The main island of Japan。
Honshu is the largest and most populous island ofJapan.[1] The nation's main island, it is south of Hokkaido across the Tsugaru Strait, north of Shikoku across theInland Sea, and northeast of Kyushu across the Kanmon Strait. It is the seventh largest island in the world, and the second most populous after Indonesia's Java island.[citation needed]。
It had a population of 103 million in 2005[citation needed], mostly concentrated in the available lowlands, notably in the Kantō plain where 25% of the total population reside in the Greater Tokyo Area, which includes Tokyo andYokohama, Kawasaki, Saitama and Chiba cities.[citation needed] Most of the nation's industry is located along the belt running from Tokyo along Honshu's southern coastal cities, including Kyoto, Osaka, Nagoya, Kobe, andHiroshima, part of the Taiheiyo Belt.[citation needed]。
The economy along the northwestern coast by the Sea of Japan is largely based on fishing and agriculture;[2]Niigata is noted as an important producer of rice. The Kantō and Nōbi plains produce rice and vegetables. Yamanashi is a major fruit-growing area, and Aomori is famous for its apples.[citation needed]。
Eminent historical centers include Kyoto, Nara, and Kamakura.[citation needed]。
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1 Geography
2 Regions and prefectures。
3 Extreme points。
4 References
Geography[edit]。
The island is roughly 1,300 kilometres (810 mi) long and ranges from 50 to 230 km (31 to 140 mi) wide, and its total area is 227,962.59 km2 (88,016.85 sq mi), 60% of the total area of Japan.[citation needed] It is slightly larger than Great Britain.[3] Its area has been expanding with land reclamation and coastal uplift in the north, but global sea level rise has diminished these effects. Honshu has 5,450 kilometres (3,386 mi) of coastline.[4]。
Mountainous and volcanic, Honshu has frequent earthquakes (the Great Kantō earthquake heavily damaged Tokyo in September 1923, and the earthquake of March 2011 moved the northeastern part of the island by varying amounts of as much as 5.3 m (17 ft)[5][6] while causing devastating tsunamis); the highest peak is the active volcano Mount Fuji at 3,776 m (12,388 ft), which makes it the world's 7th highest island. There are many rivers, including theShinano River, Japan's longest. The climate is temperate, but has marked difference between the eastern or southern (Pacific or Inland Sea coast) side, and the western or northern (Sea of Japan coast) side. A mountain range runs along the length of Honshu from end to end. In addition to Mt. Fuji, the Japanese Alps are a feature of Honshu.[citation needed]。
Honshu is connected to the islands of Hokkaido, Kyushu and Shikoku by tunnels or bridges. Three bridge systems have been built across the islands of the Inland Sea between Honshu and Shikoku (Akashi Kaikyō Bridge and theŌnaruto Bridge; Shin-Onomichi Bridge, Innoshima Bridge, Ikuchi Bridge, Tatara Bridge, Ōmishima Bridge, Hakata-Ōshima Bridges, and the Kurushima-Kaikyo Bridge; Shimotsui-Seto Bridge, Hitsuishijima Bridge, Iwakurojima Bridge,Yoshima Bridge, Kita Bisan-Seto Bridge, and the Minami Bisan-Seto Bridge), the Seikan Tunnel connects Honshu with Hokkaido, and the Kanmonkyo Bridge and Kanmon Tunnel connects Honshu with Kyushu.[citation needed]。
Regions and prefectures[edit]。
The island is nominally divided into five regions and contains 34 prefectures, including metropolitan Tokyo. The regions are Chūgoku (western), Kansai (southern, east of Chūgoku), Chūbu (central), Kantō (eastern), and Tōhoku(northern). Some smaller islands are included within these prefectures, prominently including Ogasawara Islands,Sado Island, Izu Oshima, and Awaji Island.[citation needed]。
The prefectures are:。
Tōhoku — Aomori Prefecture, Iwate Prefecture, Miyagi Prefecture, Akita Prefecture, Yamagata Prefecture,Fukushima Prefecture.。
Kantō — Ibaraki Prefecture, Tochigi Prefecture, Gunma Prefecture, Saitama Prefecture, Chiba Prefecture,Tokyo, Kanagawa Prefecture.。
Chūbu — Niigata Prefecture, Toyama Prefecture, Ishikawa Prefecture, Fukui Prefecture, Yamanashi Prefecture,Nagano Prefecture, Gifu Prefecture, Shizuoka Prefecture, Aichi Prefecture.。
Kansai — Mie Prefecture, Shiga Prefecture, Kyoto Prefecture, Osaka Prefecture, Hyōgo Prefecture, Nara Prefecture, Wakayama Prefecture.。
Chūgoku region — Tottori Prefecture, Shimane Prefecture, Okayama Prefecture, Hiroshima Prefecture, Yamaguchi Prefecture.。
Extreme points[edit]。
The northernmost point on Honshu is the tip of the Shimokita Peninsula in Ōma, Aomori. At the southern extreme lies Cape Kure in Kushimoto, Wakayama. The island is bounded on the east by Todogasaki in Miyako, Iwate and on the west by Bishanohana in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi. It spans more than eight degrees of latitude and 11 degrees of longitude.[citation needed]。
Sichuan is China’s mountainous provinces in the country. Mountain, plateau and the hills about the province’s land area of 97.46 percent, with the exception of the Sichuan Basin at the bottom of the plains and hills, the most of Valley Ridge 500 meters in elevation above. The lowest in the eastern part of the Yangtze River Three Gorges Project, only 70 meters above sea level, while the western Gongga Mountain is the highest of 7556 meters, 7400 meters above difference, the disparity between surface and downs in China, only in Tibet, Xinjiang comparable. 。
Sichuan’s climate is complicated and changeable. The west is the West Sichuan Plateau, the eastern part of the Sichuan Basin. Plateau covers an area of two-thirds of the province, covering an area of about 360,000 square km, the basin is only more than 200,000 square km. Including western Sichuan Aba, Ganzi, three Liangshan Autonomous Prefecture, adjacent to the eastern part of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, are at an altitude of 3000 meters. A vertical mountain gorge features climate, high altitude mountain天寒, when winter temperatures of about minus 20 Celsius degrees to a second, and the winter as long as long as five and a half months. June to September is the rainy season, November to March is the dry season the following year. Midday during the dry season temperatures can reach 32 degrees Celsius. Plateau has more than six hours of sunshine, blue sky background, grass trees, scenic. Belong there Siguniang Mountain Jiuzhaigou, Huanglong, Leshan Emeishan mountain ridgeThree Gorges Hailuogou Ruoergai - Aba Chengdu red tourism, such as peripheral JIANMENGUAN 50 tourist attractions. 0。
Chief: Xiaman 5 areas, 3 autonomous prefectures, 13 cities, 18 county-level cities, 124 counties and 3 autonomous counties. 。
Geographic: Sichuan Province is located in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River. Longitude 97 ° 22’-110 ° 10 ’, latitude 26 ° 03’-34 ° 20’. An area of 567,000 square km, mountains and plateaus account for 78.82%. Western Sichuan for the plateau, and the rest for the Sichuan Basin. 7 areas of Sichuan province’s jurisdiction, 3 autonomous prefectures, 13 cities, 18 county-level cities, 150 counties, 8 counties, with an area of nearly 57 million square kilometers, accounting for 6% of land area, is second only to Xinjiang, Tibet, Inner Mongolia and Qinghai province. Population of 112,140,000. In addition to the Han nationality, there are 52 ethnic minorities, of which the Yi, Tibetan, Tujia, Miao, Qiang, Hui, Mongolian, Manchu, a large number Lisu.。
Kyoto (kyō'tō) , city (1990 pop. 1,461,140), capital of Kyoto prefecture, S Honshu, Japan, on the Kamo River. Yodo is its port. Kyoto is one of Japan's largest cities and an important cultural and spiritual center. It is a key city in Japan's transportation system, and it is a major center of tourism. Industries, which are mainly traditional, include machines, chemicals, textiles, and food processing. The city is famous for its cloisonné, bronzes, damascene work, porcelain, and lacquer ware, and its renowned silk industry dates from 794. Founded in the 8th cent. as Uda and named Heian-kyo when it became Japan's capital in 794, the city was popularly called Miyako or Kyoto (sometimes Kioto). After 1192 it lost its political power to Tokyo; but since 1868, when the latter became the official capital, Kyoto has often been referred to as Saikyo [western capital]. For centuries it has been the cultural heart of Japan; it contains magnificent art treasures and is the seat of Kyoto Univ., Doshisha Univ. (founded in 1873 as an American mission college), and other higher educational institutions. The Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, the Kyoto National Museum, and an excellent concert hall are also there. Rich in historic interest, Kyoto is the site of the tombs of many famous Japanese; the old imperial palace as well as Nijo Castle (former palace of the shoguns), with their fine parks and gardens, are also in the city. In addition, Kyoto is a religious center, noted especially for its ancient Buddhist temples, its Heian shrine (a Shinto holy place), and its 59-ft (18-m) statue (daibutsu) of Buddha. 。
Kyoto prefecture (1990 pop. 2,602,520), 1,784 sq mi (4,621 sq km), is covered predominantly by the Tamba Mountains, and is centered principally in the region of the city of Kyoto. It had the largest industrial production of any prefecture in Japan until World War II. Other important cities include Uji, Fukuchiyama, and Maizuru. 。
Culture
Kyoto is considered the cultural center of Japan. During World War II when firebombing was conducted throughout the country, Kyoto and its 1600 Buddhist temples, 400 Shinto shrines, palaces, gardens and architecture were spared, leaving it one of the best preserved cities in Japan. The Kyoto area has some of the most famous temples, shrines, palaces and gardens in Japan, including: 。
Kiyomizu-dera, a magnificent wooden temple supported by pillars off the slope of a mountain; 。
Kinkaku-ji, the Golden Pavilion; 。
Ginkaku-ji, the Silver Pavilion; 。
Heian Jingu, a Shinto shrine celebrating the Imperial family (built in 1895) 。
Ryoan-ji, famous for its rock garden 。
Kyoto Imperial Palace, home of the Emperors of Japan for many centuries; 。
Katsura Imperial Villa, one of Japan's finest architectural treasures; 。
Shugaku-in Imperial Villa, one of Japan's best Japanese gardens 。
Other notable sites in and around Kyoto include Arashiyama and its picturesque lake, the Gion and Pontochō geisha quarters, the Philosopher's Walk, and the canals which line some of the older streets. 。
The "Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto" are listed by the UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. These include the Kamo Shrines (Kami and Shimo), Kyō-ō-Gokokuji (Tōji), Kiyomizu-dera, Daigo-ji, Ninna-ji, Saihō-ji (Kokedera), Tenryū-ji, Rokuon-ji (Kinkaku-ji), Jishō-ji (Ginkaku-ji), Ryōan-ji, Hongan-ji, Kōzan-ji and the Nijo Castle. Other sites outside the city are also on the list. 。
Kyoto is renowned for its abundance of delicious ethnic foods and cuisine. The history of Kyoto have allowed to retain a variety of vegetables. 。
Economy
Tourism forms a large base of Kyoto's economy. The city's cultural heritages are constantly visited by school groups from across Japan, and many foreign tourists also stop in Kyoto. 。
The city's industry is mainly comprised of small plants, most of which are run by artisans who produce traditional Japanese crafts. Kyoto's kimono weavers are particularly renowned, and the city remains the premier center of kimono manufacturing. Such businesses, vibrant in past centuries, have declined in recent years as sales of traditional goods stagnate. 。
Kyoto's only sizable heavy industry is electronics: the city is home to the headquarters of Nintendo, as well as the headquarters of OMRON, Kyocera (Kyoto Ceramic) and Murata Machinery. The apparel giant Wacoal also operates in Kyoto. However, the growth of high-tech industry has not outpaced the decline in traditional industry, and as a result, Kyoto's total output has declined relative to other cities in Japan. 。
Campus Plaza KyotoKyoto used to be known as Japan's Hollywood with Toei Uzumasa Eigamura. [1] The Eigamura (also known as Kyoto Studio Park and Toei Movie Land) is also called the "Hollywood of Japan." Many Japanese period movies were shot here. Like Universal Studios, Eigamura is a film set and theme park in one. It features traditional Japanese buildings replica which are used as setting for period movies and TV dramas. Including a replica of the old Nihonbashi Bridge, a traditional court house, a Meiji Period police box and part of the former Yoshiwara red light district. Actual film shooting takes place occasionally, and park visitors are welcome to observe the action. 。
Other attractions include various performances, a haunted house, a large souvenir shop and exhibitions about popular TV series. Dress up and get photographed service is also available. The choice ranging over 30 attires including samurai, shinsengumi, geisha and ninja attires. The cost varies from 8500 to 16000 Yen. This is certainly a tourist spot not to be missed. [2] 。
Colleges and universities 。
Kyoto is known as one of the academic centers of the country, and is home to thirty-seven institutions of higher education. The three largest and best-known local universities are Doshisha University, Kyoto University, and Ritsumeikan University. Among them, Kyoto University is considered to be one of the top universities in Japan, with several Nobel laureates, for example Yukawa Hideki. 。
Kyoto also has a unique higher education network called the Consortium of Universities in Kyoto, which consists of 3 national, 5 public (prefectural and municipal), and 41 private universities, as well as the city and 4 other organizations. The consortium does not offer a degree; hence is not a federal body like University of London, but offers the courses as part of a degree at participating universities. 。
The interior of Sanzen'in 。
Kawaramachi district during Gion Festival 。
Transportation 。
The Tōkaidō Shinkansen provides passenger rail service linking Kyoto with Nagoya and Tokyo (in one direction) and with nearby Osaka and points west (in the other direction). The trip from Tokyo takes just over two hours. Another way to access Kyoto is via Kansai International Airport. The Haruka Express carries passengers from the airport to Kyoto Station in 72 minutes. There is also frequent service on JR, Keihan Railway, Hankyu Railway, Kintetsu, and other lines to other cities in the Kansai region. 。
Kyoto's municipal bus network and subway system (see Kyoto Municipal Transportation Bureau) are extensive. Private carriers also operate within the city. Many tourists join commuters on the public buses, or take taxis or tour buses. 。
Cycling forms a very important form of personal transportation in the city, to an extent that bicycle culture can be considered a part of Kyoto's urban identity. The geography and scale of the city are such that the city may be easily navigated on a bicycle. 。
The streets of central Kyoto form a grid. Many large east-west avenues have numbers. Kyoto Station lies between Shichijo and Hachijo (shichi means "seven" and hachi means "eight). Major north-south roads have names such as Karasuma and Horikawa. Kyoto Station is on Karasuma, and the subway system's Karasuma Line follows that street north and south from the station, with stops at many numbered avenues, and also at Imadegawa (a major street). The other line, the Tozai Line, runs east-west partly under Oike Street. 。
Festivals
Aoi Matsuri - 15 May 。
Gion Matsuri - June-July, culminating in a massive parade on 17 July 。
Gozan Okuribi - 16 August 。
Jidai Matsuri - 22 October 。
Sports
In football (soccer), Kyoto is represented by Kyoto Purple Sanga who rose to J. League's Division 1 in 2005. With the popularity of the nearby Hanshin Tigers, Kyoto has never had a team in Japanese professional baseball, though the Tigers play several neutral-site games at Kyoto's Nishi Kyogoku stadium every year. 。
Additionally, Kyoto's high school baseball teams are strong, with Heian and Toba in particular making strong showings recently at the annual tournament held in Koshien Stadium, Nishinomiya, near Osaka.。
Qingzang Gaoyuan) is a vast, elevated plateau in Central Asia[1][2][3][4] covering most of the Tibet Autonomous Region and Qinghai Province in China and Ladakh in Kashmir, India. It occupies an area of around 1,000 by 2,500 kilometers, and has an average elevation of over 4,500 meters. Sometimes called "the roof of the world," it is the highest and biggest plateau, with an area of 2.5 million square kilometers (about four times the size of Texas or France).[5]。
The plateau is bordered to the northwest by the Kunlun Range which separates it from the Tarim Basin, and to the northeast by the Qilian Range which separates the plateau from the Hexi Corridor and Gobi Desert. Near the south the plateau is transected by the Yarlung Tsangpo River valley which flows along the base of the Himalayas, and by the vast Indo-Gangetic Plain. To the east and southeast the plateau gives way to the forested gorge and ridge geography of the mountainous headwaters of the Salween, Mekong, and Yangtze rivers in western Sichuan and southwest Qinghai. In the west it is embraced by the curve of the rugged Karakoram range of northern Kashmir.。
It has been empirically shown to be the most remote place on Earth.[7]。
The Tibetan plateau has been an important strategic area throughout Chinese history. 。
NASA satellite image of the southern area of Tibetan PlateauThe plateau is a high-altitude arid steppe interspersed with mountain ranges and large brackish lakes. Annual precipitation ranges from 100 mm to 300 mm and falls mainly as hailstorms. The southern and eastern edges of the steppe have grasslands which can sustainably support populations of nomadic herdsmen, although frost occurs for six months of the year. Permafrost occurs over extensive parts of the plateau. Proceeding to the north and northwest, the plateau becomes progressively higher, colder and drier, until reaching the remote Changthang region in the northwestern part of the plateau. Here the average altitude exceeds 5,000 meters (16,500 feet) and year-round temperatures average −4 °C, dipping to −40 °C in winter. As a result of this extremely inhospitable environment, the Changthang region (together with the adjoining Kekexili region) is the least populated region in Asia, and the third least populated area in the world after Antarctica and northern Greenland.。
青藏高原
青藏高原位于中国西南部,面积约230万平方千米,平均海拔4,000米以上,被称为“世界屋脊”,是中国的第一大高原。
青藏高原是典型的山地型高原。主要有阿尔金山、祁连山、昆仑山、喀喇昆仑山、唐古拉山、冈底斯山、念青唐古拉山、横断山脉以及喜马拉雅山等高大山脉。世界最高峰——珠穆朗玛峰就是喜马拉雅山的主峰。
青藏高原气温低,雪山连绵,形成了大面积的高山冰川,被称为“固体水库”。冰雪融水不仅是亚洲许多著名大河的源流,也是中国内陆干旱地区重要的灌溉水源。
青藏高原是中国重要的天然牧场,高原上的草并不高,但因光照充足,光合作用旺盛,营养价值极高。每年夏秋季节,草原上牛羊成群,除了放牧的牦牛、藏山羊、藏绵羊和牛外,还有成群的黄羊、羚羊、野牛、野驴等野生动物。
The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau。
Located in the southwest of China, the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau has an area of about 2.3 million km2 and an average altitude of over 4,000 m. It is honored as the "roof of the world" and is the biggest plateau in China.。
The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is a typical mountainous plateau. It mainly comprises Altyn Tagh Mountains, Qilian Mountains, Kunlun Mountains, Karakorum Mountains, Tanggula Mountains, Gandise Mountains, Nyaindqentanglha Mountains, Hengduan Mountains and the Himalayas. Qomolangma (Mt. Everest) - the highest mountain in the world - is the main peak of the Himalayas. 。
The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau has low temperature, undulating snow-capped mountains and a large area of glaciers, so it is called a "solid water reservoir". The melted ice and snow is not only the source of many famous rivers in Asia, but also the irrigating source of the inland dry areas in China.。
The plateau is an important natural pasture in China. The grasses growing there is not tall, but because of the rich sunshine and active photosynthesis, they are very nutritious. Every summer and fall, herds of cows and sheep graze there. Apart from grazing yaks, Tibetan goats, Tibetan sheep and pian niu (offspring of a bull and a female yak), there are herds of Mongolian gazelle, antelopes, wild ox, Asiatic wild ass, and many other wild animals.。
The Jinzhou is the Chinese link Bohai Sea area important open city, is situated at Liaoning Province north west, is one has more than 2000 year historical cultural famous cities, is also an element enjoys the great reputation the business strategic place, is one full of vitality, the implication huge development potential modern port city. the Jinzhou is situated at Liaoning Province north west, north according to the loose range sierra, south near the Bohai Sea Liaodong, clutches “the liaoxi corridor” the east end. With Hulutao, Panjing, Chaoyang, Fuxin, constitutes one hour economic cycle. The Jinzhou is in the position. North the Jinzhou the low mountain hill, the south is the coastal plain, the coastline long 97.7 kilometers. 。
The Jinzhou landform structure is “three mountain water three divides up land, two point path and manor”. Topography northwest high, southeast low, from the elevation 400 meters mountainous areas, falls gradually to the south to the elevation 20 meter following beach plains. The sierra is rolling, northeastern part has the Yiwulvshan arteries, northeast part has the loose range sierra, within the boundaries big, Xiaoling River, Nu'er River cross. 。
Jinzhou located at the middle latitude region, belongs to the temperate zone monsoon climate, the temperature difference is year to year big, the annual average temperature 8℃ one 9℃, the year precipitation is 5,401,640 millimeters equally, frost-free period reaches for 180 days. The climate chief feature is: The four seasons are distinct, has the characteristic respectively, the monsoon climate is remarkable, continental strong. For the development agriculture, the forest, the herd, the fishing each industry have provided the good condition. the Jinzhou history is glorious. According to the excavation discovery proof, since ancient times, on Jinzhou this land has had the human labor to live, all previous dynasties hand down, the person smoke not certainly, and has close contacting with the area south of Yellow River culture. The Xia Dynasty, Shang Dynasty and Zhou Dynasty slave society time, here is Hebei, the quiet two state place. The Spring and Autumn Period time is the swallow place, when Warring States is the swallow Liaoxi county place. When Qin, Western Han Dynasty belongs to Liaoxi, the Liaodong county place, when the Eastern Han Dynasty big subordinate Liaodong vassal state. When three countries is the Youzhou Changli county place, Jin Dynasty is the even state Changli county place. When Sui Dynasty west is Liucheng (now Chaoyang) the county place, east subordinate swallow county place. At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty is Yingzhou (now Chaoyang) the main pipe government office governs, latter is Anton protects the government office to govern, after waste government office, turns over to the even Lu military commissioner to govern. the Jinzhou's tourist resources are rich, the scenic spot and historic resort are numerous. 。
Jinzhou port China Bohai Sea area deep water harbor. on October 30, 1990 the Jinzhou port official navigation, is authorized in the same year by the State Council for a national kind of opening to the outside world harbor. After several year construction, the Jinzhou port actual handling capacity, the Jinzhou port actual handling capacity amounts to 16,000,000 tons, becomes west the Northeast China with Inner Mongolia east the most convenient marine turnover channel, already and the world more than 30 countries and the area have established the navigation relations. in April, 1995, the Jinzhou port has carried on take the property right as the link standardized reorganization, has formed take the Jinzhou port bureau, the eastern bloc industry Limited liability company, the Jinzhou petrochemical company and so on as shareholder's joint stock system harbor, and in 1998 and in 1999, Jinzhou port 110,000,000 B and 60,000,000 A separately in Shanghai stock market going on the market. located at Liaoning Province Jinzhou economic development zone south Binhai, faced with the Jinzhou, faces one another with Huludao water. Presently has 21 production berths, the harbor main channel may pass 250,000 tons oil tankers and 50,000 tons freighters. the 2006 year whole year volume of goods handled 32,000,000 tons, container 200,000 TEU, is national harbor 24th. north 2005 turns in the tax revenue is harbor 4th. 。
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