1. Facts of Japan
@24/Jun/2004
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View from 50th Floor of Tokyo Metropolitan Office
Area: 378,000 sq. km
4,510,000 sq. km (Include Sea, 7th among the world)
Length: 2,500 km
Forest: 250,000 sq. km (70%)
Islands: 6,852 Islands
Prefecture: 47 Prefecture
Precipitation: 1,800 mm/annual
Population: 128 million (6th after
Brazil)
Family: 2.5 person/Family
1.4 children/woman
GDP: 5,000 B$ (39,000$/person)
(2nd in the world)
University: 686 univ./2,786,000 Students
College: 541 colle./267,000 Students
Tennou: 1st : BC660, Jinmu Tennou
(Emperor) 125th: Heisei Tennou (Current Emperor)
Religion
Shintoism: 94%
8 Million Gods
Main Building re-built every 20 years to preserve skill
of
wood building carpenter
Buddha: 72%
Christian: 1.2%
Moslem:
0.002%
Others: 9%
History & Capital of each era
Period Capital City
Before -660 ??? (Pre Historic Era)
660- 592(1252 years) Asuka (Asuka Era)
592- 784(193 years) Nara (Asuka, Nara Era)
784-1184(401 years) Kyoto (Heian Era)
1192-1333(142 years) Kamakura (Kamakura Era)
1334-1573(240 years) Kyoto (Nannboku-Chou Era)
1573-1596( 24 years) Kyoto (Azuchi-Momoyama)
1603-1868(262 years) Tokyo (Eda Era)
1868-Present(137 years) Tokyo (Current Era)
Mt. Fuji, highest mountain in Japan (3,776m a.s.l.) view in May, has been worshiped since ancient age as one of the most sacred mountain by the people of Japan.
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