Japan is a mountainous island country, and the Japanese archipelago is formed by the collision between the Eurasian plate and other plates. The mountains are distributed in the middle of Japan in a ridge shape, which divides Japan's territory into the Pacific Ocean on one side and the Sea of Japan on the other. Mountains and hills account for 765,438+0% of the total area, and most of them are volcanoes. The forest coverage rate is as high as 67%. Mount Fuji is the highest mountain in Japan, with an altitude of 3776 meters. It is the highest peak in Japan and is honored as "Shengyue" by the Japanese.
The plains of Japan are mainly distributed in the coastal areas of the lower reaches of rivers, mostly alluvial plains, with a small scale. The larger plains are Shikai Plain, Yuehou Plain, Houwei Plain and Shi Sheng Plain, the largest of which is Kanto Plain. Japan's plain area is small, and the cultivated land is very limited. Some big cities are concentrated in this limited plain area. Such as Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka and other cities.