Japan. Land of rising sun
Japan is the most unique, majestic and completely mysterious country. Traveling to Japan will be a journey to the future and the past for you at the same time. And it's not just its rich and ancient history and culture: Japan itself is a huge museum. Here the temples are adjacent to skyscrapers and without breaking the general harmony, they form a single whole.
The main thing for the Japanese is a sense of beauty, the ability to create and perceive the beauty of our world. Geography Japan is an island country located on an archipelago of more than 6.8 thousand islands, which stretch along the eastern coast of Asia in a curved chain of about 3800 kilometers. The total area of the islands of Japan is about 378 thousand square meters. km. Only four islands of all can be called large. These are Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku and Kyushu - the Japanese do not even call them islands, but call them the main land, the main territory: they account for 98% of the entire country. Mountains are a characteristic feature of the Japanese archipelago, they cover 71% of the land, and only some areas along the coasts or channels of large rivers are plains and lowlands that border mountain systems. The most famous mountain in Japan is Fujiyama. It rises on the border of Shizuoka and Yamanashi prefectures. It is the highest mountain in Japan. A significant part of the mountain peaks in Japan are volcanoes, there are about 200 of them, 67 are considered "alive" (active or dormant). Among the volcanoes, Asama, Miharayama, Asosan and Sakurajima are especially active.
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