An Iowan Called Mt. Fuji

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An Iowan called Mt. Fuji
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Did you know?
Japan is roughly the same size as California, but
only 13 of the land is useable/livable? In
other words, 127 million Japanese live in an area
thats about the size of Los Angeles County
(which has 8.8 million people in an area of 4000
square miles). Wow!
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Tokyo is the largest city in the world with the
population of 34,400,000
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Land of the Rising Sun
Week 1 and 3
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Tokyo those first days
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Shichi-go-san
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The Fish Market
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Now this is a big saw . . .
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. . . to cut a big fish.!
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And shrimp as big as my hand.
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A bounty full of weird fish.
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A bounty full of weird vegetables.
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Land of the Rising Sun
Week 2
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Chiryu City, Aichi
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High School in Japan
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Buddhist Temples
Senso-ji temple
Incense smoke
The Great Buddha (Daibutsu)
A Buddhist monk-in-training
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Shinto Shrines
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The Top Three Things I Learned About Japan
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Its all about peace
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Its all about food
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Its even about toilets!
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Domo arigato!
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