Japan topographic maps
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Fujimi
Located in southwestern Saitama Prefecture, Fujimi is in the middle of the Kantō plain with an average altitude of 8 to 21 meters above sea level. It is approximately 10 kilometers from the prefectural capital at Saitama and 30 kilometers from downtown Tokyo.The northeastern half of the city area is a lowland…
Average elevation: 52 ft
Imabari
Imabari is located in central Ehime Prefecture, facing the Seto Inland Sea to the east and northwest, and including a portion of the Geiyo Islands in between Shikoku and Honshu, including Ōmishima, Ōshima and Hakatajima. The land portion occupies the northeastern part of the Takanawa Peninsula. The highest…
Average elevation: 249 ft
Koganei
Koganei is approximately at the center of Tokyo metropolis, and is located about 20 kilometers west of Shinjuku, where Tokyo Metropolitan Government has its headquarters. It is flanked on the north and the south by two large parks. To the north is Koganei Park, which includes the Edo-Tokyo Open Air…
Average elevation: 217 ft
Fukushima Prefecture
Fukushima city is located in the Fukushima Basin's southwest area and nearby mountains. Located on the central eastern seaboard a part of the Pacifim rim. A region with high tectonic activity given its location where the Pacific and Eurasian continental plates collide - a part the Ring of Fire. " Aizuwakamatsu…
Average elevation: 1,319 ft
Shimamoto
Shimamoto occupies a large part of the Minase River basin, a tributary of the Yodo River in far northeastern Osaka Prefecture. The town area stretches from northwest to southeast, and the elevation increases towards the northwest. Nearly 70% of the town is mountainous and hilly. The urban area is located in a…
Average elevation: 541 ft
Lake Yamanaka
Japan > Minamitsuru County > Yamanakako
Lake Yamanaka is the largest of the Fuji Five Lakes in surface area and the highest in elevation. It is the third highest lake in Japan, with a mean surface altitude of 980.5 metres (3,217 ft). It is also the shallowest of the Fuji Five Lakes, with a maximum water depth of 13.5 metres (44 ft). It was formed by…
Average elevation: 3,379 ft
Mt. Tate
Japan > Nakaniikawa County > Tateyama
The mountain is primarily composed of granite and gneiss. However, located along the ridge and plateau, about 2 km (1.2 mi) west of the summit, there is a small andesite-dacite stratovolcano. This volcano has an elevation of 2,621 m (8,599 ft) and has minor eruptions, the latest occurring in 1961.
Average elevation: 8,386 ft
Minamimaki
Minamimaki is located in the Southern Yatsugatake Volcanic Group of the mountainous eastern Nagano Prefecture at an average altitude of between 1,000 and 1,500 meters. It is bordered by Yamanashi Prefecture to the south.
Average elevation: 5,108 ft
Koga
Koga is located in the extreme southwestern corner of Ibaraki Prefecture. Located almost in the center of the Kanto Plain, the city is very flat. The Tone River flows eastward in the southern part of the city and the Watarase River flows through the west and joins the Tone River north of the Tonegawa…
Average elevation: 62 ft
Ibaraki Prefecture
The northern third of the prefecture is mountainous and in the center is the Tsukuba Mountains (筑波 山地). Its main mountains are: mount Yamizo with an elevation of 1022 m on the border with Fukushima and Tochigi prefectures (tripoint), mount Takasasa with 922 m, mount Tsukuba with two peaks Nyotai-San at…
Average elevation: 269 ft
Saitama Prefecture
The topography of Saitama Prefecture is largely divided by the Hachiōji Tectonic Line, which runs through Kodama, Ogawa, and Hannō, into the western mountain area and the eastern lowland area. The altitude, highest on the western side, gradually lowers eastward from mountain ranges to hills to plateaus to…
Average elevation: 755 ft
Komoro
Komoro is far from the sea and surrounded by mountains, so the rainfall is lower and diurnal temperature range is greater than many locations in Japan, and average annual temperature of Komoro is relatively cool because of the high altitude. The city has a climate characterized by hot and humid summers, and…
Average elevation: 3,255 ft
Tsushima Island
Tsushima is the closest Japanese territory to the Korean Peninsula, lying approximately 50 km from Busan. On a clear day, the hills and mountains of the Korean peninsula are visible from the higher elevations on the two northern mountains. The nearest Japanese port, Iki, situated on Iki Island within the…
Average elevation: 52 ft
Rikubetsu
It is located on the edge of the Tokachi Plain at an altitude of 207 metres (679 ft) above sea level.
Average elevation: 1,306 ft
Fujimi
Fujimi is located in a very mountainous area within the Suwa region of east-central Nagano, and includes the Akaishi Mountains, including Mount Nyukasa (1955 meters) partly within its borders. The town has an average altitude of 977 meters.
Average elevation: 4,232 ft
Azumino
Azumino is located in the Azumino Plateau on the northwestern end of the Matsumoto Basin, between mountain ranges to the west and east. The range of mountains on the western border is known as the Northern Alps (Hida Mountains) and is popular among hikers all over Japan. To the south is the city of Matsumoto,…
Average elevation: 2,802 ft
Kamakura
The Kamakura shogunate era is called by historians the Kamakura period and, although its end is clearly set (Siege of Kamakura (1333)), its beginning is not. Different historians put Kamakura's beginning at a different point in time within a range that goes from the establishment of Yoritomo's first military…
Average elevation: 108 ft
