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Why is Japan called the Land of the Rising Sun?

The name of the country - Japan - is conveyed by two hieroglyphs. The first of these signs means "sun", the second - "root, basis". Hence the allegorical name of Japan - the Land of the Rising Sun.

Japan is located on the islands, stretched out in an arc along the eastern coast of Asia. Once these islands were part of the mainland: the western coast of Japan is a continental shelf, similar in geological structure to the mainland itself. In the east, coastal shallows abruptly break off at deep, more than 7 thousand meters, oceanic depressions.

Japan lies on two archipelagos (groups of islands), located close to each other. The northern archipelago (or the Greater Japanese Islands) includes four islands - Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu and Shikoku. The southern Ryukyu archipelago consists of many small islands.

No map can show how indented the coasts of this country are. Rocks and mountains come close to the water, and the sea cuts deep into the land, forming lagoons, bays and bays. Thousands of small islands, rocky or forested, are scattered along the coasts of the larger islands.

Mountains cover three quarters of Japan. On the island of Honshu is the highest mountain in Japan - Mount Fuji (height 3776 meters), which the Japanese consider sacred. This is an active volcano in the shape of a regular cone with a deep crater. 10 months of the year its top is covered with snow.

Earthquakes are frequent in the mountains, and volcanic eruptions are not uncommon here, of which there are about 150 in Japan. After underwater earthquakes, huge waves arise - tsunamis that fall on the coast and destroy buildings on them. Especially destructive tsunamis occur near the island of Hokkaido and the northern coast of Honshu.

Typhoons often pass over the islands in July and August. The sky is covered with clouds, a gale-force wind is blowing, there are long torrential rains. During typhoons, huge waves can occur. Typhoons bring great trouble, cause floods, destroy crops. 10-15 typhoons pass through Japan every year.

Author: Cellarius E.Yu.

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