Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south. The characters that make up Japan's name mean "sun-origin", which is why Japan is sometimes referred to as the "Land of the Rising Sun".
Japan is an archipelago of 6,852 islands. The four largest islands are Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu, and Shikoku, which together comprise about ninety-seven percent of Japan's land area. Japan has the world's tenth-largest population, with over 126 million people. Honshū's Greater Tokyo Area, which includes the de facto capital city of Tokyo and several surrounding prefectures, is the largest metropolitan area in the world, with over 30 million residents.
Ueno, Tokyo
Ueno is a vast park filled with amusements: the National Museum, the Zoo, and a small 100-yen ($1) amusement park that’s popular with kids. At cherry-blossom time, a national obsession, crowds flock to Ueno. Just outside the park is Ameya-yokocho, a bustling street market filled with tiny shops and vendors’ carts. Stop for a snack of grilledmochi (a pounded rice cake) wrapped in seaweed and brushed with pungent soy sauce.
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