Yr 8 Geography of Japan

1. Japan – Geography
View of Mt Fuji in springtime

8. Lightening strikes as lava flows from Mount Sakurajima in Kagoshima Prefecture, Februrary 2016.

11. Road split by earthquake in Honshu, 2011.

12. Before and after the Ansei-Edo earthquake, 1855 AD.

13. Earthquakes were thought to be caused by giant catfish

14. Kasamatsu Japanese Woodblock Print ‘The Harvest’ 19

15. Rice field terracing, Nagasaki.

16. Hokusai ‘The Wave” 1832.

17. Tsunami in Natori, 2011.

18. Ancient Warning Stone
“Remember the calamity of
the great tsunami. Never
build houses from this point
down... No matter how many
years pass, keep vigilance
high.”

19. Typhoon.

21. Tokashiki Island.

22. Cedar tree at Dewa Sanzan Shrine.

23. Fireflies.

24. Kanto plain.

25. Ice and snow in Hokkaido.

33. Map of Japan
• Fill in features on map of Japan

34. Double Timeline – Japan and Europe
• The pbs empires Japan website has a useful
starting timeline for Shogunate Japan
• Go to
http://www.pbs.org/empires/japan/enteredo.
html and click on Timeline
• Choose some key events to place on your
Japan timeline
• Now choose some key events happening in
Europe around the same time