Saturday, April 13, 2013

Japan

Received from: Japan
Category: Postcrossing - official card
Date: April 2013
Distance: 8522 km
Time of travelling: 14 days


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. Japan has the world's tenth-largest population, with over 127 million people. Honshū's Greater Tokyo Area, which includes the de facto capital city of Tokyo and several surrounding prefectures, is the largest metropolitan area in the world, with over 30 million residents.

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