Japan, Japanese Archipelago, Japanese Islands - a string of more than 3,000 islands east of Asia extending 1,300 miles between the Sea of Japan and the western Pacific Ocean

Japanese capital, Tokio, Tokyo, Yeddo, Yedo, capital of Japan, Edo - the capital and largest city of Japan; the economic and cultural center of Japan

Nagano - a city in central Honshu northwest of Tokyo; site of a Buddhist shrine

Nagoya - an industrial city in southern Honshu

Omiya - a city of east central Honshu; a suburb of Tokyo

Osaka - port city on southern Honshu on Osaka Bay; a commercial and industrial center of Japan

Yokohama - port city on southeastern Honshu in central Japan

Kyoto - a city in central Japan on southern Honshu; a famous cultural center that was once the capital of Japan

Hiroshima - a port city on the southwestern coast of Honshu in Japan; on August 6, 1945 Hiroshima was almost completely destroyed by the first atomic bomb dropped on a populated area

Asama, Mount Asama - a volcano in central Honshu near Nagano; one of the largest volcanoes in Japan (8,340 feet)

island - a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water