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The tallest dam in Japan is the 186 m (610 ft) high Kurobe Dam. The largest dam by structural volume in the country is the Tokuyama Dam (pictured) with 13,700,000 m 3 (17,900,000 cu yd) of rock-fill. Tokuyama also creates Japan's largest reservoir with a water volume of 660,000,000 m 3 (540,000 acre⋅ft). [1]
Site Municipality Comments Image Coordinates Type Ref. *Former Hama-rikyū Teien Gardens 旧浜離宮庭園 kyū-Hama-rikyū teien: Chūō: Edo period gardens; also a Special Place of Scenic Beauty
Designated Natural monuments of Japan — natural places and native flora/fauna species, as determined by the Agency for Cultural Affairs in Japan. There are 953 Natural Monuments, including 72 Special Natural Monuments.
This made Japan the first example of a successful transfer of Western industrialization to a non-Western nation and turned Japan into a world-level industrial power, as well as profoundly changing its society. This site comprises 23 components in eight areas, six of which are in the south-eastern part of the country. Miike coal mine is pictured ...
Cultural Properties of Japan; Parks and gardens in Tokyo; List of Places of Scenic Beauty of Japan (Tōkyō) List of Historic Sites of Japan (Tōkyō) Extinct: Bonin wood pigeon, Bonin thrush, Bonin grosbeak, Bonin nankeen night heron, Iwo Jima rail, Mukojima white-eye, Sturdee's pipistrelle
A map of Japan's major cities, main towns and selected smaller centers. Japan has a population of 126.3 million in 2019. [20] It is the eleventh-most populous country and the second-most populous island country in the world. [12] The population is clustered in urban areas along the coast, plains, and valleys. [15]
World Heritage Sites in Japan (8 C, 130 P) Pages in category "Landmarks in Japan" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.
Landmarks in Japan (7 C, 4 P) Lists of places in Japan (1 C, 16 P) M. ... List of extreme points of Japan; List of Japanese map symbols; M. Mainland Japan ...