Pacific coast of Japan

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The Pacific coast of Japan is the long eastern shoreline of the Japanese archipelago facing the Pacific Ocean, known for its major port cities, fishing and shipping industries, and vulnerability to earthquakes and tsunamis.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf coastline
geographical region
adjacentToPlate Amur Plate
Okhotsk Plate
Pacific Plate
Philippine Sea Plate
borders Pacific Ocean
climate humid continental climate
humid subtropical climate
climateInfluence Kuroshio Current
Oyashio Current
containsCity Chiba
Hamamatsu
Kawasaki
Kobe
Kushiro
linked to: Kushiro, Hokkaido

Nagoya
Osaka
Sendai
Shizuoka
Tokyo
Yokkaichi
Yokohama
containsPort Port of Chiba
Port of Kobe
Port of Nagoya
Port of Osaka
Port of Sendai-Shiogama
Port of Tokyo
Port of Tomakomai
linked to: Tomakomai Port

Port of Yokohama
country Japan
experiencedEvent 1923 Great Kantō earthquake
1944 Tōnankai earthquake
1946 Nankai earthquake
1968 Tokachi-Oki earthquake
2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami
hasFeature Sanriku rias coastline
linked to: Sanriku Coast

bays
estuaries
rocky shores
sandy beaches
hasInfrastructure Shinkansen lines
breakwaters
coastal expressways
industrial zones
tsunami seawalls
hasPart Aichi Prefecture coast
linked to: Ise Bay coast

Bōsō Peninsula
Chiba Prefecture coast
Fukushima Prefecture coast
Hokkaidō Pacific coast
Hokkaidō eastern coast
Ibaraki Prefecture coast
Izu Peninsula
Kanagawa Prefecture coast
linked to: Shōnan coast

Kantō region coast
Kii Peninsula
Mie Prefecture coast
linked to: Ise Bay coast

Miyagi Prefecture coast
linked to: Sanriku Coast

Sanriku Coast
Shizuoka Prefecture coast
linked to: Suruga Bay coast

Shōnan coast
Tōhoku region coast
linked to: Sanriku Coast

Tōkai region coast
linked to: Ise Bay coast

Wakayama Prefecture coast
locatedIn Japanese archipelago
majorEconomicActivity automobile industry
fishing
manufacturing
petrochemical industry
port logistics
shipping
steel industry
naturalHazard earthquakes
tsunamis
typhoons
partOf Pacific Ring of Fire
riskManagement earthquake-resistant construction
evacuation routes
tsunami warning systems
tectonicSetting subduction zone margin
usedFor commercial fishing
marine transport
recreation
tourism

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Ōkuma, Fukushima Prefecture locatedOn Pacific coast of Japan
Kujūkuri Beach partOf Pacific coast of Japan
Izu Peninsula partOf Pacific coast of Japan
Sendai, Miyagi, Japan locatedOn Pacific coast of Japan
Cape Chikyu belongsTo Japan’s Pacific seaboard
linked to: Pacific coast of Japan
Tokyo–Nagoya–Osaka partOf Pacific Belt of Japan
linked to: Pacific coast of Japan
1944 Tonankai earthquake tsunamiAffectedArea Pacific coast of central Japan
linked to: Pacific coast of Japan
Tokai segment locatedIn Pacific margin of Honshu
linked to: Pacific coast of Japan
Japanese archipelago maritime area hasPart Pacific Ocean off Honshu
linked to: Pacific coast of Japan
Cape Taitō belongsTo Japan’s Pacific seaboard
linked to: Pacific coast of Japan
Kamogawa isPartOf Japan’s Pacific coast
linked to: Pacific coast of Japan
Sagami Bay coast Pacific coast of Japan
Shōnan coast partOf Pacific coast of Honshu
linked to: Pacific coast of Japan
Southern Japanese Alps drainageTo Pacific Ocean side of Honshu
linked to: Pacific coast of Japan
Futaba District, Fukushima Prefecture locatedOn Pacific coast of northeastern Japan
linked to: Pacific coast of Japan
Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture coast Pacific coast of Japan
Shizuoka metropolitan area locatedOn Pacific coast of Japan
Tahara isPartOf Japan’s Pacific coast
linked to: Pacific coast of Japan
Hyuga-nada Sea coast partOf Pacific coast of Japan
Mikawa region locatedIn Pacific coast of Japan
Asahi, Chiba partOf Japan’s Pacific coast
linked to: Pacific coast of Japan