The nation of Japan is an archipelago, made up of five main Islands: Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu, Shikoku, and Okinawa. This map includes the Sea of Okhotsk to the north, the East China Sea to the south, the Sea of Japan in the west and the Pacific Ocean to the east. It also includes the Korean Peninsula to the west of the Sea of Japan. This piece comes ready to hang, pre-framed in a custom, solid-wood frame. Its rich contours are carefully crafted from laser-cut layers of Baltic birch, which are hand colored and glued together with the intent that each becomes a prized conversational piece and treasured heirloom.