Honshu
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Honshu, historically known as Akitsushima or Hondo, is the largest of Japan's four main islands. It lies between the Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Japan. It is the seventh-largest island in the world,
Mount Fuji seen from Lake Motosu in Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park
Mt. Fuji and the Tokaido Shinkansen
Japan
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Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asian mainland, it is bordered to the west by the Sea of Japan, the Sea of Okhotsk in the north, an
Honshu
…km (810 mi) Width 50–230 km (31–143 mi) Coastline 10,084 km (6265.9 mi) Highest elevation 3,776 m (12388 ft) Highest point Mount Fuji Administration Japan Prefectures List of prefectures Aichi Akita Aomori Chiba Fukui Fukushima Gifu Gunma Hiroshima Hyōgo Ibaraki Ishikawa Iwate Kanagawa Kyoto Mie Miyagi…
Legendary Emperor Jimmu (神武天皇, Jinmu-tennō)
Japanese samurai boarding a Mongol vessel during the Mongol invasions of Japan, depicted in the Mōko Shūrai Ekotoba, 1293
Three unifiers of Japan. Left to right: Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and Tokugawa Ieyasu.
Emperor Meiji (明治天皇, Meiji-tennō); 1852–1912