Table shows the area of mountains, hills, plateaus, lowlands and inland waters in Japan.
More then 70% of Japan’s land is cupped mountains and hills area.
| Mountains | Hills | Plateaus | Lowlands | Inland waters | Total |
| 230,331 | 44,337 | 41,471 | 51,963 | 9,232 | 377,847 km2 |
| 61.0 | 11.8 | 11.0 | 13.8 | 2.4 | 100.0 % |
source http://www.jice.or.jp/knowledge/japan/commentary07
Two thirds of the whole land is forest. Only one third is available for residence, agriculture and so on.
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