A Cruise around the Island

Today we had an amazing adventure. Karli and I walked, took a bus, taxi, and train. Until we finally 

got to the very tip of Hiroshima. That's where Karli and I saw a huge boat as big as the Titanic. We heard that this boat took us around the island of Japan pointing out the Oceans, mountains, islands, forests, and lakes. We thought this would be a great opportunity to discover Japan, so we jumped on the boat. First, we came to the tip of the Pacific Ocean. Where the Captain of the boat named Jonathon Charo, told us that there were four main oceans surrounding Japan. The names of the Oceans are the north pacific ocean, the sea of japan, the Philippine sea, and the East China sea. We learnt that Japan's land includes: high mountains, narrow valleys, rivers. Next, we discovered the islands of Japan. This Country has four main islands . The four islands include: Hokkaido`, Honshu`, Kyushu, and Shikoku. There are also hundreds of little islands in Japan, but those four are the main ones. As we past another island we noticed a very large forest on our right. Jon explained that Japan was made up from 61.7 % of forests. Jonathon also described how 53% of our forests are natural. That didn't surprise me at all! Next, on our left we passed Mount Fuji, one of the most poplar mountains in the world. The captain said that mountains cover 70% of Japan land. Mount Fuji once was a volcano, but it has not erupted for 300 years. Jon told us that there are thousands of mountains in Japan, and he told us a few names of some. I think they were Mount Ra usu, Mount Tokachi, Mount Gassan, Mount Hiragatake, and Mount Zao. Jon also explained that there are many lakes in each island of Japan. A few were lake Shinji, lake To'ya, lake Inawashiro, and lake Akkeshi. We circled backwards a few times around Hiroshima, and then we headed back for shore. It was a very exciting day!