Travel guide: Japan

The Land of the Rising Sun: volcanoes, high-speed trains and thousands of islands

Watch the whole video first. The video stays here while you answer: watch it again as many times as you need.

1The country

2Geography and climate

3Mount Fuji

4Temples and houses

5Your turn!

Compare Japan and France in a short presentation.

  1. Size and population
  2. Mountains and volcanoes
  3. Climate
  4. Languages
  5. Say which country you would rather live in, and why.

Useful sentences

Japan is smaller than France, but more people live there.

About 73 percent of Japan is covered by mountains, whereas France has more plains.

Both countries have four seasons.

I'd rather live in Japan, because I love high-speed trains!