boso peninsula

Boso Peninsula (房総半島 Bôsô-hantô) is a peninsula in Chiba prefecture on Honshu, the largest island of Japan, forming the eastern edge of Tokyo Bay, separating it from the Pacific Ocean. Most of the peninsula is hilly, with some points as high as 400 m above sea level. While the western part of the peninsula is highly urbanized (centered around the city of Kisarazu), the other coastal lowlands and interior river valleys are chiefly used for growing rice. The Tokyo Wan Aqua-Line, a bridge-tunnel across Tokyo Bay, connects Kisarazu and the city of Kawasaki in Kanagawa Prefecture. The peninsula gets its name (and the kanji) from the former provinces that were located there: Awa (安房) contributed the first kanji while Kazusa　(上総) and Shimosa (下総) contributed the second.

<< Previous

Word Browser

Next >>

list of china related topics m z
philander c. knox
janick gers
under the net
texas towers
soundhouse tapes
reichskonkordat
campaign setting
deep space 2
tiefling
clifford milburn holland

aasimar
mehmet ali talat
rubn aguirre
rafael churumba cordero
automatic meter reading
common and special causes
yoon young kwan
chief minister of gibraltar
antonov an 124
governor of gibraltar
hitler: the last ten days

phil hammond
anaerobic respiration
marquess of donegall
saif al adel
landtag of bavaria
zvi mazel
snow white and the madness of truth
dror feiler
sam francis (disambiguation)
harry bannink
tony yayo

special prosecutor
edensor park, new south wales
asahi pentax
gunilla skld feiler
fireman's chair knot
fitzroy river, queensland
amto musan
angam day
robert brown
andrew wilson
will crooks