map quiz modern japan

Sakhalin Island (Karafuto)

A large elongated island in the North Pacific, a part of Russia

Manchuria (Northeastern China)

A northern industrial province in China

Seoul

Capital and largest city of (present day South) Korea

Taipei

Capital of Taiwan

satsuma (modern-day kagoshima prefecture)

a domain (han) of the Tokugawa Shogunate of Japan during the Edo period from 1602 to 1871. The Satsuma Domain was based at Kagoshima Castle, the core of the modern city of Kagoshima, located in the south of the island of Kyushu

Kanto (including Tokyo, Yokohama and other cities)

a plain region in central Honshu (the largest island in Japan)

Tokyo Bay

bay located in the southern Kantō region of Japan, and spans the coasts of Tokyo, Kanagawa Prefecture, and Chiba Prefecture. old name was Edo Bay

Inland Sea

body of water in between Honshu, Kyushu, and Shikoku, also called Seto Inland Sea or Setouchi

Sea of Japan

body of water separating Japan from the Koreas & China

East China Sea

body of water south of Japan and east of China

Nagasaki

capital and the largest city of Nagasaki Prefecture on the island of Kyushu in Japan. It became the sole port used for trade with the Portuguese and Dutch during the 16th through 19th centuries

Hakodate

capital city of Oshima Subprefecture.

Hiroshima

capital of Hiroshima Prefecture in Japan

Tsushima Strait

channel of the Korea Strait, which lies between Korea and Japan, connecting the Sea of Japan, the Yellow Sea, and the East China Sea.

Tohoku

consists of the northeastern portion of Honshu

Choshu

domain (han) of the Tokugawa Shogunate of Japan during the Edo period from 1600 to 1871. The Chōshū Domain was based at Hagi Castle in Nagato Province, in the modern city of Hagi, located in the Chūgoku region of the island of Honshu.

Tsushima Island

island of the Japanese archipelago situated in-between the Tsushima Strait and Korea Strait

Osaka (Naniwa)

large port city and commercial center on the Japanese island of Honshu.

Okinawa (Main island in the Ryukyu Islands)

largest of Ryukyu Islands

Kansai (including Osaka, Kyoto, and Kobe)

region in Western Honshu

Kyoto

the ancient capital of Japan

Kobe

the seventh-largest city in Japan and the capital city of Hyōgo Prefecture.

Kyushu

the southernmost of the four main islands of Japan

Ryukyu Islands

thin, southern chain of Japanese islands including Okinawa

Kurile Islands

Islands between Russia and Japan to the south

Honshu (Mainland)

Japan's largest and most populous island.

Hokkaido

Japan's northernmost and second largest island.

Yokohama

Japan's second largest city and main port.

Shikoku

Japan's smallest and least populated major island

Tokyo (Edo)

Eastern capital of Japan