Honshū Essays

  • Shinto And China's Influence On Japanese Culture

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    Japan, a rugged island country slightly smaller than California resting in the Pacific Ocean. The island of Japan is home to many active and dormant volcanoes, abundant with mountainous terrain. Japanese have always been recognized for their deep cultural ties, notorious for adopting cultures though the environment around them. Historically Japan has accepted new ideals from nature to its neighboring countries. Japan 's alluring landscape has constantly influenced Japanese lifestyle. Shinto,

  • Mount Fuji Research Paper

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    Introduction Mount Fuji is the tallest mountain in Japan standing at 12385 feet (3776 m) and is located on the main island Honshu 62 miles (100 km) southwest of Tokyo. It has a 78 miles circumference and a 25-30 miles in diameter around the base with a 1600 feet diameter crater. The mountain is surrounded by five lakes, Lake Kawaguchiko, Lake Yamanaka, Lake Saiko, Lake Motosuko, Lake Shojiko. The conic stratovolcano lies above a complex tectonic area known as the “Fossa Magna” which is the collision

  • Takanno Yukikiyo Pottery Ceremony

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    My character 's name is Takanno Yukikiyo. He lives in Honshu, the main island of Japan as a higher class hunter gatherer. Takanno wears animal skins and tree bark fibers, something many people wore during that time. His weapon of choice is a bow and arrow and will sometimes use an axe. These were used to hunt animals because he 's a hunter gatherer. Takanno lives during the Jomon Period. During this period almost everything was made of clay this consists of pots, pots, and even more pots, and

  • How Meiji Restoration Changed Japan

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    (日本Nihon or Nippon, or formally 日本国 Nihon/Nippon-koku) is located on an island that lies on the Pacific Sea and Sea of Japan, China, North and South Korea’s and Russia being its neighbors. 98% of Japan lies on its 4 main islands: Hokkaido, Kyushu, Honshu and Shikoku. Its capital is Tokyo, formerly called Edo.(6) Japan rapidly modernized in a few decades, while it took centuries in the West.(1) Thesis: When you think of Japan, you probably imagine the Akihabara and Shinjuku districts: skyscrapers,

  • Was The Us Justified Dbq Essay

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    to induce their speedy surrender. Henry L. Stimson mentioned in his memoirs that they had extensively planned “an intensified sea and air blockade and greatly intensified strategic air bombing… to be followed… by an invasion of the main island of Honshu…”(Source A). This shows that the U.S. had detailed plans to blockade around Japan and invade the mainland using their island hopping strategy. All of this demonstrates that there were options for the U.S. that did not involve direct endangerment

  • Essay On Japan's Defeat In The Pacific Theater

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    Throughout all of the Pacific Theatre the Allies use a myriad of tactics to defeat the Japanese. Japan’s naval mistakes were beyond costly in the entire Pacific Theatre. First, was Japan’s failure at the battle of Midway. Admiral Yamamoto was awfully uninformed about the US Pacific Fleet’s position. Yamamoto believed he could eliminate the US at Midway and move down the Aleutian chain to Hawaii and have FDR sue for peace. What Yamamoto was unaware of was that Nimitz was fully aware of Yamamoto’s

  • Essay On Ocean Currents

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    Ocean currents and wind currents are a huge part of the systems on earth. They have global impact on our environment and on mankind. There are many currents which all have their own characteristics and effects on different parts of the world. One of the world’s major ocean currents is the Kuroshio Current, a north-eastward flowing current, which flows along Japan and eventually merges with the easterly drift of the north pacific. The current transports warm, tropical water towards the polar region

  • Battle Of Midway Research Papers

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    During June 4th thru 7th of 1942, the Battle of Midway was one of the most decisive battles in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. The US Navy was able to defeat the superior Imperial Japanese Navy due to multiple assumptions made by the Japanese about the strength and capabilities of the US Navy. One assumption that Admiral Yamamoto of the Imperial Japanese Navy made is that he would be able to catch the US Navy by surprise. Another assumption he made was he would be able to destroy the US

  • Cause Of The Great Kanto Earthquake In Japan

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    One of the main reasons I chose to talk about this specific earthquake was because of the history of the city, Yokohama. Yokohama is a both a city and port in east-central Honshu, Japan. It is also the capital of Kanagawa. Yokohama is the second most populated city in the whole country. The Tokoyo-Yokohama metropolitan area is the largest and most populated urban area in all of Japan. Yokohama is roughly 20 miles southwest of the big city of Tokyo. Yokohama began in 1854 as a very small fishing town

  • Geograph Geography And Its Impact On Japan

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    archipelago (a chain of islands) made up of 4,000 plus islands. Japan lacks resources because only 20% of the country is actually farmable. Most of the islands of Japan are mountainous. Mt. Fuji, the tallest mountain in Japan, sits on the island of Honshu, the largest island in Japan. Japan lies on what is called the Ring of Fire, an imaginary horseshoe-shape that goes around the Pacific Ocean. By lying on the Ring of Fire comes disadvantages. There are more frequent natural disasters like earthquakes

  • Compare And Contrast Earthquakes

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    Comparing 2 different Earthquake Cases Introduction: In this essay I will be comparing 2 different cases of Earthquakes, 1 in an MEDC (More Economically Developed Country) and the other in an LEDC (Less Economically Developed Country) both of a magnitude of 7.0. The two earthquakes that I will be comparing are the Kobe Earthquake in Japan in 1995 of a magnitude of 7 (for the MEDC) and the Haiti Earthquake in 2010 of a magnitude of 7.0 (for the LEDC).I will be comparing the impact after the Earthquake

  • The Great Kanto Earthquake

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    The Great Kanto Earthquake In September 1923, Tokyo became a hell on earth. In less than three days, an earthquake and subsequent conflagrations reduced nearly half of Japan’s capital to a blackened, rubble-filled, corpse-strewn wasteland of desolation. The areas affected were Tokyo, Kanto, The Kanto Plain, Yokohama, as well as the surrounding areas. The Great Kanto Earthquake is considered one of the most shocking natural disasters to occur during the 20th century. The unexpected disaster struck

  • Compare And Contrast Hiroshima And Nagasaki

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    During the second World War (1939-1945) two atomic bombs were dropped on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan, it is debatable whether or not these bombs were the appropriate response. I believe that this was the appropriate response because of the horrible crimes the Japanese committed against Americans as well as innocent people during the Rape of Nanking, the bombing of Pearl Harbor, and the Bataan Death march, also, the two bombs were the final factors in ending the war, as well as the

  • The Pros And Cons Of Atomic Bombing

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    Should the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki be remembered as a war crime or a necessary evil? As far as I am concerned, I think the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki should be remembered as a necessary evil. In my mind, the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki saved many people whoever is American or Japanese. Also the purpose of dropping atomic bombing was decreased the loss of life. Before America dropped the atomic bombings, many wars made Americans realized that if they

  • Openness In Japan

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    Eurocentric point of view, Japan was seen as a relatively “closed” country throughout the Tokugawa Period in comparison to the new technologies of the West that increased the possibilities of overseas contact and trade. Although the main island of Jama, Honshu, was surrounded by different groups of people (the Ainu, Chinese, Korean and Ryukyus) the dominant ethnic group known as the Wajin, were not particularly fond of anything foreign. They were also extremely suspicious of religions besides Shintoism

  • The Samurai's Influence On Japanese Culture

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    Youssef Marakby ID:900130817 Instructor: Richard Byford Rhet 1020 The Samurai’s affect on Japan’s culture For many years, the legendary Japanese samurai warriors showed that they are the most well known class of ancient Japan and also known with their supremacy of honor, service, and duty which the Japanese society still have today. The samurai helped lay the foundations of Japan 's culture. They held values and morals that have held up for so many years; it is wonderful that they have held

  • Essay About The 2011 Tohoku Earthquake

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    To what extent did the 2011 tohoku earthquake in Japan affect their livelihoods? Introduction: In March 11, 2011, the underwater earthquake occurred in pacific Ocean off the coast of Honshu, which is Japan’s main Island. This caused a huge destructive earthquakes and tsunami to Japan. It is called Great Sendai Earthquake or Great Tōhoku Earthquake and Tsunami. The Tsunami and earthquake had damaged northeastern part of Japan where it’s called Tohoku with the tsunami waves that had climbed up to

  • Mongol And Samurai Dbq

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    Japanese in a country in North-east Asian, and it stretches for 1200 miles crescent in the Pacific Ocean. Japan is rich with volcanoes and hot springs, and it is also deal with earthquakes and tidal waves. However, today, Japan has high economic growth, and became a world economic powerhouse. In history, Japan was known when it had miracle victories in invasion of Mongol and samurai that is warrior of Japan. In 1266 , the Mongol ruler Kublai Khan set his foot on Japan' land in his campaign to subdue

  • Iwo Jima Victory

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    This paper explores various online and offline sources to complete a picture of the Battle of Iwo Jima, and further explores alternatives to the battle that actually took place in February and March, 1945. The significance of the island was overestimated, and the victory, while iconic, was also hollow. The intelligence gaps that were faulty on the Allied side was a lack of reliable Human Intelligence sources, and failure to properly assess the training and philosophies of the enemy commander.

  • An Overview Of Farewell To Manzanar By Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston

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    1934 and lived in Ocean Park and Terminal Island with her family up until she was seven. Her father, Ko Wakatsuki, was a fisherman he was a first generation Japanese immigrant who was from “Ka-ke, a small town in Hiroshima-ken, on the island of Honshu” (page 60). From Japan he moved to Honolulu, Hawaii and then to Idaho with Jeanne Wakatsuki’s mom, Rigu Sukai Wakatsuki. Her father had a lot of pride and dignity so when the FBI took him and imprisoned him, because they thought that he was a spy