{"id":128,"date":"2009-09-30T00:07:43","date_gmt":"2009-09-30T04:07:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/?p=128"},"modified":"2009-09-30T00:07:43","modified_gmt":"2009-09-30T04:07:43","slug":"geography-of-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/geography-of-japan\/","title":{"rendered":"Geography of Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Japan is a island nation. Japan was formed from volcanic eruptions that cooled off to form islands. Unfortunately, Japan is located in a volatile zone. Several devastating earthquakes have shook the\u00a0stability and infrastructure of\u00a0the Japanese economy and society. However, even with such setbacks Japan has been able to rebuild itself.<\/p>\n<p>The best natural resource for Japan may be its waters. Japan&#8217;s waters have fostered Japan&#8217;s extensive trading and coastal shipping. Fish has always been a plentiful resource in Japan. However, this may change as global warming affects the conditions for fish to survive in Japan&#8217;s waters.<\/p>\n<p>Japan&#8217;s main islands are Hokkaidoo (<span class=\"t_nihongo_kanji\"><strong>\u5317\u6d77\u9053<\/strong><\/span>), Honshuu (<span class=\"Jpan JA\"><strong>\u672c\u5dde<\/strong><\/span>), Shikoku (<span class=\"t_nihongo_kanji\"><strong>\u56db\u56fd<\/strong><\/span>), and Kyuushuu (<span class=\"t_nihongo_kanji\"><strong>\u4e5d\u5dde<\/strong><\/span>). There are also smaller islands like Okinawa (<strong>\u6c96\u7e04\u672c\u5cf6<\/strong>). Hokkaidoo is located towards the northern part of Japan, towards Russia. Honshuu is the largest main island of Japan and hosts Japan&#8217;s capital city, Tookyoo (<span class=\"t_nihongo_kanji\"><strong>\u6771\u4eac<\/strong><\/span>). Shikoku is located towards the south of Japan. Lastly, Kyuushuu is Japan&#8217;s southern most tip, and known for it&#8217;s hot springs.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the four main islands, Japan is divided into eight regions that are commonly taught in elementary schools. The eight regions include: Hokkaidoo (<span class=\"t_nihongo_kanji\"><strong>\u5317\u6d77\u9053<\/strong><\/span>), Toohoku (<span class=\"t_nihongo_kanji\"><strong>\u6771\u5317<\/strong><\/span>), Kantoo (<span class=\"t_nihongo_kanji\"><strong>\u95a2\u6771<\/strong><\/span>), Chuubu (<span class=\"t_nihongo_kanji\"><strong>\u4e2d\u90e8<\/strong><\/span>), Kansai (<span class=\"t_nihongo_kanji\"><strong>\u95a2\u897f<\/strong><\/span>), Chuugoku (<span class=\"Jpan JA\"><strong>\u4e2d\u56fd<\/strong><\/span>), Shikoku (<span class=\"t_nihongo_kanji\"><strong>\u56db\u56fd<\/strong><\/span>), Kyuushuu (<span class=\"t_nihongo_kanji\"><strong>\u4e5d\u5dde<\/strong><\/span>),<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Japan is a island nation. Japan was formed from volcanic eruptions that cooled off to form islands. Unfortunately, Japan is located in a volatile zone. Several devastating earthquakes have shook the\u00a0stability and infrastructure of\u00a0the Japanese economy and society. However, even with such setbacks Japan has been able to rebuild itself. The best natural resource for&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/geography-of-japan\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2719],"class_list":["post-128","post","type-post","status-publish","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-geography-of-japan"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}