{"id":815,"date":"2021-03-21T21:27:32","date_gmt":"2021-03-21T14:27:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/?page_id=815"},"modified":"2021-06-14T07:13:49","modified_gmt":"2021-06-14T00:13:49","slug":"islands-of-japan","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/geography\/islands-of-japan\/","title":{"rendered":"Islands of Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"815\" class=\"elementor elementor-815\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-93ec7d9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"93ec7d9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-222ed09\" data-id=\"222ed09\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c428e6d elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"c428e6d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e3e73f4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e3e73f4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Geography<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bf54870 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"bf54870\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-xxl\">Islands of Japan\u200b<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c4cff3b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c4cff3b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6423651\" data-id=\"6423651\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-faeb4a0 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"faeb4a0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0f9213c elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"0f9213c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" 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data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1c05c9a elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"1c05c9a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5aa9059 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5aa9059\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-01b42bc\" data-id=\"01b42bc\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dcdf8c4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"dcdf8c4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d1afd8d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d1afd8d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" id=\"5-islands\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The 5 main islands of Japan<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3b277d5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3b277d5\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-deedffd\" data-id=\"deedffd\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e245eec elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"e245eec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c050d79 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c050d79\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Hokkaid\u014d Island<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2f1175d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2f1175d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><em>Hokkaid\u014d Island <\/em><\/strong><em>\u2013<\/em> 83,454\u00a0km\u00b2 in size (2<sup>nd<\/sup> largest main island)<em>,<\/em> with roughly 5.2 million inhabitants. Hokkaid\u014d is one of Japan&#8217;s<strong> less populated<\/strong> main islands, and is characterised by a cooler, rugged climate, <strong>vast plains<\/strong> and <strong>extensive forest coverage<\/strong>.<\/p><p>Hokkaid\u014d is divided along a line extending roughly from Cape S\u014dya to Cape Erimo. <br \/>The eastern half includes the Daisetsu Mountains, at the foot of which lie the Tokachi and Konsen plains. The western half of Hokkaid\u014d is less mountainous, and has a milder climate.<br \/>Long looked upon as a remote frontier island, Hokkaid\u014d was <strong>fully annexed by Japan in 1869<\/strong>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7aa6fe1\" data-id=\"7aa6fe1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d2cf38 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"4d2cf38\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-364d985 elementor-widget elementor-widget-wp-widget-media_gallery\" data-id=\"364d985\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"wp-widget-media_gallery.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-815 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"364d985\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTMxMTAsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC9ibHVlamFwYW4ub3JnXC9mclwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvc2l0ZXNcLzE5XC8yMDIxXC8wNlwvTUFJTi1JU0xBTkRTLUFORC1TRUFTLUFSQ0hJUEVMQUdPLUZSLXNjYWxlZC0yLmpwZyIsInNsaWRlc2hvdyI6IjM2NGQ5ODUifQ%3D%3D\" href='https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/06\/MAIN-ISLANDS-AND-SEAS-ARCHIPELAGO-FR-scaled-2.jpg'><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2490\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/06\/MAIN-ISLANDS-AND-SEAS-ARCHIPELAGO-FR-scaled-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-13110\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/06\/MAIN-ISLANDS-AND-SEAS-ARCHIPELAGO-FR-scaled-2.jpg 2490w, https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/06\/MAIN-ISLANDS-AND-SEAS-ARCHIPELAGO-FR-scaled-2-292x300.jpg 292w, https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/06\/MAIN-ISLANDS-AND-SEAS-ARCHIPELAGO-FR-scaled-2-996x1024.jpg 996w, https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/06\/MAIN-ISLANDS-AND-SEAS-ARCHIPELAGO-FR-scaled-2-768x790.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/06\/MAIN-ISLANDS-AND-SEAS-ARCHIPELAGO-FR-scaled-2-1494x1536.jpg 1494w, https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/06\/MAIN-ISLANDS-AND-SEAS-ARCHIPELAGO-FR-scaled-2-1992x2048.jpg 1992w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2490px) 100vw, 2490px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-13110'>\n\t\t\t\tLes 4 \u00eeles principales du Japon, avec les deux archipels des \u00eeles Nanp\u014d et Nansei\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9d63def elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9d63def\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-38fb4d5\" data-id=\"38fb4d5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-11cf6a0 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"11cf6a0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9e337fe elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9e337fe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Honsh\u016b Island<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1039d7e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1039d7e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><em>Honsh<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>\u016b Island<\/em><\/strong><em> \u2013 <\/em>227,960 km<sup>2<\/sup> in size (largest of the main islands), with roughly 104 million inhabitants. Honsh\u016b is the \u201c<em>main island<\/em>\u201d of Japan, not only the <strong>largest and most populous<\/strong> but also the<strong> centre<\/strong> <strong>of Japan\u2019s economic and political power<\/strong>.<\/p><p>Most of the population is, however, concentrated on the \u201c<strong>Pacific Belt<\/strong>\u201d, a large megalopolis \/conurbation running along the Pacific and inner sea, roughly from T\u014dky\u014d (Ibaraki) to the north of Ky\u016bsh\u016b Island (Fukuoka).<br \/>The rest of Honsh\u016b island is much less densely populated, and mountainous.<\/p><p>The island of Honsh\u016b is located between those of Hokkaid\u014d and Ky\u016bsh\u016b, has a marked curve, south to southwest.<\/p><p>The <strong>northern region<\/strong> of Honsh\u016b is mainly<strong> rural,<\/strong> with mountains and alluvial plains and <strong>fishing areas<\/strong> on the coasts, on both the Sea of Japan and Pacific Ocean sides of the island.<\/p><p>At the <strong>centre<\/strong> of Honsh\u016b, we find the <strong>T\u014dky\u014d-Yokohama metropolis<\/strong> and the beginning of the Pacific Belt conurbation.<\/p><p>To the <strong>west,<\/strong> Honsh\u016b Island can be divided into three distinct districts: a <strong>coastal strip on the Sea of Japan<\/strong> with stormy winters and heavy snowfalls, the <strong>central highlands,<\/strong> including the <strong>Japanese Alps<\/strong> and a <strong>narrow corridor<\/strong> lying <strong>along the Pacific coast.<\/strong><\/p><p>To the<strong> south<\/strong>, a narrow area stretches from the<strong> Sea of Japan on the north to the Pacific Ocean<\/strong> on the south, where the Pacific Belt Japan&#8217;s second-largest commercial-industrial complex, centred on <strong>\u014csaka and K\u014db<\/strong>e, as well the two former imperial cities;a <strong>cultural centres of Nara and Ky\u014dto<\/strong>.<\/p><p>The <strong>western end of Honsh\u016b<\/strong> is divided into two distinct districts by mountains, with a somewhat narrower section to the north (&#8220;<strong><em>San&#8217;in<\/em><\/strong>&#8220;, lit. <em>shady side of the mountains<\/em>), and, to the south, the &#8220;<strong><em>San&#8217;y\u014d<\/em><\/strong> &#8221; (lit. <em>sunny side of the <\/em><em>mountains<\/em>)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5377c8e elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"5377c8e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7cfcbc1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7cfcbc1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Shikoku Island<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2c0aceb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2c0aceb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><em>Shikoku Island<\/em><\/strong><em> \u2013 <\/em>18,801\u00a0km<sup>2<\/sup> in size (4<sup>th<\/sup> largest main island), with roughly 3.8 million inhabitants. Shikoku is a <strong>smaller, rural island<\/strong> running parallel to the southwest of the coast of western Honsh\u016b creates Japan\u2019s inner sea, the Seto Inland Sea. <br \/>Mountains divide the island into <strong>two distinct regions,<\/strong> the <strong>northern region on the Inland sea<\/strong>, where most of the population lives, and a <strong>southern part on the Pacific Ocean,<\/strong> which is mountainous and sparsely populated, and still has fishing as its major economic activity.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-22f3ecf elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"22f3ecf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bc521ff elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"bc521ff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Ky\u016bsh\u016b Island<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f4efec7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f4efec7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><em>Ky\u016bsh\u016b Island <\/em><\/strong>\u2013 36,782\u00a0km<sup>2 <\/sup>in size (3<sup>rd<\/sup> largest), with roughly 14.3 million inhabitants. <br \/>Ky\u016bsh\u016b is a highly volcanic island which has played an important role as the <strong>gateway to Japan<\/strong>, due to its location, the closest to the Korean peninsula. <br \/>It is a <strong>mountainous island<\/strong>, with high tectonic activity, divided in two by Ky\u016bsh\u016b Mountains, which run diagonally across the middle of the island. <br \/>The <strong>northern section,<\/strong> which constitutes the end of the Pacific Belt, is<strong> one of Japan&#8217;s most industrialised regions<\/strong>.<\/p><p>The three main islands of Honsh\u016b, Shikoku and Ky\u016bsh\u016b form a <strong>natural entity<\/strong>, separated only by narrow straits and the Seto Inland Sea.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-66defc2 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"66defc2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ffd4aa9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ffd4aa9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Okinawa Island<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0d37e85 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0d37e85\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><em>Okinawa Island<\/em><\/strong> \u2013 with only 1,199 km<sup>2<\/sup> in size (smallest main island), with a population of roughly 1.3 million inhabitants, <strong>Okinawa <em>Hont\u014d<\/em><\/strong> (lit. <em>main island<\/em> ) is indeed the largest island of the Nansei\/Ry\u016b-Ky\u016b archipelago, but also <strong>the smallest of the main Japanese islands<\/strong>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-29049f7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"29049f7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/06\/REGIONS-AND-MAJOR-ISLAND-CHAINS-MID-1-scaled-1.jpeg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"R\u00e9gions japonaises et archipels majeurs\" 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https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/06\/REGIONS-AND-MAJOR-ISLAND-CHAINS-MID-1-scaled-1-1481x1536.jpeg 1481w, https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/06\/REGIONS-AND-MAJOR-ISLAND-CHAINS-MID-1-scaled-1-1975x2048.jpeg 1975w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 988px) 100vw, 988px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9baa4d2 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"9baa4d2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-14703a4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"14703a4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" id=\"extended-archipelagos\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Two extended archipelagos: the Nanp\u014d and Nansei islands<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e99b3bc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e99b3bc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In addition to these 5 main islands, <strong>2 important island chains <\/strong>expand Japanese national waters, and are also both major diving destinations: the <strong>Nanp\u014d Islands<\/strong> and the <strong>Nansei Islands.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-3332caa elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3332caa\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-9af01a0\" data-id=\"9af01a0\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7676430 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"7676430\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9276981 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9276981\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Nanp\u014d Islands<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-672a2b8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"672a2b8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ol><li>The <strong>Nanp\u014d<\/strong><strong> Islands<\/strong> (\u5357\u65b9\u8af8\u5cf6 lit. the <em>southern islands<\/em>), start just off Honsh\u016b\u2019s Izu Peninsula near T\u014dky\u014d, and stretch over 1200km to the south. <br \/>The inhabited islands of this somewhat slightly less well-known archipelago include the<strong> Izu islands<\/strong>, and continues with the <strong>Ogasawara\/Bonin islands<\/strong>, then other volcanic island expanding into far in the Pacific\u2019s Philippine sea, near the Mariana trench.<\/li><\/ol><p><strong>The furthest islands<\/strong>, the Okinotorishima islet and the Minami-Torishima island <strong>expand Japan\u2019s Exclusive Economic Zone in the Pacific Ocean.<br \/><\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-1809ffe\" data-id=\"1809ffe\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-77a1f56 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"77a1f56\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e6a653d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e6a653d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Japan's Coastline<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ba77360 elementor-widget elementor-widget-wp-widget-media_gallery\" data-id=\"ba77360\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" 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size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/03\/800px-Japan-Archipelago-Outlined-Islands-Map.png 800w, https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/03\/800px-Japan-Archipelago-Outlined-Islands-Map-300x245.png 300w, https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/03\/800px-Japan-Archipelago-Outlined-Islands-Map-768x628.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7087272 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7087272\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Japan-Archipelago-Outlined-Islands-Map.png\">Image source<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/visibleearth.nasa.gov\/view.php?id=73751\">Blue Marble Next Generation https:\/\/visibleearth.nasa.gov\/view.php?id=73751<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-3f51c89 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3f51c89\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-252dc05\" data-id=\"252dc05\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0592421 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0592421\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>All the Nanp\u014d islands are <strong>all administered by the T\u014dky\u014d Metropolis<\/strong>, and as such are sometimes called <em>T\u014dky\u014d Islands<\/em>, and the archipelago&#8217;s main inhabited islands have been given the name &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tokyo-islands.com\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tokyo Eleven Islands<\/a>&#8221; in recent tourism-oriented material.<br \/><br \/>Through their remoteness and the various roles they played throughout history, the Nanp\u014d islands display very specific cultural traits, and all have very interesting, often complex histories.<br \/>Hachij\u014d-jima, for instance, located roughly 300 km off T\u014dky\u014d, served as a place for <strong>political exiles<\/strong>, and has also recently gained attention for its <strong>special language<\/strong>, with is potentially, with the existing Ry\u016b-Ky\u016b languages, the only known other example of a sister <strong>language related to Japanese through a common Japonic ancestor<\/strong>, but having separated before the constitution of old Japanese\u2026).<\/p><p>Through their remoteness and location, the Nanp\u014d islands also offer <strong>unique diving environments<\/strong>, not encountered elsewhere throughout the archipelago.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b48311a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b48311a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>The Ogasawara islands<\/strong> (also known as Bonin Islands), which today are still only reachable by a <strong>25-hour+ ferry<\/strong> ride from T\u014dky\u014d, were first used as <strong>whaling ports by foreign vessels<\/strong>, with small British then North-American run <strong>colonies<\/strong> (\u201c<strong><em>Colony of Peel Island<\/em><\/strong>&#8220;) briefly established on Chichi-jima, before the island group was fully <strong>claimed by Japan in 1875,<\/strong> with settlers sent in from Hachij\u014d-jima in the Izu islands. <br \/>Islanders of non-Japanese ancestry were given the Japanese nationality in 1882.<\/p><p>Historical <strong>population movements<\/strong> created strong links with Hawaii and the South-Pacific islands (from which many non-Japanese inhabitants came before the Japanese takeover), Hachij\u014d and the Izu islands, followed by the Ry\u016b-Ky\u016b islands. <br \/>To this day, the Ogasawara\/Bonin islands probably constitute<strong> some of the most remote areas in Japan<\/strong>, as they are only accessible by a 25-hour ferry ride, leaving weekly from T\u014dky\u014d. <br \/>There were some plans to build an airport, but these are currently on indefinite hold&#8230;<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-62e8772 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"62e8772\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-65a7cee\" data-id=\"65a7cee\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a6f1b9d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a6f1b9d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" id=\"nanpo\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">NANP\u014c ARCHIPELAGO<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e11f62 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4e11f62\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The <strong>Nanp\u014d archipelago<\/strong> comprises the following groups of islands:<\/p><p><strong>The Izu Islands\u00a0 (<i lang=\"ja-Latn\" title=\"Hepburn transliteration\">Izu-shot\u014d<\/i>)<br \/><br \/><\/strong>There are more than a dozen Izu islands and islets, out of which <strong>nine<\/strong> are currently <strong>inhabited<\/strong>, including the historical <strong>7 main islands, <\/strong><em>Izu Shichit\u014d <\/em>(\u4f0a\u8c46\u4e03\u5cf6, or <em>Seven Islands of Izu<\/em>):<\/p><ul><li>Izu \u014cshima<\/li><li>To-shima<\/li><li>Nii-jima<\/li><li>K\u014dzu-shima<\/li><li>Miyake-jima<\/li><li>Mikura-jima<\/li><li>Hachij\u014d-jima<\/li><\/ul><p>The two other inhabited Izu islands are:<\/p><ul><li>Shikine-jima<\/li><li>Aogashima<\/li><\/ul><p><strong>The Ogasawara \/ Bonin Islands<\/strong> <br \/><em><strong>(Ogasawara Gunt\u014d) <br \/><\/strong><\/em>which are 1000km+ south of T\u014dky\u014d<\/p><ul><li>Mukojima Rett\u014d<\/li><li>Chichijima Rett\u014d<\/li><li>Hahajima Rett\u014d<\/li><\/ul><p><strong>The Volcano Islands (<em>Kazan Rett\u014d<\/em>)<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Kita Iwo Jima (North Iwo Jima)<\/li><li>Iwo Jima<\/li><li>Minami Iwo Jima (South Iwo Jima)<\/li><li>Nishinoshima<\/li><\/ul><p><strong>The Okinotorishima islet, located <\/strong>1,740 km southwest of T\u014dky\u014d.<\/p><p><strong>Minamitorishima island, <\/strong>also know as <em>Marcus Island<\/em>, located 1,848 km southeast of T\u014dky\u014d, with its own Exclusive Economic Zone<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bb98b73\" data-id=\"bb98b73\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-341356c elementor-widget elementor-widget-wp-widget-media_gallery\" data-id=\"341356c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"wp-widget-media_gallery.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id='gallery-3' class='gallery galleryid-815 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"341356c\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"NANP\u014c ARCHIPELAGO\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTExMCwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2JsdWVqYXBhbi5vcmdcL2ZyXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC9zaXRlc1wvMTlcLzIwMjFcLzAzXC9OQU5QTy1BUkNISVBBTEVHTy1ub3RlLXNjYWxlZC5qcGVnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiMzQxMzU2YyJ9\" href='https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/03\/NANPO-ARCHIPALEGO-note-scaled.jpeg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1690\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/03\/NANPO-ARCHIPALEGO-note-scaled.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"NANP\u014c ARCHIPELAGO\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-1110\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/03\/NANPO-ARCHIPALEGO-note-scaled.jpeg 1690w, https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/03\/NANPO-ARCHIPALEGO-note-198x300.jpeg 198w, https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/03\/NANPO-ARCHIPALEGO-note-676x1024.jpeg 676w, https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/03\/NANPO-ARCHIPALEGO-note-768x1163.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/03\/NANPO-ARCHIPALEGO-note-1014x1536.jpeg 1014w, https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/03\/NANPO-ARCHIPALEGO-note-1352x2048.jpeg 1352w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1690px) 100vw, 1690px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-1110'>\n\t\t\t\tThe Nanp\u014d Archipelago stretches far south into the Philippine Sea, nearly 1800km from the island of Honsh\u016b. \nThe archipelago consists of 3 main island groups, the Izu, Ogasawara\/Bonin and Volcano Islands, which are all administered by the T\u014dky\u014d Metropolis.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-41470a6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"41470a6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-dc95b1b\" data-id=\"dc95b1b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-652d95d elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"652d95d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a2e4dd6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a2e4dd6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Nansei Islands<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-680a3f4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"680a3f4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ol start=\"2\"><li>The <strong>Nansei Islands<\/strong>, (\u5357\u897f\u8af8\u5cf6 lit. the <em>south-western<\/em> islands, often commonly referred to as the Ry\u016b-Ky\u016b archipelago, or even simply <em>Okinawa<\/em>), are a <strong>chain of islands <\/strong>stretching southwest from the southern tip of the main island of Ky\u016bsh\u016b, and ending with Yonaguni island, close to the island of Taiwan.<\/li><\/ol><p>Starting off the tip of south-Ky\u016bsh\u016b (Kagoshima bay), the Nansei chain is formed by the <strong>\u014csumi, Tokara and Amami islands groups.<br \/><\/strong>These islands, known as the <strong>Satsunan Islands,<\/strong> are all administrated by Kagoshima prefecture.<br \/>The word <em>Satsunan<\/em> itself comes a contraction of the phrase <strong><em>Satsuma no Kuni no Nan <\/em><\/strong>(\u85a9\u6469\u56fd\u306e\u5357), which translates as <em>South of Satsuma Province<\/em>, which was the name given to the old Japanese province that is now the western half of Kagoshima Prefecture<\/p><p>The arc then continues with the <strong>Okinawa islands<\/strong>, including the main island of Okinawa, which is also a prefecture governing over the non-Ky\u016bsh\u016b administered part of the archipelago.<\/p><p>Crossing the Miyako Strait, the chain then reaches the <strong>Sakishima Islands, <\/strong>which can be further divided into the <strong>Miyako<\/strong> and <strong>Yaeyama<\/strong> Islands, of which Yonaguni island is the westernmost.<\/p><p>The term <em>Sakishima Shot<i lang=\"ja-Latn\" title=\"Hepburn transliteration\">\u014d <\/i><\/em>(<span lang=\"ja\" title=\"Japanese-language text\">\u5148\u5cf6\u8af8\u5cf6) is a reference to the remoteness of the islands, which are beyond the <strong>Kerama Gap \/ Miyako strait<\/strong>, which is the largest strait (250km wide) in the Nansei islands, separating the Kerama and Miyako Islands.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8ddff99 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8ddff99\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f1d1a71\" data-id=\"f1d1a71\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-51dbff6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"51dbff6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" id=\"nansei\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">NANSEI ARCHIPELAGO<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b217183 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b217183\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Nansei archipelago comprises the following groups of islands:<\/p><p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Satsunan islands <\/strong><\/span>(Kagoshima Pref.)<\/p><ul><li><strong>\u014c<\/strong><strong>sumi Islands<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Tokara Islands<\/strong> \u00a0<\/li><li><strong>Amami Islands<\/strong><\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Okinawa Islands<\/strong><\/span> (Okinawa Pref.)<\/p><ul><li>Okinawa Main Island <em>Hont\u014d<\/em><\/li><li>Ie Island<\/li><li>Sesoko Island<\/li><li>Yokatsu Islands<\/li><li>Kume Island<\/li><li>Kerama Islands<b><\/b><\/li><li>Aguni Islands<\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Sakishima Islands <\/strong><\/span>(Okinawa Pref.)<\/p><ul><li><strong>Miyako Islands<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Yaeyama Islands<\/strong><\/li><\/ul><p>The Nansei Achipelago includes the official <em>Ry\u016b-Ky\u016b Islands<\/em> (administered by Okinawa Pref.) and the <em>Satsunan Islands<\/em> (administered by Ky\u016bsh\u016b&#8217;s Kagoshima Pref.).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2dc8e95\" data-id=\"2dc8e95\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-94fc043 elementor-widget elementor-widget-wp-widget-media_gallery\" data-id=\"94fc043\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"wp-widget-media_gallery.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id='gallery-4' class='gallery galleryid-815 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"94fc043\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"THE NANSEI ARCHIPELAGO\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTEwMCwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2JsdWVqYXBhbi5vcmdcL2ZyXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC9zaXRlc1wvMTlcLzIwMjFcLzAzXC9OQU5TRUktSVNMQU5EUy1uZXcuanBlZyIsInNsaWRlc2hvdyI6Ijk0ZmMwNDMifQ%3D%3D\" href='https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/03\/NANSEI-ISLANDS-new.jpeg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2199\" height=\"2049\" src=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/03\/NANSEI-ISLANDS-new.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"THE NANSEI ARCHIPELAGO\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-4-1100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/03\/NANSEI-ISLANDS-new.jpeg 2199w, https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/03\/NANSEI-ISLANDS-new-300x280.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/03\/NANSEI-ISLANDS-new-1024x954.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/03\/NANSEI-ISLANDS-new-768x716.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/03\/NANSEI-ISLANDS-new-1536x1431.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/03\/NANSEI-ISLANDS-new-2048x1908.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2199px) 100vw, 2199px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-4-1100'>\n\t\t\t\tAn overview of the islands of the Nansei Archipelago, formerly known as the Ry\u016b-Ky\u016b Archipelago\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-656f6bf elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"656f6bf\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e9b7bfc\" data-id=\"e9b7bfc\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6de515f elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"6de515f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a09c8ce elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a09c8ce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Nansei or Ry\u016b-Ky\u016b Archipelago?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-390a1be elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"390a1be\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>From Kagoshima to the main island of Okinawa, all the islands of the Nansei chain are closely connected, staying in physical view of one another, and form a clear geographical and cultural continuum.<\/p><p>There is, however, a much larger physical distance (known as the <strong><em>Kerama Gap<\/em><\/strong>) between the islands of Okinawa (Kerama) and the first island of the Sakishima group (Miyako), which also accounts for some marked cultural\/linguistic differences.<\/p><p>And yet the Nansei archipelago forms a clear continuum, with its own culture and actual languages (that separated from a common Japonic trunk before the constitution of old Japanese, as opposed to other existing dialects of Japanese), as well as a rich and complex political history.<br \/>The islands once formed a distinct political entity, the <strong>Ry\u016b-Ky\u016b Kindgdom<\/strong>, which was split between Chinese and Japanese \/ Ky\u016bsh\u016b (Satsuma domain) influence.<\/p><p>The islands that formed the Ry\u016b-Ky\u016b Kindgdom were <strong>fully annexed by Japan in 1879<\/strong>, abolishing the last branch of the Ry\u016b-Ky\u016b kingdom\u2019s monarchy.<\/p><p>After World War II, the islands were placed under <strong>direct control of the USA, which lasted longer than in the rest of Japan<\/strong>, where direct rule ended in 1952.<br \/>The Ry\u016b-Ky\u016b remained under US control until May 1972, when the islands were fully reverted to Japan. <br \/>And today, the United States military still controls about 19% of the territory, especially on the main island of Okinawa, where large US military bases concentrate more than 30,000 North-American servicemen.<\/p><p>Historically, the Nansei islands covered the same identical territory as the <em><strong>Ry\u016b-Ky\u016b Archipelago,<\/strong><\/em> or <em>Ry\u016b-Ky\u016b Arc<\/em> the islands forming a continuum from Kagoshima Prefecture\u2019s \u014csumi islands to Okinawa Prefecture\u2019s Yaeyama islands; a widely accepted definition, validated by authoritative Japanese dictionaries like the <em>K<\/em><em>\u014djien<\/em>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7724bf9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7724bf9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"792\" height=\"588\" src=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/Map-of-the-Ryukyu-Archipelago-showing-geographic-locations-of-islands-island-groups-and.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-11777\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/Map-of-the-Ryukyu-Archipelago-showing-geographic-locations-of-islands-island-groups-and.png 792w, https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/Map-of-the-Ryukyu-Archipelago-showing-geographic-locations-of-islands-island-groups-and-300x223.png 300w, https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/Map-of-the-Ryukyu-Archipelago-showing-geographic-locations-of-islands-island-groups-and-768x570.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 792px) 100vw, 792px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6919ce4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6919ce4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Ry\u016b-Ky\u016b<\/strong> <strong>Islands<\/strong> (now non-oficial terminology) &#8211; Image source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/figure\/Map-of-the-Ryukyu-Archipelago-showing-geographic-locations-of-islands-island-groups-and_fig1_232695197\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">researchgate.net<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d279ab elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"5d279ab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-14c34aa elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"14c34aa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>However, on <strong>May 26 2011<\/strong>, the Japanese national committee on the unification of geographical names ruled that the <strong>term Ry\u016b-Ky\u016b would, from then on, be <u>officially reserved to islands attached to Okinawa prefecture with the exception of the Dait\u014d Islands<\/u><\/strong> (i.e. primarily the Okinawa, Miyako and Yaeyama Islands), and therefore excluding the northern islands of the chain attached to Ky\u016bsh\u016b\u2019s Kagoshima prefecture, giving the term a now very different official and administrative definition.<\/p><p>The committee\u2019s decision has a complex historical\/political background, which <strong>does not<\/strong> <strong>reflect the cultural or physical reality<\/strong> of the archipelago (the major gap being, as previously mentioned, the <em>Kerama Gap<\/em> between the Okinawa islands and the Sakishima islands.<\/p><p>Historically, during the American occupation of the Amami Islands, the Japanese government also objected to these islands being included under the name &#8220;Ry\u016b-Ky\u016b&#8221; in English, <strong>fearing that this might mean that the return of the Amami Islands to Japanese control would be delayed<\/strong> until the return of Okinawa.<\/p><p>However, the American occupational government on Amami continued to be called the &#8220;Provisional Government for the Northern Ryukyu Islands&#8221; in English, though it was translated as <em>Rinji Hokubu Nansei-shot\u014d Seich\u014d<\/em> (\u81e8\u6642\u5317\u90e8\u5357\u897f\u8af8\u5cf6\u653f\u5e81, Provisional Government for the Northern Nansei Islands) in Japanese.<\/p><p>To make things more complicated, the islands of the Nansei archipelago, including all the islands administered by both the Kagoshima and Okinawa Prefectures, are grouped into a single adminstrative regional unit, the <strong><em>Ky\u016bsh\u016b-Okinawa region<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p><p>Our use of the term <i>Ry\u016b-Ky\u016b islands<\/i> still mostly reflects the historical, and now non-official usage, synonymous of the term Nansei islands.<\/p><p>One thing is certain: the Nansei \/ Ry\u016b-Ky\u016b\u00a0 archipelago offers Japan\u2019s most \u201ctropical\u201d or southern-style, warm-water diving!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-04ef56d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"04ef56d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6980cbc\" data-id=\"6980cbc\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f9e0957 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"f9e0957\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-515ccef elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"515ccef\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c4f84f5\" data-id=\"c4f84f5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ef358d4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ef358d4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" id=\"main-regions\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"> Main regions of Japan<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-68149f2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"68149f2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The 5 main islands of Japan include the following 8 regions, given from north to south:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a349a8e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a349a8e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a3893ad\" data-id=\"a3893ad\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-218bb54 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"218bb54\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Hokkaid\u014d island:<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cccff84 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cccff84\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Hokkaid\u014d<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e452fd0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"e452fd0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ce0abfd elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ce0abfd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Honsh\u016b island: <\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-796d9fe elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"796d9fe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>T\u014dhoku <\/strong>(northern Honsh\u016b)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-100723a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"100723a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Kant\u014d<\/strong> (east Honsh\u016b, includes the T\u014dky\u014d metropolis and the Nanp\u014d islands)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4865aab elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4865aab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Ch\u016bbu<\/strong> (central Honsh\u016b)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0e31570 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0e31570\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Kansai<\/strong> (west Honsh\u016b, a historically significant political and cultural centre)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-674390e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"674390e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Ch\u016bgoku<\/strong> (western tip of Honsh\u016b)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ef8b60 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"2ef8b60\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e7e9715 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e7e9715\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Shikoku island<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-08da254 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"08da254\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Shikoku<\/strong> (along the southern coast of Honsh\u016b, creating the inner Seto Inland Sea)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dd344da elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"dd344da\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-189339c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"189339c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Ky\u016bsh\u016b island <\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cf74826 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cf74826\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Ky\u016bsh\u016b<\/strong> and the Okinawa islands are regrouped in the same region, covering the main island of Ky\u016bsh\u016b and the rest of the Nansei \/ Ry\u016b-Ky\u016b islands<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fa9d7ff\" data-id=\"fa9d7ff\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-adbde5f elementor-widget elementor-widget-wp-widget-media_gallery\" data-id=\"adbde5f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"wp-widget-media_gallery.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id='gallery-5' class='gallery galleryid-815 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"adbde5f\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"JAPANESE REGIONS AND MAJOR ISLAND CHAINS\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTExMywidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2JsdWVqYXBhbi5vcmdcL2ZyXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC9zaXRlc1wvMTlcLzIwMjFcLzAzXC9SRUdJT05TLUFORC1NQUpPUi1JU0xBTkQtQ0hBSU5TLU1JRC1jb3JyZWN0ZWQtc2NhbGVkLmpwZWciLCJzbGlkZXNob3ciOiJhZGJkZTVmIn0%3D\" href='https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/03\/REGIONS-AND-MAJOR-ISLAND-CHAINS-MID-corrected-scaled.jpeg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2490\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/03\/REGIONS-AND-MAJOR-ISLAND-CHAINS-MID-corrected-scaled.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"JAPANESE REGIONS AND MAJOR ISLAND CHAINS\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/03\/REGIONS-AND-MAJOR-ISLAND-CHAINS-MID-corrected-scaled.jpeg 2490w, https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/03\/REGIONS-AND-MAJOR-ISLAND-CHAINS-MID-corrected-292x300.jpeg 292w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2490px) 100vw, 2490px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aa9ee87 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"aa9ee87\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-61f33d9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"61f33d9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">(Okinawa Island)<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b4cd60f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b4cd60f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><br \/>The main island of <strong>Okinawa<\/strong> is a prefecture, but is itself is attached to the <em>Ky\u016bsh\u016b and Okinawa region,<\/em> which encompasses the island of Ky\u016bsh\u016b and all of the Nansei islands.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0aad111 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0aad111\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9d250d4\" data-id=\"9d250d4\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e759fda elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"e759fda\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0fbc29e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0fbc29e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>These 8 regions are further divided into <b>47 administrative units<\/b>, the <em>tod\u014dfuken,<\/em> that include:<br \/><strong>43 prefectures<\/strong> (\u770c, ken) proper, <strong>two urban prefectures<\/strong> (\u5e9c, fu, \u014csaka and Ky\u014dto), <strong>one &#8220;territory&#8221;<\/strong> (\u9053, d\u014d, Hokkaido) and <strong>one &#8220;metropolis&#8221;<\/strong> (\u90fd, to, T\u014dky\u014d)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-900b8b0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"900b8b0\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e347162\" data-id=\"e347162\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cf2ef3f elementor-widget elementor-widget-wp-widget-media_gallery\" data-id=\"cf2ef3f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"wp-widget-media_gallery.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id='gallery-6' class='gallery galleryid-815 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"cf2ef3f\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"REGIONS, ISLAND AND PREFECTURES\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTE2MiwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2JsdWVqYXBhbi5vcmdcL2ZyXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC9zaXRlc1wvMTlcLzIwMjFcLzAzXC9SRUdJT05TLUlTTEFORC1BTkQtUFJFRkVDVFVSRVMtc2NhbGVkLmpwZWciLCJzbGlkZXNob3ciOiJjZjJlZjNmIn0%3D\" href='https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/03\/REGIONS-ISLAND-AND-PREFECTURES-scaled.jpeg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2490\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/03\/REGIONS-ISLAND-AND-PREFECTURES-scaled.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"REGIONS, ISLAND AND PREFECTURES\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-6-1162\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/03\/REGIONS-ISLAND-AND-PREFECTURES-scaled.jpeg 2490w, https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/03\/REGIONS-ISLAND-AND-PREFECTURES-292x300.jpeg 292w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2490px) 100vw, 2490px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-6-1162'>\n\t\t\t\tPrefectures per Japanese regions on the 5 main islands, and the 2 other major island chains (Nansei and Nanp\u014d archipelagos)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section 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data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/geography\/currents-of-japan\/\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"714\" height=\"680\" src=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/03\/MAIN-CURRENTS-OF-JAPAN.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048 wp-image-1106\" alt=\"MAIN CURRENTS OF JAPAN\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/03\/MAIN-CURRENTS-OF-JAPAN.jpeg 714w, https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/03\/MAIN-CURRENTS-OF-JAPAN-300x286.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 714px) 100vw, 714px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h4 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\"><a 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class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d6f2558 elementor-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"d6f2558\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/geography\/seas-of-japan\/\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/03\/Japan_Relief_Map_of_Land_and_Seabed-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-1083\" alt=\"LAND RELIEF AND SEABED\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h4 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width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/03\/typhoon-xorld-meteorological-organisation-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-1066\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h4 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/geography\/climate-and-season\/\">Climate &amp; Seasons<\/a><\/h4><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-32e9840 elementor-align-justify elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"32e9840\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm elementor-animation-grow\" 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data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cbc296b elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"cbc296b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a7a5f91 elementor-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"a7a5f91\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/geography\/biodiversity\/\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/04\/pigmy-Bangka-2015-SSS-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-2147\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h4 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/geography\/biodiversity\/\">Biodiversity<\/a><\/h4><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d5a5bd elementor-align-justify elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"4d5a5bd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" 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