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22 Cards in this Set
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Capital of Japan
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Tokoyo
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4 Main Islands of Japan
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Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu
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Largest Island
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Honshu
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Least populated of the 4 islands
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Shikoku
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Highest mountain in Japan at 3776.24 meters
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Mount Fuji
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• Island are part of ring of fire – area in pacific ocean susceptible to:
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earthquakes and volcanoes
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Japan's most important crop. It has been cultivated in Japan for over 2000 year
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Rice
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Tokyo largest population for a city in the world of over 33 million people: Called
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Urban Agglomeration
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Very large cities: Largest in the world is Taiheiyō Belt
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megalopolis
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• Countries government is ruled by a parliament called the:
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the diet
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current Emperor of Japan
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Akihito
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124 emperor of Japan when bomb was dropped
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Hirohito
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Language of Japan
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Japanese
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– area in pacific ocean susceptible to earthquakes and volcanoes
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ring of fire
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First city in history to be destroyed by a nuclear weapon
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Hiroshima
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Second and last city to suffer a nuclear attack
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Nagaski
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consists of hundreds of the Ryukyu Islands in a chain over 1,000 km long
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Okinawa
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means hello in Japanese, can be used when answering the phone
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Moshi Moshi
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thank you very much in Japanese
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Arigato
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konnichi wa
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– good day
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way of the gods, ancient Japanese religion.
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shinto –
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reincarnation, teaching of the great Budda
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• Buddhism -
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