japanese geography lesson

first off, let's take a look at japan. as you can see on the map, japan is made up of a bunch of islands, but we're only concerned about the main parts. included in this region (these regions?) is tokyo, osaka, hiroshima, kobe, nagasaki, mt. fuji, and a bunch of other places you probably are less familiar with.

the map calls these parts honshu, shikoku, and kyushu. these are what i'm going to call the main islands. that may not be correct, but i'm not really concerned about that.

i hope this is a helpful reference for later posts. sometimes it nice to have some idea where i'm referring to.

for those of you requiring the remedial lesson on where japan is in relation to the rest of the world, check it out here. they have the white flag with the red circle.

thanks to Randy Johnson and www.ontrack-japan.com for their maps. i don't know either of these folks, but i do like their maps.