Tokyo, Japan
5 themes of geography by Beisy Gaytan
Human Environment Interaction
The average high temperature is about 19.8ºC (67.6ºF). The yearly precipitation measures are 1,528.8mm (60.189 inches).They wear sweaters/cardigans,tights and pants to adapt to the environment.They depend on plants and animals for food,clothes,tools to build and medicine. They modify the city by building tall buildings,rail roads,stores,streets and they effect the amount of plants and animals.
A rail road in Tokyo
Example of modification of the city
You think it was like that already?
Example of a Japanese newspaper
The news spreads
Movement
They use planes,trains/subways,cars,boats and walk to get to places. They mostly transport good by trucks and trains. Their ideas are moved by social media, radios ,television, broadcast,telephones and newspapers.
Region
The government is a constitutional monarchy where the Akihito (the emperor) has limited power. It is similar to Korea from language grammar and the culture. There are many tourist attractions such as the Tokyo Skytree tower which is a broadcasting,restaurant and observation tower.It is the tallest building in Japan, its 6,340 meters high(thats like 20,800 feet high!).
Akihito The Emperor
He's been Emperor for about 26 years!
Japanese flag
The red dot is supposed to be the sun so the Japanese call it "Hinomaru" which means circle of the sun, in english they sometimes call it "rising sun".
Relative location
As you can see North Korea is North-south from Tokyo
Location
The coordinates are 35.68N and 139.68E. North Korea is north west from Tokyo. South Korea is west from Tokyo.
Place
- Physical Characteristics
There is a river called Shakujii River. The river flows through the northwest part of central Tokyo.There is also another river called Arakawa River which is one of the principal rivers that flows thru Tokyo.The city also has a lot of buildings like stores, restaurants and offices.
- Human Characteristics
A little girl in a Kimono
The Fukagawa Matsuri festival
The Senso-ji temple
Fun Facts
- In Tokyo there are a lot of anime/manga things because many anime is made in Japan.
- The population is 13.35 million.
- Tokyo is known for its weird candy and food. From making your own mini burgers to making gravy candy (I'm not even joking).
A busy street in Japan
That's not even the whole population!
An anime store
Thank Tokyo for anime!
Mini burgers
Instructions come in the box!
Websites I used
Google mapsGoogle
The CIA world factbook
Wikipedia