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,quietcity,thewaytoJapan,Japan,JapanisanislandnationinEastAsiacomprisingalargestratovolcanicarchipelagoextendingalongthePacificcoastofAsia.Measuredfromthegeographiccoordinatesystem,Japanis36northoftheequatorand138eastofthePrimeMeridian.Thecountryisnorth-northeastofChinaandTaiwan（separatedbytheEastChinaSea）andslightlyeastofKorea（separatedbytheSeaofJapan）.ThecountryissouthoftheRussianFarEast.,Themainislands,sometimescalledtheHomeIslands,are（fromnorthtosouth）Hokkaid,Honsh（themainland）,ShikokuandKysh.Therearealsoabout3,000smallerislands,includingOkinawa,andislets,someinhabitedandothersuninhabited.Intotal,asof2006,Japansterritoryis377,923.1km,ofwhich374,834kmislandand3,091kmwater.ThismakesJapanstotalareaslightlysmallerthantheU.S.stateofMontana,slightlybiggerthantheBrazilianstateofMatoGrossodoSul.JapanisbiggerthanGermany,Malaysia,NewZealandandtheU.K.,andis1.7timesthesizeofKorea.,Composition,Climate,Japanbelongstothetemperatezonewithfourdistinctseasons,butitsclimatevariesfromcooltemperateinthenorthtosubtropicalinthesouth.Theclimateisalsoaffectedbytheseasonalwindsthatblowfromthecontinenttotheoceaninwintersandviceversainsummers.Japanisgenerallyarainycountrywithhighhumidity.Becauseofitswiderangeoflatitude,Japanhasavarietyofclimates,witharangeoftencomparedtothatoftheeastcoastofNorthAmerica,fromNovaScotiatoGeorgia.Tokyoisatabout35degreesnorthlatitude,comparabletothatofTehran,Athens,orLasVegas.Thegenerallyhumid,temperateclimateexhibitsmarkedseasonalvariationcelebratedinartandliterature,aswellasregionalvariationsrangingfromcoolinHokkaidtosubtropicalinKysh.ClimatealsovarieswithaltitudeandwithlocationonthePacificOceanorontheSeaofJapan.NorthernJapanhaswarmsummersbutlong,coldwinterswithheavysnow.CentralJapanhashot,humidsummersandshortwinters,andsouthwesternJapanhaslong,hot,humidsummersandmildwinters.,Population,AsofMarch2009,Japanspopulationis127,076,183,1makingittheworldstenthmostpopulatedcountry.Itssizecanbeattributedtofastgrowthratesexperiencedduringthelate19thandearly20thcenturies.Afterhavingexperiencednetpopulationlossoveranumberofyearsduetofallingbirthratesandalmostnonetimmigration,anddespitehavingoneofthehighestlifeexpectanciesintheworldat81.25yearsofageasof2006,2Japanspopulationroseforasecondyearinarowin2009,3mainlybecausemoreJapanesereturnedtoJapanthanleft.citationneededThepopulationofJapanin2000,atNewYear,was127million.Itspopulationdensitywas336peoplepersquarekilometer.ThepopulationrankingofJapandroppedfrom7thto8thin1990andfrom8thto9thin1998and10thsince,Clothes-Kimono（和服）,ThekimonoisaJapanesetraditionalgarmentwornbywomen,menandchildren.Thewordkimono,whichliterallymeansathingtowear（kiwearandmonothing）,hascometodenotethesefull-lengthrobes.ThestandardpluralofthewordkimonoinEnglishiskimonos,buttheunmarkedJapanesepluralkimonoisalsosometimesused.KimonoareT-shaped,straight-linedrobeswornsothatthehemfallstotheankle,withattachedcollarsandlong,widesleeves.Kimonoarewrappedaroundthebody,alwayswiththeleftsideovertheright（exceptwhendressingthedeadforburial）,andsecuredbyasashcalledanobi,whichistiedattheback.Kimonoaregenerallywornwithtraditionalfootwearandsplit-toesocksToday,kimonoaremostoftenwornbywomen,andonspecialoccasions.Traditionally,unmarriedwomenworeastyleofkimonocalledfurisodewithalmostfloor-lengthsleeves,onspecialoccasions.Afewolderwomenandevenfewermenstillwearthekimonoonadailybasis.Menwearthekimonomostoftenatweddings,teaceremonies,andotherveryspecialorveryformaloccasions.ProfessionalsumowrestlersareoftenseeninthekimonobecausetheyarerequiredtoweartraditionalJapanesedresswheneverappearinginpublic,AwomanskimonomayeasilyexceedUS$10,000;@#@acompletekimonooutfit,withkimono,undergarments,obi,ties,socks,sandals,andaccessories,canexceedUS$20,000.Asingleobimaycostseveralthousanddollars.However,mostkimonosownedbykimonohobbyistsorbypractitionersoftraditionalartsarefarlessexpensive.Enterprisingpeoplemaketheirownkimonoandundergarmentsbyfollowingastandardpattern,orbyrecyclingolderkimonos.Cheaperandmachine-madefabricscansubstituteforthetraditionalhand-dyedsilk.ThereisalsoathrivingbusinessinJapanforsecond-handkimonos,whichcancostaslittleas500（about$5）.Womensobis,however,mostlyremainanexpensiveitem.Althoughsimplepatternedorplaincoloredonescancostaslittleas1,500（about$15）,evenausedobicancosthundredsofdollars,andexperiencedcraftsmanshipis