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INTERESTING FACTS:
Hokkaido
Tohoku

2. north sea way

3. Hokkaido
•Famous place for snow sports
•The Seikan Tunnel runs under the
ocean as a link to the mainland
•Many snow/ice festivals
•Largest prefecture
•Lowest population density

4. blue forest

5. Aomori
•Produces majority of Japan’s
apples
•Has the largest virgin beech forest
in the world
•Known for a summer festival
featuring a warrior figure

6. rock hand

7. Iwate
•Second lowest population density
•Legend about a demon leaving his
handprint on a rock to seal a pact
•Many temples, shrines
•Only prefecture with higher male
population

8. palace castle

9. Miyagi
•Third most beautiful view in Japan
•Hit hard by the 2011 tsunami
•Tanabata-matsuri Festival attracts
many tourists
•Nothing to do with The Karate Kid

10. fall rice field

11. Akita
•Largest consumers of sake in
Japan
•Said to have the most beautiful
women
•Well preserved samurai district

12. mountain formation

13. Yamagata
•More than 100 hot springs
•Famous human chess game
•Very mountainous terrain
•Temple on top of a cliff

14. fortune island

15. Fukushima
•Famous medieval capital
•White tiger samurai suicide
•Very rural with low population
density despite being third largest
prefecture
•Opposing opinions about impact
of nuclear disaster