Google+Maps+Project

**Assignment:** You will be divided into groups and each group will be assigned a different region (北海道、東北、関東、中部、関西、中国、四国、九州、沖縄) of Japan to research. Using google maps, find pictures, videos, and reliable written sources related to farms, fisheries, stores, and restaurants. An introduction to using the sharing functions on google docs as a group will be discussed in class.
 * 1) Identify and locate five cities.
 * 2) Identify 3-5 important topographical features, (mountain ranges, plains, ports, rivers, etc.)
 * 3) Identify 5-7 products raised harvested in the area (farms, orchards, fisheries, etc). Discuss how it is raised, when harvested, etc.
 * 4) Identify, describe 3 specific dishes utilizing some of the above mentioned products.
 * 5) Identify restaurant that specializes in a particular local dish.

A photo must accompany each of the items identified above. In addition, you will also need to include 2 short videos lasting about a minute total.

Expansion: Show the route you would take if you were to visit the region if you were departing from Tokyo.

We will visit the computer lab twice for this this project. By the end of the first visit you are responsible for having completed the first three criteria listed above. During the second visit you should complete the final two aspects and make any corrections/changes suggested by your teacher. The presentation itself should be 3-5 minutes. Your grade will be based on how well you meet the criteria of the rubric for the Google Maps project.

Link to my map of [|Tohoku]

Here is a link to a map of the major [|regions] of Japan.

Here is a site that has an overview of [|regional foods] throughout Japan.

Hokkaido [|food] information here.

Links with useful background information about the geography and agricultural production in the Tohoku region.
 This [|tourist guide] to the region contains links to each of the six prefecture's English sites as well as a plethora of photos to use on your map.

Aomori's main [|agricultural] products.

Information about Akita's [|agricultural] products.

General [|overview] of Akita.

General [|overview] of Fukushima. This includes some interesting [|recipes]. And here is complete [|overview] of food produced in Fukushima.

This [|overview] of Iwate has a lot of information about [|food].

Yamagata [|food] page here. Additional [|information] here.

Miyagi [|food] page is here.



**Links with useful background information about the geography and agricultural production in the Chubu region.**
 A link to information about [|food] in Fukui.

This link in Japanese shows some of the [|fruit] raised in Ishikawa ken and this one has information about [|seafood].