Explore Japan in Asia - Japan Tourism Info

Description and Basic Information

Japan with its capital Tokyo is located in Asia (Eastern Asia, island chain between the North Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Japan). It covers some 377,836 square kilometres (slightly smaller than California) with 127,288,000 citizens. Japanese is the language used by the people in Japan.

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About Japan

The landscape features mostly rugged and mountainous. The average density of population is about 336 per km². The climate in can be described as varying from tropical in south to cool temperate in north. Potential threats by nature are many dormant and some active volcanoes or about 1,500 seismic occurrences (mostly tremors but occasional severe earthquakes) every year, tsunamis or typhoons.

To reach someone in Japan dial +81 prior to a number. There are 44,364,000 installed telephones. And there are 114,917,000 registered mobile phones. The cellular networks operate on frequencies of 3G. Websites typically end with the top level domain ".jp". If you want to bring electric appliances (e.g. battery charger), keep in mind the local 100V - 50/60Hz.

The country consists of 47 regions/states which are listed below.

Regions/States of Japan

Japanese Tourism Information

Official Tourism Office

Website: Japan Tourism

Unesco World Heritage Properties

Japan has 11 more world heritage locations. To see all of them, visit the Japan Unesco Heritage location overview.

Buddhist Monuments in the Horyu-ji Area

There are around 48 Buddhist monuments in the Horyu-ji area, in Nara Prefecture. Several date from the late 7th or early 8th century, making them some of the oldest surviving wooden buildings in...

Gusuku Sites and Related Properties of the Kingdom of Ryukyu

Five hundred years of Ryukyuan history (12th-17th century) are represented by this group of sites and monuments. The ruins of the castles, on imposing elevated sites, are evidence for the social...

Himeji-jo

Himeji-jo is the finest surviving example of early 17th-century Japanese castle architecture, comprising 83 buildings with highly developed systems of defence and ingenious protection devices...

Hiraizumi – Temples, Gardens and Archaeological Sites Representing the Buddhist Pure Land

Hiraizumi - Temples, Gardens and Archaeological Sites Representing the Buddhist Pure Land comprises five sites, including the sacred Mount Kinkeisan. It features vestiges of government offices...

Hiroshima Peace Memorial (Genbaku Dome)

The Hiroshima Peace Memorial (Genbaku Dome) was the only structure left standing in the area where the first atomic bomb exploded on 6 August 1945. Through the efforts of many people, including...

Demographic Information

Age Distribution in Japan

Each pair of bars represents a single age group (male/female). Each group is spanning 5 years. E.g. 0 to 5 years, 5 to 10 etc. and group "0 to 5" being at the left end and "100 +" at the right end of the chart.

Natural Population Growth

Population, Migration and Growth: The population in Japan is shrinking at an rate of 0.24% (or by 306,867 citizens). Each year 0 people enter this country (or 0.00 per thousand citizens) - making it an immigration country. This leads to an absolute natural increase rate of the population of -0.24%. Or an total decrease of 306,867 citizens.

Based on content from wikitravel.org. The original article can be found here based on the work of these users.
Geographic information is based on the data provided by geonames.org, CIA factsbook and Unesco.