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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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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