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This high-oblique, northeast-looking space shuttle photograph captures a portion of Southern Honshu Island and Shikoku Island of Japan.
The darker areas show volcanic, mountainous terrain that comprises more than 80 percent of Japan; the lighter, more highly reflective areas of the coastal plains and valleys are urban and agricultural areas. Satellite image shows North and South Korea upper left as well as the Japanese island of Shikoku, nestled between Kyushu to the southwest and Honshu to the north. Fuji on the island of Honshu as seen from the space shuttle.
The snow-capped inactive volcano, surrounded at lower levels by clouds in this image, lies several miles south of Tokyo. Image courtesy of NASA. The temple gable mimics the shape of Mt. Fuji in the background.
Colorful kimonos in a Tokyo coffee shop. Equestrian statue of the famous samurai Kusunoki Masashige outside of the Imperial Palace in Tokyo.
East Gardens of the Imperial Palace in Tokyo. Layers of green foliage along the shoreline of a Japanese garden. A roof finial of watari-yagura in Tokyo. The haiden hall of worship at the Yasukuni Shrine in Chiyoda, Tokyo. The Shinto shrine was founded by Emperor Meiji in June and commemorates those who died in service of Japan in various wars.
The Diet Building in Tokyo at night. Shotoku-taishi-do Hall, Narita, Japan. Gaku-do Hall in Narita. A Laughing Buddha in Narita. Kinkaku-ji or "Temple of the Golden Pavilion," is a Zen Buddhist temple in Kyoto and one of the most popular buildings in the country, attracting thousands of visitors annually.
This fall scene shows the structure reflected in its adjacent pool. Asahi-dake is the tallest mountain on the Japanese island of Hokkaido. The mountain is popular with hikers in the summer and during winter is open for use by skiers and snowboarders. View of some of the Ishikari Mountains from the summit of Asahi-dake, the tallest mountain on the Japanese island of Hokkaido.
View of Nagasaki with a sign displaying the devastated city in October of following the atomic bombing on 9 August that sped the surrender of Japan and the end of World War II. Monument at the atomic bomb hypocenter ground zero in Nagasaki. A view of Mount Aso on the island of Kyushu. The active volcano is the largest in Japan, and is among the largest in the world. The distinctive, white, five-story Shimabara Castle keep in Shimabara, Hizen province present day Nagasaki prefecture dates to the 17th century. Some of the boiling hot springs on the Shimabara Peninsula in Nagasaki prefecture, Kyushu.
A rugged section of the Okinawa coastline. Sea stacks along an Okinawan shore. Rocky beach and rugged cliffs along an Okinawan sea shore. Pathway leading down to an Okinawan beach. Sunrise over a verdant Okinawan shoreline. Okinawan shoreline. The names of all who lost their lives in the fighting regardless of nationality and civilian or military status - over two hundred and forty thousand people - are inscribed on some stones at the memorial. The memorial park was opened on 23 June , marking the 50th anniversary of the conclusion of the day battle.
Monument at the Cornerstone of Peace Memorial Park. Kenneth J. Glueck Jr. Image courtesy of the US Marine Corps. Kuge was on Flight 93, which crashed into a field in Somerset County, Pennsylvania during an attempt by the passengers and crew to regain control of the plane from four highjackers. All 44 people on board were killed, including the highjackers.
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Kuge was an athlete and scholar who was determined to become proficient in English and earn a Master's degree in engineering from an American university. He loved American football and was a linebacker in his first year of college at Waseda University where he was an engineering student. On this two-week vacation trip, the friendly, outgoing college sophomore went whitewater rafting in the Canadian Rockies, and visited Niagara Falls and the Statue of Liberty. This was his second visit to the US.
Kuge was traveling alone in order to immerse himself in the English language. Flight 93 was the first leg of Kuge's journey home. A Shisa is a traditional Okinawan carving and decoration, often seen in similar pairs, resembling a cross between a lion and a dog. Shisa are believed to act as wards from certain evils.
The burial tradition on the Ryukyu Islands of which Okinawa is the largest is the use of domed burial vaults termed turtleback tombs. The bones of many generations of a particular family could repose in one such tomb. During the Battle of Okinawa, many Okinawan civilians sought refuge from the naval bombardment of the island inside their ancestors' turtleback tombs.
Later, many of these tombs were used by the Japanese defenders of the island. War memorial at the southern Okinawan site where Lt. Simon G. Buckner Jr. His death took place in the closing days of the campaign; he was watching an attack on Ibaru Ridge in the southern part of the island a few miles from the coast. The cave in Mabuni Hill where General Mitsuri Ushijima, the commander of the 32nd Army, had his last command post and committed suicide at the end of the battle for Okinawa.
Mikasa is a pre-dreadnought battleship built for the Imperial Japanese Navy in the late s. The ship served as the flagship of Vice Admiral Togo Heihachiro the statue in the foreground throughout the Russo-Japanese War of —, including the Battle of Tsushima. She has been partially restored and is now a museum ship located at Mikasa Park in Yokosuka.
Mikasa is the last remaining example of a pre-dreadnought battleship anywhere in the world. Starboard side view of the Mikasa pre-dreadnought battleship berthed at Mikasa Park in Yokosuka. Introduction :: Japan.
Background : This entry usually highlights major historic events and current issues and may include a statement about one or two key future trends. Geography :: Japan. Location : This entry identifies the country's regional location, neighboring countries, and adjacent bodies of water. Geographic coordinates : This entry includes rounded latitude and longitude figures for the centroid or center point of a country expressed in degrees and minutes; it is based on the locations provided in the Geographic Names Server GNS , maintained by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency on behalf of the US Board on Geographic Names.
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Because surveying methods may differ, country border lengths reported by contiguous countries may differ. Coastline : This entry gives the total length of the boundary between the land area including islands and the sea. Maritime claims : This entry includes the following claims, the definitions of which are excerpted from the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea UNCLOS , which alone contains the full and definitive descriptions: territorial sea - the sovereignty of a coastal state extends beyond its land territory and internal waters to an adjacent belt of sea, described as the territorial sea in the UNCLOS Part II ; this sovereignty extends to the air space over the territorial sea as well as its underlying s.
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