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Honshu&_160; (help·info) (??, ? literally "Main State"), or Honshu is the largest island of Japan. The nation's main island, it is south of Hokkaido across the Tsugaru Strait, north of Shikoku across the Inland Sea, and northeast of Kyushu across the Kanmon Strait. It is the seventh largest island, and the second most populous island in the world after Java in Indonesia. The island is roughly 1,300 km long and ranges from 50 to 230 km wide, and its total area is 230,500 km², 61% of the total area of Japan. It is larger than the island of Great Britain, and slightly larger than the state of Minnesota. Honshu has 5,450 km of coastline. It has a population of 98,352,000 (as of 1990; in 1975 it was 89,101,702), mostly concentrated in the available lowlands, notably in the Kanto plain where 25% of the total population reside in the Greater Tokyo Area, which includes Tokyo and Yokohama, Kawasaki, Saitama and Chiba cities. 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, and Hiroshima. The economy along the northwestern coast by the Sea of Japan is largely fishing and agriculture[1]; Niigata is noted as an important producer of rice. The Kanto and Nobi plains produce rice and vegetables. Yamanashi is a major fruit-growing area, and Aomori is famous for its apples.
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1. Tokyo hotels- offer top class accommodation
September 28, 2008
Tokyo, the capital of Japan, is located on eastern side of the main island Honshu. It is the seat of Japanese government and the Imperial Palace and the home of the Japanese family. It is the nation’s main political and cultural center. One of the three world finance “command centers” along with London and New York, it holds largest metropolitan economy in the world. With many museums, parks and theaters, Tokyo is becoming one of the major tourists’ destinations.
The large number of tourists has also given the foothold to Tokyo hotels in the country. They have made the wonderful arrangem... (read more)
Author: Nancy Eben
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2. High class - Hotels in Tokyo Japan
May 26, 2008
Located on the Japanese island of Honshu, Tokyo seats the government of Japan and the emperor of Japan. The capital city of Japan is an exciting destination with countless of reasons that make it a first stop for any visitor to the country. Tokyo is just not a city but a metropolis that comprises number of cities, villages and towns. The city of Tokyo has acquired a status as one of the top world cities at par with the cities of London, Paris and New York. In the past, the city has been devastated to ruins, by an earthquake and bomb raids but it has risen from the ruins to a major financial ce... (read more)
Author: Nancy Eben
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3. Japanese Hospitality in Tokyo Hotels
November 07, 2007
Tokyo is Japan’s capital city and without any doubts also it’s largest as well as most attractive. Though it is actually one among the nations 47 prefectures, it is preferably called a metropolis rather than a prefecture. The metropolis consists of city wards, cities, towns and villages apart from quite a few small Pacific Islands which lie to the south of Japan’s main island Honshu. Almost one third of the metropolis area is made up of the 23 city wards which form the center of Tokyo. Tokyo was originally known as Edo which was to become the country’s political center in 1603. It started grow... (read more)
Author: Nancy Eben
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4. A Visitors' Cultural Guide to Japan
July 05, 2007
Your ‘land of rising sun,’ Nihon or Nippon or Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of China, Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea in the south, Japan is an Archipelago that is comprised of over three thousand islands.
Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu and Shikoku are the largest islands. The islands are mainly mountainous and volcanic; Mount Fuji is Japan’s highest peak. Tokyo is the capital, and Hiroshima, Kanazawa, Kyoto, Nagasaki, Nara, Osaka, Sapporo, and Sendai are important cities of Japa... (read more)
Author: Orson Johnson
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5. An Overview of Japan for Travelers
March 26, 2006
For such a tiny total landmass, Japan has left an undeniable stamp on human history. If you are considering Japan as a destination, here is an overview of the country.
An Overview of Japan for Travelers
Extending along the eastern coast of Asia, Japan is a country consisting of a collection of islands. The mainland, as we think of it, is the island of Honshu. There are three other large islands, Hokkaido, Shikoku, and Kyushu, and roughly 3,000 much smaller islands comprising what we call Japan. Put together, the total land mass is slightly smaller than California. The geography throu... (read more)
Author: Richard Monk
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