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japanese archipelago - a string of more than 3,000 islands to the east of Asia extending 1,300 miles between the Sea of Japan and the western Pacific Ocean | ||
Japan, Japanese Islands, Japanese Archipelago | ||
pacific, pacific ocean the largest ocean in the world | ||
ezo, hokkaido, yezo the second largest of the four main islands of Japan; to the north of Honshu | ||
hondo, honshu the central and largest of the four main islands of Japan; between the Sea of Japan and the Pacific Ocean; regarded as the Japanese mainland | ||
kyushu the southernmost of the four main islands of Japan; contains coal fields | ||
shikoku the smallest of the four main islands of Japan; to the south of Honshu and to the east of Kyushu; separated from Honshu by the Inland Sea; forested and mountainous |