How being a island effects Japans food, culture, reliegion, and economics.

Running Head : Japan

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Introduction

Japan , officially Nippon , a country off the east coast of Asia . It consists of four large islands- Honshu , Hokkaido , Kyushu , and Shikoku- and more than 3 ,300 smaller ones , including the Ryukyu chain (Gluck et .al , 1987 . Japan is bounded on the north by the Sea of Okhotsk on the east and south by the Pacific Ocean on the southwest by the East China Sea and on the west by the Sea of Japan . The area of Japan is 143 , 750 square

miles . Maximum length of the four main islands is roughly 1 ,250 miles with , 250 miles . Honshu , called the mainland by the Japanese , accounts for slightly more than 60 percent of the country 's the southernmost large island and Shikoku (Gluck et .al , 1987

The intent of this is to discuss how being an island affects Japans food , culture , religion , and economics

Geography and its effects on the following

Culture

Japanese culture is partly of Chinese origin and partly indigenous , for the Japanese adapted and did not merely imitate the culture of the mainland . Since the middle of the 19th century , Japan has been influenced more by the culture of Western countries than by that of its neighbors . Adoption of many Western ways produced sharp contrasts between the new and the old . Buildings and clothing , for example , are now seen in both traditional and Western styles

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