Japan’s Islands and Surrounding Seas
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What is this activity?
Find Japan’s islands and the seas around them. Read the place-name guide, then choose the matching location.
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How to play
- Press the green flag. Look at the place name in the speech bubble.
- Use the word guide below to find its English name.
- Choose that place on the map. Try again if needed.
The question pattern はどこでしょう means Where is …? Place names and spoken feedback remain in Japanese.
Place-name guide
北海道 — Hokkaido
本州 — Honshu
四国 — Shikoku
九州 — Kyushu
沖縄島 — Okinawa Island
太平洋 — Pacific Ocean
日本海 — Sea of Japan
東シナ海 — East China Sea
オホーツク海 — Sea of Okhotsk
瀬戸内海 — Seto Inland Sea
For families and teachers
Use an atlas alongside this simplified map. Discuss relative positions and the seas separating islands.
This English guide uses the original Chicodori Scratch project. Some labels remain in Japanese. You can explore and remix the project on Scratch.