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Japan
Geographical position
an island country in East Asia
Located in the Pacific ocean,
It lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, Korea
and Russia , north to the East China Sea and south
to the Sea of Okhotsk
It’s a complection of 6,852 islands, the four
largest are: Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, Shikoku.
They form 97% of Japan’s land area
The capital is Tokyo
The Japanese called their country Nihon"sun-origin“, that is why Japan is sometimes
referred to as the "Land of the Rising Sun".
Landscape
Most of the islands are mountain build, many
are volcanic
Japan’s highest peak, Mount Fuji, is a
volcano.
Climate
It changes a lot from north to south so we
divide it into 6 climate zones
The highest temperature ever measured in
Japan is 40.9 °C
The main rainy season begins in early May.
In late summer and early autumn, typhoons
often bring heavy rain
Nature
plants
The Japanese cherry
(sakura) is the unofficial
national flower of Japan
Japanese plum
Japanese maple
Pine
Bamboo
Animals
Lots of snakes
Monkeys
Tokyo crow
Crane
Japanese deer
Japanese river otter
Macaque
Loggerhead turtle
Golden eagle
Population
Japan has the
world's tenthlargest population
over 127 million
people.
The Greater
Tokyo Area is the
largest
metropolitan area
in the world, with
over 30 million
residents.
Language
The national language is Japanese
They have 3 scripst: Kanji, Hiragana,
Katakana
The language is actually suprisingly simple, I
know cause I’m learning it. There are simple
rules for almost all the grammar. For
example: making a question, you just put ‘ka’
at the end of the sentence
Goverment
Japan is a monarchy and a
parliamentary democracy
Their leader is an emperor-
Akihito as well as the
parlament and a prime
minister
The emperor is the leader of
the Shinto religion
Economy
Japan has the world's second-largest
economy
It is a very developed country with very high
living standards.
It has the highest life expectancy of any
country in the world and the third lowest
child mortality rate
Religion
Mainly
Buddhists and
Shintoists
Sports
Japan as most Asian countries is well known
for marcial arts especialy sumo. They also
have a lot of judo, karate and modern kendo
But today Baseball is the most popular sport
They also play football, golf, and have a lot of
auto races
Culture
A very big part of every day life is bowing.
Japanese people bow when they say ‘thank
you’, ‘hello’, ‘goodbye’ and many more. It has
become such a tradition that some people
even bow when they are talking on the
telephone
Geisha
Geisha "person of the arts" are traditional Japanese artist-
entertainers.
Girls had years and years of trainig starting at a young age, it
included a variety of arts, Japanese musical instruments
and traditional forms of singing, dance, tea ceremony,
poetry and literature.
By watching and assisting an older geisha, they learned
selecting, matching, and wearing precious kimonos, applinig
make-up and the art of conversation
Kimono
Is a traditional form of clothing worn by men
and women.
It’s very complicated to put on a kimono
corectly. It has many layers and belts which
have to go on in a precice order.
It can have different motives, but the most
traditional kimono has cherry blossoms,
because they are the sign of japan.
