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Japan is made up of over 3,000 islands. The four main islands, which are also the most famous, host the vast majority of the population. Which of the four main islands is the smallest?

Shikoku. Skikoku encompasses four old provinces, Awa, Iyo, Sanuki and Tosa.

The Japanese capital, Tokyo, is the largest metropolis in the world. How many people are estimated (2005 estimate) to live in the Greater Tokyo area?

35 327 000. 22,770,000 is the 2005 estimate for the population of Seoul, the second largest metropolis in the world.

Which of these islands are not part of the Ryuku archipelago?

Yakushima. Yakushima is part of the Kagoshima Prefecture. It is sometimes used by Honda for research and testing.

Which of these Japanese mountains is furthest north?

Asahi-dake (2290 metres). Interestingly, these mountains semm to decrease in height the further south they get. Asahi-dake and Horoshiriri-dake are both situated on Hokkido, whilst Iwate-san is in Northern Honshu, and Ishizuchi-san is on Shikoku.

How many Japanese islands have hosted the Olympic Games?

2. Honshu has hosted the games twice - Tokyo hosted the Summer Olympics in 1964, and Nagano hosted the Winter Olympics in 1998 - and Hokkaido held the games once in 1972 with the city of Sapporo hosting.

Mt. Fuji is Japan's highest mountain. On which Japanese island is it located?

Honshu. Frequently depicted in art and an internationally recognised symbol of Japan, Mt. Fuji is just west of Tokyo, from where it can be seen on a clear day.

Horyu Gakumonji is a Buddhist temple near nara, Honshu, Japan. Also known in its simplified form as Horyu-ji, What can Horyu Gakumonji be translated literally as?

Learning Temple of the Flourishing Law. The kondo at Horyu-ji is one of the oldest wooden buildings in the world.

Osaka is a large city in Japan. As of 2006, in what position is it on the list of the largest Japanese cities?

3rd largest. Osaka is located on the main island of Honshu. It is the nation's second city.

The island of Kyushu is connected to Honshu by bridge.

t. The only island out of the four main islands of Japan that is not connected to the main island of Honshu by bridge is the northernmost island, Hokkaido.

The sea north of Hokkaido is called the Sea of Sapporo.

f. This sea is the Sea of Okhotsk. The city Sapporo is on Hokkaido, but is further south than it is north. The Sea of Okhotsk is named after the first Russian settlement in the Far East, Okhostsk.