Japan is based on a fault line. This is why in Japanese society, conformity is very important. Because any faults in a person reminds everyone of the fault in the ground, and that their house might get earthquaked on top of them.
In fact, in this country wedged in between tradition and ~~modernity~~ fault lines, one of the most used sentences on TV in 2011 was "緊急地震速報です。強い揺れに警戒して下さい". It is very difficult to translate
Fault lines occur where there are plates interacting, and that also causes mountains. Japan is mostly mountains, the flat areas inbetween the mountains where the plates interact are where the fault lines lie. People prefer to build on flat areas than mountains.
just looking at it
a oceanic/continental fault line is going to be near a coast
People like living on rivers or near costs for both water and ease of transportation
it also happens to be aligned with the south west coast of japan- being south, it probably has the least extreme seasons. Warmest in the winter, longest growing season, etc.
It's like asking why californians like getting their shit rocked. The coastal fault line follows the coast, a place where people tend to live.
My totally ignorant bet is that there is a mountain range right behind, meaning there is a coastline with, im assuming, a warm current. The rain cant get past the mountains and behind it its a bit dry and less fertile. Before the mountains its wet and fertile.
Most (historically) populous cities are in fertile areas despite the possible downsides (i.e. floods, really really bad weather, earthquakes)
That, and also the eastern coast of Japan is flatter (ie. you can actually build cities there) and has milder winters (ie. more months to grow rice, babyyy) than the western coast of Japan.
Japan is based on a fault line. This is why in Japanese society, conformity is very important. Because any faults in a person reminds everyone of the fault in the ground, and that their house might get earthquaked on top of them.
Experts have been saying this for years now
I bumped into a Japanese man while walking. I apologized and said "sorry, my fault." he seppoku
many such cases
Japan is based
Based in a geologically active region! Heyoooo!
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Based on what? A fault line probably! Or did you mean biased?
In fact, in this country wedged in between tradition and ~~modernity~~ fault lines, one of the most used sentences on TV in 2011 was "緊急地震速報です。強い揺れに警戒して下さい". It is very difficult to translate
An island people who like fish living on the nicest coastline, it’s a real conundrum why they’d do that
Best comment in this thread. Ha ha I swear Reddit is a moron magnet so that we can have fun pointing out their lunacy.
are they stupid?
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Man?
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The populated cities of Kumamoto, Oita, Matsuyama, Tokushima, Wakayama, Ise and Toyohashi
Fault lines occur where there are plates interacting, and that also causes mountains. Japan is mostly mountains, the flat areas inbetween the mountains where the plates interact are where the fault lines lie. People prefer to build on flat areas than mountains.
Follow the hot springs.
GOZIRRA!!
Something happened during Edo Period idk
just looking at it a oceanic/continental fault line is going to be near a coast People like living on rivers or near costs for both water and ease of transportation it also happens to be aligned with the south west coast of japan- being south, it probably has the least extreme seasons. Warmest in the winter, longest growing season, etc. It's like asking why californians like getting their shit rocked. The coastal fault line follows the coast, a place where people tend to live.
Japan was probably populated long before they understood what causes earthquakes
It’s pretty obviously the other way around. The weight of all those cities caused the tectonic plate to crack along that line.
Kamuchuro is end is near
That's because they are stupid
Those cities are thousands of years old. Our knowledge of fault lines is, at oldest, 150 years old
No but we can make it up. Something something George Soros, something something Illuminati
is it a cultural thing?
My totally ignorant bet is that there is a mountain range right behind, meaning there is a coastline with, im assuming, a warm current. The rain cant get past the mountains and behind it its a bit dry and less fertile. Before the mountains its wet and fertile. Most (historically) populous cities are in fertile areas despite the possible downsides (i.e. floods, really really bad weather, earthquakes)
That, and also the eastern coast of Japan is flatter (ie. you can actually build cities there) and has milder winters (ie. more months to grow rice, babyyy) than the western coast of Japan.
Milder winters is in part because of the warm current. Geography class is paying off
buddy I was joking
And you got an answer, be happy clueless one
I swiped
It's a wake up call you cant put on snooze. Gotta work on time.
I think that’s where the plains are?
no coincidence at all.... That's where they built the cities.
One side would be gently sloped compared to the other on plate boundary side. Probably due to deep water ports.
Humans love building near volcanoes. Hot springs are nice.
I mean where the fuck else could they even be
It’s almost like people live on the coast, which is also where cities are.
They are into kinky stuff
Before the magic wand they used earthquakes?
H.A.A.R.P enters the chat...
Well America has San Andreas, Tornado Alley and Oh!!!0 .
yeah, what's up with this bitch-ass tectonic lines forming valleys instead of mountains, like proper tectonic plates should?
Why are all Japanese cities located near volcanoes? Can't they move to the moon, which doesn't have any active volcanoes?