What do you notice about Japan from this Google Earth image?

1. What do you notice about Japan from this Google Earth image?

2. What do you notice most about Japan from this map? http://www.bugbog.com/maps/asia/japan_map.html

3. Land Use in Japan 1992 http://www.international.ucla.edu/eas/japan/geography/landuse2.htm

4. http://agora.ex.nii.ac.jp/~kitamoto/research/rs/world-lights.html.enhttp://agora.ex.nii.ac.jp/~kitamoto/research/rs/world-lights.html.enhttp://agora.ex.nii.ac.jp/~kitamoto/research/rs/world-lights.html.enhttp://agora.ex.nii.ac.jp/~kitamoto/research/rs/world-lights.html.en

5. Japan is much smaller than the United States. http://www.international.ucla.edu/eas/japan/geography/overlay1.htm

6. Japan is slightly smaller than California, but it has almost 4 x as many people. http://www.smgov.net/farmers_market/images/california%20map.jpg http://www.nanzan-u.ac.jp/English/campus/img/map_japan-nagoya.jpg

8. The Impact of Physical Geography on Culture http://asnic.utexas.edu/asnic/image/Japan.GIF

9. What unique challenges do you think Japan faces in dealing with such a high population density? http://www.johnnyjet.com/images/PicForNewsletterJapan2005KyotoKiyomizuderaTempleStreetUp.JPG

10. How might high population density and limited land affect Japan’s: • transportation • agriculture • architecture http://www.flickr.com/photos/arrowsican/401855032/

11. Break for group discussion. . . .

12. Mass transportation moves large numbers of people. http://www.flickr.com/photos/iidesne/1665204886/ They have many subways. . . http://ozymandias.com/ftpimages/FuninJapanNowwithPictures_1298E/IMAGE_0712.jpg

13. . . .and busses. http://www.flickr.com/photos/26217373@N00/1489025344/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/webmikey/256650089/

14. Even then, they have lots of cars on the roads. http://www.flickr.com/photos/marley1/1434516269/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/msimantov/374383690/

15. And they have creative ways to http://www.flickr.com/photos/meckleychina/355627389/ provide parking spaces. http://www.flickr.com/photos/st3f4n/130905968/ http://picasaweb.google.com/richworkhardman/PhotoSOfJapan/photo#5060930666112892770

16. Bicycles are very popular, since they are easy to maneuver on crowded streets. http://www.flickr.com/photos/samwilkins/173305585/ They even have bicycle parking lots.  This one is at a subway station. http://www.flickr.com/photos/tokyololas/1422936985/

17. Agriculture is important in Japan. http://www.flickr.com/photos/arrowsican/1530394309/ But often fields are on mountainsides. http://www.flickr.com/photos/pauldavidson/33038678/

18. Stair-steps were cut into the mountainsides years ago to allow terraced fields. http://www.flickr.com/photos/bethany_ng/1468992530/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/bethany_ng/1469448849/

19. architecture Limited land means land is very expensive. So most people don’t have yards. http://www.flickr.com/photos/annamatic3000/134919276/

20. Images from Google Earth

21. How are these sliding doors a space-saver? What room of the house is this? http://www.flickr.com/photos/ticklebug/406615334/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/ticklebug/406643764/in/photostream/

22. Why do you suppose so many Japanese homes have limited amounts of furniture? http://www.kyotojp.com/living2.JPG This is a main room. It may be used as a living room, dining room, and bedroom.

23. What space-savers do you notice in these kitchens?  http://www.flickr.com/photos/gneubig/47292123/  most floor space is used refrigerator is small  stovetop is on top of cabinets tables are small oven is microwave-size http://www.flickr.com/photos/launz/5499525/

24. Why is a “futon” bed a good choice for a small home? http://www.flickr.com/photos/courtneyistre/39198683/

25. Traditional Japanese bathrooms in homes have the bathtub and sink in a separate room from the toilet. That is related to custom more than to space issues. http://housing.cnfj.navy.mil/photos/toilet.gif http://www.ric.edu/faculty/gpamental/tokyo/bathroom.jpg

26. As in big cities around the world, the Japanese build to get more use out of limited land. UP http://www.flickr.com/photos/cloganese/241165650/

27. What is this place? http://www.flickr.com/photos/simonsteward/372212330/

28. A “capsule hotel”! Each capsule is a 1-person room.

29. They even have TVs! http://www.flickr.com/photos/de-boo/39307484/ Sweet dreams. . . http://www.yesicanusechopsticks.com/larrygreg/capsule%202.jpg

30. In 1994, Japan opened Kansai International Airport in Osaka Bay. It is built on an artificial island. http://www.mlit.go.jp/koku/english/02_international/img/kansai_02.jpg

31. Your assignment:Using graph paper, design a floor plan for an apartment that will be practical for a small living space.

32. REQUIREMENTS:--It must be 900 square feet. -- It must accommodate 4 people.-- You must label the following:bathroom (bathtub and sink), toilet room, kitchen (refrigerator, oven [size of microwave is fine], sink, cabinets/shelves), futon space, tv, and all other furniture you want in your apartment --Write a paragraph telling how you used specific Japanese space-saving techniques in the interior design of your apartment. (Make sure your explanations match your floor plan design.)