page_title: Outline of Japan
section_title: Geographic features of Japan
hierarchical_section_title: Outline of Japan / Geography of Japan / Environment of Japan / Geographic features of Japan
caption_attribution_description: locations of the world heritage sites in Japan in 2008
context_page_description: The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Japan:
  Japan – an island nation in East Asia, located in the Pacific Ocean. It lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south. The characters that make up Japan's name mean "sun-origin", which is why Japan is sometimes referred to as the "Land of the Rising Sun". Japan is an archipelago of 6,852 islands. The four largest islands are Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu, and Shikoku, which together comprise about ninety-seven percent of Japan's land area.
context_section_description: Glaciers of Japan
  Islands of Japan
  Lakes of Japan
  Mountains of Japan
  Volcanoes in Japan
  Rivers of Japan
  Waterfalls of Japan
  Three Views of Japan
  List of World Heritage Sites in Japan
caption: An enlargeable map of the World Heritage Sites of Japan
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