Japan

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Japan
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Japan is much smaller than the United States. It
is made up of about 4,000 islands. Honshu is the
biggest island in Japan. More than 100 million
people live in Japan.
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Japan is a nation of islands. The four large
islands are Hokkaido Honshu Shikoku Kyushu
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The capital of Japan is Tokyo.
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Tokyo is the capital of Japan. Tokyo is Japans
largest city. One out of every ten Japanese
lives in Tokyo.
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The crane is a symbol of long life. Because of
this, origami paper cranes are strung in strings
of 1,000 and given to sick people to help them
get well.
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Japan has many mountains and volcanoes. Some of
the volcanoes erupt. They have about 1,500
earthquakes each year.
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Japan is a very long country. The island in the
north can have snow while the islands in the
south are still warm. All of the islands have
typhoons (hurricane).
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Mount Fuji is Japans most famous mountain.
Mount Fuji is a volcano. It has not erupted for
hundreds of years
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The snow-capped peak of Mount Fuji is reflected
in a still lake on a beautiful winter morning in
Japan.
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Mount Fuji-Early Morning
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FUJIYAMA or Mount Fuji
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Flora on Mount Fuji
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Forest on Mount Fuji
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It is the lifetime ambition of many Japanese
people to climb Mount Fuji, but only once- to
climb it twice is considered foolish.
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A Beautiful Scene of Momijidani Park at Miyajima
in Autumn
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Kintai Bridge at Iwakuni
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Hiroshima
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City Hall of Hiroshima after the atomic bomb.
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A Bomb Dome
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Peace Memorial Park
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Monument of A-Bomb in Peace Memorial Park in
Hiroshima
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This big red gate is called a torii. People who
follow the Shinto religion go to these to pray.
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Shinto shrines can be seen all over Japan.
Shinto is one of the religions practiced by the
Japanese people.
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The highlight of a matsuri (festival) is the
parade of portable mikoshi (shrines) through the
streets to the temple.
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Taho-toh or the Two Storied Pagoda of
Itsukushima Shrine at Miyajima in Spring
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A castle
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Same castle, different view.
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Different view of castle in Japan
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The Imperial Palace in Tokyo is the home of
Japans Emperor.
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View of Hiroshima Castle at Hiroshima
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Most Japanese live in small buildings in crowded
cities. Most of Japans cities are on the
lowlands near the coast.
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In the country, the homes are made of wood. They
are only one or two stories high. The Japanese
always take their shoes off before entering a
home.
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The Japanese cover their floors with tatami mats.
These delicate mats are made of grasses. To
protect them and keep them clean, people take off
their shoes. when entering a house.
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Most people live in apartment complexes. Old
houses are made of wood. The walls inside are
made of paper. People sit on mats or cushions on
the floor.
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They roll out their beds at night onto the tatami
mats. Their beds are called futons.
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The building in this picture is on the island of
Honshu. Japanese eat, sleep, go to school, and
play like you. Life in Japan is also unique.
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The Japanese enjoy making their food look
attractive. They eat small portions of many
different kinds of food, but noodles are a
favorite food.
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Japanese people eat a lot of fish and seafood
here it is served in Japanese style.
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At home, the Japanese sit on the floor and eat
from low, wooden tables. The Japanese use
chopsticks to eat their food. Rice and hot tea
are served at every meat.
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Most Japanese wear clothes like yours, but they
wear kimonos on special days.
Farmers wear traditional work clothes, like baggy
pants and straw hats.
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The kimono is a traditional Japanese garment. It
is worn by men, women, and children. Today they
are usually worn on special occasions. Geta are
the wooden sandals that are worn with the kimono.
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Obi is the long sash. Tabi are white socks that
have a special slit between the toes for the
sandal strap.
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Only a few Japanese are farmers, but they grow
most of Japans food. They grow rice, wheat,
soybeans, tea, fruit, and vegetables. They also
keep pigs and chickens.
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The workers use oxen to plow the rice paddies.
Rice needs lots of water to grow.
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Rice is often grown on hillsides in terraces
like these in Tokushima.
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Huge strawberries are one of the variety of
fruits grown in hothouses.
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Satsumas, a kind of orange, are the most
important fruit crop in Japan.
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Japan has one of the largest fishing fleets in
the world.
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Japans fishermen are very successful. Most
people in Japan work in offices or factories.
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Oyster farms are a common sight in the Japanese
islands.
What can you find in oysters?
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The Bullet Train is the fastest way to travel
on land. It is a high speed train. Two of the
islands are connected by the worlds longest
train tunnel.
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This is the Bullet Train. It is the fastest
train in Japan. Many people travel by train
because the roads are so crowded.
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Many people travel to work by train or subway.
Passengers are pushed onto the trains by workers!
Airports and roads link all the main cities.
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The station workers are pushing people into Tokyo
subway trains.
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When Japanese people greet each other, they bow
to show respect. They are very polite to each
other.
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It takes a long time to learn how to read and
write Japanese. There are 1,850 characters,
which are written in columns from right to left.
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All students learn to play an instrument. It
takes years to learn how to read and write
Japanese because it is made of two different
alphabets. One, called kanji, has thousands of
characters. The other, called kana, has letters
that represent sounds.
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Children go to school from ages six to fifteen.
They learn Japanese, math, English, physical
education, and art. They also practice
earthquake drills.
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Even the young students study very hard. Each
night they do hours of homework. They even go to
school on Saturdays. Students works hard to get
into a good college.
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Japans national sport is sumo wrestling. Each
wrestler has to throw the other one out of the
ring..
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Another favorite sport is baseball. Young and old
enjoy baseball.
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Baseball Stadium in Hiroshima
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Many Japanese spend time in parks and gardens. A
favorite time to visit is in the spring when the
cherry trees are in blossom.
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Japan has many festivals, but New Year is the
biggest. The festival is like a giant birthday
party. Everyone adds another year to their age!
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Childrens Day (Boys Day) is celebrated on May
5. Every family flies a carp kite or a windsock
for every boy in the family.
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Carp streamers fly on Childrens Day. The carp
is a symbol of courage and perseverance.
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Sometimes girls dress up like this on special
days. They wear long dresses called kimonos. The
Doll Festival or Girls Festival is held on March
3rd. It is a chance for parents to celebrate
their daughters.
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The Japanese have many traditional crafts. They
enjoy ink painting, flower arranging, and making
beautiful pottery and origami. Origami is the
art of folding paper.
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Noh (NO) theater is only found in Japan. Actors
wear masks to perform ancient stories. Musicians
accompany them. They are also on stage and in
costume.
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Japanese money is called yen. Japanese people buy
lots of presents. They are very polite. They
bring small presents with them every time they
visit friends as a way of saying thank you.
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Mickey is the same the world over!
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Modern City of Hiroshima
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A Sunset Scene of A-Bomb Dome at Hiroshima
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Okinawa
Okinawa is a district of Japan. The people speak
Japanese and have many of the same customs.
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Cave in Okinawa
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Castle in Okinawa
The Okinawans look much the same as the Japanese,
but they are shorter and have darker skin.
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Wall of the Castle
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City in Okinawa
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Sunset in Okinawa
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