What is the physical environment like in Japan?

Answer 1

Depends on where you go. Very mountainous though, at points I think it looks like the Mountains of California (remember the background of the old MASH series?) The mountains have dense vegetation and seem to shoot straight up--not the gradual incline. All cities seem to look the same, though. No character, ugly ferro-concrete, and zero Urban planning. They look and feel like concrete islands with hundreds of rows of vending machines The hospital is next to the dump is next to the kindergarden is next to the driving range and parking building...

Answer 2

Japan is an archipelago of islands that are the protruding summits of a huge mountain chain formed by plate tectonics and volcanism in the northwestern Pacific Ocean. The islands form an irregular crescent southwest from Russia's Sakhalin Island to Taiwan. Of the more than 3,300 islands that comprise Japan (the total number varies between 3,300 to over 3,700 according to whether they are classified as islands, islets, or mere rocks), only five are of any significant size and all are relatively narrow in width: Hokkaido, the northernmost; the long, narrow Honshu (called the "mainland"); Shikoku; Kyushu, the southernmost; and Okinawa, located in the Ryukyu Islands. Other noteworthy islands include Tsushima, which lies just north of Kyushu in the Korea Strait; the Ryukyu Islands, which extend southwest from Kyushu almost to the Chinese island of Taiwan; and the Daito Islands well south of Kyushu. Strung out to the south of Honshu in a line toward the Mariana Islands are the Izu Islands, the Bonin Islands, and the Volcano Islands, including Iwo Jima (Sulphur Island).

Answer 3

Very steep, jagged, heavily forested mountains. Short, fast rivers with small plains near the coast.

Answer 4

mountains, beautiful grass, flowers, a valley, scattered trees.

Answer 5

Natural landscapes found in Japan include islands, coastal areas, seas, and mountains. The country also has volcanoes, plains, and basins.