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Boso Peninsula (房総半島 Bōsō-hantō) 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 on the city of Kisarazu), the other coastal lowlands and interior river valleys are chiefly used for growing rice. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (647x702, 61 KB) Lokation of Boso Peninsula in Japan File links The following pages link to this file: Boso Peninsula ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (647x702, 61 KB) Lokation of Boso Peninsula in Japan File links The following pages link to this file: Boso Peninsula ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (929x837, 149 KB) Boso Peninsula, Chiba, Japan. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (929x837, 149 KB) Boso Peninsula, Chiba, Japan. ... Peninsula A peninsula (from Latin paene insula, almost island) is a geographical formation consisting of an extension of land from a larger body, surrounded by water on three sides. ... Chiba Prefecture (千葉県 Chiba-ken) is located in the Greater Tokyo Area of Honshu Island, Japan. ... todo mal de [ [ Shikoku ] ] a través del [ [ mar interior ] ], y noreste de [ [ Kyushu ] ] a través del [ [ estrecho de Kanmon ] ]. Es la séptima isla más grande, y la segunda isla populosa en el mundo después de [ [ Java (isla)|Java ] ] (véase [ [ lista de las islas de la población ] ]). < style=float del div... Tokyo Bay from space, October 1993 Map of Tokyo Bay, 1917 Tokyo Bay (東京湾; Tōkyō-wan) is a bay in the southern Kanto region of Japan, surrounded by the Boso Peninsula (Chiba Prefecture) and the Miura Peninsula (Kanagawa Prefecture). ... For considerations of sea level change, in particular rise associated with possible global warming, see sea level rise. ... Kisarazu (木更津市; -shi) is a city located in Chiba, Japan. ... Species Oryza glaberrima Oryza sativa Rice refers to two species (Oryza sativa and Oryza glaberrima) of grass, native to tropical and subtropical southeastern Asia and to Africa, which together provide more than one fifth of the calories consumed by humans. ...

The Tokyo Wan Aqua-Line, a bridge-tunnel across Tokyo Bay, connects Kisarazu and the city of Kawasaki in Kanagawa Prefecture. Tokyo Wan Aqua-Line (bridge) The Tokyo Wan Aqua-Line (東京湾アクアライン) is a bridge-tunnel across Tokyo Bay in Japan. ... A log bridge A bridge is a structure built to span a gorge, valley, road, railroad track, river, body of water, or any other physical obstacle. ... A disused railway tunnel now converted to pedestrian and bicycle use, near Houyet, Belgium A tunnel is an underground passage. ... A symbol of Kawasaki-shi Temple at Kawasaki. ... Kanagawa Prefecture (神奈川県; Kanagawa-ken) is a geographic and political area located in the Kanto region on Honshu island, Japan. ...

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 Shimozusa (下総) contributed the second. Japanese writing Kanji 漢字 Kana 仮名 Hiragana 平仮名 Katakana 片仮名 Uses Furigana 振り仮名 Okurigana 送り仮名 Romaji ローマ字 Kanji ( (help· info), literally Han characters), is a Japanese writing system which is derived from Chinese characters (Hanzi). ... Before the modern prefecture system was established, the land of Japan was divided into tens of kuni (国, countries), usually known in English as provinces. ... Hiroshige ukiyo-e showing harbor in Awa Awa (安房国; -no kuni) was an old province of Japan which is today a part of Chiba Prefecture. ... The article incorporates text from OpenHistory. ...