Essays Tagged: "Hokkaido"

Japan

ågsträckt land. Där finns många olika klimat. Längst norr ligger ön Hokkaido. Där är vädret som I Norrland. På vintern ligger snön djup och de ... snön djup och det kan bli -20 grader kallt. På sommaren reser japanerna gärna till Hokkaido för att där är så svalt.På Honshu, Japans största ö, & ...

(3 pages) 111 1 3.7 Jan/1996

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

Japan country analysis- overview of Japan. geography, government, etc.

l land area of Japan is 374,744 square kilometers. Japan has four main islands. The islands include Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu. All of these islands are prone to earthquakes. The highest po ...

(7 pages) 270 2 4.3 Jun/2003

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

Japan Assignment- reasons for strong Japanese economy, what problems Japan must overcome for Industial growth to be achieved and what problems has industrial growth caused.

a trades as exports exceeded imports. Japan is split up into 4 islands- Kyushu, Shikoku, Honshu and Hokkaido. Most of the trade occurs in the island of Honshu, Kobe is in this island. Kobe is one of J ...

(4 pages) 122 0 3.3 Nov/2003

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

Japan Environment

t natural beauty - in particular the alpine regions of central Honshū and the natural parks of Hokkaido. Japan's largest carnivorous mammals are its bears - a brown bear (found in Hokkaido) can g ...

(2 pages) 58 0 4.6 Jun/2004

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

Write a research on Japan's physical geography and Topography, including: Human use of and interactions with the land, Japan's environmental issues.

re are four main islands. Honshu is the largest island in Japan which is a very mountainous island. Hokkaido is the nethermost island in Japan. This island is full of forested mountains and hills, als ...

(3 pages) 45 0 4.3 Apr/2006

Subjects: Science Essays > Earth Sciences > Geography

The Ainu Culture of Sakhalin Island - How has tourism affected the Ainu and their way of life?

on. (Wikipedia "Ainu People") The people are aboriginal to the northern islands of Japan, including Hokkaido, Sakhalin and the Kurile Archipelago. However, the Ainu culture has been nearly obliterated ... ile Islands. The majority of traditionalistic Ainu inhabit the island of Sakhalin, located north of Hokkaido by the Soya Strait, and south east of mainland Russia by the Mamiya Strait. Nearly two thir ...

(4 pages) 25 0 4.9 Aug/2007

Subjects: History Term Papers > Asian History

Between happiness and longer lives

ss.With the constant developing of medicine, humans are being able to live longer. According to the Hokkaido news paper, in 2006, now, the average life expectancy is over 80 years old and one out of f ...

(2 pages) 13 0 3.0 Oct/2007

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Persuasive Writing

Discrimination of the Ainu in Japan

one another. Although their relationship started off peacefully, the Japanese soon sought to seize Hokkaido from the Ainu. This notion soon led to the battle of Kosyamain in 1457, the battle of Syaks ... inu were not allowed to practice their ancient customs. In 1899 the Japanese government imposed the Hokkaido Former Aborigines Protection Act to try to make the Ainu live and act "Japanese." Despite t ...

(9 pages) 5462 0 0.0 Apr/2009

Subjects: History Term Papers > Asian History