
|-
|City
|Machi
|まち
|マチ
|町
|-
|Country
|Inaka
|いなか
|イナカ
|田舎
|-
|Coast
|Kaigan
|かいがん
|カイガン
|海岸
|-
|Beach
|Hama
|はま
|ハマ
|浜
|-
|Forest
|Mori
|もり
|モリ
|森
|-
|Valley
|Tani
|たに
|タニ
|谷
|}

=== More words ===
{| class="wikitable"
!English
!Japanese (日本語)
!Japanese (Rōmaji)
|-

|America
|アメリカ
|Amerika
|-
|around
|回
|mawari
|-
|Asia
|アジア
|Ajia
|-
|behind
|後ろ  - うしろ
|ushiro
|-
|between
|間
|aida
|-
|capital  city
|首都
|shuto
|-
|China
|中国
|Chuu-goku
|-
|citizen
|市民
|shi-min
|-
|compass
|コンパス
|konpasu
|-
|continent
|大陸
|tai-riku
|-
|country
|国
|kuni,  (-koku)
|-
|dictatorship
|独裁
|dokusai
|-
|down
|下
|shita
|-
|downstream
|川下
|kawa-shimo
|-
|East
|東
|higashi
|-
|emperor
|皇帝
|kōtei
|-
|empress
|皇后
|kōgō
|-
|far
|遠い
|tooi
|-
|flag
|旗
|hata
|-
|France
|フランス
|Furansu
|-
|Germany
|ドイツ
|Doitsu
|-
|government
|政府  - せいふ
|seifu
|-
|in front of
|前
|mae
|-
|in the middle
|中
|naka
|-
|in, into, inside, at
|に
|ni
|-
|Japan
|日本
|Nihon
|-
|king
|王
|ō
|-
|kingdom
|王国
|ō-koku
|-
|map
|地図
|chizu
|-
|minister
|大臣
|dai-jin
|-
|monarchy
|君主制
|kunshusei
|-
|nation, people
|国民
|koku-min
|-
|near
|近い  , 近く , そば
|chikai,  chikaku, soba
|-
|North
|北
|kita
|-
|on the left
|左
|hidari
|-
|on the right
|右
|migi
|-
|out of, outside
|外
|soto
|-
|parliament
|国会  - こっかい
|kokkai
|-
|parliamentarian
|議員
|giin
|-
|prime minister
|総理大臣  , 首相
|sōri-daijin,  shushō
|-
|prince
|王子
|ō-ji
|-
|princess
|王女
|ō-jo
|-
|queen
|女王
|jo-ō
|-
|region
|地方
|chihō
|-
|republic
|共和国
|kyōwa-koku
|-
|South
|南
|minami
|-
|South Korea
|韓国
|Kan-koku
|-
|straight ahead
|まっすぐ
|masugu
|-
|Tokyo
|東京
|Tōkyō
|-
|translator
|訳者
|yaku-sha
|-
|up
|上
|ue
|-
|upstream
|川上
|kawa-kami
|-
|West
|西
|nishi
|}

==Videos==
Here is a list of videos that showcase the geography of Japan.
===Geography of Japan===
<youtube>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ob7UhHBI7Oc</youtube>

===Japan's Geography explained in under 3 Minutes===
<youtube>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5d7sUsD-buA</youtube>

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