Japan - Scrapbook Entry #1

My Journey Through Japan

- Scrapbook Entry #1 -

You have just reached Japan in the year 1600. You are amazed by the tiny country with the millions of people, the lush vegetation, and the sometimes volatile weather patterns!

Within days of your arrival, you experience your first typhoon. Luckily, you meet a very friendly teenager who invites you to wait out the typhoon in their family home. During the storm, your new friend tells you about how the sometimes extreme weather has affected their life, what it’s like to live in a small country with so many people, and how the lives of Japanese people can be very different because of the many types of landscapes in the various regions of Japan.

You have decided to write your first entry in your Travel Scrapbook about this unique geography, as well as document what you see by including several postcards.

Considering the geography tasks you have recently completed in class, write a detailed response about how the geography in Japan has influenced the way of life, or worldview, of the Japanese people. Don’t forget to write about what you know on the physical size of Japan, the population, the topography, its location, the climate, its resources, and the forces of nature it faces. Your response must be well thought out, edited and most importantly connected to elements of worldview. 

Provide several postcards that effectively illustrate the physical size, topography, location,  climate, and worldviews (connected to geography) of Japan.