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    Society Average height of Japanese adults by prefecture, gender and decade of birth

    A study by Jean-Pascal Bassino (Ecole normale supérieure de Lyon) and Noriko Kato (Jumonji University) analysed the average height of Japanese 17 year-old students by prefecture and year of birth, ranging between 1947 and 1987. Prefecture-level average height at age 17 of male students (year...
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    Society Prefecture-level housing surface per capita

    I found this interesting chart showing the increase in housing surface per person (in tatami) by prefecture by decade from 1950 to 2000 (source). In 50 years the surface per person available in Japanese houses and apartments more than tripled, although in part due to the lower number of children...
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    Learning the Prefectures of Japan

    Hello I am very much into geography and like making small quiz games. So I made one that helps learning the prefectures of Japan: https://geographyquiz.app/quiz/japan-prefectures/153 This is quite challenging. There are 47 of them. You can change the learning language to Japanese as well (via...
  4. Shiga Travel Guide

    Travel Shiga Travel Guide

    Shiga Prefecture (滋賀県)Shiga Prefecture (滋賀県) is part of the Kansai Region and borders the prefectures of Fukui, Gifu, Mie and Kyōto. Shiga is one of the eight landlocked prefectures of Japan and takes a basin surrounded by mountains on all sides. Lake Biwa (琵琶湖 Biwa-ko), in central Shiga, is the...
  5. Aichi Travel Guide

    Travel Aichi Travel Guide

    Aichi Prefecture (愛知県) is located in central Honshū. It borders the prefectures of Gifu and Nagano prefectures to the north, Shizuoka Prefecture to the east, the Pacific Ocean to the south, and Mie Prefecture to the west. The eastern section is covered mainly by the Mikawa Highland (三河高原...
  6. Nagano Travel Guide

    Travel Nagano Travel Guide

    Nagano Prefecture (長野県) is located in central Honshū and borders the prefectures of Niigata, Gunma, Saitama, Yamanashi, Shizuoka, Aichi, Gifu, and Toyama. Nagano is one of only eight landlocked prefectures. The terrain is mostly mountainous. The principal ranges include the Hida (飛騨山脈), the Kiso...
  7. Ibaraki Travel Guide

    Travel Ibaraki Travel Guide

    Ibaraki Prefecture (茨城県 Ibaraki-ken) is located in central Honshū and bounded by Fukushima Prefecture to the north, the Pacific Ocean to the east, and Tochigi and Saitama prefectures to the west. The northern part is occupied by mountains of the Abukuma (阿武隈山地) and Yamizo (八溝山地) mountain ranges...
  8. Tochigi Travel Guide

    Travel Tochigi Travel Guide

    Tochigi PrefectureTochigi Prefecture (栃木県) is located in central Honshū and bordered by Gunma, Fukushima, Ibaraki, and Saitama prefectures. The Yamizo Mountains (八溝山地) on the east and the Taishaku (丹生山系) and Ashio mountains (足尾山地) on the west are separated by a central plain watered by the...
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