Document 6: the geography of japan
list three ways in which japan and great britain are
similar.
the geographical features of japan have much in
common with those of ancient hellas (greece). in
both there is the same combination of mountain,
valley, and plain, [and] a deeply indented
coastline, with its bays, peninsulas, and islands
off the coast. few places inland are far removed
from the mountains, and none are really distant
from the sea. the land was on all sides well
protected, and yet also open to the sea; and in
each case, too, there was free access for
commerce and civilization from early
the deeply indented coastline of japan provides
a number of excellent harbus on the pacific
coast, and its shores abound in fish of all kinds,
the rich supplies of which have for centuries
constituted one of the chief articles of food of the