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14 Cards in this Set
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4 large islands
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Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu
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Japan capital
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Tokyo
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Tokyo
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not always capital
business center and home of Emperor air raids 1945 |
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Ginza
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expensive shopping ditrict of Tokyo
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Honshu
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biggest island with Tokyo, Kyoto, and Osaka
also Mount Fuji and Nikko here |
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Kyoto
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Japan's first capital for more than 1000 years
center for the arts, culture, religion, and thought |
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Osaka
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3rd largest city
"Venice of Japan" many canals and rivers |
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Mount Fuji
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a few hours from Tokyo
highest and holiest mountain dormant volcano |
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Nikko
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means sunlight
center of Japan's greatest shrine Toshogu Shrine is a center of pilgrimage |
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Hokkaido
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northernmost island
mostly rural and traditional |
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Sapporo
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on Hokkaido island
cultural, political, and economic center |
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Shikoku
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smallest of 4 islands
very scenic, part of the Inland Sea National Park many holy temples |
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Kyushu
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southernmost island
mountainous w/ volcanoes and subtropical scenery |
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Nagaski (Kyushu)
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on west coast
1st Japanese port to open foreign trade (1857) |
