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Otaru. / 43.183°N 141.000°E / 43.183; 141.000. Otaru (小樽市, Otaru-shi) is a city and port in Shiribeshi Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan, northwest of Sapporo. The city faces Ishikari Bay and the Sea of Japan, and has long served as the main port of the bay. With its many historical buildings, Otaru is a popular tourist destination.
Seto Inland Sea: the mountains in the Chūgoku and Shikoku regions block the seasonal winds and bring mild climate and many fine days throughout the year. Pacific Ocean: the climate varies greatly between the north and the south, but generally winters are significantly milder and sunnier than those of the side that faces the Sea of Japan.
Japan–Korea disputes. Korea peninsula and the Japan are separated by the Sea of Japan. There have a number of significant disputes between various Koreanic and Japonic states. The two regions have a long history of relations as immediate neighbors that has been marked with conflict. One of the most significant issues is the Japanese ...
K. Japanese frigate Kaiyō Maru. Kamchatka (ship) Kanrin Maru. Japanese cruiser Kasagi. Keoyoung Sun. Japanese destroyer Kuri.
The islands of Japan were separated from mainland Asia by back-arc spreading.. The islands of Japan are primarily the result of several large ocean movements occurring over hundreds of millions of years from the mid-Silurian to the Pleistocene, as a result of the subduction of the Philippine Sea Plate beneath the continental Amurian Plate and Okinawa Plate to the south, and subduction of the ...
Seto Inland Sea. / 34.167°N 133.333°E / 34.167; 133.333. The Seto Inland Sea (瀬戸内海, Seto Naikai), sometimes shortened to the Inland Sea, is the body of water separating Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu, three of the four main islands of Japan. It serves as a waterway connecting the Pacific Ocean to the Sea of Japan.
英語ではSea of JapanまたはJapan Sea。ラテン語ではMare Iaponicum（マレ・ヤポーニクム）。フランス語ではmer du Japon、ドイツ語ではJapanisches Meer、ロシア語では Японское море であり 、いずれも『日本海』を意味する。
