Comprising a total of 6,852 islands in total, the country of Japan is located in the Pacific Ocean, to the east of mainland Asia. The principal islands in its archipelago are Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku and Kyushu, though it divides into 9 regions in total, with the rural region of Tohoku, coastal Tohoku, the cultural Kansai, the region of Chugoku the southern islands of Okinawa making up the number. Because most of Japan is heavily forested, its urban areas are densely populated. The country has a total of 127 million people, and its capital city is Tokyo, located on the northwest coast of Tokyo Bay. Japan can be an attention grabbing, hyperactive rainbow of cultural collisions. Tokyo has the most Michelin stars in the world for its restaurants. Karaoke features in almost all Japanese cities, and the game of Pachinko is a brightly coloured gambling game which defies comprehension. Japan i
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